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TIMETABLERATIONALE:The Area School Teachers' collective agreement dictates an entitlement for each teacher a minimum allocation of non-contact hours per week. There are additional factors that contribute to an equitable distribution of duties and classes that must be considered when the timetable is developed each year. PURPOSE: • To ensure that the school timetable complies with the Collective employment contract and issues that pertains to the specific character of Onewhero Area School. • To ensure that where and when possible staff have an equitable distribution of classes. • To ensure that staff holding a position of responsibility receive an equitable allocation of time to fulfill their duties. • To ensure that all staff receive compensation for reduced non contact entitlement. GUIDELINES: PART 1 1. Non-contact time is based on an individual teacher timetabled classroom teaching hours comprising a total of 25 hours per five day cycle. 2. Each full-time teacher who predominantly teaches yr 7-13 classes shall have a maximum of 20 hours of timetabled classroom time per week 3. Trained, full-time beginning teachers in their first year of a provisional appointment shall be an 0.8 charge against the school staffing entitlement and shall not have more than 20hrs of allocated duties during normal school hours each week. 4. Trained, full-time beginning teachers in their second year shall be a 0.9are a charge of 0.9 against the staffing allowance and have no more than 21 hours of allocated teaching duties per six day cycle. 5. Trained part-time beginning teachers in their first year who are employed for 0.5 or more of a full time load shall have included in their hours 3 hours per school 6 day cycle for advice and guidance. 6. Part Time teachers of 0.7 or more shall receive one non contact period. PART 2 SHORT TERM REDUCED NON CONTACT TIME: 1. Teachers may only be asked to temporarily forgo their minimum entitlement to non-contact when: a) All reasonable options have been investigated and no alternative to a reduction in entitlement non-contact can be found b) There is a sudden emergency that requires supervision of a class for its safety. c) A day reliever cannot be found after timely and appropriate efforts have been made. d) Teachers holding more than the minimum non-contacts have first been asked to forgo one or more of those additional non-contacts. e) The use of entitlement non contact for emergency relief, and compensation for use of a non contact, shall be monitored and recorded by the Teacher-in-Charge of Relief. f) At the beginning of each year, staff will indicate to the teacher in charge of relief, whether they are prepared to be used for emergency relief only. All other relief should be evenly distributed. LONG TERM REDUCED NON CONTACT TIME: 2. Teachers may only be asked to forgo their minimum entitlement to non-contact when: a) All reasonable options have been investigated and no alternative to a reduction in entitlement non-contact can be found b) The request is made on an individual basis, and a blanket request for agreement to reduction in non-contact entitlements shall indicate a need to review timetable structures and operation. c) Teachers holding more than the minimum non-contacts have first been asked to forgo one or more of those additional non-contacts d) On a longer term basis, and after all reasonable endeavours have been exhausted, the timetable can only be made to operate if a teacher teaches for a term, semester, module or a year, at a higher level of contact than their minimum non-contact indicates COMPENSATION: SHORT TERM COMPENSATION: 3(a) Whereby virtue of genuine and demonstrated temporary constraints the allocation of non-contact hours to which an individual teacher is entitled cannot be met within any week then the Headmaster and the teacher may, on each occasion, mutually agree to compensate the teacher with: a) Relief cover for the teacher later in that school year; or b) Payment of a fixed term unit or a board funded responsibility payment for a period sufficient to generate a total payment equivalent to 1/950 of their normal salary rate for each hour of minimum non-contact entitlement time reduced. c) Some combination of the above. LONGTERM COMPENSATION: 3(b) Whereby virtue of demonstrated timetable or other constraints the allocation identified of non-contact hours for any individual teacher cannot be implemented, the teacher will be offered the opportunity to review the timetable and suggest changes that would allow the allocation of their non-contact entitlement. If it is subsequently agreed that there is genuine reason why it is not possible to provide the non-contact entitlement within the timetable then the Headmaster and the teacher may mutually agree to compensate the teacher with: a) An equivalent increase in the allocation of time for non-contact teaching duties at another point in that school year; or b) An equivalent increase in the allocation of time for non-contact teaching duties in the following school year; c) An equivalent reduction in non- teaching or supervisory duties outside the school's timetables teaching periods; or d) Payment of one fixed term unit or one board funded responsibility payment per year for each weekly hour of non-contact lost for the period during which the entitlement reduction occurs. e) Some combination of the above. PART 3 GENERAL TIMETABLE COMPONENTS: Class Sizes 1. Maximum class size for junior and senior classes will be 30, with the following exceptions: Classes may be larger than the maximum size at the discretion of the HOD (in consultation with the classroom teacher) • For reasons of safety: Workshop, Food Technology, Chemistry and Year 11 Science - 24 (or more at discretion of HOD). • Junior special support classes maximum of 16 (Junior Deans to endeavour to maintain reasonable class size throughout the year). • Senior special support classes maximum of 22 2. Formation of additional classes will occur if confirmed student option choices in the preceding year indicate that a class is at 29 but less than 35, a new class could be formed after analysis from the EMG to clearly identify that such a class is desirable and affordable. The same formula should be used to split 3, 4, 5, etc classes (i.e. 29-35, 57-63, 85-91, 113-119, 141-147 etc). If the number of students exceeds the upper limit, a new class shall be formed. 3. If it is seen as undesirable to create additional classes those students that are in excess will be asked to find an alternative subject. This will be at HOD discretion. 4. The figures for the commencement of classes at the beginning of each school year are as follows: Year 11 minimum class size - 15 Year12 minimum class size - 13 Year 13 minimum class size - 11 Classes may be a combination of different year levels of the same subject. There will be the opportunity for individual cases to be presented to the EMG who will make the final decision. 5. The timetablers will endeavour to avoid shared classes. Shared classes will occur only when all other possibilities have been explored. 6. The timetable will aim to start junior classes at below maximum level to allow for change and expansion. OTHER COMPONENTS: 1. The timetablers shall endeavour to match teacher strengths with class needs in consultation with HODs. 2. HODs, in consultation with their departments, will ensure an equitable allocation of the range of classes in terms of ability and level to all staff, in any given year. 3. The timetablers shall endeavour to link classes at HODs request. 4. If teachers are over their allocated non contact time allowance, they may be the first to be called upon for a period's relief when all other sources of relief have been exhausted. This situation would not be cause for compensation. 5. The timetablers will endeavour to ensure even distribution of non contact time throughout the six day cycle. 6. The six day cycle is comprised of five one hour periods per day. REVIEW PROCESS: 1. From May 2008 the policy shall be reviewed every three years. 2. Between triennial reviews either the Principal and/or the NZEI/PPTA branch chairpersons on behalf of employees covered by the Collective Agreement may initiate a review through the regular consultative meetings between the branch and the Principal. Board of Trustees Chairperson: ________________________ 20/05/08 Policy reviewed, May 2008. Next review date May 2011. |
