Common use of Workload and Hours of Work Clause in Contracts

Workload and Hours of Work. A guide will be provided to the schools on the development of the Teacher Workload Agreement. Workload matters not specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Agreement are to be negotiated by the Consultative Committee at each School and shall be recorded in the 'Teacher Workload Agreement' for that school. The matters that may be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement at the school are Student contact time as per Clause 49.22 Co Curricular activities as per Clause 49.16 Extra Curricular Activities as per Clauses 49.16, 49.17 and 49.18 Class sizes as per Clause 49.23 Measures to accommodate for workload allocations for some teachers at various times of the year that are either under or over the normal allocations at the School. The Teacher Workload Agreement may not contain conditions that are less favourable than the benchmarks in this Clause. Once the matters to be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement have been agreed by the Consultative Committee the following process will be followed: Teaching staff shall have a minimum of seven (7) clear working days to review the proposed Teacher Workload Agreement before a ballot is taken to approve the agreement. The vote will be by secret ballot of the teachers and decided by a simple majority of votes cast. The documented agreement is to be signed by the Principal and an elected staff representative. If agreement about changes to the workload under this Clause cannot be reached, the status quo prior to commencement of negotiations will remain. Any concerns about the implementation of the Teacher Workload Agreement shall be addressed by the Consultative Committee. The Teacher Workload Agreement will be reviewed annually. The timing of the review will be determined by the Principal or members of the Consultative Committee. This should occur no later than the beginning of term 4 in any year to ensure schedules and timetables can be ready for the beginning of the following year. A copy of the reviewed and endorsed Teacher Workload Agreement for each school will be lodged with the LSA each year. If teachers are of the opinion that appropriate joint decision making on the matter of workload has not taken place, then the dispute resolution process will be used. The following Clauses 49.5 to 49.22 supplement the NES in respect of maximum weekly hours. Due to the operational requirements of a School, the ordinary hours of work for a teacher may be averaged over a 12 month period provided that the hours in excess of 38 hours (for a full time teacher) in a particular week are reasonable and the teacher may refuse to work additional hours if they are unreasonable. In determining whether additional hours are reasonable the following must be taken into account: Any risk to the teacher’s health and safety from working the additional hours; The teacher’s personal circumstances, including family responsibilities; The needs of the workplace or enterprise in which the teacher is employed; Whether the teacher is entitled to receive overtime payments, penalty rates or other compensation for, or a level of remuneration that reflects an expectation of, working additional hours; Any notice given by the School of any request or requirement to work the additional hours; Any notice given by the teacher of the teacher’s intention to refuse to work the additional hours; The usual patterns of work in the industry, or the part of an industry, in which the teacher works; The nature of the teacher’s role, and level of responsibility; Whether the additional hours are in accordance with averaging terms included in this Agreement, or with an averaging arrangement agreed to by the School and teacher under section 64 of the NES; Any other relevant matter. The ordinary hours of work for a teacher during term weeks are variable. A teacher is not normally required to attend for periods of time when the students are not present, subject to the needs of the School with regard to professional development, student free days and other activities requiring the teacher's attendance. The maximum number of school days that a teacher will be required to attend during term weeks and non-term weeks will be 203 including gazetted public holidays during the scheduled term weeks in each school year. The following circumstances are not included when calculating the 203 teacher attendance days: co-curricular activities that are conducted on a weekend; extra-curricular activities; school-related overseas and interstate trips, conferences and similar activities undertaken by mutual consent during non-term weeks; when the teacher appointed to a leadership position is performing duties in non-term weeks that are directly associated with the leadership position; when the teacher has boarding house responsibilities and the teacher is performing those duties during term weeks and non-term weeks; and exceptional circumstances, such as the requirement to provide pastoral care to students in the event of a tragedy in a School community, in which a teacher may be recalled to perform duties relating to their position. Each School will provide written notice of the term weeks and days in non-term times on which its teachers are required to attend, six months in