Regulations on the professional mandate of teachers at compulsory schools (official mandate) - Subject Matter

1. This regulation governs the professional duties of the teachers (official mandate) who teach at the public school.

1. The Professional Duties of the Teacher Encompass the Following Four Areas of Work

a) Instruction and Class

b) Students

c) School

d) Teacher

1. The Scope of Teaching and Classroom Includes

a) Teaching, Promoting, and Educating

b) Planning, Preparing, Evaluating, Documenting, and Further Developing the Lessons

c) Collaborating in the Teaching Team

d) Completing Organizational and Administrative Tasks Related to the Class

1. The Field of Learners Includes

a) the Advising, Guiding, and Evaluating of Students

b) the Collaboration with Parents, School Services, and Authorities

1. The Field of Work at School Includes the Following Tasks

a) Designing and Organizing One's Own School

b) Developing and Evaluating One's Own School

**1. The Scope of Work for Teachers Includes the Following Tasks:**

a) the evaluation of one's own activities

b) individual further education

1. The annual working hours of teachers correspond to those of the employees of the cantonal administration.

2. These hours are distributed across the following work areas

a) Area of Teaching and Class: 85 percent

b) Area of Learners: 5 percent

c) Area of School: 5 percent

d) Area of Teacher: 5 percent

3. The percentage figures in paragraph 2 are guidelines and may be subject to annual fluctuations.

1. The working hours of the teaching staff consist of teaching time, designated working hours outside of teaching, and freely arranged working hours outside of teaching.

2. The school administration can determine, within the framework of the designated working hours, when the teaching staff must be present in the school building outside of teaching hours.

3. In public schools, this mandated presence may not exceed 120 hours, and a maximum of five working days may be scheduled during school holidays.

4. The school administration announces the designated working hours with mandatory presence in advance. A significant portion of the working hours can be individually and freely arranged by the teaching staff.

1. Part-time employed teachers fulfill their professional duties according to the time allocated for their employment.

2. The school management arranges with each part-time employed teacher the scope of work within the school and participation in internal school training.

1. The school administration may enter into agreements with individual teachers and deviate from the benchmarks according to Article 7. This particularly applies to the assumption of a special function.

2. If a teacher is partially relieved from teaching duties for a special function, one lesson corresponds to an approximate annual working time of 60 hours.

3. The school administration may require individual teachers to record and document in writing their effective working time spent on certain work areas or the exercise of special functions.

1. The Regulation of January 11, 2006, regarding the Professional Duties of Teachers at Public Schools (Official Mandate) is hereby repealed.

1. This regulation shall enter into force on August 1, 2016.