Common use of Paragraph H Clause in Contracts

Paragraph H. The principal shall provide the teacher with one day’s notice of his intent to assign said teacher to specific activities during a particular professional period. At the elementary level, a professional period, shall be established within the teacher day, but outside the student day. The activities to be performed on any given day during this professional period shall be determined by the building principal in accordance with Article IX. Paragraph H of this contract except that in addition, extra help for students in a teacher’s classes and grading of assessments also shall be considered authorized professional activities. The principal's right to determine the specific activities to be performed as set forth herein shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) periods in each two week cycle. During the remaining professional periods, the individual teacher shall select specific activities in accordance with Article IX, Paragraph H including extra help and grading of assessments as set forth above. *In the event the kindergarten program continues on a half day basis, the work day of kindergarten teachers shall be six (6) hours and twenty (20) minutes. In the event that the Board of Education determines to implement an extended or full day kindergarten program, the workday for kindergarten teachers shall be seven (7) hours. Under such circumstances, kindergarten teachers shall be„entitled-to *2 lunch periods and preparation periods to the same extent as exist for teachers Grades 1 through 6 and shall be obligated to participate in professional periods to the same extent as such teachers.

Paragraph H. The principal shall provide the teacher with one day’s notice of his intent to assign | said teacher to specific activities during a particular professional period. At the elementary level, a professional period, period shall be established within the teacher day, but outside the student day. The activities to be performed on any given day during this professional period shall be determined by the building principal in accordance with Article IX. , Paragraph H of this contract except that in addition, extra help for students in a teacher’s classes and grading of assessments also shall be considered authorized professional activities. The principal's ’s right to determine the specific activities to be performed as set forth herein shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) periods in each two week cycle. During the remaining professional periods, the individual teacher shall select specific activities in accordance with Article IX, Paragraph H including extra help and grading of assessments as set forth above. Speech teachers at the elementary level, shall be assigned to no more than 35 one-half (1/2) hour sessions per week. Notwithstanding this limitation, teachers may be assigned to as many as 38 such sessions per week to a maximum of four (4) weeks per school year without additional compensation in the event of emergencies as determined by the principal or supervisor. *In the event the kindergarten program continues on a half day basis, the work day of kindergarten teachers shall be six (6) hours and twenty (20) minutes. In the event that the Board of Education determines to implement an extended or full day kindergarten program, the workday for kindergarten teachers shall be seven (7) hours. Under such circumstances, kindergarten teachers shall be„entitled-be entitled to *2 lunch periods and preparation periods to the same extent as exist for teachers Grades 1 through 6 and shall be obligated to participate in professional periods to the same extent as such teachers.