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Scope of Application

1 This Regulation applies to all teachers who teach at cantonal secondary schools and vocational schools.

2 The employment relationship and the remuneration of teachers are fundamentally governed by the Personnel Act and the corresponding implementing decrees.

3 Notwithstanding the above, this Regulation contains provisions regarding the specific nature of teachers' employment relationships.

Linguistic Equality

Personal pronouns in this Ordinance refer to both genders.

**II. Employment Relationships**

Staffing Plan

The provisions of the Personnel Act and the corresponding implementing decrees apply to the staffing plan.

Employment Authority

1 The authority responsible for employment is determined

a) in vocational schools, by the Law on Vocational Education, Professional Counseling, and Continuing Education;

b) in secondary schools, by the Secondary School Law.

Probationary Period

1 The first semester of the indefinite employment relationship is considered a probationary period.

2 For entry during a semester, the appointing authority determines the probationary period.

3 During the probationary period, the notice period for both parties is two months to the end of the semester.

Termination

1 The appointing authority and the teacher may terminate the indefinite employment relationship by giving written notice of three months to the end of the respective semester.

2 The fixed-term employment relationship ends without notice upon expiry of the contract period.

Retirement

The indefinite employment relationship ends without notice on the last day of the respective semester in which the teacher reaches the age limit. It can be extended in accordance with § 18 Para. 4 of the Personnel Act.

III. Professional Mandate, Duties, and Rights

Professional Mandate

Teachers generally fulfill a three-part professional mandate

a) Instruction, including preparation and follow-up of lessons, counseling and

support for individual students, as well as collaboration with all parties involved

in the education;

b) Collaboration within the school, including participation in school activities, in

subject-specific and working groups, and in school development;

c) Maintenance and promotion of their own job-related competencies, including

continuing education and professional development.

Reduced Professional Mandate

1 Teachers who teach a workload of fewer than nine lessons per week or who

exclusively deliver continuing education courses for the public fulfill a reduced

professional mandate. They are exempt from collaboration within the school

according to § 8 lit. b.

2 The reduced professional mandate is taken into account during salary placement.

3 If a teacher teaches at several schools within the canton, the workload can be

aggregated. The rectors determine, after consultation, where the main part of

the collaboration within the school according to § 8 lit. b is to be performed.

Teaching Obligation

1. The full-time teaching obligation at secondary schools is

a) 23 lessons per week as a general rule;

b) 25 lessons per week for teachers in the subjects of Visual Arts, Sports, Music;

c) 29 lessons per week for instrumental teachers.

2. The full-time teaching obligation at vocational schools for all teachers is 25 lessons per week.

3. One lesson generally lasts 45 minutes.

4. The Department of Education shall regulate the handling of cancelled lessons during teaching weeks in a directive.

Examinations

1 Participation in admission and final examinations is part of the teaching

obligation according to § 10 and is not specially remunerated.

2 Exceptions are regulated by the Government Council.

School Management

Teachers who assume school management responsibilities that amount to less than 50 percent will be placed in a higher salary band for this leadership activity than for their teaching activity.

Age-Related Relief

1 The weekly teaching obligation for teachers at middle schools and vocational schools is reduced for relief purposes

a) by one lesson from the age of 58;

b) by two lessons from the age of 60;

c) by three lessons from the age of 62.

2 For teachers who teach part-time, the teaching obligation is reduced proportionally.

3 The entitlement to relief arises at the beginning of the school year in which the respective age limit is reached.

Additional Teaching Obligation

1 Exceptionally, the Rector may assign an additional teaching obligation to a teacher who teaches a full-time load.

2 Additional teaching obligations are defined as lessons taught for at least one semester in excess of the contractually agreed teaching obligation.

3 An additional teaching obligation must generally be compensated in a subsequent semester or school year. If compensation is excluded, remuneration shall be provided in proportion to a full-time load.

Individual Lessons

1 Teachers can be obliged by the Rector to temporarily take on a substitute role and provide individual lessons.

2 Individual lessons effectively provided beyond the ordinary teaching obligation are remunerated at 1/40 each of the proportional salary for an annual lesson.

Compensation for Special Functions and Tasks

1 Teachers who, beyond their professional duties according to § 8, perform

commission work on behalf of the school or the canton, will be compensated

according to the Act on the Compensation of Part-time Judges, Education

Councillors, and Non-parliamentary Commission Members of October 29, 1997.

