Briefing: Salary Assessment for Aided Primary Schools
(Paid out of Salaries Grant)
Teacher Administration Section
9 July 2018
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.
Salary Assessment for Teachers
Preparation
Preparation
WHO (paid out of the Salaries Grant)
• Newly join the school
• Renew contract
• Regrade in the same school
WHAT 1. Appointment Forms / Regrading Forms
2. Certified True Copies of qualifications
3. Certified True Copies of Certificate(s) of Service
4. Teacher Registration (i.e. PT / RT) (S42 Cap279 Edu. Ord.)
PT : without initial teacher training AND school to apply
RT : with initial teacher training AND teacher to apply
TOOLS • Guide to Salary Assessment for Aided Primary / Secondary Schools
• Code of Aid for Aided Schools
• Others (e.g. EDB circulars)
Preparation
Appointment Form
Preparation
Appointment Form
Supporting documents checklist (for example)
Standard Qualifications Degree (Transcript/ Graduation letter / Certificate)
Teacher training
Teaching Experience – Certificate of Service Rank(s) (substantive / comparable)
Full-time / Part-time with fraction (%)
Each period of service
Source of funding(s)
No pay leave record (if any)
Preparation
Note
1. Confirm the establishment / entitlement
(please refer to the approval letter)
2. Confirm the qualifications and incremental credit(s)
for experience (ICEs)
3. Base on the available information to complete and
confirm the salary assessment
4. Submit appropriate form(s)
Preparation
Salary Assessment for Teachers
Principles
What? Rank
Appointment Requirements (CoA) Salary Scales*Note
When? Date
Entry at the rank Starting Point / Salary bar*Note
Where? Sector
Public / others Salary Arrangement
How? Arrangement
Carry-forward (c/f), Re-assessment (RA) Pay Pt. (MPS)
Why? Data
Inconsistent 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
Principles What? Rank
Rank Non-graduate Graduate
Basic Rank CM (Pri) APSM
Promotion Rank*
AM (Pri) PSM
AM(SGT) PSM(SGT)
SAM (Pri) SPSM
PAM (Pri) HMII
HMI
* 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
Direct Appointment vs Regrading
Qualification(s)
Local / Non-local Qualifications (GSA, App.2A-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, App.2D)
Principles 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 What? Rank
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
Others
Qualification(s) – Teacher Training
Principles What? Rank
Be aware
of
the date
of award
Certificate/ Diploma/
Degree obtained
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Certificate of Bachelor of Education
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree
obtained
Level “for trained practising
primary teacher”
Date of Award “April 2006”
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Testimonial of Bachelor of Education
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree
obtained
Level “Primary”
Date of Award
“27 June 2012”
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Statement of Results of PGDE
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree
obtained
Date of Award
“June 21, 2011” &
“June 26, 2013”
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Testimonial of B.A. and PGDE
Certificate/ Diploma/ Degree
obtained
Level “Primary”
Date of Award
“Jun 2012”
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s) – Transcript of PGDE
Pay Scale - Starting Salaries By Periods
Appendix 6A-D CM (Salary Bar) APSM (Salary Bar)
1.10.2010 – present *Pt.13-24 (#19) **Pt.15-29 (#20)
1.8.2007 – 30.9.2010 *Pt.13-24 (#19) **Pt.17-29 (#22)
1.4.2000 – 31.7.2007@ *Pt.11-24 (#17) **Pt.12-29 (#22)
Before 1.4.2000 *Pt.13-24 (#19) **Pt.17-29 (#27)
* The entry point of a CM is one point higher if the teacher possesses an appropriate PGDE
# Salary Bar (薪金關限)
@ Normal conversion arrangement (GSA, App.16)
** Pre-service APSM with local first degree + appropriate teacher
training will enter with 2 additional MPS Points
Principles When? Date
Incremental Credits for Experience (ICEs)
