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Originally Posted by martyh
Why can't teachers have contracts like everyone else ,at the moment they are contracted for 1265 hrs per 195 days a year with the extra clause saying that they must work such reasonable hours as to discharge their duties .Why can't teachers be contracted for lets say 40-45 hrs a week ,half that time will be for teaching in classrooms and the rest used for prep ,marking and training .If that happened then it make no difference to the teacher if the actual term time was changed
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I think you missed my point about the fact that non contact time can and is used to cover absent staff.As 3 lesson periods are the usual quota for non contact time at the bottom of the hierarchy (it increases as you move up the promotional scale) then teachers are going to be working before,after school and weekends as well as during school holidays to get some teacher chores done.Some jobs cannot be done while teaching.
I often had to stay late because as an art,3D art and pottery teacher so I could mark student's work because I couldn't take it home to do so.