Promotion of Work Style Reform in Inagi City Public Schools

The Inagi City Board of Education is promoting work style reform for teachers in Inagi City Public Schools.
In March 2023, the "Second Implementation Plan for Work Style Reform in Inagi City Public Schools" was formulated, and based on this plan, work style reform for teachers is being carried out.

To the local community

The Inagi City Board of Education is leading the way in promoting reforms in teachers' work styles, but the understanding and cooperation of the local community is essential.
In the school environment, we operate under the principle of "schools that are together with the community," but due to the promotion of work style reforms, it may become difficult for teachers to respond in the same way as before.
For the children who will carry the next generation, we kindly ask for your understanding of the purpose of the reforms in teachers' work styles to improve the quality of education.

Materials on Promoting Work Style Reform in Inagi City Public Schools

• Explanation materials on promoting work style reform in Inagi City Public Schools (PDF 597.7KB)

Working Conditions of Inagi City Public Schools Teachers

Fiscal Year	The percentage of teachers who work more than the prescribed working hours and exceed 45 hours per month	The percentage of teachers who exceed the prescribed working hours and work more than 80 hours a month
Fiscal Year 2020	38.0%	8.3%
Fiscal Year 2021	29.7%	4.8%
Fiscal Year 2022	25.5%	2.8%

• Note: Recording of teachers' attendance and departure times began in July 2020
• Note: The situation as of the end of February 2023 for Fiscal Year 2022

The Necessity of Reforming Teachers' Work Styles

By improving long working hours, we aim to enhance the quality of school education.

Second Work Style Reform Implementation Plan at Inagi City Public Schools

Planning Period

From Fiscal Year 2023 to Fiscal Year 2025

Immediate Goals

"The time spent in school, excluding the designated working hours," will ensure that the number of teachers exceeding "a total of 80 hours per month" is zero.

Final Goal

"The time spent in school, excluding the prescribed working hours," will ensure that the number of teachers exceeding "45 hours in total per month" and "360 hours in total per year" is zero.

Direction of Initiatives

1. Promotion of Proper Understanding and Awareness Reform of School Attendance Time
2. Review of Teacher Duties and Promotion of Business Improvement
3. Ensuring a Personnel System to Support Schools
4. Reduction of Burden in Club Activities
5. Development of an Environment for Achieving Work-Life Balance

Practices Being Implemented

(1) Automatic response via telephone voice message outside of working hours (All Elementary and Junior High Schools in the city)

Outside of teacher working hours (from 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM), calls to the school will be answered automatically by a voice response message.

Voice response time

Monday to Friday

Hours set by the school, except from 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM

Saturday, Sunday, and public holidays

All day

Note: In urgent cases related to incidents or accidents involving children and students, please contact Inagi City Hall at 042-378-2111.

(2) Setting of school closure days during the summer vacation period (All Elementary and Junior High Schools in the city)

During the summer vacation period when educational activities are not conducted, the school designates certain optional days (periods) as school closure days.

(3) Setting standards for club activity hours and rest days (All junior high schools in the city)

We set the activity hours and rest days for club activities and manage the club activities.

Future Initiatives

(1) Consideration of the efficiency of collection operations (All Elementary and Junior High Schools in the city)

Future Considerations

• Regarding the collection of educational materials fees, we will improve the efficiency of the collection process by changing from cash collection methods to direct debit or bank transfer.
• Regarding the collection frequency, those that occur multiple times a year will be considered to have a collection frequency of once per year as a principle.

(2) Reduction of tasks requested to schools (All Elementary and Junior High Schools in the city)

Regarding the tasks requested to schools, the Board of Education will appropriately understand, reduce them, and consider the working hours of teachers.

Future Considerations

When teachers participate in local events during evenings and holidays, we will consider a rotation system for their attendance.

(3) Promotion of Paperless Initiatives in Schools (All Elementary and Junior High Schools in the City)

Future Considerations

We will consider understanding the situation of each school and Parent or Guardian regarding documents sent from the school, and will promote paperless communication as much as possible.

(4) Utilization of External Instructors for Club Activities (All Junior High Schools in the City)

Future Implementation Matters

We will actively utilize external instructors for club activities who provide specialized technical guidance, replacing the advisory teachers.

(5) Utilization of local sports and cultural organizations for club activities (All junior high schools in the city)

Future Considerations

We will consider actively utilizing local sports and cultural organizations on behalf of the advisory faculty.

Second Inagi City Public Schools Work Style Reform Implementation Plan Document

In addition to the above, we are implementing various initiatives to promote work style reform.
For details, please see the "Second Work Style Reform Implementation Plan at Inagi City Public Schools."

• Second Inagi City Public Schools Work Style Reform Implementation Plan (PDF 371.6KB)