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  • Useful forms for teachers

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    • Teaching staff, 
    • Teachers' pay

    In this section you will find frequently requested forms in relation to teachers' pay. You may print the form, complete it, include where necessary the appropriate authorisation prior to submitting the form to Teachers' Pay Team.

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    Teachers' Pay Team

    Teacher absence forms

    This form should be used to certify illness for the first seven calendar days.

    • CCU67 - self certification sickness form

    This form(s) should be completed by ALL teachers absent owing to maternity whether or not they are entitled to payment or are resigning.

    • TR160 forms - notification of maternity/adoption absences

    Forms to be completed should you want to take time off work for paternity/adoptive reasons.

    • SC3/SC4 forms - paternity and adoption (pay and leave) applications

    This form should be completed by ALL teachers wishing to claim up to 10 keeping in touch days during maternity leave to ease return to work.

    • Keeping in Touch (KIT Days)

    Teaching appointment forms

    This form should be completed by schools appointing a new teacher in any capacity and authorised by the relevant Employing Authority. A TR268 (TR268P for principals) form should also be completed. Any teacher appointed on a pro-rata basis must complete a TR142.

    • TR23 form - notification of appointment of a teacher

    This form should be completed by the employer

    • Extension to 1/365 contracts

    This form should be completed by schools appointing a part-time teacher and authorised by the Employing Authority. A TR23 form should also be completed and authorised.

    • TR142 form appointment of a part-time teacher

    This form should be completed by schools who wish to temporarily vary the contract of a Teacher. e.g., reduction of hours, job share.

    • TR142 Variation form

    Salary forms

    This form should be completed when appointing a new teacher. It should also be used when awarding teaching allowance, special needs and/or recruitment/retention allowance points.

    • TR268 placement of teachers

    This form should be completed when regrading Principal and Vice Principal salary placement.

    • TR268P form Principal and Vice-Principal salary placement form

    This form should be completed when authorising a payment other than salary.

    • TR267 (Other)

    This form should be completed when authorising a redundancy request.

    • TR267 (Redundancy)

    This from should be completed when authorising an honoraria payment. Please note that this form should not be submitted to Teachers Pay and Pensions Team until formal DE/DFP approval for the honoraria has been obtained.

    • TR267 (Honoraria)

    This form should be completed by pro rata teachers wishing to claim additional hours to their existing contracted hours.

    • TR269 form Additional Hours

    This form should be completed when applying for a re-organisation allowance.

    • TR 153 Application for re-organisation allowance

    This form should be completed by all new teachers following completion of their GTCNI registration to provide DE’s Teachers’ Pay and Pensions Team (TPPT) with all of the required personal information from the teacher directly in order for TPPT to set up a shell record on the DE Teachers Pay payroll system pending NISTR bookings. It is the teachers’ responsibility to complete and return the TR25 form to TPPT. If TPPT are not in receipt of the TR25 form, this will delay payment to the teacher even if the school/service approve the booking on NISTR. It will be the teachers’ responsibility to ensure that TPPT are informed of any changes linked to their name, address, bank details etc using the contact details in Section 7. TPPT will use the details provided on the original TR25 form unless advised otherwise by the teacher. A teacher will only be required to complete a TR25 once for the duration of their active GTCNI registration.

    • TR25 Form – Teachers’ Personal and Bank Details

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    • Acting-up appointments and honoraria payments
    • Guidance on teachers' pay
    • Independent Review of Teacher Workload
    • LTA (Lifetime Allowance)
    • Pay circulars
    • Teachers' Pay & Pensions Team - Privacy Notice (effective from 25 May 2018)
    • Teachers' Pay Agreement 2024-25
    • Teachers' pay common issues
    • Teachers’ Pay Agreement 2021-23
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