Common use of Elementary Supervision Clause in Contracts

Elementary Supervision. 29.01 All school based staff have a role to play in elementary school supervision which is essential in maintaining a safe school environment. 29.02 Elementary teachers shall be available to students in their classrooms fifteen minutes prior to the first scheduled class of the day and five minutes prior to the first scheduled class in the afternoon. Such time shall not constitute supervision/on-call or instructional time. Any assigned supervision duty during the times outlined above, such as but not limited to, bus duty, hall duty and/or yard duty shall constitute supervision. The preceding shall be consistent with past practice and Regulation 298. 29.03 Elementary teachers shall be assigned to a maximum of 80 minutes of supervision for each period of five (5) instructional days. The maximum shall not increase the assigned supervision that existed during the 2007-2008 school year, on a school by school basis, where such provisions are less than the above stated maximum. 29.04 A teacher with less than one (1) FTE assignment shall have his/her assigned supervision pro-rated to that of his/her assignment. 29.05 It is understood that by June 15th of each school year every Elementary School shall elect two (2) members of the staff along with the OECTA Staff Representative, to the Local School Supervision Committee, who with the Principal or designate shall create a supervision schedule consistent with the above criteria. Such schedule shall be created by June 30th. Subject to Article 29.03 above, should supervision needs change throughout the year, the committee shall reconvene to address them. 29.06 In the event that a supervision schedule cannot be developed by the Local School Supervision Committee that is consistent with the above criteria, the schedule in question shall be forwarded to the Labour Relations Committee consisting of representatives of the Board and the Unit for resolution. Such resolution shall be reached by September 1st.