Supplementary Ordinance on the Employment Relationship of Teachers at Upper Secondary Schools (EVA-MS) (EVA-MS)

1. Entry into a Permanent Employment Contract

a) Those who meet the requirements of Art. 49 of the Secondary School Law of June 12, 1980. The Office for Secondary Schools may grant exceptions in special cases;

b) Those who have taught for at least two years at the secondary level II, typically including one year at a public secondary school in the canton of St. Gallen;

c) Those who can likely be assigned lessons for at least two years.

1. In the other cases, a fixed-term employment relationship is established.

1. A person can be elected as the primary teacher if they are in a permanent employment relationship with an employment level of at least 50 percent.

2. The Office for Secondary Schools can credit teaching at another cantonal school of upper secondary level or tertiary level in the Canton of St. Gallen.

1. Teachers are remunerated according to classes A 20 to A 29 as per Appendix 1 Letter A to the Personnel Ordinance of December 13, 2011.

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1. The Office for Secondary Schools assigns teachers to positions according to the annex of this decree at the request of the principal. It may also classify teachers with many years of professional experience into a different career path.

2. Those who taught at a non-St. Gall state or state-recognized secondary school before completing their education will be classified as if they had taught at a state St. Gall secondary school before completing their education.

1. A full career year according to the Annex to this regulation is credited for

a)* Teaching at a state or state-recognized school following completed training;

b)* Other professional activity following relevant completed training with an employment scope of at least 50 percent and related to the professional assignment.

2. Half a career year is credited for

a)* ...

b)* Other professional activity following relevant completed training with an employment scope of at least 50 percent without relation to the professional assignment;

c) Child-rearing work.

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1. Only one activity per calendar year is considered. Half service years are rounded down.

2. In exceptional cases, additional activities may be credited.

1. The Rector is entitled to an annual amount of CHF 559.25 per each four percentage points of position according to Art. 14d para. 1 and 2 of this decree for the granting of function allowances for school leadership members.

1bis. Government decisions regarding changes to salaries pursuant to Art. 37 of the Personnel Act of January 25, 2011, shall be applied to the function allowance.

2. The Rector determines the function allowance in each individual case at their discretion.

1. Within the salary classes according to the annex to this decree, promotion is granted to those who perform well.

2. An employee may be promoted to a higher salary class according to the annex to this decree if they perform well or exceptionally well. The educational council shall regulate the procedure.

3. Reserved is Article 71 of the Personnel Ordinance of December 13, 2011.

1. Anyone who does not meet the requirements of Article 49 of the Secondary Education Act of June 12, 1980, may be promoted a maximum of three times within a career path.

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3. Upon meeting the requirements, the classification into the next higher salary level of the new career path takes place. If the teaching staff is already classified in career path 145 or 143 according to the annex to this decree, there will be no salary increase.

1. At an employment level of 100 percent, the annual working time amounts to 1906 hours.

3. The Principal agrees with the teacher on the employment level to be recorded in the employment contract and annually determines the teaching assignment.

4. The Office for Secondary Schools approves the employment contract and the teaching assignment for each teacher upon the request of the Principal.

1. The Teaching Assignment consists of

a) the Core Assignment: Teaching;

b) the Extended Assignment;

c) the Special Assignments.

2. The Education Council regulates the details.

1. Teaching Per Yearly Weekly Lesson is Credited as Teaching Assignment with

a) In Scientific Subjects: 4.09% of a Position;

b)* In Choir Singing, Design, Crafts, Vocational Subjects, and Sports: 3.76% of a Position;

c)* ...

d) In Instrumental Education: 3.36% of a Position.

1. At an employment level of 100 percent, the extended assignment amounts to 6 percent of positions. If the employment level is lower, the scope of the extended assignment is adjusted proportionally.

2. For newly employed teachers without professional experience at a secondary school, the scope of the extended assignment is doubled in the first two years of employment.

3. In justified cases, at the request of the principal, the Office of Secondary Schools can adjust the scope of the extended assignment.

