Area school principals settle on Ministry offer

<h3>All teachers and principals in the compulsory schooling sector have now ratified their collective agreements&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Principals and tumuaki in area schools and wharekura who are jointly represented by NZEI Te Riu Roa and PPTA Te Wehengarua have voted to ratify a settlement to their collective agreement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A significant part of the settlement would see area school principals &sol; tumuaki have access to a new category of sabbatical leave&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Te Rau Titoki&&num;8217&semi;&comma; which is designed to give principals time to focus on undertaking community responsibilities&comma; outside of leading their school&comma; that are integral to their principal role&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>There are 136 area schools and wharekura in New Zealand&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<h2>What’s in the settlement for Area School principals&quest;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>• The merging of U1 and U2 rates of pay which will give U1 principals an increase in the roll-based component of their remuneration of 12&period;5&percnt; from 20 August 2019&period; For U2-U16 principals&comma; their roll-based remuneration would increase by 3&percnt;&period; In addition to this the staffing-based component &lpar;TTS&rpar; will increase by 3&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;• For the remainder of the term&comma; an increase of 3&percnt; in 2020 and a further increase of 3&percnt; 2021 would be applied to roll-based component and to the staffing-based component &lpar;TTS&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;• An increase to the base rate of the Area School Principals’ Payment<br &sol;>&NewLine;• A lump sum payment of &dollar;500 for union members&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;• In 2022 the overall number of sabbaticals would increase from 10 to 13&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Area school principals will be included as part of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nzeimediareleases&period;cmail20&period;com&sol;t&sol;r-l-jdqjrdk-thhtttjjit-y&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">the accord<&sol;a> between NZEI Te Riu Roa&comma; PPTA Te Wehengarua and the Ministry of Education&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;• The term will be 3 years from 6 September 2019 to 5 September 2022&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Read the full terms of settlement <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nzeimediareleases&period;cmail20&period;com&sol;t&sol;r-l-jdqjrdk-thhtttjjit-j&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">here<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;