Conference Days. Conference Days may be used for attendance at conferences, workshops, seminars, or training sessions that are related to a Member’s job duties and responsibilities.
Conference Days. Two parent-teacher conferences, one each semester, will be held during the school year. Evening times will receive equal duty day compensation time. Parent-teacher conference schedules will be approved by the appropriate building administrator. Parent-teacher conferences are student contact days.
Conference Days. A. There will be two (2) elementary conferences annually of five (5) days in the Fall and five (5) days in the Spring with students being released two and one-half (2½) hours daily on each of the conference days.
Conference Days. The Board will establish days with pay per year for the Association to use for annual conferences, based on 4.5% of the OCEA Education Support Professional membership on June 1 of each year. Any fraction will be rounded up to the next whole number. Withdrawal of days shall be by notification from the Association President to the Superintendent or his designated representative at least five (5) working days (except in cases of emergency) in advance of the leave. The Association shall provide at least fifteen (15) working days’ notice when submitting a request for the release of three (3) or more employees from a single site or more than ten (10) district-wide. Notification shall include the names of the employees to be granted leave and the conference being attended. Except in cases of emergency, no substitutions may be made later than five (5) working days prior to the effective date of leave. Each employee for whom leave is to be granted shall apply to his/her respective principal in accordance with the same five (5) working day time limit.
Conference Days. Each employee shall be approved by their supervisor for up to two (2) conference days per contract year to attend conferences or conventions. Additional days may be authorized by their immediate supervisor. If the immediate supervisor denies a request made by the employee to attend a conference, rationale must be provided. Denial of approval for any conference may be appealed to the Superintendent. These shall be confined to the State of Michigan, unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. If out of district travel requires an overnight stay, the employee shall contact the business office for hotel arrangements (generally not to exceed $175 per room). Conference attendance required by the immediate supervisor, shall not be counted as conference days for the purposes of this Section. Employees registered to attend a conference on a day when their work site is closed for reasons other than hazardous travel conditions (ex: power outage, illness, etc.) are expected to attend the conference as scheduled. Employees registered to attend a conference on a day when their work site is closed due to hazardous travel conditions, shall use their own discretion in determining whether it is safe to attend the scheduled conference. This will be considered a work day and is not subject to additional pay or compensation.
Conference Days. K-8 teachers will be provided with four (4) early release days for conferences during the first semester and four(4) during the second semester. 9-12 teachers will be provided with two (2) early release or late arrival days for conferences during the first semester and four (4) during the second semester. Staff will coordinate schedules of conferences for families whenever possible. Conference times will be available one evening each semester for parents unable to make afternoon conferences. A building administrator will be available during evening conferences. This time will be for recordkeeping, preparing for conferences and for meeting with parents. Each teacher is expected to be available on site during conference time, unless otherwise agreed upon by the building leadership team. Administrators will help communicate to parents that the early release times will be for all of these activities. School leadership teams shall be allowed to utilize up to two (2) conference early release days for professional development. Alternative education program staff, in collaboration with administratrs, will have the opportunity to modify conference schedules to accommodate the needs of students and parents.
Conference Days. Employees may be granted conference days upon the approval of the administration and the Board of Education and conditioned upon relevance to job responsibilities and duties.
Conference Days. Section 1. Approval for time off for two (2) educational aide representatives to attend a local workshop or conference pertaining to area of work shall be granted without loss of day if prior approval has been given by the immediate supervisor and the Board of Education.
Conference Days. The Union is granted thirty-five (35) conference days which may be used by such member or members of the bargaining unit as the Union President, in their sole discretion, shall determine. The Union shall reimburse the Board of Education for retirement costs as per State Retirement Board Regulations, to be billed annually.
Conference Days. Parent/teacher conference days shall be determined in the development of the annual school calendar.
