Teaching "terms"

[magcats]

Can anyone explain what the following positions are? These are positions at a primary school.

1) LTR Scale A senior school

2) LTR Scale A junior school

[auskiwi]

Junior school is Years 0-2 I believe, and senior school would be Years 3-6 or something like that. LTR stands for Long Term Reliever - usually a duration from one term to a full year. Scale A refers to a regular teaching position - no special duties.

These are from my recollection :-)

Amy.

[jo1966]

Senior school can be up to year 8.
Our school has
junior - yrs 1 to 3
middle - yrs 4 to 6
senior - yrs 7 to 8.

[dharder]

Probably best to check with the school itself. Ours is from Years 1-8, but calls year 0-4 Juniors, 5-6 Seniors, and then 7-8 Intermediate.

I'm sure if a few more people respond, we'll get some more variations

Daniela

[magcats]

This is helpful. I just wanted to make sure that my certification matched the age group.

I am so curious about education in NZ. I've been doing some research, but would love to hear from those who are already teaching there.

Again, thanks for your answers.

[Kanga]

Mine has yr 0-8 and calls 0-3 junior and the rest senior, which I think is stupid and they should have a middle.

[Carey]

Ours has Yr 0 to Yr 3 = Juniors. Yrs 4 to 6 = Seniors. Yrs 7 and 8 are Middle School.