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What do you do in your school?

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    #32
    deiseindublin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,259 ✭✭✭deiseindublin


    man_no_plan wrote: »
    Most schools are running on a handful of posts even still with the new circular.
    +1


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    #33
    ethical
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭ethical


    Unfortunately "Posts " are a big THANK YOU to the boys in some schools,the in crowd,as chosen by some old nun or some effin octogenarian ETB sympathiser who retired 20 years ago .......but never went away you know!


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    #34
    Sheeps101
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Sheeps101


    Do these 10 minutes for the teacher come out of his/her 21 hrs 20 minutes or is it regarded as an extra time for the teacher?

    Cant imagine it being very good if the teacher was off first class on any given day.


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    #35
    r93kaey5p2izun
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,962 ✭✭✭r93kaey5p2izun


    Sheeps101 wrote: »
    Do these 10 minutes for the teacher come out of his/her 21 hrs 20 minutes or is it regarded as an extra time for the teacher?

    Cant imagine it being very good if the teacher was off first class on any given day.

    Yes it comes out of our 21h20 in my school. We are allowed nominate someone to do our tutor time one day per week if we start late and they can count that time off S&S.


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    #36
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Sheeps101 wrote: »
    Do these 10 minutes for the teacher come out of his/her 21 hrs 20 minutes or is it regarded as an extra time for the teacher?

    Cant imagine it being very good if the teacher was off first class on any given day.

    A lot of schools have tutor time 3 mornings then year assembly 1 morning. Then assign 6th year student leaders to another morning. So the year head can ask which tutors have a free class in the morning to put the 6th years and assembly day on.

    The days of any classes off are coming to an end going by our workload and timetable and s&s etc. Most of the time when I've a free period in the morning I use it to catch up on stuff when the staff room is quiet and the photocopier is free.


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    #37
    evolving_doors
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,812 ✭✭✭✭evolving_doors


    Sheeps101 wrote: »
    Do these 10 minutes for the teacher come out of his/her 21 hrs 20 minutes or is it regarded as an extra time for the teacher?

    Cant imagine it being very good if the teacher was off first class on any given day.

    Yup. 40 mins off.
    It's a form of teaching in my books.
    Ya put it down as a mindfulness class there... whatever, tell inspectors they'll be delighted.


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    #38
    Sheeps101
    Registered Users Posts: 17 ✭Sheeps101


    Sounds like a load of nonsense to me to be fair. Year heads are getting enough extra wedge to compensate for the extra paper work during their extra 5 classes off a week.

    Id much rather a normal class to teach than that nonsense 4/5 times a week.


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    #39
    Teacher0101
    Registered Users Posts: 115 ✭✭Teacher0101


    do you reckon yer heads are getting enough back? What is it, an extra 8k? Which FEMPI takes a wedge from as well.

    I'm in a school of over 1,000. They are constantly dealing with incidents,
    calming parents down and just dealing with stress non-stop.


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    #40
    joebloggs32
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭joebloggs32


    Teacher0101 wrote: »
    do you reckon yer heads are getting enough back? What is it, an extra 8k? Which FEMPI takes a wedge from as well.

    I'm in a school of over 1,000. They are constantly dealing with incidents,
    calming parents down and just dealing with stress non-stop.

    Much more appealing in the etb sector with the 4 hour reduction in timetable.


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    #41
    solerina
    Registered Users Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭solerina


    Sheeps101 wrote: »
    Sounds like a load of nonsense to me to be fair. Year heads are getting enough extra wedge to compensate for the extra paper work during their extra 5 classes off a week.

    Id much rather a normal class to teach than that nonsense 4/5 times a week.

    Year heads and all post holders in my school do not get even one class off, classes off for posts only applies in ETB schools.


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    #42
    man_no_plan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,018 ✭✭✭man_no_plan


    solerina wrote: »
    Year heads and all post holders in my school do not get even one class off, classes off for posts only applies in ETB schools.

    In ETB schools they are usually more than a year head also. There is usually yearhead and then another significant responsibility along with it.


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    #43
    Terri26
    Registered Users Posts: 647 ✭✭✭Terri26


    solerina wrote:
    Year heads and all post holders in my school do not get even one class off, classes off for posts only applies in ETB schools.

    Not true. Community schools also get the time off. Vol Sec schools are not obligated to be given time off but some do. Community schools and Community College are not given extra time it comes out of the allocation so all schools should be able to give the time off.


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    #44
    solerina
    Registered Users Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭solerina


    Terri26 wrote: »
    Not true. Community schools also get the time off. Vol Sec schools are not obligated to be given time off but some do. Community schools and Community College are not given extra time it comes out of the allocation so all schools should be able to give the time off.

    I think it comes down to an agreement with the TUI, normally ASTI schools which were predominantly ASTI don’t get any time off.


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