secondary teachers on the other hand may have contracts ranging from to hours which exceptionally may reach up to hours per week a teacher can also complement his or her teaching position with other functions in the public sector as long as he or she does not exceed hours per week secondary teachers who additionally teach in a nonpublic school may exceed this maximum of teaching hours per week also in a given school year if the teacher is not able to have enough hours to complete a single teaching unit hours or hours he or she can work a few hours in a supporting function eg support teacher pedagogical counsellor teacher bibliographic counsellor teacher