Common use of Lead Teacher Clause in Contracts

Lead Teacher. In the event the Administration deems it necessary to designate a teacher for the purpose of instructing other staff members in implementing an existing or a new learning program, which is outside the designated teacher’s normal duties and responsibilities, said teacher shall be paid ten ($10.00) dollars per hour of actual instruction time in addition to the teacher’s regular salary. The Administration shall have the sole and exclusive right to designate who, when, and how many lead teachers it deems necessary at any given time and for any given program. Lead teachers shall be granted at least one (1) day per month of released time upon the teacher’s request and demonstrated necessity therefore to the School Administration. Teachers who have reasons justifiable to the Administration for not accepting a lead teacher assignment will not ordinarily be required to perform such duty. When such assignment becomes a requirement, the issue of said requirement shall be subject to the Grievance Procedure. The Board reserves unto itself the right to use personnel from outside the District for lead teacher position whenever it deems appropriate.