Table D.3.1
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010/2011

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Table D.3.1
Organization of teachers' working time, by educational level taught, Canada, provinces and territories, 2010/2011
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).
  Number of weeks of instructionNote 1 Number of days of instructionNote 1 Net teaching timeNote 2 Working time required at schoolNote 3 Total statutory working time
Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary, general programmesNote 4 Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary, general programmesNote 4 Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary, general programmesNote 4 Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary, general programmesNote 4 Primary Lower secondary Upper secondary, general programmesNote 4
weeks days hours hours hours
OECD averageNote 5 38 38 37 185 185 183 790 709 664 1,215 1,219 1,154 1,671 1,667 1,669
CanadaNote 6 37 37 37 183 183 183 799 743 747 1,227 1,228 1,234 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Mandated teaching and working time 36 36 36 181 181 181 793 709 709 1,253 1,253 1,253 1,253 1,253 1,253
Quebec 36 36 36 180 180 180 738 612 612 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280 1,280
AlbertaNote 7 37 37 37 184 184 184 905 905 905 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200 1,200
Estimated teaching and working timeNote 8 37 37 37 187 187 187 814 834 847 1,160 1,163 1,182 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Newfoundland
and Labrador		 37 37 37 187 187 187 860 823 804 1,177 1,177 1,177 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Prince Edward
Island		 37 37 37 184 184 184 782 765 690 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 37 185 185 185 755 817 910 1,160 1,160 1,253 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Saskatchewan 38 38 38 190 190 190 855 855 855 1,190 1,190 1,190 Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
Yukon 36 37 37 179 184 184 823 823 823 950 950 950 950 950 950
OtherNote 9  
Ontario 38 38 38 188 188 188 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
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 applicable Note ...: not applicable Note ...: not applicable
British Columbia 37 37 37 185 185 185 771 953 953 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
Northwest Territories 38 38 38 188 188 188 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
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.

Note 2.

"Net teaching time" refers to the number of hours per year that a full-time teacher teaches.

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).

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.

Note 5.

These averages are from Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators, Table D4.1, Organisation of teachers' working time (2011), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.

Note 6.

Canada figures are weighted averages based on the number of full-time educators, and reflect public institutions in submitting jurisdictions, as reported in the 2010/2011 Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES). Data for Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are excluded from the Canada average. The Canadian average will vary from the averages reported in Education at a Glance 2013: OECD Indicators, which are weighted based on the number of educators from 2009/2010.

Note 7.

Alberta’s net teaching time (hours per day and hours per year) and “working time required at school” reflect the maximum time a full-time teacher can be assigned to teach or to work and may not necessarily be the actual hours a teacher is assigned.

Note 8.

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 figures as follows: mandatory instruction time (see indicator D1) 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".

Note 9.

"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 / or working time are estimated consistently with estimation methods of those who reported both (see note 8).

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-Indicators of Educational Systems (INES), 2012 Survey on Teachers and the Curriculum.
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