Common use of Professional Hours Clause in Contracts

Professional Hours. The Board and the Association recognize that teaching has many responsibilities that demand bargaining unit members' time over and above the instructional day. These responsibilities include, by way of illustration, but not by way of limitation, attending faculty meetings and IEPC's; conducting student and parent conferences; preparing for effective teaching; evaluating student performance and progress; working on committees and committee assignments; correcting and evaluating student papers and themes; developing instructional materials; professional reading and study, and advanced college study. Therefore, the normal day for bargaining unit members shall be considered to be those hours required by the instructional day as well as the hours required to perform their other professional responsibilities, which will include by way of illustration, arriving on site ten (10) minutes before the start of school and remaining ten (10) minutes after students are dismissed, performing professional duties. The ten (10) minutes before and after school illustration is not intended for non-instructional days.