Appendix 1: Teaching staff’ Schedule Clauses

1. Introduction

This schedule applies to all staff who are employed on a full time, fractional or fixed term basis (i.e. not those lecturers who are engaged on hourly rates of pay- HPL).

2. Duties (Paragraph 2)

The scope of your teaching duties will include but not be limited to:

(i) formal scheduled teaching duties as follows; classroom teaching (including teaching in laboratories, studios and workshops), tutorials, observation of the teaching of others (where this is required by the course of study they are following), work based student assessment; invigilation for public examinations, interviewing and enrolment if this is part of the guided learning hours provided directly to students and within the teaching year, open and distance learning and cover for absent colleagues and

(ii) management of learning programmes and curriculum development, student admissions, counselling, preparation of learning materials and student assignments, marking of students’ work, marking of examinations, educational guidance and counselling (other than timetabled tutorials), management and supervision of student visit programmes, research and other forms of scholarly activity, internal verification, marketing activities, administration and personal professional development.

Your pedagogic duties (timetabled under the provision of 3 (i) of this schedule) will be balanced to take account of duties undertaken by you with respect to paragraph 3 (ii).

In addition teachers accompanying students on curriculum related field trips/foreign visits may have additional time, over and above scheduled teaching, counted against their annual teaching hours. It should be noted that in this instance the maximum weekly limits set out below will not apply.

The maximum number of scheduled teaching hours described in paragraph 3 (i) above will be 850 per annum. The requirement of your contract is that you can be expected to teach this number of hours.

Unless exceptional circumstances prevail, and subject to your agreement, you will not be expected to undertake duties with respect to paragraph 3 (i) of this schedule amounting to more than 25 hours per week. Normally you will not be timetabled to undertake duties with respect to paragraph 3 (i) of this schedule amounting to more than 23 hours per week.

The annualised and weekly hours stated above will be calculated on a pro rata basis for fractional staff.

3. Working hours (paragraph 4)

The weekly working hours will be 35 per week. You will be expected to attend your place of work punctually such that your scheduled duties can be undertaken efficiently and effectively. Any evening duties for which you are scheduled will normally be timed to coincide with the working hours of the college.

4. Annual leave (Paragraph 5)

Annual leave entitlement for a full time employee is 47 days excluding Bank Holidays and including any college closure days. These entitlements will be calculated on a proportional basis for fractional lecturing staff. You are entitled to take a continuous period of 4 weeks leave but unless in exceptional circumstances this should be taken between 1st June and 31st August.

The annual leave year will run from 1st September to 31st August

5. Professional development (6)

By prior agreement with your line manager on the timing, content, outcomes and location you will be entitled to receive your normal remuneration for five working days in order to pursue self-directed professional development activities. These activities will be consistent with the delivery of the college’s annual training priorities and in consideration of its wider business needs. These entitlements will be calculated on a proportional basis for fractional lecturing staff.

6. Probationary period (paragraph 17)

Subject to the provisions of paragraph 20 of the core contract the probationary period for lecturers in their first permanent teaching post with the college will be 12 months.

7. Termination of employment (paragraph 18)

(a) In the event that you give notice to terminate your contract of employment with the Corporation, you are required to give three months notice.

(b) In the event that the Corporation gives you notice to terminate your contract of employment you will be entitled to receive three months notice (unless it is a fixed term contract coming to an end)

(c) In the event that the Corporation, gives you notice to terminate your contract of employment on the grounds of redundancy you will be entitled to receive six months notice.