Regulations on the professional mandate of cantonal teachers (RAL) - Fields of Work (RAL)

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

a) Class

b) Students

c) School

d) Teacher

1. The Scope of Classroom Work Includes

a) Teaching, Supporting, and Educating

b) Planning, Preparing, Organizing, Evaluating, and Documenting the Teaching. This also includes organizational and administrative tasks.

1. The Scope of Learners' Activities Includes

a) Advising, Supporting, and Assessing Students and Learners

b) Collaborating with Parents, School Administration, Sending Schools, Training Companies, Faculty Colleagues within Grade Conferences, and School Services and Authorities

1. The Scope of Work in Schools Includes the Following Tasks

a) Participation in Shaping and Organizing One's Own School, Such as Attendance at Information and Planning Meetings; Coordinating Work with Other Teachers, Sending and Receiving Schools, and Professional Associations; Preparing and Conducting School Events; Completing Administrative Tasks

b) Development and Evaluation of One's Own School: Participation in the Preparation and Implementation of Reform Projects, Participation in Internal Evaluation

c) Internal School Further Training

1. The Scope of Work for Teaching Personnel Includes the Following Tasks

a) Evaluation of Personal Activities

b) Individual Professional Development

1. The annual working hours to be performed correspond to those of other cantonal employees.

2. They are distributed across the work areas as follows

a) Work Area Class: 82 percent

b) Work Area Learners: 5 percent

c) Work Area School: 8 percent

d) Work Area Teacher: 5 percent

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

1. Part-time employed teaching staff fulfill their professional duties in accordance with the time allocated to their employment.

2. The school administration coordinates with the part-time employed teaching staff regarding their deployment in the various work areas.

1. The school administration may oblige individual teachers to take on special tasks such as serving as a class teacher or supervising final theses, independent in-depth studies, or participating in training units.

1. School Administration Agreements with Individual Teachers

The school administration may reach agreements with individual teachers that deviate from the benchmarks in Article 7. This particularly applies when taking on special tasks.

1. The school administration may require individual teachers to record and thus document in writing the actual working hours they spend on specific areas of work or in the course of taking on special tasks.

1. This regulation comes into force on August 1, 2008.