1. The principal is entitled to allocate the following full-time equivalents for assigning special tasks to teachers

a)* per school: 80 percent of a full-time equivalent, for Kantonsschule am Burggraben St.Gallen, 150 percent of a full-time equivalent;

ab)* per class: 4 percent of a full-time equivalent;

b)* per student in the uppermost classes: 0.9 percent of a full-time equivalent;

c)* per newly hired teacher without teaching experience during their first year of employment: 0.8 percent of a full-time equivalent;

d)* per newly hired teacher with teaching experience during their first year of employment: 0.4 percent of a full-time equivalent.

2. The principal is also entitled to allocate the following full-time equivalents for teachers performing leadership functions

1.* per school: 83 percent of a full-time equivalent, for Kantonsschule am Burggraben St.Gallen, 200 percent of a full-time equivalent;

2. per department: 9 percent of a full-time equivalent;

3. per class: 4 percent of a full-time equivalent;

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5. per 10 teachers: 1.7 percent of a full-time equivalent.

3. The following are considered departments

1. Lower Gymnasium;

2. Gymnasium;

3. Specialized Secondary School;

4.* Economic Secondary School;

5.* ...

6.* Informatics Secondary School.

4. The principal shall submit a list of the special tasks according to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this provision to the Office for Secondary Schools.

5. The Office for Secondary Schools may, upon request from the principal, convert function allowances into full-time equivalents and credit them to the teaching assignment.

1. The teaching assignment of a teacher with a permanent employment contract may, on average over the year, exceed or fall short of the contractually agreed employment level by a maximum of 13 percentage points. The calculation is performed according to Art. 14b of this decree.

2. Deviations from the employment level are carried over to the teaching assignment of the following year.

3. The Office for Secondary Schools may, in special cases

a)* approve a deviation from the employment level that goes beyond paragraph 1 of this provision. Such a deviation is generally to be reduced within two years;

b)* approve the payment for exceeding the employment level. The compensation is calculated from the amount of the annual salary including the 13th month's salary, but excluding social allowances, divided by the percentage points approved for payment.

1. Lessons that are canceled due to student internships, special teaching weeks, or as a result of entrance or final examinations shall be compensated.

2. Teaching staff with an employment percentage of less than 100 percent, whose workload during internships, special teaching weeks, or entrance or final examinations exceeds their employment percentage, shall have the additional workload credited to their teaching assignment or paid out.

1. The teacher with a 100 percent employment rate is relieved from teaching duties by 12.3 percentage points for a maximum of five years if, at the beginning of the school year, they

a) have reached the age of 60;

b)* have reached the age of 59 or 58 and provide written assurance that by the end of the school year after reaching the age of 64 or 63, they will

1.* reduce their employment rate by 12.3 percentage points, or

2.* retire.

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3. For those with a lower employment rate, the age-related relief is granted proportionately.

4. Principals are not entitled to age-related relief according to paragraph 1 of this provision. Instead, Article 61 of the Personnel Ordinance of December 13, 2011, applies to them.

1. The Office for Secondary Schools may make available for school development

a)* per school: 22 percent of positions;

b)* per class: 0.9 percent of positions.

1. The Office for Secondary Schools has an office pool available for cantonal-wide assignments or special cases.

1. The Salary of the Principal consists of

a) The salary of a teacher;

b) The functional allowance.

2. The following receive an annual functional allowance

1.* The Principal of the Cantonal School at Burggraben St. Gallen: CHF 38,128.30;

2.* The Principals of the other cantonal schools: CHF 33,554.10.

3. Decisions by the government regarding changes in salaries according to Art. 37 of the Personnel Act of January 25, 2011, are applied to the functional allowance.

1. The Rector performs teaching duties as part of the leadership role, amounting to approximately 25 percent of the employment rate.

2. The Electoral Authority determines the teaching obligation on a case-by-case basis. Additional teaching is not compensated.

3. The difference between the employment rate and the percentage of positions allocated for teaching obligations is credited towards the total percentage of positions available for the exercise of school management functions pursuant to Art. 14d paragraph 2 of this decree.

1. The amendments to Art. 7 following the VII Supplement to this decree shall apply to employment relationships commencing on or after August 1, 2024.

1. The Supplementary Service and Salary Regulations for Holders of School Offices and Teachers of State Secondary Schools of March 2, 1982, shall be repealed.

1. This decree shall be applied as of August 1, 2004.