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.

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.