AQW 17799/22-27

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 07/11/2024
Answered On Date: 18/11/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the role the Education Authority has in ensuring workload agreements with teachers are implemented.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) is represented on the Teachers' Negotiating Committee (TNC) which agreed and implemented the Workload Agreement TNC 2024/2. To ensure the workload agreement and directed time budgets (DTB) has been implemented the EA has provided the following support to schools:

Updated online training for school Principals, Boards of Governors and Teachers covering directed time budgets and the Workload Agreement was devised and issued by the EA.

A recording of the interactive training and guidance materials, including a walk-through of all resources and toolkits, enabling school leaders and Governors to access the DTB training at any time;

The provision of locality 'DTB support and guidance' clinics for clusters and communities of school leaders as required;

The provision of support and guidance for school leaders from their School Improvement Professional as required; and

School Improvement Professionals supported individual schools to explore and engage with the featured modules within the recorded interactive training resource, which is hosted on The Supporting Learning website.