advance of the requirement to attend. There shall be no School required professional development in non-term weeks other than The 3 days prior to students commencing school at the beginning of Term 1 for professional development and planning activities. That time when a School decides to reduce the days of attendance of students in order to provide professional development to teachers, continuous to non-term weeks. The annual salary and any applicable allowances payable under this Agreement are paid in full satisfaction of a teacher's entitlements for the School year or a proportion of the School year. A teacher's absence from a School during the non-term weeks at the end of the year is deemed for the purposes of the NES only, to include their entitlement to annual leave. The Schools and teachers recognise that teacher workload is a matter that needs to continue to be addressed at the individual School to meet its educational, institutional and community needs. The composition of classes will be determined by consultation to enable teachers to best meet the needs of students. Factors to be taken into account will be the educational, social and emotional needs of the students and the level of additional support that will be made available to teachers. Consultation with the relevant teachers and the development of a management plan will form part of the process to cater for students with special needs. The School will consider carefully the requirements for resources to meet students’ needs. Core Activity refers to those activities that have formed and will continue to form an essential part of each teacher’s responsibility and workload and consists of two parts: Curricular Activity, which means time-tabled, student contact time with students for the purposes of pastoral care, instruction in academic disciplines or organisational matters, usually in a classroom but elsewhere on occasions; Co-curricular Activity, which means professional activity undertaken by a teacher as an essential adjunct to “curricular activity” and includes such activities as: • Staff meetings • Faculty meetings • Co-ordination, subject level meetings, committees • Parent-Teacher Interviews • Yard and Bus Duties • Sports Day (out of timetabled time) • Open Day • Religious Observances eg Staff Bible Study, Staff Morning Devotions, Sunday Services • School Fair • Annual Valedictory Services • Committee meeting and preparation (out of timetabled time) • Twilight tea • Camps (where not considered extra-curricular activities) • Staff Retreat • Sports Coaching if curriculum related (otherwise extracurricular) • School required professional development (after school hours) The Consultative Committee in each workplace has the ability to vary or add to this list of activities that are specific to that workplace. There shall be a co-curricular cap of 200 hours per annum, subject to the Teacher Workload Agreement and subject to a maximum of 130 hours per semester. Consideration shall be given to spreading the hours on co-curricular activities evenly over the semester. Contribution to the co-curricular cap while on camps will be deemed to be 17.5 hours for every 24 hours. Extra-Curricular Activity means the organisation, management or supervision of cultural, social and sporting activities which the School deems to be a desirable component of the educational program of the School. Since extra-curricular activities are fundamental to the educational and cultural character of a School, teachers are expected to share in these activities to the extent of any balance left in the co-curricular workload cap. If a School wishes to offer extra-curricular activities in addition to the Teacher Workload Agreement; staffing of such activities will occur with the agreement of interested staff. The workload of a teacher who does not volunteer to participate in such additional extra-curricular activities will not be increased above the co-curricular cap. A school will negotiate with teachers who volunteer to engage in extra-curricular activities which are above the co-curricular cap, to ascertain if it is necessary, to compensate for the extracurricular involvement and where compensation is necessary the School will negotiate a schedule of compensation. In Schools where extracurricular programs are established, a schedule of compensation for participating teachers will be developed and reviewed annually. A part-time teacher's participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities is on a pro-rata basis consistent with the proportion of engagement in relation to a full time teacher. Part-time teachers are required to attend parent-teacher interviews. Student Contact Time and Non-Contact Time for Full Time Teachers Primary Teachers The maximum Student Contact for full time teachers per week shall be as shown in the table below. Teacher Workplace Agreements can vary this benchmark by up to ½ hour if there is a need (for example to connect with bus schedules) The minimum Non-Contact Time in hours per week also known as Non-Instruction Time (NIT), shall be a minimum as shown in the table below: Maximum Student Contact Time (hours per week) Minimum Non-Contact Time (hours per week) Maximum Total Timetable Time (hours per week) Non-contact time for part time teachers shall be in proportion of hours worked to the full time equivalent.

