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    Delegates voted to commit to making the 2009-2010 school year one where teachers will no longer have to cover for absent colleagues. Government advice says teachers should "rarely" be asked to cover, and NUT advice is that cover should only be provided in emergencies like severe weather or illness at work, with other pre-known absences covered by other staff like qualified teachers. The motion also means teachers should not have reduced non-teaching time, trips, or courses due to covering duties. Teachers should work with other staff to ensure they are not assigned teaching work as cover.

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    Delegates voted to commit to making the 2009-2010 school year one where teachers will no longer have to cover for absent colleagues. Government advice says teachers should "rarely" be asked to cover, and NUT advice is that cover should only be provided in emergencies like severe weather or illness at work, with other pre-known absences covered by other staff like qualified teachers. The motion also means teachers should not have reduced non-teaching time, trips, or courses due to covering duties. Teachers should work with other staff to ensure they are not assigned teaching work as cover.

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    Delegates voted to commit to making the 2009-2010 school year one where teachers will no longer have to cover for absent colleagues. Government advice says teachers should "rarely" be asked to cover, and NUT advice is that cover should only be provided in emergencies like severe weather or illness at work, with other pre-known absences covered by other staff like qualified teachers. The motion also means teachers should not have reduced non-teaching time, trips, or courses due to covering duties. Teachers should work with other staff to ensure they are not assigned teaching work as cover.

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    ‘Rarely’ Cover = No Cover

    Delegates also voted enthusiastically for a motion which


    commits the union to make 2009-10 the school year when
    we no longer have to cover for absent colleagues.

    Government advice to heads with effect from September


    says that we should ‘rarely’ be asked to cover. NUT advice
    says we should seek to achieve a fair policy where we are
    only cover in emergencies, such as extreme weather, civil
    emergency or sudden illnesses at work for staff. All other
    pre-known absences should be covered by other staff,
    preferably qualified teachers.

    It also means that we should suffer ‘no detriment’ to


    existing arrangements for leave of absence, non-contact
    time, trips and courses. We should also liaise with TAs and
    other staff to make sure they are not made to do teaching
    work as cover. Detailed advice is available on the NUT
    website for all colleagues to check at:
    www.teachers.org.uk

    Taken from: -

    Hand in Hand
    Moving Forward Together
    The Newsletter of the Harrow Teachers’ Association
    Conference Special (With thanks to Ealing NUT) Summer Term 2009

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