Common use of Class Contact Time Clause in Contracts

Class Contact Time. The divisions of time are detailed in 2.3 of this document. During non-contact time a teacher may decide to: Work at a time and place of their own choosing Carry out preparation and correction from their personal allowance or Carry out tasks from the agreed collegiate activities Non-class contact should be planned in blocks of no less than 45 minutes in the Primary sector or one period in the Secondary sector. This will ensure both a meaningful educational experience for pupils and a sufficient period for professional tasks to be undertaken. Where there is a shorter working week arising from in-service or holiday arrangements, then the normal pattern of non-class contact should apply. In such atypical weeks, some teachers may have more non-class contact than they would otherwise be due and others less (e.g. if their non-class contact falls on a holiday). This should be balanced out, where possible, by varying the days for non-class contact over the session or over a number of sessions. Where an individual teacher is not in school for part of the week, the normal pattern of non-class contact should apply. Class committed promoted staff (e.g. Primary Head Teacher) should receive a pro-rata reduction in class contact time as specified in Appendix 3.