JOY Burch is excited about the strength of the offer being made to ACT teachers tomorrow as part of the Enterprise Bargaining Agreement negotiations.

“The offer, which includes a 12 per cent pay rise over four years, will see more than half of the ACT’s teaching workforce earning $100,000 or more by the end of the agreement,” Joy says.

“There will also be a minimum of 20 hours per year reduction of workload for every teacher in the ACT public system.

“Our teachers work hard, and we want to reward them appropriately for the hard work they do.

“The core role of ACT teachers is to teach our students – this offer cuts administrative red tape in schools and allows our teachers to focus more on the class room, where they do the most good for our students.

“The offer will also see teachers who reach the top levels of professional certification given a pay rise. It is an exciting offer to be able to make to the ACT’s high quality teaching staff.”

The offer will officially be made by the Education and Training Directorate tomorrow. It will be distributed via email to all ACT Public School teachers.

“My message to parents is that, in our public schools, we will give their sons and daughters the best teachersand the best education we possibly can.”