Teacher Administration Section 5 & 29 July 2019€¦ · Teacher Administration Section 5 & 29 July 2019 Note: The contents in the PowerPoint slides should only be regarded as supplementary

Teacher Administration Section

5 & 29 July 2019

Note: The contents in the PowerPoint slides should only be regarded as supplementary

information for explaining the relevant cases during the Briefing Session. For comprehensive

reference of the rules and practices on salary assessment, please refer to the Guide to Salary

Assessment for Aided Primary / Secondary Schools.

PART 1

• Preparation and Principles on salary

assessment for teachers

• Principles on salary assessment for non-

teaching staff

PART 2

• Recap on all-graduate teaching force

policy

• Case study

Break

� become familiar with the basic principles andprocedures of salary assessment

� apply knowledge of salary assessment throughhands-on exercises

In this workshop, participants will:

Acronyms in general Terms in Full

COA Code of Aid

GSA (App) Guide to Salary Assessment (Appendix)

PT/RT Permitted/ Registered Teacher

MPS Master Pay Scale

ICE Incremental Credit for Experience

ICQ Incremental Credit for Qualification

FTE Full-time Equivalence

SMC/IMC School/ Incorporated Management Committee

c/f Carry-forward

RA Reassessment

Acronyms for ranks/ qualifications

Terms in Full

ID Incremental Date

HKCAAVQ The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of

Academic and Vocational Qualifications

ICTT (P/S) In-service Certificate of Teacher Training

(Primary / Secondary)

Cert in Pri / Sec Ed Certificate in Primary / Secondary Education

PGCE / PGDE Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma in

Education

WHO (paid out of Salaries Grant)

•Newly join the school •Renew contract•Regrade in the serving school

WHAT1. Appointment Forms / Regrading Forms2. Teacher Registration status (S42 Cap279 Edu. Ord.)

(i.e. Permitted Teacher(PT) / Registered Teacher(RT)) PT : without initial teacher training AND applied by schoolRT : with initial teacher training AND applied by teacher

3. Certified True Copies of qualification(s)4. Certified True Copies of Certificate(s) of Service

TOOLS•Guides to Salary Assessment for Aided Schools•Codes of Aid for Aided Schools•Others (e.g. EDB circulars)

Salary particulars

a) MPS Pointb) Salary barc) Incremental

Dated) Next

incremental Date

e) Maximum Point

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Checklist of supporting documents (Example)

Teacher Registration status�Certificate of registration as a teacher �Permit to employ an unregistered teacher

Qualifications�Degree�Initial teacher training (e.g. PGDE)

Examples of documents: Transcript / Certificate / Statement of results / Testimonials…

Teaching Experience – Certificate of Service�Length of employment with exact dates (dd/mm/yy)�Rank(s) (substantive / comparable)�Full-time / Part-time with fraction (%)�Source(s) of funding�No-pay leave record (if any) 8

Note

1. Confirm the establishment / entitlement

(please refer to the approval letter)

2. Confirm the qualifications and incremental credit

for experience (ICE)

3. Base on the available information to complete

and confirm the salary assessment

4. Submit appropriate form(s) and all the supporting

documents9

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Responsibility

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*Please complete the Supplementary

Sheet for ALL regrading cases

regardless of the assessment methods.

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Responsibility

Hong Kong Secondary School X X X X

Ms Cheung, 90XXXXXX

IMC10/2019 18 October 2019

01/09/

201901/09 01/09/

2020

14 18

CM GM

N.A. 33

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Hong Kong Secondary School X X X X

Ms Cheung, 90XXXXXX

IMC10/2019 18 October 2019

01/09/

201901/09 01/09/

2020

14 18

CM GM

N.A. 33

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*Approval by the SMC / IMC should be granted

BEFORE the effective date of the regrading.

(Refer to Note 2 of Regrading Form)

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What? �� RankAppointment Requirements (CoA) � Salary Scales*Note

When? �� DateSalary scale of the rank � Starting Point / Salary bar*Note

Where? �� SectorPublic / Private sector school / others � Salary Arrangement

How? �� ArrangementCarry-forward (c/f), Re-assessment (RA) � Pay Pt. (MPS)

Why? �� DataInconsistent � Attention!

