Table C.6.2
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada and jurisdictions, 2019/2020

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Table C.6.2
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada and jurisdictions, 2019/2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Organization of teachers' working time Number of weeks of instruction, Number of days of instruction, Net teaching time, Working time required at school, Total statutory working time, Primary, Lower secondary and Upper secondary, general programmes, calculated using weeks, days and hours units of measure (appearing as column headers).
	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C.6.2 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C.6.2 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C.6.2 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C.6.2 Note 4}	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary, general programmes^{Table C.6.2 Note 4}
	Number of weeks of instruction^{Table C.6.2 Note 1}			Number of days of instruction^{Table C.6.2 Note 1}			Net teaching time^{Table C.6.2 Note 2}			Working time required at school^{Table C.6.2 Note 3}			Total statutory working time
	weeks			days			hours
OECD^{Table C.6.2 Note 5}	38	38	38	184	184	183	791	723	685	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1 553	1 575	1 577
Canada^{Table C.6.2 Note 6}	37	37	37	185	185	185	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Mandated teaching and working time
Quebec	36	36	36	180	180	180	738	615	615	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280	1,280
Alberta	36	36	36	182	182	182	895	895	895	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200	1,200
Estimated teaching and working time^{Table C.6.2 Note 7}
Newfoundland and Labrador	37	37	37	185	185	185	851	814	796	1,145	1,145	1,145	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward Island	36	36	36	181	181	181	769	755	679	1,182	1,231	1,247	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nova Scotia	37	37	37	187	187	187	795	842	842	1,130	1,130	1,130	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
New Brunswick	37	37	37	185	185	185	700	854	910	1,105	1,197	1,253	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan	38	38	38	190	190	190	874	874	874	1,200	1,200	1,200	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Yukon	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Other^{Table C.6.2 Note 8}
Ontario	37	37	37	187	187	187	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Manitoba	37	37	37	185	185	185	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,073	1,073	1,073	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
British Columbia	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	878	952	952	878	952	952	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Northwest Territories	37	37	37	185	185	185	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
Nunavut	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable
.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable Note 1 The number of weeks and days of instruction is mandated in all reporting jurisdictions; that is, it is established by collective agreement or provincial / territorial regulation / law. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2 "Net teaching time" refers to the number of hours per year that a full-time teacher teaches. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3 "Working time required at school" refers to the number of hours that a full-time teacher is expected to work, excluding overtime, non-specified preparation time, and days that the school is closed for holidays (both public holidays and seasonal school holidays / vacations). Return to note 3 referrer Note 4 General programmes cover education that was not designed explicitly to prepare participants for a specific class of occupations or trades, or for entry into further vocational or technical education programmes. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5 The OECD data can be found at https://doi.org/10.1787/b35a14e5-en, Education at a Glance 2021 (accessed October 4, 2021 - Tables D4.1 and D4.2) Return to note 5 referrer Note 6 Canada figures are weighted averages based on the number of full-time students enrolments, and reflect public institutions in submitting jurisdictions, as reported in the 2018/2019 Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES). Yukon and Nunavut did not submit data and are not included in the Canadian average. Return to note 6 referrer Note 7 Jurisdictions in this subgroup, in which net teaching time and total working time are not mandated in collective agreement or regulation, estimated teaching time based on mandatory instruction time, as follows: mandatory instruction time (see indicator C1) minus marking and preparation time equals "net teaching time"; mandatory instruction time plus supervision and meeting time plus time for professional development equals "working time required at school". Return to note 7 referrer Note 8 "Other" jurisdictions could not report all categories and so are not included in the Canada average, which is consistent with Canada's reporting to the OECD. In Manitoba, and British Columbia, teaching time and working time are estimated consistently with estimation methods of those who reported both (see note 7). Return to note 8 referrer Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-Indicators of Educational Systems (INES), 2020 Survey on Teacher's Salaries and Working Time.

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Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada and jurisdictions, 2019/2020

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Table C.6.2 Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada and jurisdictions, 2019/2020

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Table C.6.2
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, OECD, Canada and jurisdictions, 2019/2020