Not exact matches
Breaks were defined as «any
period of time, formal or informal,
during the workday in which work - relevant tasks are not required or expected,
including but not limited to a break for
lunch, coffee, personal email, or socializing with coworkers, not
including bathroom breaks.»
Conference notes that this growing phenomenon
includes: (i) management - led working practices which have not been workload impact assessed; (ii) coercive practices such as insidious threats to career progression; (iii) the de facto lengthening of the school day through the expectation that teachers will deliver extra lessons outside of the normal timetable; (iv) the loss of
lunch breaks for teachers and students alike; (v) the bullying of teachers into running «booster» and revision classes after school, at weekends and
during holiday
periods and (vi) the consequential compromising of the teacher's work / life balance.
In its third year, the program at Spencer's school
includes opportunities for single classes to learn the rules of organized games and for larger group play
during lunch period recess.