The majority of teachers in Northern Ireland will hold a half-day strike on Tuesday 21st February.
The UTU and INTO unions are scheduled to take action from midnight to 12:00 GMT.
BBC News NI understands the NASUWT union will also carry out similar strikes.
Many schools are expected to be closed by midday as most teachers in Northern Ireland are represented by these three unions.
The NEW in Northern Ireland also elects its members to strike.
The position of the NAHT union – which represents many school leaders – has yet to be confirmed, but its members previously voted to go on strike.
Union members are already taking coordinated non-strike action in Northern Ireland’s schools.
Some teachers in England and Wales are expected to go on strike on February 1.
A 16-day wave of continuous teachers’ strikes is also taking place in Scotland.
Teachers there want a 10% pay rise, which ministers and councils say is prohibitive.
They’ve offered 5%, which includes increases of up to 6.85% for the lowest paid employees.
Northern Ireland has been at a deadlock over a teacher pay deal for almost a year.
In February 2022, unions rejected a salary offer from employers for 2021-2023 as “unreasonable”.
Teaching employers claimed the deal was a 3.2% increase over two years, but unions claimed it consisted of a restructuring of pay grades that would result in many teachers being paid less.
Unions then called for a 6% “cost of living” wage increase for 2021-22 and a 2% increase in inflation for 2022-23.
Inflation is currently over 10% in the UK, mainly due to increases in food and energy costs.
The half-day strikes on February 21 will be the first by teachers in Northern Ireland in over five years.
Recently, there have been warnings of a broader “crisis” in education funding.
The Education Authority, for example, has said it cannot save £110m this financial year without cutting frontline services.
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