Recruitment

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Recruitment Selection of TeachingStaff in the
School SectorTeacher Information SessionRegion
___Date _____

• Senior HR Consultants

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IS YOUR MOBILE OFF? (2)

• If you are expecting a high priority call, or
  need to be on call, please negotiate with the
  presenters

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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.

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THE JARGON (4)

• PPP
• Priority Placement Pool
• PTR
• Permanent Teacher Register
• ETR
• Employable Teacher Register
• PET
• Permanent Establishment Teacher
• PAT
• Permanent Against Temporary
• TPT
• Temporarily Placed Teacher

• LSP
• Local Selection Panel
• IoED
• Index of Educational Disadvantage
• ONGOING VACANCY
• no tenure
• (all Country Metro Category 1 2)
• 10 year
• (Metro Category 3-7)
• TEMPORARY VACANCY
• Minimum - 4 weeks
• Maximum - generally 1 year

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OUTLINE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS (5)

• STAGE 1 (on-going vacancies only)
• PPP are considered
• If no appointment is made, the position is
  advertised
• Recruitment Selection map

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OUTLINE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS (6)

• STAGE 2 On-going positions
• PPP are considered first
• PTR are then considered by a LSP
• If no appointment is made, the position is
  advertised
• If no appointment is made, teachers in the ETR
  are considered by a LSP

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OUTLINE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS (7)

• STAGE 2 Temporary positions
• PPP are considered first
• PTR are then considered
• If no appointment is made, teachers in the ETR
  are considered by a LSP

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OUTLINE OF THE SELECTION PROCESS (8)

• STAGE 3 (temporary positions only)
• PPP are considered first
• PTR are then considered
• If no appointment is made, teachers in the ETR
  are considered by a LSP
• If no appointment is made, the position is
  advertised on DECSjobs via the DECS website
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• www.teachinginsa.sa.gov.au
• If the position remains unfilled other methods of
  filling the position are considered

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CHANGES TO PERSONAL DETAILS(9)

• Already registered as a DECSjobs User
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au/jobsearch/
• To change email address
• click on Login then Login
• Click on My Details make changes
• save
• To change address, phone numbers
• click on My History
• click current (2009) application
• edit Personal Details
• save submit
• (or update in 2010 Application)

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• ADVERTISED
• TEACHING
• POSITIONS

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (11)

• Advertising allows schools 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 Principal
  (or delegate) as Chairperson and a nominated AEU
  representative from the school

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (12)

• Positions will be advertised in 2 stages
• Positions will be ongoing (ie without tenure) in
  all
• Country Schools
• IoED Category 1 2 Metropolitan Schools
• 10 year tenure in all other sites

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (13)

• Vacancies are advertised on DECSjobs via the DECS
  website
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• - www.teachinginsa.sa.gov.au
• Completed applications submitted directly on-line
  via DECSjobs
• Advertising dates
• Stage 1 commences
• Friday 15 May (Term 2 - Week 3)
• Friday 19 June (Term 2 - Week 8)
• Friday 3 July (Term 2 - Week 10)
• Stage 2 commencing
• Friday 21 August (Term 3 - Week 5)
• Weekly as necessary

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (14)

• STAGE 1 ADVERTISEMENTS
• 1. Restricted (most metro)
• eligible permanent teachers only
• 2. Open
• Both eligible permanent and employable teachers
  can apply (including graduates)

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (15)

• STAGE 2 ADVERTISEMENTS
• Open
• Priority will be given to nominated permanent
  teachers for some positions (this will mainly
  involve IoED Category 4-7 metropolitan schools)

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (16)

• Who can apply?
• 1. Restricted (most metropolitan)
• Permanent teachers in at least their third year
  of an on-going teaching position
• All permanent teachers who are in their second
  year of an on-going teaching position immediately
  after exercising a remote country to nearer
  country guarantee
• Country PATs in at least their third year
• All permanent teachers who have lost their right
  of return to a school
• All teachers who need to be placed who hold
  placement rights in the metropolitan area

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (17)

• Who can apply?
• 2. Open (including country)
• All eligible permanent teachers
• All permanent teachers who are exercising a
  remote country to nearer country guarantee
• All employable teachers
• As per Restricted positions.

