
COMENIUS : Comparative working conditions 2010/2011
| | | France | Greece | Poland | Romania | Spain | Turkey |
Holidays | Summer | Dates | From 03/07/2010 To 01/09/2010 | From 22/06/2010 To 31/08/2010 | From 27/06/2010 To 01/09/2010 | From 12/06/2010 To 12/09/2010 | From 03 /07/2010 To 01/09/2010 | From 01/07/2010 To 01/09/2010 (students : 20/09) |
Lasting time | 2 months (less 2 days) | 2 months and 10 days | 2 months 35 days | 3 months | 2 months (less 2 days) | 2 months |
Fall | Dates | From 23/10/2010 To 03/11/2010 | | | From 01/11/2010 To 07/11/2010 | | |
Lasting time | 11 days | | | 1 week | | |
Christmas | Dates | From 18/12/2010 To 03/01/2011 | From 23/12/2010 To 07/01/2011 | From 22/12/2010 To 03/01/2011 | From 22/12/2010 To 04/01/2011 | From 24/12/2010 To 06/01/2011 | |
Lasting time | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 12 days | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | |
Winter | Dates | From 19/02/2011 To 06/03/2011 | | From 29/01/2011 To 13/02/2011 | From 29/01/2010 To 06/02/2010 | | From 29/01/2011 To 13/02/2011 |
Lasting time | 2 weeks | | 2 weeks | 1 week | | 2 weeks |
Spring | Dates | From 16/04/2011 To 01/05/2011 | From 16/04/2011 To 01/05/2011 | From 20/04/2011 To 27/04/2011 | From 16 /04/2011 To 25/04/2011 | From 18/04/2011 To 24/04/2011 | |
Lasting time | 2 weeks | 2 weeks | 1 week | 1 week | 1 week | |
Working hours | In class with pupils | 25 hours a week | 23 hours a week | 18 hours a week 25 hours a week | 25 hours a week | 25 hours a week | 30 hours a week 40 hours a week |
At school | 28 hours a week | 30 hours a week | Kindergarden (bl) | 25 hours a week | 29 hours a week | idem |
France :
We have small holidays (2 weeks) very regurarly.
Working day is long : from 8 :30 to 11 :30 and from 13 :30 to 16h30 ( 4 days a week, no class on Wednesday) and some pupils can come at 7 :30 in the morning, have their lunch at school and stay till 6 in the afternoon, being taking care by City staff.
During the 3 hours left per week, we can have institutional meetings or help children having difficulties in learning.
Greece :
2 systems :1) school day : from 8 to 4pm with 2 time-tables for teachers ( from 8 to 12 :15 and 11 :15 to 4pm). Meals are brought by parents.
2) school day : from 8 to 12 :15.
5 days of school per week. And teachers and headmaster can have staff meetings till 2pm ; and 4 meetings with parents during the year.
Poland :
2 teachers per class : 1 from 6 :30 to 11 :30 and 1 from 11 :30 to 5 :30 and parents can come from 2pm.
Time-tables of Kindergarden teachers are different from those of Primary School teachers.
Romania :
We have special holidays, national holiday, but they are very short. For example the National Day is on the 1st of december.
We work in 2 shift : mornings and afternoons.
The morning shift starts at 7 :30 and ends at 12 :30 ; and in the afternoon it starts at 12 :30 and ends at 17 :30.
We have 3 hours per week for methodically meetings.
Spain :
We have holidays on : Summer 2 months (less 2 days), Christmas 2 weeks, Easter 1 week. We also have some bank holidays during the year up to 5 or 6 days.
Working time : students : from 9 to 14 (Mondays to Fridays), Mondays teachers work from 16 :30 to 18 :30 and on Tuesdays from 16 :30 to 19 :00.
School is open at 8 :00 and there is an option for lunch at the school, early lunch and lunch must be paid by the parents.
On Mondays and Tuesdays evenings we meet with parents and we have our staff meetings
Turkey :
We have 3 types of working hours :
1) Morning group : the teachers of this group work from 7 :30 to 12 :30 (they have 6 lessons a day = 30 lessons a week)
2) Afternoon group : the teachers of this group work from 12 :30 to 17 : 30 ( they have 6 lessons a day = 30 lessons a week)
3) Whole day group : these teachers work from 8 :00 to 13 :00 and after a break, from 15 :00 to 17 :00 (with 2 lessons in the afternoon).
As a result they work 8 hours a day and it makes 40 hours a week (extra hours)