At any one time, only 800 ACET allowances can be allocated. A national prioritisation process will be required if more eligible expressions of interest are received than there are allowances available in any given year.
The national prioritisation process is an objective process using the information from the expression of interest forms.
The five national prioritisation criteria are:
To clarify, 0.8 FTTE means that 80% of a teacher’s time is spent teaching in the classroom. This is equivalent to an average of 20 contact hours per week.
The conversion table below gives equivalent FTTE to help you calculate your FTTE using the hours, days or weeks you spend out of the classroom.Here are some examples:
The table below give the scores, weightings and weightings rationales for the national prioritisation process.
Criterion | Variables | Score | Weighting | Weighting rationale |
Classroom FTTE |
0.80-0.83 0.84-0.87 0.88-0.91 0.92-0.95 0.96-1.00 |
1 2 3 4 5 |
30% | Aligns with the first key ACET aim to keep exemplary teachers in front of children inside the classroom; given equal highest rating. |
Formalised leadership roles |
0 1 2 3 4 |
5 4 3 2 1 |
30% | Aligns with the second key aim of ACET as an alternative career pathway for teachers wishing to focus on developing their expertise as classroom teachers, rather than a more formalised management pathway; given equal highest rating. |
Māori immersion teaching |
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 |
5 3 1 |
15% | Recognises teachers who are exemplary teachers in the Māori immersion context. |
Permanent unit |
0 1 |
2 3 |
12.5% | Aligns with dual aims of keeping exemplary classroom teachers in the classroom instead of a formalised leadership career pathway, typically recognised through permanent units. |
Fixed-term units |
0 1 2 3 4 5 |
5 4 3 2 1 0 |
12.5% | Aligns with the ACET focus on exemplary classroom teaching. |
Examples of formalised leadership roles are team and syndicate leaders, curriculum leaders, assistant and deputy principals or any other role where the teacher has been made responsible for teaching colleagues.
Teachers should only list those formalised leadership roles that do not have a fixed and/or permanent unit attached.
A permanent unit is allocated without a given end date.
A fixed-term unit is allocated for a set period of time.
Teachers receive the Māori Immersion Teaching Allowance because they teach in a classroom where te reo Māori is used at least 30% of the time and where the teacher can communicate in Māori from a basic to fluent level.