Transcription of TEACHERS’ WORKING TIMEAND DUTIES
1 TEACHERS WORKINGTIME ANDDUT IESAN NUT GUI DE23CO NT EN TSINTRODUC TION..4 SCHOOL TEACHERS PAY AND COND ITIO NS DOCUME NT (STPCD)..6 Examples of a Directed Ti me Calendar .. 9 SECTION 1 TEACHERS WOR KINGTIME..12 The STPCDand Part- TimeTeachers .. 13 Discharging Professional DUTIES .. 15 The Teach er Decides .. 15 Work/LifeBalance .. 16 Absence.. 17 Morningand Aftern oo n Breaks.. 17 Non-Contact Tim e/ Plannin g, Preparation and Asse ssment Time.. 18 Leadership and Man age men t Time .. 19 HeadshipTim e.
2 20 SECTION 2 PRO FES SIO NAL DUT IES..22 Reasonable Direction .. 23Pr ofessional DUTIES Teaching .. 23 NUTP olicyon Sche me s of Workand LessonPlans .. 24Pr ofessional DUTIES Whole Scho ol Organisatio n, Strategyand Development.. 26Pr ofessional DUTIES Co ve r .. 27 GainedTime .. 27Pr ofessional DUTIES Hea lth, Safetyand Disci pl ine .. 28Pr ofessional DUTIES Manageme nt of Staffand Resources.. 28Pr ofessional DUTIES Pro fessional De velo pment.. 29 NUTP olicyon PerformanceMan agement Bure aucraticBu rd ens.
3 29 NUTP olicyon Mee tings.. 31 Dutiesof HeadTeach ers as the y AffectTeachers.. 37 Administrativean d Cle rical Tasks.. 38 SECTION 3 OTHERPR OFESSIONALISS UE S AF FECTINGWORKLOAD..42 WrittenDocume nts/ Policies/R eports.. 43 Common Assessmen t Fr ame works(C AFs).. 43 Ofsted/Estyn.. 43 MonitoringVisits.. 45 TargetSe tting.. 46 National Curriculum and Asse ssment .. 47 National Curriculum and Asse ssment in Wal es .. 55 The Fo und ationPh ase in Wal es .. 56 ExcessiveClass Size .. 58 Changesto Sch oo l Se ssio n Times.
4 59E-mailOverload.. 60 Classroom Obse rvation.. 60 SECTION 4 CO NCLUSION..624 INTRODUCTIONTh e NUThas campaignedover the yearsto se ek to establishef fe ctivelimitsto teachers wor kload. Thereis no shortageofevid enceaboutthe extentof the proble m. Eachyear the SchoolTeac hers ReviewBody unde rt ake s a diary surveyto obtaina pictureof the aver age tot al hourswor ke d by full-timeteachersin apar tic ular weekin e 2009sur vey revealedthat most categoriesof teachersrepo rtthat they are wor king mor e than 50 ho urs a June2010the NUTsur veyedits me mb ers and its schoolrepr esentatives in orderto gau ge wh ich ch an ges to the way inwhich they work wouldhav e the gre at est impactin term s ofreducingtheir workloadand im pr ovingthe
5 Ir qualityof r both NUTmembersand scho ol rep resentati ves in pri mary,se co ndaryand sp ecialschools, the mostpo pularmeasureident ifiedwas less bur densomeplanning an d asse ssmentrequ swas followedin secondplaceby a call for enforceableclasssizelimit s for all te rms of impr ovingteachers qu ality of life, PPA timeset attwe nty per cent of teachers time tab led te achingtim e was theme asur e identified whichwould make the mostdifferencetoteachers qualityof lif vice on all thesear eas is inclu ded in th is help NUTmembers in the ir scho ols tackletheirownwork load reductionpr iorit ies, gu idanceis availablein the`Wo rkload Stron ger Togethe r sect ion of th e NUTwebsiteatwww.
6 T eachers. or Th is inclu des practicaladviceon51 This guidesupercedesall otherNUTguidanceand w to take issuesfor war d, tim e sh eets to log hoursworked,ach ecklistof workloadtar gets,as we ll as guidanceon tacklingstr essan d on developingpolicieson wor k- life was againstthis background of excessiveworkloadand the NU T scampaignto reduceteachers wo rklo ad that ch angesto teachers st atutory conditions of servicein England and Waleswerein tr oducedas par t of the Wor kf or ce Ag re es e included: no requirementrout ine ly to unde rt ake tasksof a clericaloradm inistr at ive nature(in tr od ucedSe ptember2003); an ent it lementto at least10 pe r cent of timetabledteachingtimefor plannin g, pr eparation and assessment(P PA)(intr oducedSe pte mber20 05) ; an d teachers to pr ovideco ver on ly rare ly (introducedSeptember200 9).
7 Th e NUTdid not sign the Wor kf or ce Ag re ement,becauseof itsemp hasison the use of unq ualif ied staffto take e NUT,how ever,rem ains det er mined to ensurethat its mem bersbe ne fit from their contractualent it lem en ts and to protecttheirpro ad ditionto thes e morerece nt pr ovisio ns, teachers workingtimehas for manyyear s beengove rn ed by the workingtimeprovisionsof the SchoolTeachers Pay and Co nditions Document(STPCD).Th is guide1includesbo th a de taile d su mm ary of teachers co nditionsof ser vice,as set out in the STPCD, and NUTpolicyandad vic vice and supporton an y of the issues raisedin th is guideisav ailable from your NUTasso ciation /d iv iso n or regional/Walesof fi ION NUTwi ll providead vice an d assistanceto scho olrepr esentative s an d memb er s see king to haveNUTpolicyimplemented.
8 In mostcases,as a resultof negotiations,agreementwill be reach ed. Wh er e negotiationfails to resolvethe problem, an d wh er e th er e is suf fici ent supportamongstmembers, the NUTwill co nsider a ballotof mem bers forindustrial ac tion to seekto ach ie ve a SCHOO L TEACHERS PAY ANDCO ND IT IONS DOCUMENT (ST PCD) er e the STPCD appli es, the re is a legal oblig ation up on sc hoolma na geme nt to gi ve NUT scho ol representat ives acce ss to it .Th is is bes t eff ect ed by sch ool s ke epingup -to -datecop ies forrefe re nce purp oses.
9 Addi tional co pi es can be downloaded fromwww .t ea che rne t. k/m anagemen t/ payandperformance /p pr ovisionsare stat ut or y an d sch ools cannotchoosetoignor e STPCD containsthe st at utoryrequ irem ents for teachers pay and cond it io ns for maint ain ed schoolsin EnglandandWalesand localaut ho rit ie s and scho ols mustabideby appliesto te ache rs em plo yed by a localauthorityor by thegoverning bod y of a found at ion or d in depe nd ent sch ools may havedifferentarr ST PCDalso contains guidance on sal ariesand condition s ofse rvi
10 Ce iss ues . Localauthoritiesan d go ve rni ng bodie s ar ere qui re d to hav e regardto th e gui dancean d a cou rt or tribu nalma y take an y fai lure to do so in to account in any leg alpro ce edi ngs . In effe ct, th is meanstha t an y sch ool not fol lowi ngth e guid anc e wo uld needto havegoodreasonnot to do so andwo uld ne ed to be able to ju sti fy any dep artu re pr ovisions describedbe low ap ply to teachersothertha nhea d teachers, de put y head te achers, assistantheadteachersand advanced Man y Days ?