*Note

• CoA, App.3 (non-IMC Schools)

• Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4 Qualifications for New Recruits (IMC

Schools)

• GSA, App.6A-D20

Basic Rank (Sec)

�Non-graduate Post: CM

�Graduate Post: GM

Promotion Rank (Sec)

•Non-graduate Post: AM, SAM, PAM

•Graduate Post: SGM, PGM, Pr

*Direct Appointment to promotion ranks - Subject to PSEd's approval for non-IMC

Schools, CoA Sect 59(a) and IMC's fully justifiable support for IMC Schools,

Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4 Qualifications for New Recruits

�� Confirm the appointed rank

Direct appointment* Regrading Promotion

e.g. CM (S) � GM

AM (S) � GM

SAM (S) � GM

PAM (S) � SGM

e.g. GM � SGM

SGM � PGM

PGM � Pr II / Pr I

What? �� Rank

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�� Confirm the teacher registration status

What? �� Rank

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What? �� Rank

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Qualification(s) (GSA Appendix 2A-D)

Local qualifications Non-local qualifications

• E.g. Bachelor degree,

Teacher Certificate (TC),

In-service Course of Training

for Teachers in Primary /

Secondary School (ICTT(P/S),

Postgraduate Diploma in

Education (PGDE)…

• Approach the Hong Kong Council

for Accreditation of Academic and

Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)

for qualification assessment if

necessary (EDB Circular No. 1/2005)

• Exception: EDB Circular No.

41/1998 (GSA Appendix 2C)

�� Identify the entry qualification(s)

*A higher degree (e.g. a Master’s degree) should NOT be accepted automatically

in its own right for meeting the qualification requirement for appointment as GM

/ APSM / CM in aided schools (GSA Appendix 2D)

What? �� Rank

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Report forQualifications Assessment

…the totality of Mr XX’s

educational qualifications meets the

standard of a local Postgraduate

Diploma at Level 6 of the Hong

Kong Qualifications Framework…Mr

XX’s Bachelor (Honours) Degree

meets the standard of a local Bachelor (Honours) Degree and is

considered to have been attained as

from 2008. Mr XX’s teacher training

qualification meets the standard of

a local Postgraduate Diploma in Education.

What? �� Rank

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EDB Circular No. 41/1998 (Extracted)

What? �� Rank

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EDB Circular No. 41/1998 (Extracted)

What? �� Rank

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What? �� Rank

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What? �� Rank

Information Portal for Accredited Post-secondary Programmes

(iPASS)

Examples of Initial Teacher Training

Certificate / Award

Teacher Certificate TC 教師證書

In-service Certificate of

Teacher Training

(Primary / Secondary)

ICTT (P/S) 在職小學/中學教師訓練課

程證書

Certificate in Primary /

Secondary Education

Cert. in Prim. / Sec. Ed.

小學 / 中學教育證書

Postgraduate Certificate

/ Diploma in Education

PGCE / PGDE 學位教師教育證書 / 文憑

Attention!Please check the level of teacher training carefully and

confirm if the teacher possesses appropriate teacher training.

What? �� Rank

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Certificate of Bachelor of Education

Date of Award

Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained

What? �� Rank

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Statement of Results of PGDE

Level “Primary”

Certificate/ Diploma/

Degree obtained

Date of Award

“27 June 2012”

What? �� Rank

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Testimonial of B.A. and PGDE


Degree obtained

Completion Date

“June 21,2011” &

June 26, 2013”

What? �� Rank

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Transcript of PGDE


Degree obtained

Completion Date

“Jun 2012”

Level “Primary”

What? �� Rank

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What? �� Rank

Approval Letter for Graduation of PGDE

Date of Award

“26 June 2017”


Degree obtained

What? �� Rank

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Salary Scale of Teaching Grades (by periods) (with local degree)

Appendix 6A-D CM (MPS Pt. &salary bar)

GM��

(MPS Pt. &Salary bar #)

1.10.2010 - present Pt. 14-24 (#19) Pt. 15-33 (#20)

1.8.2007-30.9.2010 Pt. 14-24 (#19) Pt. 17-33 (#22)

1.4.2000-31.7.2007 @ Pt. 12-24 (#17) Pt. 12-33 (#17)

Before 1.4.2000 Pt. 14-24 (#19) Pt. 17-33

(#22 if appointed on or

after 1.9.97 /

#27 if appointed before

1.9.97)

� Award 2 additional increments after appropriate teacher training# untrained teachers should not proceed beyond the salary bar

(薪金關限)@ Normal conversion arrangement (GSA, App 16)

