Classroom Release Time / Timetable – reviewed term 4 2020

Classroom Release Time (CRT)

• Added "bound by another collective agreement".

Maximum Teaching Hours

• We've renamed this topic (previously Non-Contact Time) to reflect the area collective agreement and rewritten for clarity.
• Schools can now tell us if teachers are able to take non-contact time off site.

Non-Contact Time

• Wording changes for clarity.

Salary Units / Management Allowances – reviewed term 4 2020

Salary Units

• Updated this topic for clarity including rewording the introductory paragraph.
• Clarified the wording for how schools consult with teachers over the use of units.
• Schools can now let us know who determines the recipient of salary units.
• Reworded the conditions for allocation of permanent and fixed-term units.
• Reworded how units can be proportioned for staff who are job sharing.
• Added that fixed-term tasks which are associated with units must have an end date specified in writing.

Salary Units and Management Allowances (area and secondary schools)

• The changes made to Salary Units (above) also applied to this topic.
• This topic includes a section about Management allowances, and only applies to area and secondary schools. The wording about senior management allowances does not show for area schools.

Salary Units (no current units)

• Updated this topic for clarity, including rewording the introductory paragraph.
• Added wording that explains what will happen if schools become eligible for salary units.

Topic Number: 38127

Last Modified Date: 29/04/2021 21:17:44

Topic Version: 1

Published Date: 30/01/2026