“Always read your contract. Know what you’re getting yourself into. Know your worth.”
Lil Durk
Here are some of the key legal agreements which affect teachers’ terms and conditions, along with a few links to their interpretation with regard to Directed Time budgets from EA Principal training.
The Jordanstown Agreement
The Big Tamale… This is the 1987/88 agreement which forms the standard contract for all (non-VP/Principal) teachers in Northern Ireland.
TNC 2024 / 2 workload agreement
The latest official workload agreement between employers and teachers. If your school isn’t following this document, then your school is breaking the terms of our pay agreement.
Teacher Health and Wellbeing Strategy
TNC 2011/1 THAW – The Teacher Health and Wellbeing Strategy is still ongoing, and underpins our workload management and reduction agreements.
EA Principal training on DTBs.
Here are the slides used to train Principals about their DTB responsibilities, and how to do a Directed Time budget properly. (Training by EA.)
Principal DTB training FAQs.
Frequently Asked Questions about DTBs from the Principal training (again by EA.) Note, these are pre-TNC 2024/2 so there are some areas which are even more clarified now. Full of interesting nuggets of information, though!
Christmas break in…
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