In recent weeks, the IEU and the NSW Teachers Federation have reached agreements for the HSC markers award with the NSW Government and for the Professional Experience Supervision Agreement with universities.
The HSC award will increase by 4% on the 2022 rate and the professional experience agreement will increase by 4% on the 2023 rate. This is in line with the increases to allowances achieved in the recent teacher salary negotiations in the Catholic systemic and government school sectors.
Following IEU discussions with the Council of Deans of Education it was decided to extend the current agreement, with the inclusion of the new rates, as how practicums and initial teacher education will be delivered in the future is currently being re-imagined in the Australian Universities Accord, due out soon.
Teachers who are supervising practicum (prac) students are reminded they need to apply for the allowance at the conclusion of the prac. Where a student teacher is working with more than one supervisor, it is possible to split the allowance payment.
There is also a separate allowance available for the person who is responsible for organising the prac placement program in the school.
For more information, please contact your organiser or call us on 8202 8900.