�� Identify the appropriate pay scale

When? ��Date

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GSA - Appendix 6

� Public sector schools: government schools, aided schools,

caput schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools

� Private sector schools

� Others: EDB, higher education institutions (e.g. IVE)…

� Determine ICE by counting relevant post-qualification experience in excess of the minimum required for the appointment

� Certificate of Service

Where? �� Sector

�� Determine the Incremental Credit for Experience (ICE)

Types of sectors

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Paid under funds of public sector

schools

DSS, Caput and government

schools

Private schools (formal curriculum,

full-time students)

Relevant working experience

(e.g. EDB, education faculties of

recognized local tertiary institution)

w.e.f. 1.9.2006

Could be countedCould NOT be

counted

� Daily paid & hourly paid

experience

� Kindergarten

� Evening schools /

sections

� Capped Experience

Note

• On complete month basis

• Part-time post-qualification

experience may be

compressed to full months

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Capped experience� Salary frozen at salary bar not counted for incremental

credits

Salary bar� Untrained teachers� With effect from 1 August 2007, the salary bar would be set

at five pay points above the prevailing salaries and

would be adjusted automatically whenever there is a

change in the starting salaries.

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Rank(s)

Full-time / Part-time (in fraction)

Length of employment with exact dates (dd/mm/yyyy)

Source(s) of funding

Number of days of no-pay leave (if any)

Note Ensure consistency!

Certificate of Service (CoS)

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Substantive Rank(s) for each period of service

Source(s) of funding for each period of service

Each Period of Service

Sample CoS

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X Last position / rank

Basic Formula (Re-assessment)

Starting Pt. of

appropriate salary

scale

Relevant post-qualificationexperience

Appropriate teacher

training

��

=� Salary Pt.

� Incremental Date (ID)

� Salary Bar (if any)

�� Determine the Salary Particulars

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��

How? �� Arrangement

Salary Arrangement – Carry-forward (c/f) & Reassessment (RA)

c/fRetain salary

particulars�

Change in sector and

Change in rank and

Break in service and

Change in FTE

c/fAffecting ID and

Salary Pt.�

Change in sector and

Change in rank and

Break in service and

�Change in FTE Note: Compressed ICE

No-pay leave taken Note: Defer ID

RA

Re-

assessment

�Change in sector or

Change in rank (except in regrading) or

Break in service 45


Determined by the date of assumption of full duties

• Falls on or between 1st – 15th day of the month � ID is the 1st day of the month

• Falls on or between 16th – the end of the month� ID is the 1st day of the following month

Incremental Date (I.D.)

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Serving teachers took no-pay leave

� Incremental Date (I.D.) would be affected

Incremental Date (I.D.)

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No pay leave (no. of days)To defer I.D. by

More than Less than or equal to

15 days Not applicable

15 days 45 days 1 month

45 days 75 days 2 months





… … …

New teachers ALL RA

NG → NG e.g. CM � CM c/f

G → G e.g. GM � GM

APSM � GMc/f

NG → G(same sch. level)

e.g. CM(S) � GM c/f or RA => whichever is higher

NG → G(diff. sch. level)

e.g. CM(P) � GM RA

G → NG e.g. GM � CM RA

Break in service ALL RA

Basic rank (GSA, App.10A)

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Promotion Rank

Break in Service (no service > 1 year) (GSA, App.13)

YES → starting point

NO → changing within or to…

� Same rank → c/f

e.g. SGM→ SGM

PGM → PGM

� Same grade but lower rank → starting point + ICE at/above the rank

e.g. SGM→ GM

PGM → SGM

� Higher rank → starting point

e.g. GM→ SGM

Pr II → Pr I

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Ranks with Overlapping scale (without break in service)

PGM (MPS Pt 38-41) � Pr II (MPS Pt 40-44)

SGM (MPS Pt 34-39) � PGM (MPS Pt 38-41)

Note

1. Date of Promotion

2. Pay Point at the date of promotion

3. ID

4. Refer to CoA Appendix 5/Attachment A & B (non-IMC Schools)

and Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4

Qualifications for New Recruits (IMC Schools)

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What? �� RankAppointment Requirements (CoA) � Salary Scales*Note

When? �� DateSalary scale of the rank � Starting Point / Salary bar*Note

Where? �� SectorPublic / others � Salary Arrangement

How? �� ArrangementCarry-forward (c/f), Re-assessment (RA) � Pay Pt.

Why? �� DataInconsistent � Attention!

