DIRECTED TIME BUDGET CHECKLIST
Please check your time budget against this checklist. All questions are from page 7 of the
Education Authority (EA) Advice on Developing Directed Time Budgets.
n Have the 195 days been identified?
(Make sure any days that you have already worked since the 31st July are included)
n Is all the time that you are directed to be on school premises (including parent
consultation meetings) identified? (NOTE: You can be directed to work at school or a
reasonable place by your employer)
n Is 10% planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time included (this can be on an
annual or weekly basis)?
n Has an annual schedule of meetings been provided?
n Have all meetings, including for those with teaching allowances been included?
n Has time to be spent preparing the written report to parents on the progress of their
children been included?
n Has time for Performance Review and Staff Development (PRSD) meetings, evidence
collating, and reporting been included?
n Has class contact time (inclusive of cover) been included?
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Has all the supervision in which a teacher must engage been included (teachers are not
required to undertake mid-day supervision)?
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Have the non-teaching days been included?
n If you are in receipt of a teaching allowance, have the associated duties been included?
n If you are the special educational needs co-ordinator (SENCO) is the time made available
to the SENCO, proportionate and appropriate to the needs of pupils in the school?
n Are all the responsibilities included in the Directed Time budget consistent with a
teacher’s professional duties (i.e. no cleaning, mid-day supervision, etc)?
The final question on the EA checklist is
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‘Has due attention been paid to work/life balance?’.
If you can tick all of the above boxes, your school should be able to meet this criteria.
NASUWT
The Teachers’ Union
NORTHERN IRELAND
