Calling all members of the SIMP Victoria ASME (VIC) FORUM Marino D'Ortenzio AEU

Date And Time Thu., 4 April 2019 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm AEDT   Location Level 5, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, 234 Queensberry Street, Carlton

FORUM BRIEF ASME (Victoria) invites music teachers to attend a forum to discuss implications of the VIT’s Circular to Principals distributed in November 2018 around the PTT. This advisory outlines the different duties between an instrumental music teacher and an instrumental music instructor, and provides guidance on when a registered teacher must be employed. The panel will comprise Marino D’Ortenzio, Vice President (Sec) AEU, Carl Williams (Vice Chair SMAG) and Gavin Cornish (President, Association of Directors of Music, Independent Schools).

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MESSAGE FROM MARINO D'ORTENZIO Incorrect Classification of Teacher Positions as Education Support The AEU has been campaigning, alongside sMAG, over the last few years to effect changes to the VIT Permission to Teach (PTT) policy and DET’s classification of Instrumental Music roles. In 2017 the PTT was successfully changed after lobbying by the AEU and a letter writing campaign organised by the AEU that involved SMAG members.  This change removed the lines stating that delivery of Instrumental Music did not require teacher registration. In 2018 this policy was supported through a Principal Advisory from VIT.  This advisory contained descriptions of the duties of a teacher, including; Individually assess student learning against the approved curriculum Plan for lessons in a sequential way Providing feedback on learning Reporting this progress to parents Thankfully, many schools had continued the good practice of employing teachers for IMT roles, but for those that had filled instrumental roles as Education Support positions this advisory now provides the AEU with a concrete base upon which to correct the misclassification of IMT jobs. In a perfect world, this correction would involve the union and the employer or VIT directly and would avoid having to involve instrumental music teachers.  In reality this requires the AEU to bring individual matters to the attention of the employer and the regulator.  In recent times the AEU has successfully acted for an IMT member whose workplace arrangement was incorrect.  The outcome involved remuneration being paid to that member. If you are a member and feel that your role is incorrectly classified, I’d like to offer you a confidential and obligation free discussion about your employment.  You can contact me on 9418 4981. I’d like to hear from you whether you are currently employed in the public system or not, currently registered as a teacher but in an ES role, or not registered and in an ES role. Kind Regards Marino D'Ortenzio AEU Victoria

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