Examiner duties absence limit.

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I’ve been asked to take on additional duties this year for the board I work for.
Does your school have a set policy around how many days off you are allowed to take for examiner meetings each year? And if so, how many are paid and would they let you take the rest unpaid if you went over that?
I am trying to find out what is normal and reasonable as it’s quite a few more days than usual and not all during study leave so cover is likely to be an issue. Thanks.

*cross posted from sec ed sorry as just remembered this separate staffroom board that’s more appropriate for this question

It should be in your staff absence policy

@MrsHamlet unfortunately it is not and I am trying to gauge what is reasonable to expect.

I get the two days I ask for, paid. I think a colleague who is senior on more than one panel gets all her days paid.

Surely your exam board will pay for a supply teacher whilst you are out? Mine does, at the rate of £195 per day. Nonetheless, if your absence will affect exam classes I could see why management might not be keen.

I’ve actually never asked before - when it was just a couple of days out my school just approved it. Is that definitely the case for all the boards? Sorry if that’s a stupid question, I didn’t know.

Yes, all boards do it; the official term is Teacher Release. There will be an exam board claim form to complete and submit. Schools would never allow teachers out for the meetings if they had to bear the cost of the cover themselves!

My workplace are fine, they just require me to submit a request for a teacher release voucher for each meeting.