Assigned Time, Professional Responsibilities and Voluntary Time. What does it all mean?

Section 16 of our Provincial Collective Agreement (2020-2023) states a teacher’s time falls within one of the following three categories:

  1. Assigned teacher time (which shall not exceed 1,044 hours within the school year)
  2. Time spent carrying on the teacher’s professional responsibilities as a teacher beyond their assigned teacher time.
  3. Voluntary time spent on extracurricular activities (LINC 12.5) activities and similar matters of benefit to the educational system and students, but extending beyond what the teacher’s professional activities require them to do.
    1. PSSD Extra-Curricular Overview and list of approved activities