Class contact time
A full-time teacher has 22.5 hours of class contact (actual teaching) each week. To meet the Standard for Full Registration you are required to undertake a percentage of this time as class contact time and a percentage as CPD, as shown below:
- 18 hours of teaching (0.8 full time equivalent)
- 1.5 hours CPD (0.2 full time equivalent)
Primary teachers
The whole of the 0.8 should normally be spent with one class. Where this is not possible, at least 80% of your timetable, i.e. at least 0.55 FTE, should be spent in one class.
Secondary teachers
Whether you are qualified in one or two subjects, you will have been allocated to a school in the induction scheme on the basis of one of your subjects.
Your timetable should be equivalent to a maximum of 0.8 FTE of a main grade teacher's timetable. Where this is not possible, at least 80% of the timetable (0.55FTE) should be spent in the allocated subject.
There should also be as full a spread of classes as possible across the year groups and include a significant element of classes pursuing Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) courses.
Teacher Induction Scheme 2012/2013 - Probationer Teaching Time
We have reviewed the agreement put in place in June 2011 in respect of the delivery of the Teacher Induction Scheme. Our revised Statement of Expectations for session 2012/2013, which has been written following careful discussion with the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (www.snct.org.uk), is now available to download below.
We hope that by providing this at an early stage, it will allow schools and local authorities to plan for its implementation.