Common use of Employee Work Hours Clause in Contracts

Employee Work Hours. a. While engaged in distance learning, unit members are expected to continue to work their regular work hours (6.5 hours for classroom teachers unless otherwise stated in the CBA and 8.0 hours for nonclassrom educators) in which they will provide the required daily instructional minutes to students, and to engage in planning and preparation time, and collaboration time with their colleagues, in addition to responding to student and parent emails, phone calls, and questions, and participating in faculty meetings and professional development. b. Unit members will have the ability to access their school site and classroom while the District is using the distance learning model for purposes of facilitating distance learning and teaching from their classroom, provided they follow any state and federal orders regarding physical distancing and health and safety measures. c. All necessary adults who supervise and support, teach, or assist in the classroom such as administrators, prep teachers, RSP teachers, and paraprofessionals should be given access in Google Classroom to allow them to perform their duties and support the classroom teacher.