2009 Adjudicator Claims

The Arts Unit pays adjudicator fees for all debates in the Premier's Debating Challenge and for all events in the Sydney Morning Herald Plain English Speaking Award, the Legacy Junior Public Speaking Award and the Multicultural Perspectives Public Speaking Competition. These forms are only to be used to claim adjudicator fees for these events. When making arrangements with a school, make sure you are clear as to which competition is involved, and seek private payment if it is not one of the above competitions.

Working With Children Check

All adjudicators must submit a Working With Children Check Form and undergo screening before they begin working in schools. If you have not completed these forms or if you are unsure as to whether you have been screened, please contact The Arts Unit immediately.

Claiming For The First Time

If you are claiming for the first time, and have not been paid before by the NSW Department of Education & Training for casual work, you will not have a Casual Employee Number. When submitting your first claim, you should leave that space blank and attach a completed Banking Details Form and a completed Tax File Number Declaration Form, both available upon request. You will then be issued with a six-digit Casual Employee Number which will appear on your payslip. Write this number on all subsequent Pay Claims.

Filling in the Adjudicator Claim Form

The revised Adjudicator Claim Form can be downloaded below. It is an Excel spreadsheet that is designed to be filled out on the computer, not by hand.

 

2009 Adjudicator Claim Form [.xls 67 KB]

 

After completing an adjudication, enter the date of the adjudication in the left hand column. The "PPE Date" column will automatically be filled in. Next enter the code for the competition you adjudicated in the "Comp" column. You will only be able to enter one of the recognised codes. Once you enter the code, the "Rate", "School" and "Account" columns will automatically be filled in.

Next, enter the initials of the area you adjudicated in into the “Region” column. Again, you will only be able to enter one of the recognised codes.

Finally, in the "Details" column, enter the names of the two debating teams or the venue of the public speaking event.

 

Start a new line for each adjudication that you do. If you can ensure that you enter your adjudications in chronological order, your pay will be processed faster. You don’t need to wait until every line is full to submit the Adjudicator Claim Form. Your claims will be easier to process if they’re sent in every fortnight or so. Once you are ready to submit a form, you should fill in all the personal information at the top, paste your signature at the bottom, and email the form to anthony.davey@det.nsw.edu.au If you can’t paste your signature, you’ll need to print off the completed form, sign it and post it to ATTN: Lloyd Cameron, Locked Bag 3003, SUMMER HILL 2130.

 

You should save a copy of the completed form for your own records, and then clear the form and start again. Be careful not to submit a claim twice for the same adjudication.

Queries

If you encounter any problems downloading or completing the Adjudicator Claim Form, have any questions about adjudicator pay or to obtain copies of the Banking Details and Tax File Number Declaration Forms, please contact Tony Davey at The Arts Unit on 02 8512 1171.