Part 1 Preliminary 4 Interpretation (1) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires,--- Act means the Education Act 1989 beginning teacher, at any time, means a teacher who,--- (a) at that time, has completed less than 12 months' teaching; and (b) at that time, holds a teaching position to which the teacher was appointed for a period of at least 10 weeks; and (c) before taking up that position, had completed a course of teacher training recognised by the Secretary for the purposes of this order Board, in relation to a school, means the school's Board FTTE means full-time teacher equivalent junior staffing roll, in relation to a school, means the best estimate of the number of students of each of years 1 to 8 likely to be enrolled at the school on 10 October 2005 Maori-medium roll, in relation to a school, means the number of the school's Maori-medium students Maori-medium student, in relation to a school, means a student of the school--- (a) who is Maori; and (b) for whom the curriculum is taught in Maori for more than 12.5 and up to 25 hours per week non-Maori-medium roll, in relation to a school, means the number of the school's students left after the school's Maori-medium roll has been subtracted from its staffing roll (as determined under clause 7) principal, in relation to a school, means the school's principal; and, in relation to a student who enrols at a special school at any time, means the school's principal at that time regular teacher means a teacher who is not a relieving teacher (within the meaning of section 91A(1) of the Act) salary unit, in relation to the holder of a teaching position at a special school, means an entitlement to a salary element in addition to the salary otherwise payable to the holder, allocated to the holder by the Board senior staffing roll, in relation to a school, means the best estimate of the number of students of year 9 and above likely to be enrolled at the school on 10 October 2005 special education authority means--- (a) an agreement or direction under section 9(1)(a) of the Act that the person should be enrolled at a special school; and (b) in relation to a particular special school, an agreement that a person should be enrolled, or a direction to enrol a person, at that school special education list or list means a list of special education students approved by the Secretary under the ongoing and reviewable resourcing schemes administered by the Ministry special education student, in relation to a special school, means a student enrolled at that school in respect of whom there is for the time being in force a special education authority special education student with high needs means a student who has been classified by the Secretary as having high needs special education student with very high needs means a student who has been classified by the Secretary as having very high needs special school means a special school established under section 98 of the Education Act 1964 teacher includes a principal and any deputy or assistant principal (however described). (2) In this order, unless the context otherwise requires, terms defined by section 91A(1) of the Act have the meanings given to them by that section. (3) A school's roll comprises--- (a) the students (including Maori-medium students and special education students) on the junior staffing roll; and (b) the students (including Maori-medium students and special education students) on the senior staffing roll. (4) For the purposes of this order,--- (a) the employment of a teacher on the basis of employment for 10 half-days every full week is the employment of 1 FTTE: (b) the employment of a teacher on the basis of employment for a specified number (smaller than 10) of half-days every full week is the employment of one-tenth of that number of FTTEs: (c) the employment of a teacher on the basis of employment for a specified number (smaller than 20) of half-days every full fortnight is the employment of one-twentieth of that number of FTTEs: (d) the employment of a teacher on the basis of employment for a specified number of teaching hours (or an average of that number of teaching hours) every full week is the employment of one twenty-fifth of that number of FTTEs.