Elementary School Teachers Hours Clause Samples

Elementary School Teachers Hours a. Three days each week, teachers’ hours at the elementary level shall commence one hour before the student day begins, but not earlier than 8:00 am. A committee of BTA representatives and the building principal (and other administrators, at the principal’s discretion) will decide by consensus how that time will be used for each building. If a building committee cannot reach consensus (i.e., agreement by the majority of BTA-appointed members and the majority of administrators on the committee), then the Superintendent and the BTA president will attempt to facilitate a consensus. If a consensus still cannot be reached, then the following provisions will apply: i) One (1) morning will be directed by the building principal, which shall include, but not be limited to the following activities: faculty meetings, advisory, cross grade professional collaboration, literacy team meetings, professional study groups, IST, LRT and CST. ii) One (1) morning will be jointly developed by the building principal and staff and used for the following activities: professional study groups, cross grade articulation, regular/special education/AIS/ELL articulation, assessment development analysis, annual goal setting, staff collaboration, and grade level planning. iii) One (1) early morning arrival will be used by teachers limited to the following teacher directed activities: BTA meetings, staff collaboration and individual professional preparation activities. A draft agenda of all building-wide meetings (other than Association meetings) will be shared with the teachers who will be required to attend at least one week in advance, except when unforeseeable events make a change in agenda appropriate. The principal will consider feedback from BTA and individual teachers before the agenda is finalized. On the fourth and fifth days each week, teachers shall be required to report ten (10) minutes before the student day begins. Other morning meetings may be scheduled on the fourth and fifth meeting day of each month as required. Occasional afternoon meetings may be scheduled by the building principal with advance notice. In the event of such scheduled meetings, compensatory time will be granted from the meeting time referred to in subsection i and ii above.