Warrington School/Board Of Trustees/Relief Teaching Supply Staffing

RELIEF TEACHER SUPPLY/STAFFING

 * PURPOSE
 * To ensure there are sufficient registered teachers at the school to maintain the agreed staffing establishment.


 * OBJECTIVES


 * 1. 	A relief teacher is employed when a teacher is on leave or is absent for any reason.
 * 2. 	Preference will be given to available registered relievers.
 * 3. 	If no registered teachers are available, persons with Registration Board ‘Limited Authority to Teach’ will be considered.
 * 4. 	A person who is neither registered nor has limited authority may be employed for a maximum of 10 days and under the agreed supervision of a registered teacher.
 * 5. 	In the case of no reliever the Principal will decide whether to redistribute pupils to other classrooms or arrange supervision by a responsible adult.
 * 6. 	The Chairperson of the Board, MOE, NZEI, and NZSTA will be notified.
 * 7. 	If this situation continues beyond one day, parents will be asked to keep children at home.
 * 8.    All Parents will be notified of the reasons for staffing difficulties and the arrangements the school has put in place.
 * 9. 	No child will be kept at home for more than 5 days. (Education Act 1989)
 * 10. 	If staffing problems escalate where the continued operation of the school is unsafe, the Chairperson and Principal will close the school and inform the Ministry.
 * 11. 	The Board will endeavour to re-establish sale staffing levels as soon as possible.


 * REVIEW
 * 1. This procedure will be reviewed according to the Board’s self review timetable.
 * 2. Both the current version of the procedure and any proposed revisions to this policy will be made available to staff, parents or other interested parties, for comment and review.
 * 3. The board will make its review report available to parents and staff.