Performance Pay

A re-elected Gillard Labor Government will implement Australia’s first national system of performance assessment and pay to reward the very best classroom teachers.

Federal Labor knows that great schools are created by great teachers and believes great teachers deserve to be recognised.

The Gillard Labor Government will provide the first reward payment to top performing teachers in 2014, based on teacher performance in 2013.

Around one in ten, or about 25,000 of the best classroom teachers would receive a performance bonus each year. Based on current wages, this bonus would be around $8,000 for our most experienced teachers.

The Gillard Labor Government will develop a nationally consistent, transparent and equitable performance management system the ‘Australian Teacher Performance Management Principles and Procedures’ so the best performing teachers can be identified and rewarded.

These will be developed by Australian Institute of Teaching and School Leadership and will set out the aspects of a teacher’s performance to be assessed and will cover elements such as:

Student achievement.
Contribution to the school community including providing support to other teachers.
Contribution to extra-curricular activities and student support.