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (18)

• Who can apply?
• Important
• Teachers eligible to apply for an advertised
  teaching position cannot apply for advertised
  positions in their current location until they
  are in the last year of their tenure.
• Country PATs are unable to apply for positions
  in the metropolitan area until they are in at
  least their third year as a Country PAT

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VACANCIES ON THE WEBSITE(19)
Applications submitted on-line (DECSjobs)
www.decs.sa.gov.au
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VACANCIES ON THE WEBSITE(20)
Applications submitted on-line (DECSjobs) OR
at www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au
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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (21)

• DECSjobs - WEBSITE
• 1. Welcome Page
• 2. Teacher Advert
• 3. Advert Details
• 4. Privacy statement
• 5. Registration - only once
• 6. Your DECSjobs login and password

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (22)

• 1 Personal Details
• 2 ATSI
• 3 Tandem/tied
• 4 Employment History
• 5 Qualifications
• 6 Referee Details
• 7 Personal statement
• 7a Personal Statement help

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (23)

• Applying for teacher positions
• 8 Declaration
• 9 Preview Submit
• 10 Submit warning
• 11Submit later option
• 12 Log in to continue
• 13 Continue application
• 14 Submit application
• 15 Application received

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (24)

• Applicants will be nominated using the following
  process
• 1. Initial shortlisting based on their on-line
  application
• 2. Referee contact (for all shortlisted
  applicants)
• 3. Interview (optional)

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ADVERTISED TEACHING POSITIONS (25)

• Communication to applicants
• Acknowledgement by DECSjobs of your application
• Shortlisted Yes / No
• Interview Yes / No
• Being informed of a decision and your appeal
  rights
• Successful Yes / No
• Acceptance
• (a) Employable Teacher
• (b) Permanent Teacher

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SKILL CODES (26)

• The following skill codes may be used in position
  descriptions for vacancies
• Aboriginal Schools IS
• Adult Learning AA
• Anangu Schools US
• Distance Education OC
• First Steps FT
• Reading Recovery RR
• Specialist Sports Coaching ST
• (designated Special Sports
• Schools only)

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In Summary (27)

• Advertised Positions
• Some are restricted to permanent teachers
• Some are open to both permanent and employable
  teachers
• Positions will be advertised on the website in 2
  stages
• Stage 1 from Friday 15 May
• Stage 2 from Friday 21 August
• To apply
• DECSjobs via
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au
• Locate vacancy
• Complete details
• Submit application
• 2010 STAGE 1 2 VACANCY APPLICATION DATES.doc

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(28)PLACEMENT FORMS

• Where Found
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au/jobsearch/
• Permanent Teachers
• Permanent Teacher Requiring Placement
• Placement Required for 2010
• Employable Teachers
• Register Interest for Teaching
• Register Interest for Teaching in 2010

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EMPLOYABLE TEACHERS (29)

• Employable teachers
• Ensure details on your application are correct.
  e.g.
• Email address
• Subjects
• Regions/Staffing Localities of preference
• Fraction of Time
• Contact details
• Referee details
• You could also
• Get further information from the DECS website
• Consider advertised teaching positions on the
  website from May 15 2009

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• PRIORITY
• PLACEMENT
• POOL

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INTRODUCTION (31)

• Teachers requiring placement need to be included
  in the PTR
• Some may apply to be included in the PPP
• In both Stages 1 2, before vacancies are
  advertised, teachers in the PPP must be
  considered first through a centrally managed
  process
• In Stage 2, teachers in the PPP are considered
  before the PTR

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THE PRIORITY PLACEMENT POOL (32)

• Level 1
• Teachers who
• have an approved Workers Compensation claim who
  need to be placed (and have written approval
  annually for inclusion)
• have an approved High Level Special Placement
  Agreement (and have written approval annually for
  inclusion)
• are graduates employed through the Aboriginal
  Recruitment Guarantee

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THE PRIORITY PLACEMENT POOL (33)

• Level 2
• Teachers who have
• qualified for a Country to Metro Guarantee
• been a PAT for at least the last 4 years e.g.
  Metro PAT or Local PAT in a country location or
  Country PAT

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4 YEAR METRO PATS (IN METROPOLITIAN
LOCATIONS)(34)

• Optional - your choice for PPP (otherwise PTR)
• You will be considered for on-going vacancies
  within 45 km of your residence from which you
  daily commuted to your current appointment

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4 YEAR LOCAL PATS (IN COUNTRY LOCATIONS) (35)

• Optional - your choice for PPP (otherwise PTR)
• You will be considered for on-going vacancies
  within 45 km of your residence from which you
  daily commuted to your current appointment

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4 YEAR COUNTRY PATS (36)

• You will be considered for on-going vacancies in
  the country districts nominated on your original
  application for employment (VL135) or listed
  country sites.
• Consider the implications of opting for the PPP
• NOTE (OTHER COUNTRY PATs)
• Years 1 2 can apply for advertised
  country vacancies
• Year 3 can apply for advertised
  metropolitan country vacancies
• Year 4 either PPP or PTR

