PartTime Teachers Pay and Working Time Arrangements

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Part-Time Teachers Pay and Working Time
Arrangements

• NUT briefing
• November 2008.

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School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document
(STPCD) 2008

• Revised statutory provisions on pay and working
  time
• Principle is that pay is on a pro rata basis with
  full-time equivalent
• Working time is also on pro rata basis with fte
  (ie appropriate of 1265 hours)
• Effective from September 1st 2008

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What we will cover.

• How part-time pay is calculated
• How part-time working time obligations are
  calculated
• Additional working time incl Inset
• Safeguarding
• NUT advice on specific issues
• TLR payments

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How pay is calculated

• Salary of part-time teachers must be determined
  in accordance with the pro rata principle
• Pro Rata the P/T teachers teaching hours as a
  proportion of the schools timetabled teaching
  week (STTW).
• Salary must be of the total fte- ie including
  any allowances (SEN, TLR)

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Doing your own calculation

• Step 1 calculate the STTW (excludes
  registration, assemblies, breaks)
• Step 2 calculate your individual TTW (includes
  all actual class contact hours, PPA, non-contact
  time, leadership and management time)
• Step 3 Divide your TTW by the STTW

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How working time is calculated

• Full-time classroom teachers are required to be
  available for work for up to 1265 hours
• P/T teachers are required to be available for
  work for a proportion of 1265 which is equivalent
  to their proportion of the fte salary
• The total directed time includes teaching time
  and time spent on non-teaching duties
• These provisions do not apply to AST and
  leadership

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Doing your own calculation

• What is your of the full-time pay rate? (eg 15
  hours in 25 hour teaching week 60)
• What is the equivalent proportion of 1265? (eg
  60 0f 1265 759 hours)
• Subtract the amount of teaching time (eg 15 hours
  x 38 weeks 570 hours)
• Identify the maximum directed time for
  non-teaching duties (on example used this is 189
  hours)
• Directed time? Meetings, registration, break
  duties, assemblies etc

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Additional working time incl. Inset

• P/T teachers cannot be required to attend work on
  days when they do not normally work (STPCD para
  77.7)
• P/T teachers can agree to attend work on these
  days attendance must be voluntary and paid
• This is not directed time
• The formula for payment is 1/1265 of fte salary
  for each hour of additional working time

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Safeguarding

• Schools required to calculate P/T teachers pay
  under old method and new
• If there is a difference the teacher must be paid
  the higher figure for three years
• This safeguarding arrangement applies for three
  years from September 1st 2008
• Does not apply to any reduction in contracted
  hours

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NUT advice on some specifics

• Seek an agreed statement of working time
  obligations each year (see NUT model)
• Ensure that PPA time is properly allocated and
  included in TTW calculations
• Try to avoid unpaid trapped time
• Seek equity with fte teachers on allocation of
  directed time for non-teaching duties
• Include registration, assemblies, duties etc in
  directed time for all P/T teachers.
• Right to attend CPD INSET days
• Additional working not connected to normal
  contract eg supply should be paid at supply rate
  (1/195th)

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TLR payments

• STPCD provides for TLR payments to be pro rata
  (even where the full duties are undertaken)
• NUT increase the total teaching time by the
  amount necessary to provide the appropriate pay
  increase.

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TLR example- UPS3 plus TLR1 (8k)

• Initial TTW 60
• Shortfall in TLR value is 3200 (8000-4800)
• increase in TTW required is shortfall divided
  by actual total salary (3200/43,121 7.4)
• Final teaching time required is initial time plus
  7.4 of TTW (15 hours plus 1.85 16.85 hours)
• Final of total pay figure final TTT divided by
  STTW (16.85 hours/25 0.67)
• Hence increasing TTW from 0.6 to 0.67 will
  provide, in effect, full payment for the full TLR
  responsibility.

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Conclusion- next steps

• NUT calculators http//www.teachers.org.uk/resour
  ces/excel/PT-TEACHERS-NUT20calculator-Oct08.xls
• Model Agreement
• Job-shares
• Questions?