“Extra-curricular activities” means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, in-service sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking school assignments.
In any school year (as per the Minister of Education and Training’s definition), a teacher will be entitled to a paid leave of absence of one day provided that he or she:
A teacher who does not take their leave in the year of earned entitlement shall be allowed to carry the one day forward to the next school year, thereby allowing for a possible maximum of three (3) days leave in any school year.