Common use of Elementary Schools Clause in Contracts

Elementary Schools. A. Each classroom shall have one text per child when the subject is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted prior to the discontinuance of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is needed, shall be referred by the Board to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation of the referral within ten (10) school days. C. No teacher shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during a local, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs shall be considered planning time for the teacher, at a place of his/her choice, within the building. D. No elementary teacher shall be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall be voluntary when service is performed by a teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice shall be given when possible. Two

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1. The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2. Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance bell rings, or five minutes before the tardy bell, whichever is being taughtshorter. 3. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance bell rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4. Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance bell, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by end of the teacherteacher workday. 5. The teacher teacher’s instructional time shall receive written confirmation of the referral within ten be three hundred, forty six (10346) school daysminutes for each day for a five-day week. C. 6. No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during stand recess duty. 7. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8. Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possibleon planning time. 9. TwoEvery effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10. Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1) The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2) Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings, or five minutes before the tardy ▇▇▇▇, whichever is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shorter. 3) Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4) Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance ▇▇▇▇, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation end of the referral within ten (10) school daysteacher workday. C. 5) The teacher’s instructional time shall be three hundred, forth six (346) minutes for each day for a five day week. 6) No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present stand recess duty. 7) If an elementary teacher’s class in the dining area during attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8) Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possible. Twoon planning time. 9) Every effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10) Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. Each classroom (a) Employees shall have one text per child when be at their work site at the subject beginning of their eight (8) hour workday designated for each school site and stay until the end of their workday. If program assignments are such that different employee assignments require different daily beginning and ending times, these times will be determined by mutual agreement of the employee and the District. The scheduling of TK-3 teacher supervision duties shall be assigned equitably among TK-3 teachers at their school site. The District will provide supervision for before school duty in grades TK-6. In the event the site administrator is being taughtunable to provide adequate supervision to ensure the safety of children, employees shall perform this duty, and such duty must be equitably assigned at each work site. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended On such an occasion, the supervising teacher may leave the work site early by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shall be distributed according to same amount of time he/she performed the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing duty, on the adoptionfirst afternoon without a meeting. When adoptedassigned morning supervision, consumables, such as workbooks, will an employee may be distributed required to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted prior to the discontinuance of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within report for that duty thirty (30) days minutes before the start of assignment the earliest class if the site administrator deems such early reporting necessary to assure adequate supervision. When assigned supervision at student dismissal time, employees may be required to remain on duty for up to thirty (30) minutes after the dismissal time if the site administrator deems more than twenty (20) minutes of supervision are necessary to provide adequate supervision of students. RSP teachers and SLPs will not have recess or after school duties. Additionally, SDC teachers will not have after school supervision duties. (b) The length of the instructional day for the traditional year for elementary students shall be entitled as follows: Grades TK-3 285 minutes (c) Students in grades TK-6 at each school shall have common beginning and ending times. In primary classes, except 3/4 combinations, in addition to appeal directly through a morning recess, there may be an afternoon recess not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes, at the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is needed, shall be referred by the Board to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the discretion of each teacher. The teacher time the recess may be held shall receive written confirmation be designated by the site administrator. Recess supervision shall be done by teachers utilizing this afternoon recess. (d) On all regular or normal days, except those on which staff, team or district-ordered meetings are scheduled, the final forty-five (45) minutes of the referral within ten (10) school days. C. No teacher elementary teachers’ workday shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during a local, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs shall be considered designated as planning time for those with full-time classroom teaching assignments. Planning time is provided to allow teachers an opportunity during the teacherwork day to prepare assignments, at a place of his/her choicecorrect papers, within meet with parents and other staff members, meet with students, and no perform related tasks arising from the buildingteaching assignment. D. No elementary teacher shall be assigned (e) In order to teach in an area outside his/her certificationestablish a Staff Collaboration Time period, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall be voluntary when service is performed by a teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on increase the number of daily instructional minutes contained in Section 1C(b) of this agreement by fifteen (15) minutes, four (4) days a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three week. On the fifth (35th) day notice shall of the week, instructional minutes may be given when possible. Twodecreased in order to implement a one (1) hour Staff Collaboration Time period.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1. The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2. Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings, or five minutes before the tardy ▇▇▇▇, whichever is being taughtshorter. 3. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4. Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance ▇▇▇▇, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by end of the teacherteacher workday. 5. The teacher teacher’s instructional time shall receive written confirmation of the referral within ten be three hundred, forty six (10346) school daysminutes for each day for a five-day week. C. 6. No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during stand recess duty. 7. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8. Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possibleon planning time. 9. TwoEvery effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10. Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. Each classroom (a) Employees shall have one text per child when be on the subject is being taughtwork site twenty (20) minutes before the first students arriving are scheduled to attend class. Future textbook adoptions The normal or regular work day shall be seven and three- quarters (7 ¾) consecutive hours commencing the 2014-15 school year and eight (8) consecutive hours commencing the 2015-16 work year, which includes the lunch period. The additional fifteen (15) minutes in the 2014-15 work year will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended be added at the end of the work day. The placement of the additional fifteen (15) minutes in the 2015-16 work year will be determined by the adoption committeeRCTA/RUSD Joint Negotiation Team. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted If program assignments are such that different employee assignments require different daily beginning and ending times, these times will be determined by mutual agreement of the employee and the District. The scheduling of K-3 teacher supervision duties shall be distributed according assigned equitably among K-3 teachers at their school site. The District will provide supervision for before school duty in grades K-6. In the event the site administrator is unable to provide adequate supervision to ensure the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing safety of children, employees shall perform this duty, and such duty must be equitably assigned at each work site. On such an occasion, the adoptionsupervising teacher may leave the work site early by the same amount of time he/she performed the duty, on the first afternoon without a meeting. When adoptedassigned morning supervision, consumables, such as workbooks, will an employee may be distributed required to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted prior to the discontinuance of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within report for that duty thirty (30) days minutes before the start of assignment the earliest class if the site administrator deems such early reporting necessary to assure adequate supervision. When assigned supervision at student dismissal time, employees may be required to remain on duty for up to thirty (30) minutes after the dismissal time if the site administrator deems more than twenty (20) minutes of supervision are necessary to provide adequate supervision of students. (b) The length of the instructional day for the traditional year for elementary students shall be entitled as follows: (c) Students in grades K-6 at each school shall have common beginning and ending times. In primary classes, except 3/4 combinations, in addition to appeal directly through a morning recess, there may be an afternoon recess not to exceed fifteen (15) minutes, at the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is needed, shall be referred by the Board to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the discretion of each teacher. The teacher time the recess may be held shall receive written confirmation be designated by the site administrator. Recess supervision shall be done by teachers utilizing this afternoon recess. (d) On all regular or normal days, except those on which staff, team or district-ordered meetings are scheduled, the final forty-five (45) minutes of the referral within ten (10) school days. C. No teacher elementary teachers’ work day shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during a local, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs shall be considered designated as planning time for those with full-time classroom teaching assignments. Planning time is provided to allow teachers an opportunity during the teacherwork day to prepare assignments, at a place of his/her choicecorrect papers, within meet with parents and other staff members, meet with students, and to perform related tasks arising from the buildingteaching assignment. D. No elementary teacher shall be assigned (e) In order to teach in an area outside his/her certificationestablish a Staff Collaboration Time period, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall be voluntary when service is performed by a teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on increase the number of daily instructional minutes contained in Section 1C(b) of this Agreement by fifteen (15) minutes, four (4) days a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three week. On the fifth (35th ) day notice of the week, instructional minutes may be decreased in order to implement a one (1) hour Staff Collaboration Time period. Staff Collaboration Time shall be given when possiblescheduled during the regular instructional day. TwoStaff Collaboration Time shall be designed by teachers. The agendas will be teacher-driven and include one or more of these elements as outlined in the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP): Engaging and supporting all students in learning; Creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning; Planning instruction and designing learning experiences for all students; Assessing student learning and progress; and Developing as a professional educator. This time shall not be used for staff meetings, individual teacher planning time or for the early release of teachers. Teacher preparation time, as defined in Section 1C 3(d) of the Agreement, shall not be altered as a result of the implementation of the Staff Collaboration Time period.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1. The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2. Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings, or five minutes before the tardy ▇▇▇▇, whichever is being taughtshorter. 3. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4. Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance ▇▇▇▇, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by end of the teacherteacher workday. 5. The teacher teacher’s instructional time shall receive written confirmation of the referral within ten be three hundred, forth six (10346) school daysminutes for each day for a five-day week. C. 6. No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during stand recess duty. 7. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8. Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possibleon planning time. 9. TwoEvery effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10. Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1) The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2) Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance bell rings, or five minutes before the tardy bell, whichever is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shorter. 3) Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance bell rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4) Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance bell, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation end of the referral within ten (10) school daysteacher workday. C. 5) The teacher’s instructional time shall be three hundred, forth six (346) minutes for each day for a five day week. 6) No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present stand recess duty. 7) If an elementary teacher’s class in the dining area during attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8) Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possible. Twoon planning time. 9) Every effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10) Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1) The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2) Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings, or five minutes before the tardy ▇▇▇▇, whichever is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shorter. 3) Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance ▇▇▇▇ rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4) Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance ▇▇▇▇, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation end of the referral within ten (10) school daysteacher workday. C. 5) The teacher’s instructional time shall be three hundred, forty six (346) minutes for each day for a five day week. 6) No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present stand recess duty. 7) If an elementary teacher’s class in the dining area during attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8) Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possible. Twoon planning time. 9) Every effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10) Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 12.02.01 Each classroom shall have one text per child when the subject is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted elementary school shall be distributed according allocated sufficient staff to provide every teacher responsible for the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage instruction of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted prior to the discontinuance a class or classes a total of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) 240 minutes of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within preparation time per 5-day cycle in blocks of no less than thirty (30) minutes for teachers on full-time contracts. Every effort will be made to provide blocks of no less than 30 minutes for teachers on part-time contracts. Where the school timetable cycle is not five days in length, or where there are differences between terms, the allocation of assignment preparation time shall be entitled such as to appeal directly through average 240 minutes per 5-day cycle unless otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Federation teacher(s) and approved by RPSTA LINC and the Board. 12.02.02 Preparation time allocated to each school shall be calculated on the basis of the number of full time teachers (or equivalents) responsible for the instruction of a class or classes as of September 30 of each school year. 12.02.03 In addition to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found to be without adequate health carepreparation time provided in subsection 12.02.01, where immediate medical attention is needed, shall be referred by the Board to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation of the referral within ten (10) each elementary school days. C. No teacher shall be required provided with 1380 minutes of preparation time. In order to supervise or implement this amount of preparation time, and at the same time provide parents with a schedule of the times when students are dismissed for staff meetings and in-service, the following shall be present implemented: a) Students shall be dismissed from the elementary schools on nine days throughout the school year. These days shall be used for staff meetings, system and school-based in-service, and teacher preparation time and will be referred to as Staff Development Days (SDD). b) The nine Staff Development Days shall be common to all elementary schools, and shall be identified on the school year calendar distributed to all staff and parents. c) The day allocated for Convention is not included in the dining area during a local, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs shall be considered planning time for the teacher, at a place of his/her choice, within the buildingnine Staff Development Days. D. No elementary d) Within the nine Staff Development Days, 300 minutes per teacher shall be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4allocated for system in-service; at least 300 minutes shall be allocated for school-based in-service; 720 minutes shall be allocated for staff meetings; 1380 minutes shall be allocated for teacher preparation time. E. Cafeteria duty e) In scheduling the nine Staff Development Days, consideration shall be voluntary when service is performed by a teachergiven to: i) An even distribution across the school year, ii) Time allocated for student assessment and evaluation, and iii) A cycle which would enable those parents whose workplace provides designated Fridays off work to coordinate their schedules as closely as possible with the school schedule. F. No bus or other additional duties shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. 12.02.04 Elementary teachers shall not be required provided with an additional 450 minutes of preparation time to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials allocated at the beginning of the school year prior to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacherfirst day of school for students, he/she will be required and an additional 150 minutes of preparation time to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by allocated at the teacherend of the school year after the last day of school for students. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice shall be given when possible. Two

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Sources: Collective Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1) The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2) Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance bell rings, or five minutes before the tardy bell, whichever is being taught. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted shorter. 3) Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board admittance bell rings. Each teacher shall remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4) Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time during the student’s school day and a minimum of twenty (20) minutes of unassigned time. If an elementary teacher’s class is attending a special class, s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (IEP) meetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined as teacher arrival to admittance bell, recess, and student’s dismissal to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacher. The teacher shall receive written confirmation end of the referral within ten (10) school daysteacher workday. C. 5) The teacher’s instructional time shall be three hundred, forty six (346) minutes for each day for a five day week. 6) No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present stand recess duty. 7) If an elementary teacher’s class in the dining area during attending a localspecial instruction class, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not increase the total length of the teacher’s instructional time each week. It is further understood that the special teachers’ planning time will be comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8) Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possible. Twoon planning time. 9) Every effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10) Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

