For teachers

Before the lesson begins, the task is to::

• Provide the office (or the teacher in your area of ​​responsibility) with your personal and contact information, as well as your academic transcripts, for salary determination.
• Review and sign the employment contract. The contract is sent via Visma Sign and a notification is sent by email before the first salary payment of the semester. A new contract is made for each semester. The autumn contract must be signed by the end of September and the spring contract by the end of January so that the first salary of the semester can be paid in time.
• Submit a valid tax card and bank details to the office in good time – see section below. Pay.
• Teachers who teach groups of children or youth (under 18 years of age) must obtain a criminal record extract in accordance with Act 504/2002 on the investigation of the criminal background of persons working with children and show it to the school secretary. Requesting an extract and further information here..
• Read the introductory pages of the brochure and information about your own groups.
• Attend a teacher meeting if and when it is held.

At the beginning and during the course, the following tasks will be performed:

• Make sure every student is registered!! Even the free trial session requires advance registration!
• Remind students to pay course fees (teachers are not allowed to collect course fees!)
• Starts lessons exactly at the time shown in the program.
• Record the students who attended the assembly in the diary and describe what was done in the class in the "Class topic" field. (this is a condition of salary payment).
• Notify the school office of changes and cancellations of classes in advance!
• Ensure the condition of work tools and workspaces and make any repair suggestions to the college secretary.
• Participate in community college events and exhibitions on a rotating basis.
• Tutors can participate The talented Satakunta free training courses organized by

If the course meets in facilities other than our own (e.g. schools), teachers should record, for example, in case of potential problems Merikarvian the school centre's on-call caretaker's telephone number (044 7246 384) so ​​that they can be reached quickly in emergency situations. Look up and save the contact person's number for all the teaching spaces you use, in case of need.

Note! Our school center is a shoeless school, so please always leave your outdoor shoes at the door/hallway when you arrive at school. So you always move around the school premises without outdoor shoes. Indoor shoes are allowed and recommended! The exception is the technical work class, where you can move around in outdoor shoes for safety reasons. Studded shoes are also prohibited in the technical work class!

Music lessons

• Spotify is intended for private use only and therefore music may not be played in public, e.g. during community college classes. The college has a Feelment service for educational use, the credentials for which can be obtained from the office. The teacher is responsible for any consequences resulting from playing Spotify during class.

After completing the course, the task is to:

• update the electronic diary immediately after the last study session
• send any travel invoice immediately after the course ends
• return textbooks purchased by the college and other learning materials and teaching aids that have been used to the office

Hellewi and course diaries

As a tutor, you complete a diary of your courses. You can complete an electronic diary in Hellew.

Your ID To the Hellewi system is an email address.

Electronic diary instructions (Hellewi)

Course diary in a nutshell:

• The course diary must record the students who were present at the assembly. Course participants will be issued a course certificate based on the diaries if they request it. It is important that the diaries are filled in correctly. The diary is also a document that the teaching has actually been organized and the college must store the diaries for, among other things, the education board.
• To print your diary, press the Print diary button and select the desired diary template. Only print your diary if you absolutely need it.
• If a person who is not on the list shows up for the course, they should be directed to register for the course as soon as possible (you can, for example, do it together using the online form at opistopalvelut.fi/merikarvia)
• Diaries are also the basis for salary payments and must therefore be kept up to date. If the meeting times marked in the course diary change, please always notify the school office so that the changes are also reflected in your diary. After the course ends, the diaries are archived electronically.
• All changes related to gatherings must be reported to the office!
  Certificates related to sick leave must be submitted within a week so that the changes can also be noted in the salaries.

Meetings added by the tutor themselves do not automatically result in salary, and therefore the office must always be contacted by phone or email (note: not by text message) regarding new or unusual meeting times.

For more information about using Hellew, please contact the office, tel. 044 7246 325 / anu.kauraoja@merikarvia.fi

Employment and employee benefits

Teachers at the civic college are employed Merikarvian municipality. If your teaching meets the following conditions: teaching hours are at least 16 hours/week and the employment relationship lasts at least 3 months, you are entitled to the municipality's personnel benefits. An employment contract is always made for a semester at a time, but is counted as continuous for one academic year at a time.

Pay

The salary is determined according to the Municipal Teaching Staff Service and Collective Agreement (OVTES) and is paid monthly on the 15th of each month, or on the preceding weekday. Note: no salaries are paid in July. The salary for a lesson includes preparing the lesson, holding the lesson, other work directly related to the lesson, participation in teacher meetings (if they are held) in accordance with the employment contract, and end-of-semester celebrations (a pre-agreed compensation is paid). The basis for salary payment is the signed employment contract and diary entries completed in Hellew. The spring employment contract must be signed by 31.1. and the autumn contract by 30.9. If the above-mentioned matters are not in order (Diary entries must be made at the turn of the month, no later than the 1st day of the following month.), the salary payment is automatically transferred to the 15th of the following month. If you wish, you can also request that the salary be paid in one lump sum at the end of the semester, please inform the office of this wish each semester separately. The salary certificate/salary statement is visible in the online bank, the service provider is CGI.

