School heads' salaries and allowances
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Montenegro - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by collective agreement for all education levels.
- The minimum qualification required for school heads is ISCED 6. In addition, school heads are required to have 5 years of work experience in teaching and a license to work at educational institutions.
- The salary progression of school heads depends on the qualification and the number of years in service, qualification and roles and responsibilities.
- School heads are not civil servants.
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Malta - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by collective agreement for all education levels.
- The minimum qualification required for school heads at primary and secondary education levels is ISCED 7. In addition, successful completion of a one-year probationary period is required. The minimum professional experience required for school head consist of 10 years’ teaching practice plus 4 years as an assistant school head, department head, counsellor, or inclusive education coordinator.
- The salary progression of school heads depends is subject to satisfactory performance evaluation.
- School heads are civil servants.
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Luxembourg - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top-level authorities for lower and upper secondary education levels. In pre-primary and primary education, there is no school head as such. The president of the school committee is responsible for its management.
- The minimum qualification required for school heads in secondary is ISCED 6. In addition, school heads are required to have 5 years of experience in teaching.
- Information on salary progression is not available.
- School heads are civil servants.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated through collective agreement. The collective agreements are applied for a duration of 3 years and at entity/canton level.
- The qualification requirement is ISCED 6 at all education levels. In addition, school heads must have 5 years of service in education.
- Salary progression of school heads is based on years of service.
- School heads are not civil servants.
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Belgium - German-Speaking Community - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top level community authorities.
- The minimum qualification to enter the profession for school heads is ISCED 6. Additional 5 years of teaching experience is required.
- The salary progression of school heads is based on number of years in service.
- The management allowance depends on the number of pupils.
- School heads are civil servants.
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Belgium - French Community - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top level authorities.
- The minimum qualification for school heads is ISCED 6 at all education levels. For recruitment 3 years in service is required. After a 2-year internship, school heads can be permanently appointed, provided they have successfully completed the initial training modules for school heads and have at least 6 years’ experience.
- Salary progression is based on seniority in teaching or public administration in general. There is a first increase at 1 year of seniority, a second at 2 years, a third at 5 years of seniority followed by increase every 2 years of seniority for all scales, and at 27 years for scales attributed to directors with a bachelor's degree. Another increase is provided at age 61 and 62.
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Belgium - Flemish Community - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top level community authorities.
- The minimum qualification requirement for school heads at primary level is ISCED 6 and at secondary level ISCED 5. In addition school heads are required to have certificate for teaching competence.
- The salary progression of school heads is based on years in service. The increase is done 12 times during the career with one final increase is applied after 36 years.
- School heads are civil servants.
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Latvia - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top-level authorities.
- The minimum qualification required for school heads is ISCED 6. In addition, school heads are required to follow pedagogy professional development programme (72 hours).
- The salary progression of school heads is subject to evaluation by the school board, teaching experience may taken into account.
- School heads are not civil servants.
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Hungary - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by top-level authorities for all other education levels.
- The minimum qualification requirement for school heads is ISCED 6 for primary level and ISCED 7 for secondary level. In addition, 4 years teaching practice and school head qualification are required.
- The salary progression of school heads depends on the number of years in service and qualification.
- School heads have are school employees and have the same status as teachers.
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France - School heads' salaries and allowances
School heads' salaries and allowances
- School heads’ remuneration is regulated by central/state or top-level authorities for all education levels.
- The minimum qualification requirement for school heads at all levels is ISCED 7. In addition, at ISCED 02 and 1, they must pass a competitive exam for teachers and have a 2-year teaching experience to be able to appear on a "liste d'aptitude" for a position as a school head. At ISCED 24 and 34, they must pass a competitive exam for school heads and have a 4-year experience as a teacher (or as a civil servant who have attained the 'hors échelle A' (HEA) grade).
- The salary progression of school heads is based on steps (échelons) within the grade scale. The steps are associated with a fixed statutory salary. Management staff with at least 8 years in ‘clasee normale’ can have access to the 'hors-classe' scale. The heads who have reached the 5th step of the 'hors-classe' scale and have fulfilled additional conditions are eligible for a ‘classe spéciale’. The progression is fixed and regular.
- School heads are civil servants.
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