Principal's remuneration

In addition to their base salaries, principals may be eligible for other payments as specified in the appropriate Collective Agreement or Ministry-promulgated Individual Employment Agreement.

These components if applicable are added to the principals remuneration and reviewed annually.

• Reporting principals remuneration
• Principals career allowance
• Principals experience payment
• Staffing funding component
• Decile discretionary funding (eligible state schools only)
• Leadership payment
• Staffing incentive allowance
• High priority principals’ allowance
• Area schools’ high priority principals’ allowance
• Isolation allowance
• Chatham Islands allowance
• Normal allowance

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Reporting principals remuneration

School boards of trustees are required to report on remuneration paid to the principal in the school's annual report by the Education Act (section 87(2)(ca)(iv)).

This report must show total remuneration paid to the principal broken into:

• salary
• termination/redundancy/retirement payments
• benefits and other emoluments.

Note: any confidentiality agreement between the board of trustees and employees should be made subject to any statutory reporting requirements.

Principals career allowance

The principals career payment is an allowance for Area and Secondary principals that have met the eligibility criteria set out in the respective collective agreements. It is paid fortnightly additional to the principal's base salary. »»»

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Principals experience payment

The principals experience payment is an allowance of $3000 per annum. It is paid fortnightly additional to the principal's base salary. »»»

Staffing funding component

This component is a dollar amount that is based on all entitlement and attached teachers. »»»

Decile discretionary funding (eligible state schools only)

Deciles divide schools into 10 groupings where decile 1 schools are in areas of greatest socio-economic disadvantage and decile 10 schools in areas of greatest socio-economic advantage.

Principals in decile 1-4 schools, bound by the appropriate CA or employed on a Ministry promulgated IEA, receive this payment additional to their base salary. »»»

Leadership payment

A leadership payment is made to principals in recognition of the work they do to develop, lead, and implement programmes across the curriculum for the benefit of their students. »»»

Staffing incentive allowance

The staffing incentive allowance is an allowance for teachers, and primary principals who work in schools that have staffing incentive status. »»»

High priority principals’ allowance

The high priority principals’ allowance is an allowance for secondary principals who work in schools that the Ministry identifies as needing extra recruitment and retention support. »»»

Area schools’ high priority principals’ allowance

The area schools’ high priority principals’ allowance is an allowance for area principals who work in schools that the Ministry of Education identifies as needing extra recruitment and retention support. »»»

Isolation allowance

Principals who have to live in an area designated as isolated, receive an isolation allowance at the prescribed rate as outlined in the appropriate collective agreement. »»»

Chatham Islands allowance

All employees recruited from the main land are eligible for the Chatham Islands allowance including its freight and isolation component.

All employees recruited locally from the Chatham Islands are eligible for some of the provisions of the Chatham Islands allowance including its isolation component. »»»

Normal allowance

A principal of a Normal or Model school is entitled to a payment of $2,000 per annum. »»»