Workload and Hours of Work. A guide will be provided to the schools on the development of the Teacher Workload Agreement. Workload 17.1 All workload matters not specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Agreement are to be negotiated by the Consultative Committee considered through a joint decision making process at each School in accordance with the following: (a) A working group of School representatives and Teacher representatives shall be recorded in formed. Teacher representatives shall be elected by and from the 'Teacher Workload Agreement' for that schoolteaching staff. (b) The work place committee will have a union representative where requested by Teachers. (c) The documented workload agreement is to be developed by consultation conducted by the working group. The matters that may be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement All Teachers at the school School are Student contact time as per Clause 49.22 Co Curricular activities as per Clause 49.16 Extra Curricular Activities as per Clauses 49.16entitled to vote on the proposed workload agreement. To meet the requirements of this clause 17.1 (c), 49.17 and 49.18 Class sizes as per Clause 49.23 Measures to accommodate for workload allocations for some teachers at various times a simple majority of the year that are either under or over the normal allocations at the School. The Teacher Workload Agreement may not contain conditions that are less favourable more than the benchmarks in this Clause. Once the matters to be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement have been agreed by the Consultative Committee the following process will be followed: 50 percent of those Teachers who cast a vote is required. (d) Teaching staff shall have a minimum of seven (7) clear working days to review the proposed Teacher Workload Agreement workload agreement before a ballot is taken to approve the agreement. voting. (e) The vote will be by secret ballot of the teachers and decided by a simple majority of votes cast. ballot. (f) The documented agreement is to be signed by the Principal and an elected staff Teacher representative. (g) The signed agreement is to be circulated to Teachers. The IEUA-QNT shall be advised of the Agreements upon request. (h) If agreement about changes to the workload under this Clause clause 17.1, cannot be reached, the status quo prior to commencement of negotiations will remain. . (i) Any concerns about the implementation of the Teacher Workload Agreement workload agreement shall be addressed by through the Consultative Committee. consultative process in that School. (j) The Teacher Workload Agreement will agreement may be reviewed annually. The timing of the any review will be determined by the Principal consultative process as scheduled in that School. Either the School (or members the employee representatives in the consultative process) may initiate the annual review of the Consultative Committee. This should occur no later than the beginning of term 4 in any year to ensure schedules and timetables can be ready for the beginning of the following year. A copy of the reviewed and endorsed Teacher Workload Agreement for each school will be lodged with the LSA each year. workload agreement. (k) If teachers employees are of the opinion that appropriate joint decision making on the matter of workload has not taken place, then the dispute resolution process will be used. . 17.2 The following Clauses 49.5 clauses (17.3 to 49.22 17.9) supplement the NES in respect of maximum weekly hours. . 17.3 Due to the operational requirements of a School, the ordinary hours of work for a teacher may Teacher will be averaged over a 12 month period provided that the hours in excess of 38 hours (for a full time teacher) in a particular week are reasonable and the teacher may refuse to work additional hours if they are unreasonable. In determining whether additional hours are reasonable the following must be taken into account: Any risk to the teacher’s health and safety from working the additional hours; The teacher’s personal circumstancesperiod, including family responsibilities; The needs of the workplace or enterprise in which the teacher is employed; Whether the teacher is entitled to receive overtime payments, penalty rates or other compensation for, or a level of remuneration that reflects an expectation of, working additional hours; Any notice given by the School of any request or requirement to work the additional hours; Any notice given by the teacher of the teacher’s intention to refuse to work the additional hours; The usual patterns of work in the industry, or the part of an industry, in which the teacher works; The nature of the teacher’s role, and level of responsibility; Whether the additional hours are in accordance with averaging terms included in except where this Agreement, or with an averaging arrangement agreed to by the School and teacher under section 64 of the NES; Any other relevant matter. The ordinary hours of work for a teacher during term weeks are variable. A teacher is not normally required to attend for periods of time when the students are not present, subject to the needs of the School with regard to professional development, student free days and other activities requiring the teacher's attendance. The maximum number of school days that a teacher will be required to attend during term weeks and non-term weeks will be 203 including gazetted public holidays during the scheduled term weeks in each school year. The following circumstances are not included when calculating the 203 teacher attendance days: co-curricular activities that are conducted on a weekend; extra-curricular activities; school-related overseas and interstate trips, conferences and similar activities undertaken by mutual consent during non-term weeks; when the teacher appointed to a leadership position is performing duties in non-term weeks that are directly