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Directed Time for Teachers Explained
What directed time means, how the annual allocation typically works, and how to read a directed time budget.
Directed time is the time your headteacher can direct you to work under the STPCD framework (for relevant teachers). Understanding it helps you spot when meetings, duties and parents’ evenings are stacking beyond a reasonable annual plan.
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