7. Leave for Sporting Fixtures

7.1 General

a) Temporary teachers are entitled to leave on a pro rata basis to participate in sporting fixtures.

b) Where limits on the amount of leave apply, temporary teachers are entitled to a pro rata entitlement based on the expected length of their current temporary engagement and the days worked per week in that engagement.

c) Leave to participate in sporting fixtures is available to temporary teachers who participate in major amateur sporting activities at the highest level. The category and amount of leave is determined by the status of the particular event in which the temporary teacher is participating.

d) Leave for sporting fixtures will only be granted during a period of temporary engagement.

e) Leave for sporting fixtures will be considered in accordance with the provisions set out below.

7.2 Leave for Local Competitions

a) Leave of absence without pay which counts as service for incremental purposes, or if available long service leave to credit, may be granted to a temporary teacher who is selected to compete in any of the following amateur fixtures:

b) A temporary teacher who competes as a member of an interdistrict team at the highest grade or level may be granted leave as follows:

7.3 Leave to Represent Australia or a State

a) Where the sporting fixture is held in Australia, temporary teachers selected to represent Australia as a competitor, coach or team manager of a major amateur sporting team may be granted up to twenty days special leave on full pay in any period of twelve months.

b) Such leave is to cover the period of the competition plus reasonable travelling time.

c) If leave in excess of twenty days is required it may be granted as leave without pay or, if available, long service leave to credit.

d) Leave without pay, if granted, counts for incremental purposes.

e) Temporary teachers selected to represent a State, irrespective of whether the fixture is held within or outside Australia, may be granted up to five days special leave as outlined under a) to d) above.

f) This entitlement is separate from leave granted to represent Australia at the Commonwealth or Olympic Games should either of these events be held in Australia.

7.4 Leave for Australian Championships

Temporary teachers participating as competitors, coaches, team managers or officials in Australian championships may be granted family and community service leave to credit followed by leave without pay which counts for incremental purposes or, if available, long service leave to credit.

7.5 Leave to Represent Australia Overseas

a) Where the sporting fixture is held overseas, a temporary teacher selected to represent Australia as a competitor, coach or team manager may be granted up to four weeks full pay special leave in any period of twelve months.

b) This leave, which can be taken in separate parts, is available for the period of the fixtures, plus reasonable travelling time.

c) Where the period outlined in a) above is insufficient, leave without pay which counts for incremental purposes or, if available, long service leave may be granted.

d) This leave is only granted to represent a national organisation which is considered eligible to wear the Commonwealth Coat of Arms.

e) A letter from the national sporting body confirming selection and the dates of the tour or fixture must accompany the application for leave.

f) As indicated in a) above this leave is only available once in any period of twelve months but is separate from leave granted to represent Australia at the Commonwealth or Olympic Games.

7.6 Leave to Represent Australia at the Commonwealth or Olympic Games

Where Games are Held Outside Australia

a) A temporary teacher who is selected as a competitor, coach, team manager or official at the Commonwealth or Olympic Games may be granted up to four weeks special leave on full pay.
b) If further leave is required it may be granted as leave without pay which counts as service for incremental purposes or, if available, long service leave to credit.

Where Games are Held Inside Australia

a) Where the Commonwealth or Olympic Games are to be held in Australia, a temporary teacher selected as a competitor, coach, team manager or official at the Commonwealth or Olympic Games and/or Trials, may be granted family and community service leave for any necessary absence from duty including travelling time.

b) Any necessary absence not covered by family and community service leave may be granted as leave without pay which counts for incremental purposes or, if available, long service leave to credit.

7.7 Leave for Officials of Children's International Sporting Events

a) Temporary teachers selected by the official governing body of a particular school children's sport, as either coach or team manager of a representative school children's sporting team participating with the prior approval of the Director-General in an official international event or tour either in Australia or overseas may be granted special leave on full pay.

b) Special leave is only available for the period of the fixture or tour, plus reasonable travelling time on full pay, where necessary.

c) Other officials may be granted leave without pay which counts for incremental purposes or if available long service leave to credit.

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