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- Ensuring a directed time calendar, negotiated by NEU members, is in place is the first step towards tackling teacher workload at your school. A directed time calendar is important to ensure teachers’ hours are reasonable and is standard practice within the profession.
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Jul 31, 2024 · Directed time is when teachers are directed by their head teacher to be at work and available for work. Ensuring a directed time calendar, negotiated by NEU members, is in place is the first step towards tackling teacher workload at your school.
- Directed Time FAQ - National Education Union
School reps and members are encouraged to get a school wide...
- Directed time and how to tackle workload in your school
All schools should have a calendar of the activities which...
- Directed Time FAQ - National Education Union
Nov 21, 2023 · School reps and members are encouraged to get a school wide Directed Time calendar. This will require management to set out how many hours they are expecting teachers to do various tasks (INSET days, PPA time, timetabled teaching time, performance management, staff meetings, parents’ meetings etc).
- Teachers’ Working Time
- Morning and Afternoon Breaks
- Lunchtime Supervision
- Saturday, Sunday Or Public Holidays
- Guaranteed Planning, Preparation and Assessment (PPA) Time
- Leadership and Management Time
- Part-Time Teachers and Directed Time
- Other Additional Hours
- Work/Life Balance
- Working Time Regulations
The vast majority of publicly funded schools in England operate according to the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document (STPCD) which states that a classroom teacher can only be directed by the headteacher to work for up to a maximum of 1,265 hours over 195 days of the year. A maximum of 190 days involve teaching pupils/students, the remainde...
Morning and afternoon breaks which are identified on your timetable count as part of your total hours of directed time. Whilst it is likely that only a small number of staff undertake a duty on a rota basis, it is the case that all staff can be asked to be available for work should such a situation arise which necessitates this (e.g. an emergency).
Directed time should not include lunchtime supervision as you cannot be directed to work during your lunch break.
The directed time budget cannot place an expectation on you to work on any Saturday, Sunday or public holiday unless this is expressly stated in your contract of employment.
You are entitled to a minimum of 10% of timetabled teaching time for PPA as part of your hours of directed time. This should be clearly identified on your timetable in blocks that are not less than half an hour. In most cases, classroom teachers are allocated a minimum of 10% of timetabled teaching time for PPA. Under the STPCD, you cannot be asked...
If you are responsible for leading or managing, then you are entitled to a reasonable amount of time during school sessions in order to undertake this. This should be clearly identified on your timetable. Whilst there is no minimum amount, if you are in receipt of a Teaching and Learning Responsibility (TLR) allowance or paid on the leadership spin...
Part-time teachers employed under the terms of the STPCD are expected to have their working hours calculated on a pro rata basis of the 1,265 hours over 195 days that a full-time teacher could be expected to work. Under the STPCD, the formula used to calculate a part-time teacher’s directed time is very specific and based on the ‘school’s timetable...
In addition to the hours for which you can be directed, a teacher may work such reasonable additional hours as necessary. This can include time for planning and preparing lessons and assessing pupils’ work. However, the number of additional hours cannot be specified by your school. As a consequence, it does not count towards your hours of directed ...
Your school should ensure that you are able to achieve a satisfactory balance between the time required to do your job and time to pursue interests outside work. In maintained schools in England, the directed time budget and calendar are essential for you to achieve the work/life balance to which you are entitled.
Schools and employers must ensure that they adhere to the Working Time Regulations (1998) which set a maximum working week of 48 hours, taking into account teachers’ directed time and additional hours of non-directed time.
May 25, 2023 · All schools should have a calendar of the activities which make up teachers’ directed time –consulted on with staff via trade unions. Individual teachers should also have personal directed time calendars which reflect the school’s calendar and show their own individual commitments.
A directed time calendar policy should clearly break down and identify the following times when you can be directed at work, including: the start and end of the school day, minus lunchtime (of a reasonable length between the hours of 12pm and 2pm) x 190 days, including:
Jul 20, 2023 · You should be provided with a directed time budget at the beginning of each academic year based around the school day which identifies the number of hours you are being directed to undertake the professional duties of a teacher.
workers. All schools should have a calendar of the activities which make up teachers’ directed time –consulted on with staff via trade unions. NEU reps/members should ask their head or leadership team for the directed time calendars for both individuals and departments. These should reflect the school’s directed time calendar. Teachers ...
