USE OF REMAINING TIME. 5.1 The Code of Practice states that “Individual teachers will use their professional judgement in relation to the prioritisation of tasks. In exercising their professional judgement, teachers will require to take account of objectives determined at school, local authority and national levels. For most teachers, preparation and correction will be the most time consuming activities out with class contact. This requires to be reflected in the way that a teacher’s working time is deployed. In terms of the remaining time, teachers will be available for meetings and other collective activities during the course of the 35- hour working week”
USE OF REMAINING TIME. The Code of Practice states that “Individual teachers will use their professional judgement in relation to the prioritisation of tasks. In exercising their professional judgement, teachers will require to take account of objectives determined at school, local authority and national levels. For most teachers, preparation and correction will be the most time consuming activities out with class contact. This requires to be reflected in the way that a teacher’s working time is deployed. In terms of the remaining time, teachers will be available for meetings and other collective activities during the course of the 35- hour working week” FLEXIBILITY 20% of the remaining time, i.e. 38 hours must be allocated by each school to allow scope to react to short notice operational pressures and to meet the needs of any such unplanned commitments e.g. Education Scotland inspections, and incorporated into the school working time agreement. Thereafter, in agreeing the use of the remaining time, it is necessary for schools to allocate time to parents’ meetings and staff (stage/department) meetings and to agree when they will take place. Other collegiate activities will require to be prioritised for inclusion within the available time and assessed as to the time needed for their completion. In the spirit of, and recognising the professionalism of teachers, an appropriate strategy of or the allocation of tasks would be to agree reasonable submission dates, for example, for forward plans; pupil reports; reporting of short term working groups. Teachers should be supported in organising their workload to complete these agreed tasks within the agreed timescale. Where there are problems in managing workload, advice and support should be sought from a teacher’s line manager, backed by evidence from the member of staff of difficulties in finding time to overtake the tasks. ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PREPARATION AND CORRECTION Additional time can be made available as required by individual circumstances or workload and negotiated on an individual basis. PARENTS’ MEETINGS Individual schools should reach agreement on the number and duration of meetings required on an annual basis. Parents’ meetings can take place in the evening or end-on to the school day. If end-on to the school day, then staff should be allowed sufficient time for a break. Up to 5 hours should be allocated to each meeting. This includes preparation time. Individual teachers should not be expected to attend parents’ meetings...
USE OF REMAINING TIME. This agreement specifies the time allocation for a variety of collegiate activities. The additional time (that is, beyond class contact time, personal allowance and specified collegiate activities) shall be referred to as the ‘remaining time’. The use of that ‘remaining time’ will be subject to agreement at school level. The range of appropriate activities is listed in Appendix 2.7, and includes:- • additional time for preparation and correction • parents meetings • staff meetings • preparation of reports, records etc • forward planning • formal assessment • professional review and development • curriculum development • additional supervised pupil activity, and • career long professional learning As such, the balance of time can be used by teachers to supplement the time allowed by the Working Time Agreement to undertake the tasks specified within it. It should be noted that an element of flexibility should be factored in to allow for priorities that might arise during the course of the year.
USE OF REMAINING TIME. The use of Remaining Time, as detailed in Annex B of the National Agreement and amended by the LNCT, should be planned to include a range of activities such as: ▪ Additional time for preparation and correction ▪ Parental meetings including those involving review of additional support needs ▪ Staff meetings ▪ Professional Review and Development ▪ Curriculum Development and associated Staff Development ▪ Formal Assessment ▪ Report Preparation ▪ Forward Planning ▪ Enrichment Activities/Additional Supervised Pupil Activities ▪ Trade Union/Professional Association Meetings ▪ Flexibility factor ▪ Implementation of Quality Improvement process ▪ Working with other agencies To assist planning at establishment level the following guidance has been agreed to provide a framework for developing particular activities: Personal Time This will be used by teachers for their preparation and correction. It will include lesson preparation; short term planning; assessment and marking of class work, homework and class tests.
