Elementary Teaching Load Sample Clauses
Elementary Teaching Load. The Board shall maintain its effort to retain the class size reduction which has been achieved in grades 1 and 2. The level of staffing to maintain such class size is dependent on availability of funding. When it is necessary to have class size exceed twenty-five (25) in primary elementary grades (K-3), the Board shall honor teachers’ requests for qualified paraprofessional assistance according to the following schedule, and in grades four (4) and five (5). When class size exceeds twenty-seven (27), the following schedule will apply:
Elementary Teaching Load. (a) The daily teaching load in the elementary school shall not exceed: Six (6) hours and fifteen (15) minutes of pupil contact. Stated time could be changed by agreement between the Board and the Association.
(b) All teachers shall, in addition to their lunch period, have five preparation periods per week during which they shall not be assigned to any other duties. The total weekly preparation time shall be equal for all teachers. No teacher shall leave the building during the preparation period without prior approval of the building principal.
1) Preparation periods shall be for 40 consecutive minutes for a full day; 30 consecutive minutes for an early dismissal/delayed opening days.
2) The above time frames are predicated upon:
a) Normal school days (excluding "early closing" or "delayed opening" days).
b) Preschool Teachers having the same aggregate amount of time, but not necessarily the consecutive minute aspects thereof; the times necessary for the teacher to pick up and/or deliver his/her class to the Special is included.
3) Part-time teachers - A twenty (20) minute prep period only will be provided within the assigned schedule on any workday less than a full workday.
4) Should the Board of Education propose changing the aforesaid preparation time language, such proposed change shall be first negotiated with the Association.
5) Maximum number of preparation periods in any one day shall be two (2).
6) The District may utilize up to twenty (20) of each teacher’s preparation periods each year for the purpose of promulgating State Department of Education objectives, for curriculum work, for administrative meetings related to teaching assignment(s) and/or for the purpose of conducting post observation conferences.