Common use of Elementary Class Load Clause in Contracts

Elementary Class Load. The class load for each elementary teacher shall be five hours of teaching per day during the school week. There shall be at least 40 minutes of teacher-directed preparation time per day during the defined student contact day reserved for planning, developing and producing curricular materials for the individual teacher's classes. The non-student contact portion of the work day may include, but is not limited to: teacher-directed preparation time; in-service training; curriculum coordination and development; staff and grade level meetings, common planning, IEP/assessment and committee meetings; preparation of schedules; daily and long-range lesson plans and parent and/or student meetings. Teachers may be assigned supervision duties, which the administration will attempt to distribute equally. Nothing contained herein prohibits nor limits the rights and responsibilities of the administration in assigning any extra non-teaching duties normally associated with the teaching profession over and above the five hours of teaching provided such duties are consistent with the provision in Article VIII. It is the responsibility of each individual teacher to utilize the basic work day of seven hours and 15 minutes exclusive of lunch to provide the highest quality of educational program practicable for every pupil.