Vacancy abbreviations and allowances
Check definitions of abbreviations commonly used in education vacancies and links to staffing allowance information.
Table of common abbreviations
| (A) | Area school |
| 0.2/0.4 etc | Relate to the amount of work each week. For example, 0.2 is a full day's work, 0.4 is two full days’ work |
| 3R | Payments for recruitment, retention and responsibility |
| Base Scale | A full-time teaching position with no additional responsibilities (previously called Scale A) |
| BNZSLA | Braille or New Zealand Sign Language allowance |
| CAA | Career Advisers allowance |
| FTTE | Full-time teacher equivalent |
| FTU | Fixed-term unit(s) |
| HOD/HOF | Head of department/head of faculty |
| (I), (I,A) | Integrated schools, integrated area schools |
| IA | Isolation allowance |
| LP | Leadership payments |
| LTR | Long-term relieving |
| MITA | Māori immersion teachers allowance |
| MMA | Middle management allowance |
| MU | Management units |
| N/MSA | Normal/model school allowance |
| (P) | Private schools |
| PRA | Principals recruitment allowance |
| PTSA | Priority teacher supply allowance; HPTSA is high priority teacher supply allowance (secondary) |
| (R) | Registered private (independent) schools |
| RTLB | Resource teacher of learning and behaviour |
| SCT | Specialist classroom teacher allowance (secondary schools) |
| SDA | Special duties allowances |
| SIA | Staffing incentive allowance |
| SMA | Senior management allowance |
| ST | Specialist teacher allowance (area schools) |
| TTA | Tutor teacher allowance |
| U Grade | Refers to the principal's salary grade(external link). This is based on a school’s roll range, and ranges from U1 (1-50 students) to U16 (2401 students or more) |
| Y | Year (e.g. Y4 = Year 4 students) |