The Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers: Based on Article 4 of Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT, there are regulations on the principles of determining the working regime of principals, vice principals and preschool teachers as follows:
(1) The working hours of preschool teachers are implemented according to the school year, converted into teaching hours and guaranteed to be 40 hours/week, including the number of teaching hours in 1 day according to the teaching hours norms specified in Article 7 of Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT.
(2) The working hours of principals and vice-principals are guaranteed to be 40 hours/week, including teaching time according to the norms specified in Article 8 of Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT to grasp the content and objectives of the preschool education program in order to improve the effectiveness of leadership and management.
(3) The assignment and arrangement of tasks for preschool teachers must ensure regulations on teaching hours norms, working hours, annual leave hours according to the provisions of law; ensure publicity and fairness between preschool teachers in the same preschool education institution.
The assignment of preschool teachers to participate in dropping off children or picking up children or taking care of children at noon must ensure compliance with the actual situation of the preschool education institution's staff.
(4) Each kindergarten teacher does not concurrently perform more than 2 tasks specified in Article 9 and Article 10 of Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT.
(5) For tasks that have already received remuneration or allowances, teaching hours are not reduced or converted to teaching hours minus concurrent tasks in Article 9, Clause 1, Article 10, Clause 4, Article 11 of Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT.
(6) The conversion for tasks that have not been regulated with the regime of reducing teaching hours or have not been converted into teaching hours in Circular 11/2026/TT-BGDĐT is decided by the principal in writing, ensuring compliance with the complexity and workload of the task assigned concurrently.
The conversion in this case must be approved through a collective meeting of preschool teachers in preschool education institutions and reported to the competent management agency.
