Document history

2024 Aug 30 – Beginning teachers support funding policy was consolidated with the Workforce planning and management policy and removed from the policy library. Approved by the Chief People Officer.

2024 Apr 09 - updated under the 2023 Policy and procedure review program, including conversion to the new template and moving details of requirements and actions to the Beginning Teacher Support Funding procedures. Approved byb the Executive Director, School Workforce.

2021 Oct 11 - updated the policy statement to specify that School Workforce directorate is responsible for transferring any remaining funding when a permanent teacher moves to another school or a temporary teacher ceases. Previously the school was responsible for transferring funds.

2020 May 21 - updated contact details.

2020 May 14 - updated contact details and changed wording in Section 4.2.

2018 Oct - made minor changes to contact details and text at 3.3 and 3.8 updated payment information with generic advice to accommodate unforeseeable changes to payment frequency.

2017 - made changes to payment method, pro-rata and eligibility requirements

2016 Nov 22 - published V4 and changed the eligibility requirements to include funding extended to eligible temporary teachers.

2016 Apr 26 - published V3 and changed the eligibility requirements to include:

• This policy does not apply to those teachers who do not require accreditation, or who have already gained Proficient Teacher accreditation at their date of entering on duty.
• This policy applies to NSW public school teachers appointed from Term 2, 2016 as permanent beginning teachers, pursuant to Section 48 of the Teaching Service Act 1980, who are either conditionally accredited or provisionally accredited at their date of entering on duty from day 1, Term 2, 2016.
  

2015 Feb 02 - published V2 and included increased funding support

2007 Jan 31 - published V1

Superseded documents

Beginning Teachers Support Policy 2007
Beginning Teachers Resource Allocation Procedures 2007
Beginning Teachers Support Funding Policy 2014
Beginning Teachers Support Funding Procedures 2014
Beginning Teachers Support Funding Policy 2016
Beginning Teachers Support Funding Procedures 2016