Children’s Services Sector Preschool Teacher Recruitment & Selection Policy Information Session 2015 – 2016

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY We acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians whose ancestral lands we are meeting upon today. We acknowledge the deep feelings of attachment and relationship of Aboriginal peoples to country. We also pay respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people visiting from other areas of South Australia or Australia present here.

THE JARGON PTR - Permanent Teacher Register ETR - Employable Teacher Register PAT - Permanent Against Temporary TPT - Temporarily Placed Teacher LSP - Local Selection Panel Country Zones - Zones ONGOING VACANCY - Vacancy with no end date TEMPORARY VACANCY - Vacancy from 4 weeks to 2 years

OUTLINE OF THE PROCESS STEP 1: ‘Must place’ placement exercise - Permanent preschool teachers in temporary positions and teachers who require placement are placed into ongoing positions where possible STEP 2: Country Guarantees placed STEP 3: Conversion to Permanency - Zone 3, 4 and 5 Country (Preschools/Children’s Centres) STEP 4: Advertising - Ongoing vacancies advertised STEP 5: Applicants with a ‘T’ (Transfer) transaction type considered for unfilled advertised vacancies STEP 6: Conversion to Permanency - Metropolitan sites STEP 7: Temporary vacancies

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS

Advertising allows preschools the greatest opportunity to select their own staff whilst protecting the industrial rights and existing guarantees of permanent employees The Local Selection Panel comprises the Preschool Director as Chairperson and an AEU representative provided by the AEU

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS All advertised permanent teaching positions will have ongoing tenure Vacancies are advertised on DECDjobs Applications submitted ‘on-line’ via DECDjobs

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS Advertising date: Thursday 27 th August (Term 3 – Week 6) Who can apply? - Both permanent and temporary teachers including teachers in leadership positions Eligibility - Teachers who meet minimum DECD requirements by the start of the appointment - Teachers in at least their second year of permanency

Applications on-line by DECDjobs via ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS

VACANCIES ON THE WEBSITE

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (selection process) Both permanent and temporary teachers are considered equally Applicants will be nominated using the following process 1. Short listing based on applicants on-line application 2. Referee contact (for all shortlisted applicants) 3. Interview (optional)

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (communication to applicants) Acknowledgement by DECDjobs of your application Shortlisted – Yes / No Interview – Yes / No (First nominated applicant notified) All applicants informed of the first nominated applicant and the internal review process (Offer) Notification of outcome

ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (accepting an offer) Employable teachers Yes – only once No – not accepted Wait – considering other active applications Permanent teachers Yes – can upgrade No – not accepted Wait – considering other active applications

SKILL CODES The following skill codes may be used in position descriptions for vacancies First StepsFT Aboriginal SchoolsIS Integrated ServicesIV Distance EducationOC Speech and LanguageSE

EMPLOYABLE TEACHERS (reminder for your 2016 ETR application) Ensure details on your application are correct, eg.  address  Subjects  Regions/Sub regions  Fraction of Time  Contact details  Referee details  Written statement

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (PTR) Teachers who MUST be included in the PTR and MUST be placed ie Permanent teachers who: ‒ do not hold right of return to a preschool, including those returning from leave or leadership positions of greater than 12 months (‘P’, ‘Q’, ‘R’, ‘S’ transaction types) ‒ have approval for an alternative placement due to significant enrolment decline (‘E’ transaction type) ‒ are Aboriginal teachers employed through the Aboriginal Employment Strategy (‘Z’ transaction type)

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (PTR) Some teachers can OPT into the PTR and MUST be placed ie Eligible permanent teachers who: ‒ are in country locations who qualify for the guaranteed right of return to the metropolitan area (‘G’ transaction type)

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (PTR) Some teachers can OPT into the PTR and MAY be placed ie Eligible permanent teachers: ‒ in the metropolitan area who lodge a request to transfer to an alternative metropolitan location following 10 years of service in their current preschool (‘T’ transaction type) ‒ in country preschools who lodge a request to transfer to an alternative country location (‘T’ transaction type)

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER Negotiated placement WWorkers Compensation – with written approval from Assistant Director, Workforce Management ASpecial Placement agreement – with written approval from HR Services for PTR inclusion

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER Teachers requiring placement PPermanent teacher in a temporary placement (PAT / TPT) QCompleting a tenured leadership or tenured PRT position RReturning from leave (with no right of return) SSeconded teachers (with no right of return) ERequired Placement

COMPLETING A TENURED LEADERSHIP POSITION (Q) You will be appointed to a position within 45 km of where you commuted daily to the position OR If in the country and your position immediately prior was in the metropolitan area, then you may choose to be placed in the extended metropolitan area or within 45km of where you commuted daily to the leadership position

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER Teachers in country schools Guaranteed placement in a metropolitan preschool GCountry to Metropolitan Guarantee – eligible if: in at least 4th year of continuous country service in Zones 4 and 5 or in at least 5th year of continuous country service in Zones 2 or 3 or in at least 6th year of continuous country service in Zone 1

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER Alternative placement TTransfer Metro to metro eligibility: 10 years continuous service in current metro preschool Country to country eligibility: in at least 4th year of continuous country service in Zones 4 and 5 or in at least 5th year of continuous country service in Zones 2 or 3 or in at least 6th year of continuous country service in Zone 1

SPECIAL PLACEMENT AGREEMENT Teachers may apply for consideration of special circumstances at any time Teachers must complete a Placement Request (VL729) form and forward to Senior HR ConsultantsVL729 Required on an annual basis Teachers must include relevant documents to support their request (eg medical) In exceptional circumstances teachers may be granted a Special Placement Agreement for inclusion in the PTR

PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (country/metro schools) PTR APPLICATION DUE DATES All Teachers: Friday 22 May by DECDjobs via hooljobssearch/

FORM FOR INCLUSION IN THE PTR DECDjobs via scareers/schooljobssearch/

SUBSTANTIVE DIRECTOR PLACEMENT Substantive Preschool Directors complete the Permanent Teacher Register (PTR) form via DECDjobs (‘Q’ transaction type). For positions of greater than 12 months: a list of substantive PSDs requiring placement is circulated to the ED for consideration as potential placements. For positions of 12 months or less: consultation by the Assistant Director Workforce Management, with the ED in relation to substantive PSDs requiring placement, and their suitability to particular sites. Upgrading of appointments: substantive PSDs placed into short- term positions may be upgraded to positions of longer tenure where possible.

INFORMATION CHECKLIST 1.Attend the teacher meeting 2.Refer to the following documents available on the website ‒ Preschool Teacher Recruitment & Selection Policy 2014 ‒ Regions, Staffing Localities & Sites ‒ Subject Lists ‒ Preschool Sector Skills List & Criteria 3.Talk to your Director 4. your questions to HR Services- Preschools and Schools ‒

APPLICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE

APPLICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE

KEY DATES  Complete your PTR by no later than Friday 22 May on DECDjobs via  Round 1 teaching positions (schooling sector) advertised on 7 May  Round 5 teaching positions (including preschool teaching positions) advertised on Thursday 27 August