Class contact time on the Teacher Induction Scheme

A teacher who holds Full Registration has a maximum of 22.5 hours of class contact (actual teaching) each week on a full-time basis. 

As part of the establishment of TIS, there is a national agreement regarding the class contact time for provisionally registered teachers who are participating in TIS.  

They have less class contact time to allow them to participate in professional learning to meet the Standard for Full Registration.

Their timetable should include:

• 18 hours of teaching (0.8 full-time equivalent). This may increase to a maximum of 0.82 FTE.

Primary teachers

The whole of the 0.8 FTE should normally be spent with one class.

Secondary teachers

Your timetable should be equivalent to a maximum of 0.8 FTE of a full-time teacher’s timetable. 

You must undertake teaching that aligns with your category of Provisional Registration. This should form the majority of your teaching service and class contact should align directly with your category of registration.

You should teach a spread of year groups. We also recommend teaching of certificate classes during induction.