Elementary Schools. A. 1. The teacher's workday shall be six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes exclusive of the lunch period. 2. Each classroom teacher shall have one text per child be provided a duty free lunch period equal in length to the lunch period of students. However, in order to ensure the proper supervision and safety of students it is understood that each teacher will remain at his/her place of assignment until it is cleared and shall be back at his/her place of assignment when the subject admittance bell rings, or five minutes before the tardy bell, whichever is being taughtshorter. 3. Future textbook adoptions will include appropriate supplementary materials when those materials are recommended by the adoption committee. Any consumables or supplementary materials adopted Each teacher shall be distributed according to the committee’s recommendation prior to implementing the adoption. When adopted, consumables, such as workbooks, will be distributed to each child before required usage of the materials. The joint Curriculum Committee shall be consulted in his/her building prior to the discontinuance start of such materials. (See Article XXVI). Newly employed teachers and all teachers who transfer to a new teaching assignment will be provided appropriate desk top supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into a newly created classroom, appropriate furniture will be provided. The parties have agreed to an inventory (reference Appendix Z) of supplies, materials, and furniture. A teacher who is not provided the core inventory by September 1 or within thirty (30) days of assignment shall be entitled to appeal directly through the Federation to the appropriate Transformational Leader or his/her designee. B. Each child found assignment and, in order to be without adequate health care, where immediate medical attention is neededensure the proper supervision and safety of students, shall be referred by at his/her place of assignment when the Board to the appropriate social agency upon notification by the teacheradmittance bell rings. The Each teacher shall receive written confirmation remain in his/her building after the completion of his/her assignment. 4. Each teacher shall have a minimum of forty (40) minutes daily planning time GXULQJ WKH VWXGHQW¶V VFKReRntOy (20G) Dmi\nu tesDoQf G D P XQDVVLJQHG WLPH ,I DQ HOHPHQWDU\ WHDFKH s/he shall be deemed to be having planning time. Planning time is a part of the referral within ten regular in-school responsibility of teachers, and shall be utilized in lesson preparation, counseling students, conferring with parents and/or other school personnel, assessing student performance, and other professional responsibilities consistent with the principles and requirements set forth in Appendix E of this Agreement, including Individual Educational Planning (10IEP) school daysmeetings, student staffing, and Section 504 staffing. Unassigned time is defined DV WHDFKHU DUULYDO WR DGPLWWDQFH EHOO UH of the teacher workday. C. 5. 7KH WHDFKHU¶Vm e LshQalVl bWe tUhrXeeFhWunLdrRedQ, fDorOty sixW(3L46) minutes for each day for a five-day week. 6. No elementary teacher shall be required to supervise or be present in the dining area during a localstand recess duty. 7. I DQ HOHPHQWDUis\a tteWndHinDg Fa KspHecUial¶inVst rucFtioOnDclVasVs, state or federal breakfast or lunch program. Such instructional time used for said programs such teachers shall be considered on planning time time. a. Each elementary teacher shall have the primary responsibility for the teacher, at a place educational program of his/her choice, within class. Elementary teachers and teacher specialists will cooperatively plan for the buildingteaching and utilization of necessary skills and activities to be taught. D. No elementary b. It is understood that each classroom teacher shall is expected to be assigned to teach in an area outside his/her certification, subject to Article IV, G- 4. E. Cafeteria duty shall familiar with the activities and techniques used by the special teacher so that such activities may be voluntary when service is performed continued and reinforced by a the classroom teacher. F. No bus or other additional duties c. The classroom teacher is expected to return to the classroom prior to the end of the instructional activity. d. It is understood that the addition of elementary (1-5) special classes will not LQFUHDVH WKH WRWDO OtrHucQtioJnaWl tKim e ReaIch wWeeKk.HIt isWHDFKH IXUWKHU XQGHUVWRRG WKDW WKH VSHFLDO comparable to that received by regular elementary classroom teachers. 8. Each half-time Kindergarten teacher shall have no more than two (2) classes each of which shall be assigned to an elementary teacher outside the six hour and fifteen minute duty day. G. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when other teachers are responsible for presenting materials to the class. If a demonstration lesson is requested by the teacher, he/she will be required to be present. Such requests shall be initiated by the teacher. H. Teachers in bilingual classes shall be capable of teaching in both languages when those bilingual teachers can be found. Volunteers, paraprofessionals or casual employees shall be prohibited from supplanting a teacher in bilingual or ESL programs. However, a paraprofessional ELDP tutor may be used to work under the direction of a regular teacher in the bargaining unit to assist those students who need reinforcement in English for less no more than a full class day. Regular contract teachers who will agree to obtain certification for bilingual or ESL classes shall be employed or used when teachers with fluency in two or more languages cannot be found. Consultants in these programs shall not replace or displace a teacher. I. Student test results for each elementary school shall be made available on a timely basis for achievement and other Ohio mandated tests and standardized tests when administered. J. When a teacher transfers, a three (3) day notice hours and ten (10) minutes in length. It is understood that during the time a Kindergarten teacher is not assigned to classes, excluding lunchtime s/he shall be given when possibleon planning time. 9. TwoEvery effort will be made to ensure that a Kindergarten teacher will not have two specials scheduled on the same day. 10. Kindergarten Testing/Screening: In the event that teachers are required to test and/or screen kindergarten students beyond the normal work year, they shall be compensated at their daily rate of pay for any additional days worked.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement