Briefing: Salary Assessment for Aided Secondary Schools(Paid out of Salaries Grant)
Teacher Administration Section10 July 2017
Note: The contents in the powerpoint slides should only be regarded as supplementary information for explaining the relevant cases during the briefing. For comprehensive reference of the rules and practices on salary assessment, please refer to the Guide to Salary Assessment for Aided Primary / Secondary Schools.
Preparing Salary Assessmentfor Teachers
Preparing Salary Assessment - Teachers (1)
WHO (Salaries Grant)•Newly join the school •Renew contract•Regrade in the same school
WHAT1.Teacher Registration (i.e. PT / RT) (S42 Cap279 Edu. Ord.)
PT : without initial teacher training AND apply by schoolRT : with initial teacher training AND apply by teacher
2.Appointment Forms / Regrading Forms3.Certified True Copies of qualifications4.Certified True Copies of Certificate(s) of Service
TOOLS•Guide to Salary Assessment for Aided Primary / Secondary Schools•Code of Aid for Aided Schools•Others (for examples, EDB circulars)
Preparing Salary Assessment - Teachers (2)
Appointment Form
Preparing Salary Assessment - Teachers (3)
Preparing Salary Assessment - Teachers (4)
Supporting documents checklist (for example)
Standard QualificationsDegree (Transcript/ Graduation letter / Certificate)Teacher training
Teaching Experience – Certificate of ServiceRank(s) (substantive / comparable)Full-time / Part-time with fraction (%)Each period of serviceSource of funding(s)No pay leave record (if any)
Preparing Salary Assessment - Teachers (5)
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)
Principles on Salary Assessmentfor Teachers
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (1)
What? RankEntry Requirements (CoA) Salary Scales (GSA App.6A-D)
When? DateEntry at the rank Starting Point / Salary bar (GSA App. 6A-D)
Where? SectorPublic / others Salary Arrangement
How? ArrangementCarry-forward (c/f), Re-assessment (RA) Pay Pt. (MPS)
Why? DataInconsistent Attention!
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (2)
What? Rank
Basic Rank(Secondary)Non-graduate Post: CMGraduate Post: GM
Regrading• For example:
CM (Sec) GMAM (Sec) GMSAM (Sec) GMPAM (Sec) SGM
Direct Appointment
to promotion ranks
Promotion Rank•For example:AM, SAM, SGM, PGM, Pr
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (3)
What? RankPromotion Rank (without Break in service) On/ after 1.9.2006
Same or higher rank carry-forward for changing within same rankFor example:
AM (Sec) AM (Sec)SGM SGM
starting point for changing to higher rankFor example:
GM SGMP/SGM Pr II/I
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (4)
What? RankPromotion Rank (without Break in service) On/ after 1.9.2006
Same grade but in lower rankprevailing starting point + experience at or above the rank
For example:SAM AMPGM SGM
Note
Break in Service Starting Point
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (5)
What? RankOverlapping scale (without Break in service) On/ after 1.9.2006
For examplePGM (MPS Pt 38-41) Pr II (MPS Pt 40-44) SGM (MPS Pt 34-39) PGM (MPS Pt 38-41)
Note1. Pay Point at the date of promotion 2. ID3. Date of Promotion4. Refer to Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4
Qualifications for New Recruits (IMC Schools)
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (6)
What? RankQualification(s)
Local / Non-local Qualifications (GSA App2A-D) HKCAAVQ for non-local qualifications
except for those in EDBC 41/1998
For example: Teacher Certificate (TC), Degree, Certificate In-service Course of Training for Teachers in Primary/ Secondary School (ICTT(P/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)
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (6a)What? Rank Report for
Qualifications Assessment
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.
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7)
What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Teacher TrainingCertificate / 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
Others
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7a)
What? RankQualification(s) – Certificate of Bachelor of Education
Date of Award
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7b)
What? RankQualification(s) – Testimonial of Bachelor of Education
Level “for trained practising primary teacher”
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained
Date of Award“April 2006”
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7c)
What? Rank Qualification(s) – Statement of Results of PGDE
Level “Primary”
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained
Date of Award“27 June 2012”
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7d)
What? Rank Qualification(s) – Testimonial of B.A. and PGDE
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained
Date of Award“June 21,2011” & June 26, 2013”
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (7e)
What? Rank Qualification(s) – Transcript of PGDE
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree obtained
Date of Award“Jun 2012”
Level “Primary”
When? Date
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (8)
Salary Scale or Teaching Grades (by periods) (standard qualifications)
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 (#22/27)
Awarded 2 additional increments after appropriate teacher training# untrained teachers should not proceed beyond the salary bar@ Normal conversion arrangement (GSA, App 16)
Where? Sector
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (9)
Incremental Credit for Experience (ICE)(by counting relevant post-qualification experience) Certificate of Service
Aided schools, private schools, Others
NoteEnsure Consistency vs document (GSA App.14) Rank(s) Each Period of service (dd/mm/yyyy) Source of funding(s) No-pay leave
Where? Sector
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (10)
Substantive Rank(s) for each period of
service
Funding(s) for each period of service
Each Period of Service
Where? Sector
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (11)
Incremental Credit for Experience (ICE)
Complete month Funding: Salaries Grant, Others in public sector schoolsSchool Types / Sector
DSS, Caput and government schools Private schools (formal curriculum, full-time students) Relevant working experience (EDB, education faculties of
recognized local tertiary institution) w.e.f. 1.9.2006 Kindergarten Evening schools
Daily paid & hourly paidCapped Experience: salary bars would be set at 5 pay points above the
prevailing starting salaries (w.e.f. 1.9.2007)Compressed ICE: part-time post-qualification experience may be
compressed to full moths
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (12)
How? Arrangement
Basic Formula
Starting Pt. of appropriate salary scale
Relevant post-qualificationexperience
Appropriateteacher training
=
Salary Pt. Incremental Date (ID) Salary Bar 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
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (13)How? ArrangementSalary Arrangement – Carry-forward (c/f) & Reassessment (RA)
c/fRetain salary particulars
Change in sector andChange in rank andBreak in service andChange in FTE
c/fAffecting ID and Salary Pt.
Change in sector andChange in rank andBreak in service and
Change in FTE Note: Compressed ICENo-pay leave taken Note: Defer ID
RARe-assessment
Change in sector orChange in rank (except in regrading) orBreak in service
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (14)How? Arrangement
Teaching Experiences – with no‐pay leave
Please note No‐pay leave, if anyID is affected, without break in serviceFor serving teachers:
No service for (days) To defer ID by1 ‐15 Not applicable16 ‐45 1 month46 ‐75 2 months76 ‐105 3 months106‐135 4 months136‐165 5 months166‐195 6 months… …
Principles on Salary Assessment - Teachers (15)How? ArrangementSalary Arrangement – Carry-forward (c/f) & Reassessment (RA)
New Recruits ALL RA
NG → NG e.g. CM CM c/f
G → G e.g. GM GMAPSM GM
c/f
NG → G(same sch. level)
e.g. CM(P) APSM c/f or RA => higher
NG → G(diff. sch. level)
e.g. CM(S) APSM RA
G → NG e.g. APSM CM RA
Break in service ALL RA
Principles onSalary Assessment for
Non-Teaching Staff
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (1)
What? RankEntry Requirements (CoA) Salary Scales (GSA App.6A‐D)
When? DateEntry at the rank Starting Point / Salary bar (GSA App. 6A‐D)
Where? SectorPublic / others Salary Arrangement
How? ArrangementCarry‐forward (c/f), Re‐assessment (RA) Pay Pt. (MPS)
Why? DataInconsistent Attention!
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (2)What? Rank Salary Scales of Non‐Teaching Staff in Aided Primary/
Secondary/ Special Schools (GSA App.6A‐D)
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (3)
What? RankQualification(s)
Local / Non-local Qualifications (GSA App2A-D) HKCAAVQ for non-local qualifications
Refer to Compendium to CoA for Aided Schools, Section 4 Qualifications for New Recruits (IMC Schools)
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (4)
When? Date• Examples on Salary Scales of Non‐teaching Staff in Aided Secondary Schools (GSA App.6A‐D)
Rank Effective before1.4.2000
Effectivefrom
1.4.2000 to 31.7.2007
Effectivefrom
1.8.2007 to 30.9.2010
Effectivefrom
1.10.2010
Lab Tech 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. 23‐33ASWO Pt. 18‐33 Pt. 13‐33 Pt. 18‐33 Pt. 16‐33
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (5)
Salary arrangement for Non‐teaching staff Paid by Salaries Grant upon Appointment / Transfer to the New Post (Effective from 1.8.2007)(GSA App. 10C)
Where? Sector & How? Arrangement
No break in service
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (6)How? Arrangement
c/f No Change in rank; andfrom aided school (paid out of Salaries Grant on MPS) to aided school (paid out of Salaries Grant on MPS); andNo break in serviceNote: Laboratory Technician (including LT III on TPS), transfer between aided schools / from Caput, DSS schools to aided schools (Note: For the appointment of LT II, candidate who did not have LT II experience in aided school (paid by Salaries Grant), please approach REO.)
c/fDO 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), including workshop attendants, teacher assistants, watchmen and janitor staff paid by Salaries Grant; andnon-teaching staff transferring from the civil service or other subventedsectors to aided schools.
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (7)Where? Sector & How? ArrangementRef. GSA Section 33.2 Granting of ICEs for non‐teaching staff upon transfer with a break in serviceRank (Paid by Salaries Grant, with a break in service)
Revised pay scale plus recognisedexperience
Starting Salaries on the revised pay scale
Lab Tech
Occupational Therapists *
Physiotherapists *
Speech therapists
Educational psychologists
Nurses
Staff at the social work officer or social work assistant grade
Other non‐teaching staff
Principles on Salary Assessment – Non-Teaching (8)
Where? Sector & How? Arrangement
Granting ICEs for specialist staff *(with a break in service)recognised experience of same rank at subventedpost in NGOs at the basic rank when assessing salaries
* Note:Please approach REO for direct appointment of Physiotherapist I and Occupational Therapist I (Aided Special Schools)
Case Study forTeaching Staff
Case 1
A GM is appointed in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) B.Ed (Secondary) HKIED (7.7.2007)Experience 1.9.2008‐31.8.2016 GM Salaries Grant
1.9.2016‐31.8.2017 Teacher (comparable to GM) in an international school*
Private
Previous Salary(as at 31.8.2017)
MPS Pt. 27 Incremental Date: 1.9
Salary Assessment: [GM in private school GM in aided school](i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 15‐20#‐33 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010)(ii) Steps: Date MPS Pt. ICE Counted
1.9.2008-31.8.2016 8y
1.9.2016-31.8.2017 1y1.9.2017 26 15 + 2 ICQ + 9y ICE
Pt 26ID = 1.9, NID = 1.9.2018
• Subject to consideration on a case‐by‐case basis• ICQ: Incremental credit for qualification
Case 2A CM is appointed in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) B.Ed (Secondary) HKIED (25.6.2013)Experience 2.9.2013‐31.8.2017 0.8CM (Sec) Salaries Grant
Previous Salary(as at 31.8.2017)
MPS Pt. 17 Incremental Date: 1.9
Salary Assessment: [0.8 CM full‐time CM](i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 14‐24 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010)(ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. ICE Counted
2.9.2013-31.8.2014 14 48m of 0.8CM compressed
1.9.2014-31.8.2015 = 38m1.9.2015-31.8.2016 = 3y2m1.9.2016-31.8.20171.9.2017 17 14 + 3y2m
2m left ID = 1.7, NID = 1.7.2018
Case 3 (1)
A GM is appointed in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) B.A. HKU (8.6.1998)
PGDE CUHK (23.6.2014)Experience 1.9.2006‐31.8.2017 GM Teacher Private SchoolPrevious Salary (as at 31.8.2017) $50,000 +
allowanceIncremental Date: N.A.
Salary Assessment: [Private Aided](i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 15‐20#‐33 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010)(ii) Steps:
Case 3 (2)Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.2006-31.8.2007 15 ID=1.9; Salary bar at MPS Pt. 201.9.2007-31.8.2008 161.9.2008-31.8.2009 171.9.2009-31.8.2010 181.9.2010-31.8.2011 191.9.2011-31.8.2012 20 ID=1.9
23.6.2014-31.8.2014 20# + 2 2 additional increments granted upon completion of appropriate PGDE and the teacher was allowed to proceed beyond salary bar, ID retained
1.9.2014-31.8.2015 23 ID=1.91.9.2015-31.8.2016 241.9.2016-31.8.2017 251.9.2017
1.9.2012-22.6.2014 20# Experience capped at the salary bar
26 ID = 1.9; NID = 1.9.2018
Case 4 (1)
A GM is appointed in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) Teacher Certificate SRBC (7.6.1995)
B.A. HKU (30.6.1999)Experience 1.9.1996‐31.8.1997 CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
1.9.1999‐31.8.2017 APSM Salaries GrantPrevious Salary (as at 31.8.2017) MPS Pt. 29
(Max.of APSM)Incremental Date: N.A.
Salary Assessment: [APSM GM](i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 19‐29 (salary scale for APSM before 1.4.2000)
MPS Pt. 19‐33 (salary scale for GM before 1.4.2000) (ii) Steps:
Case 4 (2)Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.1999-31.8.2000 19 ID=1.9
1.9.2000-31.8.2001 201.9.2001-31.8.2002 211.9.2002-31.8.2003 221.9.2003-31.8.2004 231.9.2004-31.8.2005 241.9.2005-31.8.2006 251.9.2006-31.8.2007 261.9.2007-31.8.2008 271.9.2008-31.8.2009 281.9.2009-31.8.2017 29 Max. Pt. of APSM rank1.9.2017 29 Switching to the GM salary scale
by carry‐forward arrangement (GSA App10A(a))
ID = 1.9; NID: 1.9.2018
At APSM Rank
Case 5 (1)
A CM is appointed in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) Certificate in Primary Education HKIED (28.6.2002)
B.Ed. in Secondary Education OUHK (21.7.2011)Experience 1.9.2008‐31.8.2010 CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
1.9.2012‐31.8.2015 CM (Pri) Salaries GrantPrevious Salary (as at 31.8.2015) MPS Pt. 18 Incremental Date: 1.9
Salary Assessment: [CM(Pri) CM(Sec) ; break in service]
(a) Assessed by Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 13‐24 (Appendix 6Dii 1e) Cert in Pri. Ed.) Attained on 28.6.2002
Or
(b) Assessed by Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 14‐24 (Appendix 6Dii 2a)ii) Degree + PGCE(Sec) Attained on 21.7.2011
Case 5 (2)
(a) Assessed by Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 13‐24 (Appendix 6Dii 1e) Cert in Pri. Ed.)
(b) Assessed by Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 14‐24(Appendix 6Dii 2a)ii) Degree + PGCE(Sec))
Date ICE counted Remarks ICE
counted Remarks
1.9.2008-31.8.2010 2y Cert in Pri. Ed since 28.6.2002
/1.9.2012-31.8.2015 3y 3y Degree since 21.7.20111.9.2017 • Salary Scale
MPS Pt. 13-24 • 13 + 5y ICE
= Pt 18• ID = 1.9; • NID = 1.9.2018
• Salary ScaleMPS Pt. 14-24
• 14 + 3y ICE= Pt 17
• ID = 1.9;• NID = 1.9.2018
Case Study for Non-Teaching Staff
Case 1(1)
A staff member will be appointed as LT II in an aided secondary school on 21.9.2017.Qualification(s) 5 subjects passed in HKCEE and relevant
requirements stipulated in CoA2008
Experience 1.9.2008‐31.8.2011 LT III Salaries Grant
1.9.2011‐31.8.2017 LT II Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2017) MPS Pt. 13 Incremental Date: 1.9
Salary Assessment: [LT II ; no break in service]
(i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 8‐21 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010)(ii) Steps:
Case 1(2)
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.2011-31.8.2012 8
1.9.2012-31.8.2013 91.9.2013-31.8.2014 101.9.2014-31.8.2015 111.9.2015-31.8.2016 121.9.2016-31.8.2017 131.9.2017-20.9.2017 No service for 20 days, defer ID 1m
21.9.2017 14 ID = 1.10; NID 1.10.2018
Case 2 (1)
A staff member will be appointed as EP II in an aided secondary school on 1.9.2017.Qualification(s) B.Soc Sci in Psychology CUHK (23.6.2004)
Master Degree in Educational Psychology HKU (27.6.2009)Others Obtain full membership of the Division of
Educational Psychology (DEP) of the Hong Kong Psychological Society
27.6.2010
Experience 1.9.2010‐15.8.2011 EP II in NGO
Subventedby government
28.11.2011‐30.6.20121.9.2016‐31.8.2017 0.5 EP
II in NGO
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2017) $39,395
Salary Assessment: [0.5 EPII in NGO EPII in Aided school](i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 23‐33 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010)(ii) Steps:
Case 2 (2)
Date ICE counted
Remarks
1.9.2010-15.8.2011 11m
28.11.2011-30.6.2012 7m1.9.2016-31.8.2017 6m 0.5 EPII1.9.2017 ICE : 11m + 7m + 6m =24m (2y)
Pt 23 + 2y = Pt 25 ID = 1.9; NID 1.9.2018
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