(by counting relevant post-qualification experience)
Certificate of Service
Aided schools, private schools, Others
Note Ensure Consistency vs document (GSA, App.14)
Rank(s)
Each Period of service (dd/mm/yyyy)
Source of funding(s)
No-pay leave
Principles Where? Sector
Substantive Rank(s)
for each period of
service
Funding(s) for each
period of service
Each Period of Service
Principles Where? Sector
Incremental Credit for Experience (ICE)
Complete month
Funding: Salaries Grant, Others in public sector schools
School 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 paid
Capped 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 months
Principles Where? Sector
Basic Formula
Starting Pt. of
appropriate salary
scale
Relevant
post-qualification
experience
Appropriate
teacher 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 How? Arrangement
Change rank / school level (GSA, App.10A)
New Recruits RA
NG → NG e.g. CM(S) CM(P) c/f
G → G e.g. GM APSM* 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(P) RA
Break in service RA
* APSM - subject to appointment requirements in COA
Principles How? Arrangement
(a) Change in sector [Private Aided]
(b) Break in service
(c) Change in rank (except regrading)
Reassessment (RA)
Change in Salary Particulars
Step One
Principles How? Arrangement
(a) Change in sector [Aided/Gov’t/DSS Aided]
(b) Break in service
(c) Change in rank
Carry-forward (c/f)
x x x
(a) No-pay leave > 15 days
(b) Change in full-time equivalence (FTE)
Step One
Step Two
* as if the teacher was paid under Salaries Grant
Defer I.D.
Compress ICE
Change in Salary Particulars
Principles How? Arrangement
Incremental Credit Experience (ICE)
Serving teachers took No-pay leave
Incremental Date (I.D.) would be affected
No pay leave(no. of days) Defer I.D. by
1 - 15 Not applicable
16 - 45 1 month
46 - 75 2 months
76 - 105 3 months
106 - 135 4 months
136 - 165 5 months
166 - 195 6 months
… …
Principles How? Arrangement
Promotion Rank
Break in Service (no service > 1 year) (GSA, App.13)
YES → starting point
NO (Changing within / to ???)
Same rank → carry-forward
e.g. AM(Pri) → AM(Pri)
PSM → PSM
Same grade but lower rank → starting point + ICE at/above the rank
e.g. SPSM → PSM
HMI → HMII
Higher rank → starting point
e.g. CM(Pri) → AM(Pri)
APSM → PSM
Principles How? Arrangement
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)
Ranks with overlapping scale
Without Break in Service
SPSM (MPS Pt 34-35) HM II (MPS Pt 35-39)
HMII (MPS Pt 35-39) HM I (MPS Pt 38-41)
Principles How? Arrangement
Salary Assessment for Non-Teaching Staff
Principles
Principles
What? Rank
Appointment Requirements (CoA) Salary Scales*Note
When? Date
Entry at the rank Starting Point*Note
Where? Sector
Public / others Salary Arrangement
How? Arrangement
Carry-forward (c/f), Re-assessment (RA) Pay Pt. (MPS)
Why? Data
Inconsistent 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
Salary Scales of Non-Teaching Staff in Aided Primary/ Secondary/ Special Schools (GSA, App.6A-D)
Principles What? Rank
Qualification(s)
Local / Non-local Qualifications (GSA, App.2A-D)
HKCAAVQ for non-local qualifications
Refer to CoA (non-IMC Schools) and Compendium to CoA
for Aided Schools (IMC Schools)
Principles What? Rank
Examples on Salary Scales of Non-teaching Staff in Aided Primary Schools (GSA, App.6)
Rank Effective 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
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
SWA Pt. 11-22 Pt. 7-22 Pt. 9-22 Pt. 9-22
Principles When? Date
No break in service
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)
Principles Where? Sector & How? Arrangement
c/f No Change in rank; and
from aided school (paid out of Salaries Grant on MPS) to aided
school (paid out of Salaries Grant on MPS); and
No break in service
c/f
DO
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; and
non-teaching staff transferring from the civil service or other
subvented sectors to aided schools.
