Unsure if you require a set teacher? We’ve shared guidelines based on BC Employment Standards, the British Columbia Master Production Agreement, SAG and California Labour Laws to help you navigate when to hire a teacher to work with the school aged actors in your productionin Vancouver or elsewhere in British Columbia.
Productions required a set teacher in the following situations:
For local actors
- All school aged youth (who have not yet graduated high school) require a certified teacher on set schooling them for a minimum of 3 hours each day, if they are:
- working 3 or more days in the production week while school is in session
- they are guaranteed work on two (2) or more school days in each of three (3) or more consecutive production weeks
- they work two (2) school days in each of three (3) consecutive production weeks, in which event the Producer shall provide a tutor for each consecutive production week thereafter in which the Performer works two (2) school days.
- (see BC Labour Standards & UBCP Article A27)
- Youth that have a teacher written into their acting contract as a requirement.
For out-of-town actors (working on location)
- All school aged youth (who have not yet graduated high school) while school is in session require a certified teacher schooling them for a minimum of 3 hours each day for at least 5 of the 7 days in the week, unless the week has a statutory holiday, in which case only 4 days of tutoring are required. (see BC Labour Standards & UBCP Article A27 and Appendix F)
For Californian actors
- All California youth under the age of 16 require a Certified Teacher on-set with them. If school is in session, then they require a minimum of 3 hours of school time each day.
- 16 – 18 year olds from LA require a Certified Teacher on-set with them while school is in session, if they are still in school. They require a minimum of 3 hours of school time each day.
