Common use of Day Defined Clause in Contracts

Day Defined. The full-time teaching day shall not exceed a seven and one-half hour day of which no more than six hours can be instructional. Additionally, the teacher or itinerant staff members’ day shall not start before 7:30 a.m. nor extend beyond 4:00 p.m. with the exception of up to 14 PLC and 4 Flex PLC meetings per year. Parent-teacher conferences are excluded from these limits. ● Exceptions to the start and end time will be made in the case of classes starting before and extending beyond the normal day. Volunteers to fill such positions shall be solicited first before assigning any non-volunteers. No teacher or itinerant staff will be required to teach in such assignments for more than two consecutive years and no more than two out of every four years except when they request in writing. ● Teaching assignments for any classes that begin later than one hour after school would be filled with volunteers from the staff. ● Twelve (12) hours of either parent-teacher conferences, open houses or graduation/celebration requirements are excluded from these limits. These hours must be communicated to all staff prior to the start of the school year by their building administrator.