Principles How? Arrangement
3.2 Granting of ICEs for non-teaching staff upon transfer with a break in service (GSA, Section 3)
Rank (Paid by Salaries Grant, with a break in service)
Revised pay scale plus recognised experience
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 Where? Sector & How? Arrangement
Granting ICEs for specialist staff *
(with a break in service)
recognised experience of same rank at subvented
post 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)
Principles Where? Sector & How? Arrangement
Case Study for Teaching Staff
A CM will be appointed in an aided primary school on 1.9.2018.
Qualification(s) B.Ed (Primary) HKIED (22.6.2016)
Experience 1.9.2016-31.8.2017 0.9CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
1.9.2017-31.8.2018 0.8CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
MPS Pt. 15 Incremental Date: 1.11
Salary Assessment: [0.9 CM 0.8 CM full-time CM] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 13-19#-24 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.2016-31.8.2017 14 10m ICE (12m of 0.9CM compressed)
1.9.2017-31.8.2018 9m ICE (12m of 0.8CM compressed)
1.9.2018 15
Pt 15 (Pt 13 + 1 + 1y7m ICE)
ID: 1.2
NID: 1.2.2019
1y7m
Case 1 – Change of FTE
A CM will be appointed in an aided primary school on 1.9.2018.
Qualifications B.A. HKU (22.6.2013)
PGDE (Primary) HKIED (30.6.2015)
Experience 1.9.2013-31.8.2014 CM (Pri) Other sch. fund.
1.9.2014-31.8.2018 CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
Note: 11.3.2018-26.4.2018 approved no-pay sick leave
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
MPS Pt. 18 Incremental Date: ???
Case 2(a) – With no pay leave
Salary Assessment: [CM CM] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 13-19#-24 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.2013-31.8.2014 13 ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2014
1.9.2014-29.6.2015 14
30.6.2015-31.8.2015 14 + 1
=15
1 additional increment granted upon completion of
PGDE(Pri) and the teacher was allowed to proceed
beyond salary bar, ID retained
1.9.2015-31.8.2016 16
1.9.2016-31.8.2017 17
1.9.2017-10.3.2018 18
11.3.2018-26.4.2018 47 days approved no-pay sick leave,
ID defers 2 months: 1.9 → 1.11
27.4.2018-31.8.2018 18 ID: 1.11, NID: 1.11.2018
1.9.2018 18 ID: 1.11, NID: 1.11.2018
Case 2(b) – With no pay leave
An APSM will be appointed in an aided primary school on
1.9.2018.
Qualifications Teacher Certificate HKIED (11.7.1996)
B.Ed. Note: Primary HKIED (31.5.2010)
Experience 1.9.1996-31.8.2018 CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
MPS Pt. 24 Incremental Date: N.A.
Case 3(a) – Regrading of APSM
Salary Assessment: [CM APSM] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 15-29 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.1996-31.8.2018 As CM at 31.8.2018, MPS Pt. 24, ID: N.A.
1.9.2018 25 1. If arranged by c/f:
Pt. 24 (CM max.) → Pt. 24 (APSM)
ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2019
2. If arranged by RA:
Starting Salary + ICQ + Post-degree teaching
experience
Pt 15 + 2 ICQ + 8y3m (i.e. 31.5.2010-31.8.2018)
Pt 25 (3m)
ID: 1.6
NID: 1.6.2019 ( GSA, App.10A(b))
Case 3(b) – Regrading of APSM
An APSM will be appointed in an aided primary school on
1.9.2018.
Qualifications B.Sc. HKU (11.7.1996)
PGDE Note: Generic training in both Pri and Sec level
HKU (26.5.2000)
Experience 1.9.1996-31.8.2018 GM Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
MPS Pt. 33 Incremental Date: N.A.
Case 4(a) – Change in comparable rank
Salary Assessment: [GM APSM] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 15-29 (salary scale effective before 1.4.2000) (ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.1996-31.8.1997 15 ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.1997
1.9.1997-31.8.1998 16
1.9.2017-31.8.2018 33
1.9.2018 29 GM → APSM
Change in comparable / same rank
Salary arranged by c/f
i.e. Pt 33 → Pt 29 (max. MPS Pt. of APSM) (GSA, App.10A(a))
… …
Case 4(b) – Change in comparable rank
A CM will be appointed in an aided primary school on 3.9.2018.