*Note

• CoA, App.3 (non-IMC Schools)

• Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4 Qualifications for New Recruits (IMC

Schools)

• GSA, App.6A-D

Principles – Non-Teaching (1) Overview

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�� Confirm the appointed rank

Direct appointment Promotion

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Principles – Non-Teaching (2) What? �� Rank

Basic rank Promotion rank

Educational Psychologist (EP) EP II � EP I

Laboratory Technician (LT) *Note 1 LT III � LT II � LT I

Physiotherapist (PT) *Note 2 PT II � PT I � SPT

Occupational Therapist (OT) *Note 2 OT II � OT I

Examples on basic rank and promotion rank of

non-teaching staff

*Note 2: Please approach REO for direct appointment of PT I and OT I

*Note 1: For the appointment of LT II, please approach REO if thecandidate does not have LT II experience in a government secondaryschool or another aided school.

Salary Scales of Non-Teaching Staff (GSA App.6A-D)


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Local qualifications Non-local qualifications• E.g. HKCEE / HKDSE,

Bachelor degree,

Diploma, Certificate of

Registration, Practising

Certificate…

• Approach the Hong Kong

Council for Accreditation of

Academic and Vocational

Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) for

qualification assessment if

necessary

(EDB Circular No. 1/2005)

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�� Identify the entry qualification(s)

Examples on Salary Scales of Non-teaching Staff in Aided

Secondary Schools (GSA App.6)

Principles – Non-Teaching (4) When? �� Date

RankEffective before

1.4.2000

Effective

from

1.4.2000 to 31.7.2007

Effective from

1.8.2007 to 30.9.2010

Effective from

1.10.2010

LT II Pt. 10-17@-21 Pt. 6-21 Pt. 8-21 Pt. 8-21

EP II Pt. 25-33 Pt. 20-33 Pt. 25-33 Pt. 23-33

ASWO Pt. 18-33 Pt. 13-33 Pt. 18-33 Pt. 16-33

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�� Identify the appropriate pay scale

� Public sector schools: government schools, aided schools,

caput schools, Direct Subsidy Scheme (DSS) schools

� Civil service

� Subvented sectors

� Certificate of Service

Types of sectors

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Principles – Non-Teaching (5) Where? �� Sector

�� Determine the Incremental Credit for Experience (ICE) and salary particulars

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c/f ALL non-teaching

staff paid by SG

Non-teaching staff

paid by SG on MPS

Lab Tech (including LT

III on TPS)

NO change in rank; and

NO break in service; and

transfer from

aided school to

another under the

same sponsoring

body

transfer between aided schools transfer between

aided schools OR

transfer from Caput

and DSS schools to

aided schools

Principles – Non-Teaching (6)

Salary Arrangement – Carry-forward (c/f)


c/f

Does

NOT

apply to

Clerical and janitor staff paid by the Administration Grant, Revised

Administration Grant or other non-Salaries Grants in aided schools; and

non-specialist staff on Model Scale I (MODI) (workshop attendants, teacher

assistants, watchmen and janitor staff paid by SG) transfer to another aided

school; and

non-teaching staff transferring from the civil service or other subvented

sectors to aided schools.

No break in service


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Note

A – by c/f arrangement

B – by RA arrangement

(GSA App. 10C)


Summary of transfer arrangements (paid out of SG) (w.e.f. 1.8.2007)

Rank (Paid by SG) Revised pay scale plus recognized experience

Starting Salaries on the revised pay scale

Laboratory Technicians �

Occupational Therapists �

Physiotherapists �

Speech therapists �

Educational psychologists �

Nurses �

Staff at the social work officer or social work assistant grade

�

Other non-teaching staff �


Granting of ICEs for non-teaching staff upon transfer with a break in service

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(GSA Section 3)


*Note: including recognised experience of subvented posts in NGOs

at the same basic rank

*Note

Break

小休時間

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A recap on the all-graduate teaching force policy

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按「轉職後支取現薪」的安排計算薪酬，或按新入職薪酬另加經驗增薪點(如適用)的方法評估薪酬，以較高者為準。

按「轉職後支取現薪」的安排計算薪酬。

改編後的支薪安排

由⼆零零⼀年九⽉⼀⽇起，非學位教師轉任學位教師職級時，其增薪⽇期將根據轉任日期而定。

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（正本及第⼀副本送交公積金組

［第⼀副本轉交薪金核實小組］，第二副本送交所屬地區的學校發展組）

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Exercise 1-10

Reference: Guide to Salary Assessment (August 2010)

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