Professional Practice Days 

(12) (a) Each teacher is entitled to be released from their scheduled duties, including any face-to-face teaching, for three Professional Practice Days in 2022, two Professional Practice Days in 2023 and one Professional Practice Day in 2024 and subsequent school years, to focus on the improved delivery of high quality teaching and learning as set out below:

These days are in addition to existing pupil free days and planning time and are pro-rata for a teacher employed part-time.

(b)   The work undertaken on Professional Practice Days will be consistent with Departmental and school priorities and selected from the following areas: planning, preparation, assessment of student learning, collaboration, curriculum development, relevant professional development and peer observation including feedback and reflection.

(c) The timing and focus of each Professional Practice Day for each teacher will be nominated by the teacher and be agreed in consultation with the principal.

(d)   Where the timing and/or focus of a Professional Practice Day is not agreed in accordance with subclause (c), the timing will be determined by the principal, and the focus of the day will be determined by the teacher consistent with the focus areas set out in subclause 12(b).

(e)   Nothing in this subclause (12) prevents a teacher and their principal agreeing to rescheduling a Professional Practice Day that has already been allocated, or allocating a Professional Practice Day across two half days.

Where timing of the Professional Practice Day is determined by the principal, part-time staff who are not on duty for that day will be able to negotiate an alternate date with the principal on a pro-rata basis.