Qualification(s) B.A. HKU (11.7.1999)
PGDE (Pri) HKIED (23.6.2009)
Experience 1.9.1999-31.8.2011 CM (Pri) Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2011)
MPS Pt. 22 Incremental Date: 1.9
Salary Assessment: [CM CM] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 13-19#-24 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
Case 5(a) – Capped Experience
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
1.9.1999-31.8.2000 13 ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2000, Salary barred at MPS Pt. 19
1.9.2000-31.8.2001 14
1.9.2004-31.8.2005 18
1.9.2005-31.8.2006 19
1.9.2006-22.6.2009 19# Experience capped at the salary bar
23.6.2009-31.8.2009 19# + 1
=20
1 additional increment granted upon completion of
PGDE(Pri) and the teacher was allowed to proceed
beyond salary bar, ID retained
1.9.2009-31.8.2010 21 ID: 1.9; NID: 1.9.2010
1.9.2010-31.8.2011 22
1.9.2011-31.8.2018 No service
3.9.2018 23 ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2019 …
…
Case 5(b) – Capped Experience
An APSM will be appointed in an aided primary school on
3.9.2018.
Qualification(s) B.A. HKU (19.6.2017)
PGDE (Primary) HKIED (in progress)
Experience 1.9.2017-31.8.2018 Activity Assistant School Cash Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
$12,000 Incremental Date: N.A.
Salary Assessment: [New Recruitment of APSM] Note: New Recruitment of APSM Candidates should possess a recognized local first degree plus teacher training in primary education, or equivalent qualifications. (CoA)
Please approach REO for appointment matters, if necessary.
Case 6 – New Recruitment of APSM
Case Study for Non-Teaching Staff
A staff member will be appointed as CA (paid by Salaries Grant)
in an aided primary school on 1.9.2018.
Qualification(s) Yi Jin 23.5.2018
Experience 1.6.2018-2.7.2018 Office Assistant
3.7.2018-31.8.2018 CA Other Cash Grants
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
$12,000 Incremental Date: N.A.
Salary Assessment: [New CA] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 1-10 (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
• No ICE can be counted as the staff for the former non-Salaries Grant post • ∴ as at 1.9.2018, MPS Pt. 1 • ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2019
Case 1 – CA
A staff member will be appointed as ACO (paid by Salaries Grant)
in an aided primary school on 1.9.2018.
Qualification(s) HKDSE (4 subjects at Level 2) 2014
Yi Jin 25.5.2016
Experience 1.9.2016-31.8.2018 CA Salaries Grant
Previous Salary (as at 31.8.2018)
MPS Pt. 2 Incremental Date: 1.9
As at 1.9.2018, MPS Pt.3
ID: 1.9, NID: 1.9.2019
Case 2 – ACO
A staff member will be appointed as SWA (paid by Salaries Grant)
in an aided primary school on 1.9.2018.
Qualifications Bachelor of Social Science HKU (23.6.2004)
Registered Social Workers (24.6.2004) (Social Workers Registration Ordinance)
Experience 5.7.2004-31.8.2006 SWA Subvented by Govt’
1.9.2006-30.11.2008 Service Centre Manager Private
8.12.2008-15.6.2014 SWA Subvented by Govt’
Previous Salary (as at 15.6.2014)
$25,000 Incremental Date: N.A.
Case 3(a) – SWA
Salary Assessment: [SWA in subvented NGO → SWA in aided school(Paid by SG)] (i) Salary Scale: MPS Pt. 9-22 [*o.pt 13] (salary scale effective from 1.10.2010) (ii) Steps:
Date MPS Pt. Remarks
5.7.2004-31.8.2006 ICE 2y1m
8.12.2008-15.6.2014 ICE 6y6m
1.9.2018 18 Pt 9 + 8y7m + *o.pt 13
ID: 1.2
NID: 1.2.2019
8y7m
Case 3(b) – SWA
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