Common use of NORMAL WORKING DAY Clause in Contracts

NORMAL WORKING DAY. Instead of designating fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after school as the working day for teachers, a total of thirty (30) minutes of time will be considered. This designated thirty (30) minutes of time is to allow flexibility at each school building to meet the supervision needs. The building principals will create schedules with the staff to ensure appropriate supervision. If the flexible scheduling does not meet the needs at any building, that building will revert to designated working times before and after school. The designated working time before school will be twenty (20) minutes and the designated working time after school will be ten (10) minutes. Teachers will not be required to be on duty outside of the parameters noted above. It is recognized that professional duties and responsibilities extend beyond the student contact hours to include time for such activities as additional planning and evaluating, meetings, professional growth, parent conferences, sponsoring activities and participation in Open House and PTA/PTO meetings, if needed. These professional tasks will be equitably shared so that no staff member is given undue burdens. Each full-time, classroom teacher will be provided two-hundred fifty (250) minutes per week of instructional planning and preparation time as required by the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP). Periods or blocks of time not scheduled for instructional purposes with students may provide classroom teachers with the opportunities for the following: examining student work, monitoring student progress, developing lessons/materials/assessments, communicating with parents/stakeholders, attending team/grade level meetings, collecting/analyzing data, and meeting with administrators. The above list is not intended to be all inclusive or limit the use of planning time for other legitimate purposes. If changes are made to the school day (hours and minutes of contact time) resulting in an increase of student contact time, then the increased time will be calculated into days and reduced from the overall number of contracted days.

NORMAL WORKING DAY. Instead of designating fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after school as the working day for teachers, a total of thirty (30) minutes of time will be considered. This designated thirty (30) minutes of time is to allow flexibility at each school building to meet the supervision needs. The building principals will create schedules with the staff to ensure appropriate supervision. If the flexible scheduling does not meet the needs at any building, that building will revert to designated working times before and after school. The designated working time before school will be twenty (20) minutes and the designated working time after school will be ten (10) minutes. Teachers will not be required to be on duty outside of the parameters noted above. It is recognized that professional duties and responsibilities extend beyond the student contact hours to include time for such activities as additional planning and evaluating, meetings, professional growth, parent conferences, sponsoring activities and participation in Open House and PTA/PTO meetings, if needed. These professional tasks will be equitably shared so that no staff member is given undue burdensburden. Each full-time, classroom teacher will be provided two-hundred fifty (250) minutes per week of instructional planning and preparation time as required by the Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP). Every effort will be made to ensure that no less than 80% of the 250-minute weekly plan time is dedicated to teacher self-directed curriculum implementation. Periods or blocks of time not scheduled for instructional purposes with students may provide classroom teachers with the opportunities for the following: examining student work, monitoring student progress, developing lessons/materials/assessments, communicating with parents/stakeholders, attending team/grade level meetings, collecting/analyzing data, and meeting with administrators. The above list is not intended to be all inclusive or limit the use of planning time for other legitimate purposes. If changes are made to the school day (hours and minutes of contact time) resulting in an increase of student contact time, then the increased time will be calculated into days and reduced from the overall number of contracted days.