associated with the leadership position; when the teacher has boarding house responsibilities and the teacher is performing those duties during term weeks and non-term weeks; and exceptional circumstances, such as the requirement to provide pastoral care to students in the event of a tragedy in a School community, in which a teacher may be recalled to perform duties relating to their position. Each School will provide written notice of the term weeks and days in non-term times on which its teachers are required to attend, six months in advance of the requirement to attend. There shall be no School required professional development in non-term weeks other than The 3 days prior to students commencing school at the beginning of Term 1 for professional development and planning activities. That time when a School decides to reduce the days of attendance of students in order to provide professional development to teachers, continuous to non-term weeks. The annual salary and any applicable allowances payable under this Agreement are paid in full satisfaction of a teacher's entitlements for the School year or a proportion of the School year. A teacher's absence from a School during the non-term weeks at the end of the year is deemed for the purposes of the NES only, to include their entitlement to annual leave. The Schools and teachers recognise that teacher workload is a matter that needs to continue to be addressed at the individual School to meet its educational, institutional and community needs. The composition of classes will be determined by consultation to enable teachers to best meet the needs of students. Factors to be taken into account will be the educational, social and emotional needs of the students and the level of additional support that will be made available to teachers. Consultation with the relevant teachers and the development of a management plan will form part of the process to cater for students with special needs. The School will consider carefully the requirements for resources to meet students’ needs. Core Activity refers to those activities that have formed and will continue to form an essential part of each teacher’s responsibility and workload and consists of two parts: Curricular Activity, which means time-tabled, student contact time with students for the purposes of pastoral care, instruction in academic disciplines or organisational matters, usually in a classroom but elsewhere on occasions; Co-curricular Activity, which means professional activity undertaken by a teacher as an essential adjunct to “curricular activity” and includes such activities as: • Staff meetings • Faculty meetings • Co-ordination, subject level meetings, committees • Parent-Teacher Interviews • Yard and Bus Duties • Sports Day (out of timetabled time) • Open Day • Religious Observances eg Staff Bible Study, Staff Morning Devotions, Sunday Services • School Fair • Annual Valedictory Services • Committee meeting and preparation (out of timetabled time) • Twilight tea • Camps (where not considered extra-curricular activities) • Staff Retreat • Sports Coaching if curriculum related (otherwise extracurricular) • School required professional development (after school hours) The Consultative Committee in each workplace has the ability to vary or add to this list of activities that are specific to that workplace. There shall be a co-curricular cap of 200 hours per annum, subject to the Teacher Workload Agreement and subject to a maximum of 130 hours per semester. Consideration shall be given to spreading the hours on co-curricular activities evenly over the semester. Contribution to the co-curricular cap while on camps will be deemed to be 17.5 hours for every 24 hours. Extra-Curricular Activity means the organisation, management or supervision of cultural, social and sporting activities which the School deems to be a desirable component of the educational program of the School. Since extra-curricular activities are fundamental to the educational and cultural character of a School, teachers are expected to share in these activities to the extent of any balance left in the co-curricular workload cap. If a School wishes to offer extra-curricular activities in addition to the Teacher Workload Agreement; staffing of such activities will occur with the agreement of interested staff. The workload of a teacher who does not volunteer to participate in such additional extra-curricular activities will not be increased above the co-curricular cap. A school will negotiate with teachers who volunteer to engage in extra-curricular activities which are above the co-curricular cap, to ascertain if it is necessary, to compensate for the extracurricular involvement and where compensation is necessary the School will negotiate a schedule of compensation. In Schools where extracurricular programs are established, a schedule of compensation for participating teachers will be developed and reviewed annually. A part-time teacher's participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities is on a pro-rata basis consistent with the proportion of engagement in relation to a full time teacher. Part-time teachers are required to attend parent-teacher interviews. Student Contact Time and Non-Contact Time for Full Time Teachers Primary Teachers The maximum Student Contact for full time teachers per week shall be as shown in the table below. Teacher Workplace Agreements can vary this benchmark by up to ½ hour if there is a need (for example to connect with bus schedules) The minimum Non-Contact Time in hours per week also known as Non-Instruction Time (NIT), shall be a minimum as shown in the table below: Maximum Student Contact Time (hours per week) Minimum Non-Contact Time (hours per week) Maximum Total Timetable Time (hours per week) Non-contact time for part time teachers shall be in proportion of hours worked to the full time equivalentclause 17.3 provides otherwise.

