Class Contact Time. It is acknowledged that the weekly limits of 23.5 hours in a post primary school and 25 hours in a primary or special school will include any time a teacher is involved in class cover.
Class Contact Time. 3.1 The maximum class contact time in all sectors has been 22.5 hours per week since August 2006.
Class Contact Time. In timetabling, head teachers will ensure that non-contact time for teachers is arranged in reasonable blocks of time to ensure meaningful activity can take place. As a guide, minimum units of time of 30 minutes should be adopted and should be timetabled on a regular basis, better facilitating use of time. In primary schools, specialist teachers may be timetabled to take a class on their own to enable the pupil timetable to work to maximum efficiency and to facilitate weekly maximum class contact time of 22.5 hours for all teachers. Where non-contact time falls on a day on which the teacher is absent from work but would normally otherwise be employed, SNCT advice is that there is no requirement to transfer non-contact time to another day. This applies equally for periods of absence and closure days due to public holidays or other events. In the case of staff absence and / or school closure, when calculating class contact / non-contact time, a normal five day week should be assumed, ie non-contact time is not pro rata and the usual allotted times should be adhered to during shortened school weeks. Any variance to this must be agreed at School Negotiating Committee level and can be referred to LNCT for advice. Where there is collegiate agreement in an SNC to adopt a more flexible approach to working hours (SNCT Part 2, Appendix 2.17) over a period of two to four weeks, this must be agreed at LNCT. Such an arrangement must meet SNCT criteria and be arranged prior to each academic year. Probationer teachers’ maximum class contact time is 18.5 hours per week during terms one to three of the academic year. This can be gradually increased to 22.5 hours over the course of term four, subject to agreement amongst the probationer, supporter and HT, and assuming the Standard for Full Registration has been met. Title: Collegiate Agreement Proforma Number: A4 Date: June 2018 Working Time Agreement for Ayton Primary School 2018/19 Collegiate Activity Time Agreed Running Total Parents Meetings Introduction meeting August Parent consultations October Parent consultations May Other meetings with parents including optional drop in sessions March . 2 6 6 5 2 8 14 19 Staff Meetings own school staff meetings joint CAT sessions – moderation with Cluster school/s consultations with HT stage-partner planning and evaluation Cluster meetings (EyHS plus primaries) Cluster meetings (primaries) Travel to meetings 12 6(16) 4 8 6 10 2 (3) 31 37 41 49 55 65...
Class Contact Time. 2.1 Class contact is made up of two elements, the timetabled class contact and class cover duties. In cases where teachers have been timetabled as cover teachers, this time will count in full as "class contact time", for the purpose of calculating preparation and correction time.
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 (eg. 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 (eg Primary Head Teacher) should receive a pro-rata reduction in class contact time as specified in Appendix 3. Remaining Contractual Time Annual Balance of Time All Sectors 190 Hours The use of the remaining contractual time of 5 hours per week will be agreed to facilitate other appropriate professional activities. The use of this time will be planned in the School Collegiate Activity Time calendar and is subject to agreement at school level. In larger schools, some of the activities and time may be devolved to a unit level (e.g. Faculty/department/stage level). If so, the use of this time should be planned and agreed by the staff working within the unit. Individual teachers will use their professional judgement in relation to the prioritisation of tasks within the agreed plan. For planning purposes only, it may be useful to consider the weekly time aggregated over the school session as 190 hours. These hours exclude the five in-service days which all teachers must attend in accordance with authority requirements and as agreed at school level. An agreed programme of activities should be arranged across the school session in a way which reflects school needs, takes into account the different pressures on schools at various times and which meets the National Agreement. This programme of activities should take account of the act...
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.
