Appendix 5/Attachment C
Guides to Appointment
Aided Practical Schools/Skills Opportunity Schools

Senior Graduate Master/Mistress
(Please read in conjunction with:
EDBC31/2000 Implementation of Revised Starting Salaries for Staff in Aided Schools; and
EDBC1/2002 Arrangements for Salary Matters for Teachers in Aided Schools.)
(For information : This document is not part of any agreement of service)
1. Qualifications and Experience for Appointment : (a) Normally - Promotion

Promotion rank for Graduate Masters/Mistresses.
    (b) Exceptionally - Direct Entry
      Candidates should have fulfilled all requirements for normal promotion to this rank. The Director may require the School Management Committee to submit justifications for the exceptional nature of the proposed promotion/appointment for which the Director will have discretion either to approve or reject having regard to the special circumstances.
2. Duties: (a) In charge of an academic subject in the practical school/skills opportunity school; or
    (b) Performing duties of special responsibility; or
    (c) Other related duties as may be considered appropriate.

3. Salary Scale:
   MPS Point 34 - Point 39
4. Promotion Prospects :
   Principal Graduate Master/Mistress/Principal II
      Senior Graduate Masters/Mistresses will be eligible for consideration for promotion to Principal Graduate Masters/Mistresses/Principals II after they have had at least three years of acceptable school experience in an aided practical school/skill opportunity school with proven ability to take charge of an academic subject or to perform other duties of special responsibility and have undertaken training course(s), including training in secondary school administration/management, specified by or acceptable to the Director.
5. Any Other Remarks :
   In the case of promotion to Principal Graduate Master/Mistress, as the salary scale of a Senior Graduate Master/Mistress overlaps that of a Principal Graduate Master/Mistress (MPS Pt 38- 41), the promotees' salary scale and incremental date will be determined as follows :
     
(a) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of their promotion;
(b) if their pay before promotion is less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office by not more than one point, they will enter at the minimum and retain their existing incremental date;
(c) if their pay before promotion is not less than the minimum of the pay scale of the new higher office and subject to the maximum point of the new scale not being exceeded, they will enter the new scale at the point which is next above their pay and retain their existing incremental date; and
(d) if the promotees are already receiving the maximum pay of their former office at the date of promotion, they will enter the new scale at the point next above their pay and their new incremental date will be determined by the date of promotion.