Workload and Hours of Work. A guide will be provided to the schools on the development of the Teacher Workload Agreement. Workload matters not specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Agreement are to be negotiated by the Consultative Committee at each School and shall be recorded in the 'Teacher Workload Agreement' for that school. If a Consultative Committee is not in place in the School, alternative consultative arrangements established in accordance with Clause 8 will be utilised. The matters that may be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement at the school are Student contact time as per Clause 49.22 Co Co-Curricular activities as per Clause 49.16 Extra Extra-Curricular Activities as per Clauses 49.16, 49.17 and 49.18 Class sizes as per Clause 49.23 Measures to accommodate for workload allocations for some teachers at various times of the year that are either under or over the normal allocations at the School. The Teacher Workload Agreement may not contain conditions that are less favourable than the benchmarks in this Clause. Once the matters to be included in the Teacher Workload Agreement or amendments to the Teacher Workload Agreement have been agreed by the Consultative Committee the following process will be followed: Teaching staff shall have a minimum of seven (7) clear working days to review the proposed Teacher Workload Agreement or proposed amendments to the Teacher Workload Agreement before a ballot is taken to approve the agreementagreement or amendments. The vote will be by secret ballot of the teachers and decided by a simple majority of votes cast. The documented agreement is or amendments are to be signed by the Principal and an elected staff representative. If agreement about changes to the workload under this Clause cannot be reached, the status quo prior to commencement of negotiations will remain. Any concerns about the implementation of the Teacher Workload Agreement shall be addressed by the Consultative Committee. The Teacher Workload Agreement will be reviewed annuallyat least every three years to determine what, if any, changes should be made. The timing of the review will be determined by the Principal or members of the Consultative Committee. This should occur no later than does not limit the beginning of term 4 in any year to ensure schedules and timetables can be ready for the beginning capacity of the Principal or members of the Consultative Committee to seek changes between reviews. For clarity, if following yearthe review or consideration of changes between reviews, no changes are proposed to be made to the Teacher Workload Agreement, no ballot needs to occur. However, a ballot on the Teacher Workload Agreement is to occur at least every three years. A copy of the reviewed and endorsed Teacher Workload Agreement for each school will be lodged with the LSA each yearLESNW. If teachers are of the opinion that appropriate joint decision making on the matter of workload has not taken place, then the dispute resolution process will be used. The following Clauses 49.5 to 49.22 supplement the NES in respect of maximum weekly hours. Due to the operational requirements of a School, the 38 ordinary hours of work per week for a teacher may be averaged over a 12 month period provided that the hours in excess of 38 hours (for a full time teacher) in a particular week are reasonable and the teacher may refuse to work additional hours if they are unreasonable. In determining whether additional hours are reasonable the following must be taken into account: Any risk to the teacher’s health and safety from working the additional hours; The teacher’s personal circumstances, including family responsibilities; The needs of the workplace or enterprise in which the teacher is employed; Whether the teacher is entitled to receive overtime payments, penalty rates or other compensation for, or a level of remuneration that reflects an expectation of, working additional hours; Any notice given by the School of any request or requirement to work the additional hours; Any notice given by the teacher of the teacher’s intention to refuse to work the additional hours; The usual patterns of work in the industry, or the part of an industry, in which the teacher works; The nature of the teacher’s role, and level of responsibility; Whether the additional hours are in accordance with averaging terms included in this Agreement, or with an averaging arrangement agreed to by the School and teacher under section 64 of the NES; Any other relevant matter. The ordinary hours of work for a teacher during term weeks are variable. A teacher is not normally required to attend for periods of time when the students are not present, subject to the needs of the School with regard to professional development, student free days and other activities requiring the teacher's attendance. The maximum number of school days that a teacher will be required to attend during term weeks and non-term weeks will be 203 including gazetted public holidays during the scheduled term weeks in each school year. The following circumstances are not included when calculating the 203 teacher attendance days: co-curricular activities that are conducted on a weekend; extra-curricular activities; school-related overseas and interstate trips, conferences and similar activities undertaken by mutual consent during non-term weeks; when the teacher appointed to a leadership position is performing duties in non-non- term weeks that are directly associated with the leadership position; when the teacher has boarding house responsibilities and the teacher is performing those duties during term weeks and non-term weeks; and exceptional circumstances, such as the requirement to provide