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ECT Timetable: Reduced Load and How to Use the Time
How ECT timetable reductions typically work and how to use non-contact time without filling it with low-value tasks.
An ECT timetable should feel lighter than a standard teaching load because induction support needs space. Protect that time. If it is repeatedly covered or filled with duties, raise it.
Use non-contact time on high-leverage work
- Lesson resources you will reuse
- Behaviour follow-up that prevents next lesson’s chaos
- Mentor actions and ECF tasks
- Marking that changes tomorrow’s teaching
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