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THE PRIORITY PLACEMENT POOL (37)

• Level 3
• (Priority only for Metropolitan Vacancies)
• Teachers who have worked continuously in
• a Zone 2 or 3 Country Schools for at least the
  last 5 years
• a Zone 4 or 5 Country Schools for at least the
  last 4 years
• an IoED Category 1 Schools for at least the last
  4 years
• an IoED Category 2 Schools for at least the last
  5 years

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THE PRIORITY PLACEMENT POOL (38)

• Level 3 (continued)
• Teachers are not guaranteed an alternative
  appointment but have priority for nominated
  schools
• Some teachers who nominate for this group are
  also part of the PTR
• PPP APPLICATIONS SHOULD BE SUBMITTED BY FRIDAY
  1st MAY
• - DECSjobs via
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au

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• PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER

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THE PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (40)

• Teachers who are
• Returning from leave
• PATs in Country Locations
• a Local PAT in a country location has placement
  rights within 45 kms of your residence from which
  you daily commuted to your current appointment.
• a Country PAT can be placed in any listed country
  school or in any of the initially nominated
  Districts
• PATs/TPTs
• Completing a tenured position
• Category 3- 7 school
• Leadership
• Seconded

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THE PERMANENT TEACHER REGISTER (contd) (41)

• Teachers who are
• Remote Country to Nearer Country Guarantee
• In the Country Teaching Scholarship Scheme/Early
  Targeted Graduate Scheme
• Not included above but have prior written
  approval for inclusion

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COMPLETING A TENURED LEADERSHIP POSITION (42)

• Important
• Commenced prior to 24/01/07
• your placement rights are to either a country
  district or the metropolitan area, depending on
  the location of your last substantive teaching
  position
• Commencing on or after 24/01/07
• you will be appointed to a position within 45
  kms 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 45 kms of where you commuted daily
  to the leadership position.

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FILLING VACANCIESFROM THE PTR (43)

• Before vacancies are advertised, teachers in the
  PTR must be considered
• For on-going positions the selection process from
  the PTR occurs at the local site through the
  establishment of a LSP
• For temporary positions the selection process
  from the PTR is managed centrally

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ROLE OF THE LSP IN THE SELECTION OF TEACHERS FROM
THE PTR (44)

• The LSP uses information obtained from
• The details you entered in your application for
  Inclusion In The PPP/PTR
• Referee statements
• Interview (optional)

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SPECIAL PLACEMENT AGREEMENT (45)

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

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• FORM FOR
• INCLUSION
• IN THE
• PPP/PTR
• DECSjobs via www.decs.sa.gov.au
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au

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APPLICATION FOR INCLUSION IN PPP/PTR POOLS (47)

• DECSjobs - WEBSITE
• 1. Welcome Page
• 2. Permanent Teacher requiring Placement
• 5. PPP-PTR Form
• Additional to advertised form
• 6. Transaction Type
• 7. Preferred Schools
• 8. Fraction of Time
• 9. Subjects and Skills

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INFORMATION CHECKLIST (48)

• 1. Attend the teacher meeting
• 2. Consult the following documents available on
  the website
• Recruitment and Selection of Teaching Staff in
  the School Sector
• Regions, Staffing Localities Sites
• Subject/Skill Lists
• School Sector Skills Criteria
• Frequently Asked Questions (and answers)
• 3. Talk to your Principal
• e-mail your questions to Site HR Services
• SiteHumanResources_at_saugov.sa.gov.au

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POLICIES ON THE WEBSITE (49)

• POLICIES may be found on the following website
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• Employment in DECS (major heading)
• Recruitment and Selection (left)
• Choose desired topic (left or middle)

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APPLICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE (50)
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APPLICATIONS ON THE WEBSITE (51)
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In Summary (52)

• If you DO NOT have an ongoing appointment for
  2010, you need to
• Complete your details on DECSjobs via
• www.decs.sa.gov.au
• www.teachinginsa.sa.edu.au
• PPP by no later than 1st May 2009.
• PTR by no later than 29th May 2009.
• You may also
• Get further information from the DECS website
• Consider advertised teaching positions on the
  website from May 15 2009

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In Summary (53)

• If you DO have an ongoing appointment for 2010
• You may also
• Get further information from the DECS website
• Consider advertised teaching positions on the
  website from May 15th 2009
• Opt for the PPP (if eligible)

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