pastoral care to students in the event of a tragedy in a School community, in which a teacher may be recalled to perform duties relating to their position. Each School will provide written notice of the term weeks and days in non-term times on which its teachers are required to attend, six months in advance of the requirement to attend. There shall be no School required professional development in non-term weeks other than The 3 days prior to students commencing school at the beginning of Term 1 for professional development and planning activities. That time when a School decides to reduce the days of attendance of students in order to provide professional development to teachers, continuous to non-term weeks. The annual salary and any applicable allowances payable under this Agreement are paid in full satisfaction of a teacher's entitlements for the School year or a proportion of the School year. A teacher's absence from a School during the non-term weeks at the end of the year is deemed for the purposes of the NES only, to include their entitlement to annual leave. The Schools and teachers recognise that teacher workload is a matter that needs to continue to be addressed at the individual School to meet its educational, institutional and community needs. The composition of classes will be determined by consultation to enable teachers to best meet the needs of students. Factors to be taken into account will be the educational, social and emotional needs of the students and the level of additional support that will be made available to teachers. Consultation with the relevant teachers and the development of a management plan will form part of the process to cater for students with special needs. The School will consider carefully the requirements for resources to meet students’ needs. The Schools and teachers recognise the following components of a teacher’s work: Core Activity refers to those activities that have formed and will continue to form an essential part of each teacher’s responsibility and workload and consists of two parts: Curricular Activity, which means time-tabled, student contact time with students for the purposes of pastoral care, instruction in academic disciplines or organisational matters, usually in a classroom but elsewhere on occasions; Co-curricular Activity, which means professional activity undertaken by a teacher as an essential adjunct to “curricular activity” and includes such activities as: • Staff meetings • Faculty meetings • Co-ordination, subject level meetings, committees • Parent-Teacher Interviews • Yard and Bus Duties • Sports Day (out of timetabled time) • Open Day • Religious Observances eg Staff Bible Study, Staff Morning Devotions, Sunday Services • School Fair • Annual Valedictory Services • Committee meeting and preparation (out of timetabled time) • Twilight tea • Camps (where not considered extra-curricular activities) • Staff Retreat • Sports Coaching if curriculum related (otherwise extracurricular) • School required professional development (after school hours) The Consultative Committee in each workplace has the ability to vary or add to this list of activities that are specific to that workplace. There shall be a co-curricular cap of 200 hours per annum, subject to the Teacher Workload Agreement and subject to a maximum of 130 hours per semester. Consideration shall be given to spreading the hours on co-curricular activities evenly over the semester. Contribution to the co-curricular cap while on camps will be deemed to be 17.5 hours for every 24 hours. Extra-Curricular Activity means the organisation, management or supervision of cultural, social and sporting activities which the School deems to be a desirable component of the educational program of the School. Since extra-curricular activities are fundamental to the educational and cultural character of a School, teachers are expected to share in these activities to the extent of any balance left in the co-curricular workload cap. If a School wishes to offer extra-curricular activities in addition to the Teacher Workload Agreement; staffing of such activities will occur with the agreement of interested staff. The workload of a teacher who does not volunteer to participate in such additional extra-curricular activities will not be increased above the co-curricular cap. A school will negotiate with teachers who volunteer to engage in extra-curricular activities which are above the co-curricular cap, to ascertain if it is necessary, to compensate for the extracurricular involvement and where compensation is necessary the School will negotiate a schedule of compensation. In Schools where extracurricular programs are established, a schedule of compensation for participating teachers will be developed and reviewed annually. A part-time teacher's participation in co-curricular and extracurricular activities is on a pro-rata basis consistent with the proportion of engagement in relation to a full time teacher. Part-time teachers are required to attend parent-teacher interviews. Student Contact Time and Non-Contact Time for Full Time Teachers Primary Teachers The maximum Student Contact for full time teachers per week shall be as shown in the table below. Teacher Workplace Agreements can vary this benchmark by up to ½ hour if there is a need (for example to connect with bus schedules) The minimum Non-Contact Time in hours per week also known as Non-Instruction Time (NIT), shall be a minimum as shown in the table below: Maximum Student Contact Time (hours per week) Minimum Non-Contact Time (hours per week) Maximum Total Timetable Time (hours per week) Non-contact time for part time teachers shall be in proportion of hours worked to the full time equivalent.Observances