Change tax cards and new and returning teacher tax cards will be sent directly Merikarvian municipality's payroll calculation as a pdf file by email: satu.salmenaho@merikarvia.fi or by post. MerikarviaMunicipality of Kauppatie 40, 29900 MerikarviaThe tax information of continuing teachers is transferred to our payroll every year in December. Please note that if you only have a tax card calculated for, for example, a pension, please order a revised tax card for your salary as well at the beginning of the year.

Holiday compensation is paid in principle academic year at the end.

Reporting sick leave

• The class teacher shall immediately notify the principal of the school of any absence due to illness. Notification is made by phone. Leave a message via text message if the principal does not answer. After this, the notification will also be sent to the office by email., so that practical matters can be agreed upon (including informing students, possibly holding a substitute and/or replacement session).
• The principal does not grant sick leave all at once, but in periods of 1–2 days.
• If there is a need to extend the sick leave, the part-time teacher must contact the principal again, at which time an assessment of the situation and a decision on continuation will be made.
• You can be absent for a maximum of five sick days (consecutive calendar days) without a medical certificate by self-declaration, unless the principal requests a certificate beforehand.
• A medical certificate for sick leave must be submitted to the office within one week of the date the medical certificate is signed. If the medical certificate is submitted later, the first day of illness will be unpaid.
• A part-time teacher is paid sick pay according to the valid employment and collective agreement (max. 9 days). If the part-time teacher teaches an average of at least 14 hours a week throughout the entire employment relationship, the sick pay sections are KVTES, Chapter V, Sections 2 and 8.
• If the employment relationship has lasted less than one month, the sick leave compensation is 50% of the salary.

Insurances

Part-time teachers are covered by the city's statutory accident insurance during teaching hours and business trips. The insurance covers work-related accidents and occupational diseases that occur during work trips and teaching work in accordance with the employment contract. The insurance only applies to trips and teaching hours during the period of the valid employment contract that are part of the community college's curriculum.

MerikarviaThe municipality insures the community college students for the duration of the course. At the beginning of the course, the teacher should remind the students that their own leisure insurance is also in order. In the event of an accident, an accident report must be submitted to the insurance company within 10 days of the accident. If you or a student has an accident during the course, please contact your responsible teacher and the office as soon as possible. The accident report is made at the office based on the information provided by the injured party.

Traveling expenses

For the tutor In accordance with OVTES, travel expenses from the hourly teacher's residence or place of work to the school's workplace are reimbursed according to the shortest route, however, at most to the extent that the distance exceeds 20 kilometers. The return trip is reimbursed on the same basis. If the teacher works MerikarviaIf your main job is somewhere other than the community college, travel allowance is paid only to the extent that the trips are specifically related to the teaching activities of the community college. Otherwise, travel expenses are subject to tax deductions. The mileage allowance in 2026 is €0,55/km. Please only make travel invoices based on actual kilometers driven! The travel invoice is sent once per semester and can be downloaded here: Travel invoice-2026 (the form can be opened and filled out with a free online Excel: https://www.microsoft.com/fi-fi/microsoft-365/free-office-online-for-the-web and it can be saved in PDF format when you select "Export as PDF" instead of the printer in the print settings). Travel invoice 2026 PDF form The completed form must be returned immediately at the end of the semester by email (subject: TRAVEL) to the secretary: anu.kauraoja@merikarvia.fi.

Copies/printouts

The teachers of the civic college have access to Merikarvian The photocopier on the 2nd floor of the municipal building. You can make all necessary copies there. If you need printouts, you can send the document(s) to the secretary and he/she will print the document(s) for you. Invoices for copies will not be accepted.

Supplies and purchases

All purchases must be approved in advance by Principal Tommi Aalto.

All small supplies (office supplies, etc.) are ordered centrally from the office. Book purchases are also made by joint order from the office before the start of the semester.

Bills

When the principal's permission for purchases expires, the teacher must provide the invoicer with our electronic invoicing information: https://merikarvia.fi/kunta-ja-hallinto/asiointi/laskutus-ja-maksaminen/ The invoice reference must include “KANSALAISOPISTO”, the CUSTOMER’S NAME and the PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE PRODUCTS HAVE BEEN ORDERED. Self-made invoices (invoice templates are available from the office upon request) with receipts can be sent by email to the office for review at: anu.kauraoja@merikarvia,fi NOTE! SCAN/SAVE THE INVOICE IN PDF FORMAT AS ONE FILE WITH ATTACHMENTS! That is, no multiple attachments to the email, but both the invoice and its attachments (receipts, etc.) must be in one and the same PDF file. Of course, you can always contact the office for invoice submission issues.

 

College office
The school office is located Merikarvian on the first floor of the municipal office (Kauppatie 40) and is open Mon-Fri 9 am–12 pm and 12:30 pm–3 pm.

At your service
School Secretary Anu Kauraoja, tel. 044 7246 325
and Director of Education / Rector of the Community College Tommi Aalto, tel. 044 7246 321
email: firstname.lastname(at)merikarvia.fi