Anne Tolley

21 February, 2011

Minister welcomes another pay settlement

Education Minister Anne Tolley has welcomed the decision by school principals to ratify the Secondary Principals� Collective Agreement (SPCA), and has congratulated all of the parties involved.

�The 2011-2013 SPCA is a very good settlement for secondary principals and the Government,� says Mrs Tolley.

�It provides an improved career structure for principals based on professional criteria and service.

�New Zealand�s secondary principals now have clear incentives to keep developing their professional knowledge and leadership, both within their own school and across schooling clusters.

�I want to congratulate the advocates from the Secondary Principals� Association of New Zealand, the PPTA and the Ministry of Education for reaching this very successful outcome.

�This decision comes after pay settlements for primary teachers and primary principals, and I urge the PPTA to return to the bargaining table to resume pay talks for secondary teachers.�

The SPCA, which came into effect from 17 February 2011 and expires on 29 March 2013, covers principals in all state and state-integrated secondary schools.