High School. At the request of the Superintendent, a high school teacher may volunteer on a semester basis to teach all the student contact time and be paid one sixth (1/6) of his/her salary for the semester. This section shall not be used to circumvent the hiring of additional full time teachers.
High School. The District shall continue with its current practices to provide a continuous, uninterrupted preparation period during the school day.
High School. 1. The high school administration, working cooperatively with teachers, will determine teacher's class structures using the following guidelines:
High School. C. Specialty Areas
High School. Teachers will be granted one (1) compensatory period for each instructional period of substituting. When three (3) compensatory periods have been accumulated, one (1) compensatory day will be granted.
High School. One (1) afternoon and one (1) evening session, for two of the three trimesters.
High School a. The basic school day for high school teachers shall begin at 7:30 a.m. and shall end 5 minutes following the dismissal of students at 3:05 p.m., or its equivalency mutually agreed upon by and between the principal and the teacher. The basic school day shall be scheduled so that it results in five (5) assigned periods per day of teaching.
High School. (9-12) The pupil load will not exceed 170 pupils per day for high school Professional Staff Members. The class size for each instructional period in the high school shall be no greater than thirty-five (35) students. Certain activity classes such as physical education, technology, and music, and all other programs involving group or unit participation or involving laboratory work are excluded from this provision.
High School. When it is necessary to assign a sixth instructional period, the following factors will be considered: student needs, certification, qualifications including curricular expertise (current or recent teaching experience), merit and ability (including performance evaluations, if available), availability, teacher request, and seniority when all other factors are judged to be equal. Such instructional period shall replace the one (1) supervision period, and the teacher will be compensated one-fifth of the salary listed on the salary schedule at MA Step 6 at the high school. Typically, overloads will not be assigned to a department chair.
High School. A. A study guide, when commercially available, and a desk set, where appropriate, for each intensively studied text shall be provided each teacher for the courses he/she teaches. Any teacher who is newly employed or who has transferred to a new teaching assignment shall be provided appropriate desktop supplies and Board adopted curriculum materials. If a teacher is transferring into 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 Transformational Leader or his/her designee.