2 The Government Council issues guidelines on the compensation and the

determination of reductions in workload for teachers who, in addition to their

professional duties according to § 8, undertake additional special functions or

tasks in the service of the school.

Non-Working Days

The non-working days set by the canton apply.

Vacation

1 Vacation time is determined by school holidays.

2 Teachers may be required to attend further training or school conferences during a part of the school holidays.

Maternity Leave

Maternity leave that falls within school holidays cannot be taken additionally.

Long-Term Professional Development

1 A paid long-term professional development leave may be granted if a teacher has been continuously teaching at one of the cantonal upper secondary or vocational schools for at least ten years, with an average workload of at least 50%, and is no older than 58 years of age.

2 The Head of the Department of Education decides on paid long-term professional development leave. There is no entitlement to long-term professional development leave.

3 The Government Council issues directives regarding long-term professional development.

**IV. Remuneration**

Classification and Salary

Teaching staff shall be classified in accordance with the guideline positions in the appendix to this Regulation and compensated proportionally to a full-time equivalent.

Fixed-Term Employment Relationships and Substitutions

1 The annual salary for teachers with fixed-term employment relationships is paid in twelve equal installments.

2 Substitutions are remunerated based on the number of individual lessons actually taught, at 1/40 of the proportionate salary for an annual lesson.

Seniority Gift

The seniority gift cannot be taken in the form of paid leave.

**V. Transitional and Final Provisions**

Transitional Provision

1 For teaching staff who receive an age-related workload reduction under the

previous regulations, these regulations continue to apply.

2 Teaching staff who, within the first two years since the new regulations came

into force, would be eligible for an age-related workload reduction under the

previous regulations, may choose under which regulation the age-related workload

reduction will be granted.

Repeal of Previous Law

With the entry into force of these regulations, the Personnel and Salary Regulations for Teachers at Secondary and Vocational Schools of July 4, 2000, are repealed.

Entry into Force, Publication

1 This regulation enters into force on 1 August 2013.17

2 It shall be published in the Official Gazette and included in the Collection of Laws.

**Appendix: Guiding Positions for Teachers at Secondary and Vocational Schools**

**Lower Placement in Salary Bands**

The following applies to all guiding positions

– If the required (specialist) education qualification or didactic training is missing, the placement will be one salary band lower.

– If both prerequisites are missing, the placement will be two salary bands lower.

– The missing training must be completed within a reasonable period.

**A. Teachers with a full professional assignment in accordance with § 8**

**Salary Band 15**

– Teachers at secondary schools with a Master's degree from a university or a university of applied sciences and didactic training that qualifies them to teach at secondary schools

– Teachers at vocational schools with a Master's degree from a university or a university of applied sciences and didactic training that qualifies them to teach at vocational secondary schools

**Salary Band 14**

– Teachers at secondary or vocational schools with a Bachelor's degree from a university or a university of applied sciences and didactic training

– Teachers at vocational schools with a federal diploma as a vocational school teacher (1800 learning hours)

– Teachers at vocational schools with a degree from a higher vocational school or a completed professional or master craftsman's examination and didactic training

**Salary Band 13**

Teachers at vocational schools with a professional qualification and didactic training

**Salary Band 12**

Teachers at vocational schools with a professional qualification without didactic training

**B. Teachers with a reduced professional assignment in accordance with § 9**

The guiding positions are one salary band lower than the guiding positions defined under A.

1 GS 23-54 with amendments from 17 December 2013 (RRB adaptation to new cantonal constitution, GS 23-97) and from 6 December 2022 (PV, GS 26-94b).

2 SRSZ 145.110.

3 SRSZ 622.110.

4 SRSZ 623.110.

5 Para. 2 in the version of 17 December 2013.

6 SRSZ 145.110.

7 Version of 17 December 2013.

8 SRSZ 145.110.

9 Version of 17 December 2013.

10 SRSZ 622.110.

11 SRSZ 623.110.

12 Version of 6 December 2022.

13 Version of 6 December 2022.

14 Para. 1 in the version of 17 December 2013.

15 SRSZ 140.520.

16 GS 19-624.

17 Abl 2012 2534; amendments from 17 December 2013 entered into force on 1 January 2014 (Abl 2013 2974) and from 6 December 2022 entered into force on 1 January 2023 (Abl 2022 3097).

18 Version of 6 December 2022.

19 Version of 6 December 2022.

20 Version of 6 December 2022.