Employer Guides and Staff Management

The Teaching Council no longer requires teachers to participate in an appraisal process – this requirement was replaced with a Professional Growth Cycle requirement. However,

Redundancy and the process for making a position redundant. There may not be the work for an employee because child enrolments have dropped, your service is restructuring, or you can not longer afford to keep an employee on. Whatever the […]

Salary and Wage Differences. An employment contract must state the type of pay an employee will be paid. Wage refers to the amount of money that is paid to an employee, by the hour, and it may vary from one […]

Unused holiday leave. We have a teacher who chose to take carry over her leave from last year to this year.  Does she need to use up all of this leave before the end of the year or can she roll it […]

Allegations against a teacher. You have noticed a problem with a staff member’s behaviour, or someone comes to you with allegations of professional misconduct or harming a child. What can you do – and what should you do and why? […]

A minimum of 10 days per year for employers with an employer for 6 months or more is claimable. Employers may offer more than 10 days and many in the early childhood sector do. Employees can carry over 10 days […]

There may be a time that you find an employee is underperforming or an employee is engaging in misconduct or serious misconduct. You may not want to, but you will need to begin a disciplinary process with that employee.  Here […]

ECE services are not exempt from providing staff with meal and rest breaks – and offering compensation is a “no” Early childhood services are not exempt from giving staff their entitlement to breaks. Early childhood teaching does not come under […]

Trial periods of up to 90 days are restricted to employers with a total of less than 19 or fewer employees (this includes teachers, cleaners, cooks, administrators – all staff).  If you wish to put a new staff member on […]

Domestic violence leave guidelines. Asking for proof and how to treat an employee who is, or is suspected to be, affected by domestic violence As an employer you can accept any type of proof that an employee is affected by […]

This article goes over the broad areas to cover when interviewing an applicant and questions interviewers have found work. When interviewing for a teaching position try to cover at least the following broad areas:  Prior work experience and reasons for […]

The information provided here answers the following questions: Does there need to be a minimum amount of staff at the centre? Our centre closes at 5.30 pm. We usually only have two children left at that time of the day. […]

Male job applicants. We are advertising for a teacher and have received some quality applications so far, but no applications from males. We would love to have a male applicant or two – any ideas of how we could achieve […]

Job Description for a Head Teacher, Room Leader, or Home-based Visiting Teacher. Here is a template to help guide you in preparing a job description that matches your service’s philosophy and reflects the position. This person will have additional responsibilities […]

Here’s not only a template for a qualified ECE teacher job description but also a sample JD for you to use and adapt. If you would like more guidance and ideas go to the main article about writing JDs. Template […]

How to Write a Job Description for Unqualified Teaching Staff and Students. Unqualified staff or teaching assistants can be employed to provide support to qualified teaching staff.  Often services will have an additional position for a person-in-training. Below is a […]

How to write a Job Description for a Reliever Position. Many services like to use relieving staff they know, rather than going through an agency. Below is a template for a job description that you can adapt to suit and […]

Here is a template you can use and adapt for a manager job description – or centre supervisor, or home-based coordinator who is responsible for one group of visiting teachers. If you would like more guidance and ideas go to […]

Below is a template you can use and adapt for a job description for an area manager position (for centres and/or for home-based licensed services). If you would like more guidance and ideas go to the main article about writing […]