Directed time issues

[TiredTeacher2]

I have been teaching 3 year on a part time contract, and since day 1 have been asking for a directed time timetable. According to the calculator on NEU website, my FTE is too low for the proportion of my teaching time compared to a fulltime teachets st the school. Even based on the correct FTE, i would be considerably over on my directed time but the HT keeps adding things in and saying it is directed time.whenever i bring the matter up, I am punished by a torrent of unfair criticism for a few weeks before her turning back to being perfectly lovely for a while. I have spoken to other members of staff and she does the hot/cold thing with them too. My parents and partner (I am 24) say it is a classic manipulation technique.
Anyway, am i entitled to see my directed time timetable?

Contact your union

Well, the union say, speak to your headteacher, do its no help really.

If they won’t give you one, presumably you can write one yourself? Record how many hours of directed time you are being expected to work in an average week, and then present the head with that evidence.

A full time teacher who is covered by the STPCD should have an average of 6.657 hours of directed time every day (1265 hours divided by 190 days).

If you work full days, you should have the same. So for example if you are paid on a 0.6 basis and work 3 full days a week you should have 759 hours of directed time (0.6 x 1265) spread over 114 days (0.6 x 190).

In practice I would expect schools to schedule less than 6.5 hours of directed time into a normal week, to allow a bit of spare time for eg parents’ evenings.

Directed time for part timers is a proportion of the directed time of an equivalent full time staff member, NOT of 1265.

If you're not covered by STPCD, all bets are off.

Yes you should have a DT calendar. You should also have a rep in school. If not, I highly recommend doing rep training.

Have you got your directed time calendar. Unless you have your directed time calendar, the union pretty much have their hands tied. Feel free, if your head refuses, to tell the union that you haven't got your calendar due to refusal. Have you asked HR?

As a rep, to be honest, it sounds as if you want the union to act as a buffer in communication. You need to communicate on your own behalf and take issues to the union when this breaks down, not for them to do it for you. I'm a rep.

Also a rep.
I have responsibility for the directed time calendar in my school but it's not my role to negotiate for my members about which bits they do - they have to do that with the head.
I'll step in if it gets contentious.

I am not expecting the union to negotiate for me- I am not sure where folk are getting that idea from!
I have already produced my version of the timetable in accordance with the notes on the union website and their calculator BUT the ht says it's wrong without even looking, and refuses to produce one for me because she says it's too time consuming! I just want to know what to do next!