{"id":18649,"date":"2022-09-26T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/?p=18649"},"modified":"2023-01-10T11:25:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T23:25:27","slug":"opt-in-pay-parity-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oece.nz\/public\/news-and-views\/stories\/opt-in-pay-parity-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Centres Agreeing to Funding for Paying Teachers at Least on the first 5 Pay Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is your centre among those that opted-in to pay teachers at least up to the Step 5 salary amount <\/strong>in 2022? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the last funding round (July 2022) 83% of teacher-led centres (outside of kindergartens) opted in. This is an increase on the previous March 2022 funding round when 79% of centres agreed to paying all their ECE and primary school qualified and certificated teachers at least at the bottom 5 steps of the teacher base salary scale<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the next funding round (Nov 2022) centres are asked to indicate if they wish to continue to opt-in to the 5 Steps (which will become 6 Steps from 1 Jan 2023). The Ministry will also provide centres with a choice of attesting to paying teachers on pay steps higher than 6 but which are not pay parity (the amounts the Ministry has set for salary attestation are lower<\/a> compared with teacher pay rates in public schools and community-based free kindergartens). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2023 is your centre claiming additional funding for paying teachers at least up to Step 11? Check the 2023 list of centres opting-in for Steps 1 -11 + manager<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What can teachers do if their employer is not paying them correctly?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n