Professional Periods Sample Clauses
The 'Professional Periods' clause defines specific timeframes during which professional services are to be performed under the agreement. It typically outlines the start and end dates for each phase of work, and may specify milestones or deadlines that must be met within these periods. By clearly establishing when services are to be delivered, this clause helps ensure that both parties have a mutual understanding of the project timeline and can plan resources accordingly, thereby reducing the risk of delays or misunderstandings.
Professional Periods. 1. During non-teaching, professional periods it is understood that all teachers will make every effort to use this time for professional endeavors.
2. Teachers who leave the school building during professional periods shall notify the Principal's office. However, if unusual circumstances arise, the Principal has the right to request that the teacher not leave the building during said professional period.
Professional Periods. 1. Teachers in the middle school shall have a maximum of 28 teaching and/or duty periods per week, at least one professional period per day and two team planning periods per week.
2. In the elementary schools, when pupils are scheduled for art, music, library and physical education classes, the classroom teacher may use the special period for planning. The principal may request the teacher to be present under extraordinary circumstances. This provision is contingent upon the availability of substitutes for special teachers, and every effort will be made to hire such substitutes. In the elementary schools, the classroom teachers shall be provided one
(1) planning period per day, wherever possible, of which one (1) such period shall be a team planning period.
3. Anticipating the professional cooperation of the staff in effecting this provision, regular teachers shall not be used as substitutes, thereby depriving them of his/her professional periods.
4. In cases where teachers are used as substitutes during his/her professional periods, they shall be paid as follows:
5. In cases where the entire class is divided between two or more teachers, each teacher teaching any part of the split class shall receive the rate per period in Paragraph B. 4 above divided by the number of teachers involved, except that no individual shall receive less than one-third of the per period rate.
Professional Periods. 1. The professional period shall be used for the following purposes: Consult with: Special education teachers of the teacher's students Guidance Psychological service teachers Review books and materials Committees Update attendance Grade level meetings Faculty meetings Develop educational concepts Meet with parents Prepare daily plans and unit plans Grades, computer updates and interim progress reports Team meetings Write and revise IEPs Research Implement Regents Action Plan Write and revise course curriculum Staff Development
2. The Administration may schedule the specific use of twenty-five (25) professional periods per teacher per year within the list identified in subsection 1 above. No more than one specific assignment may be made in any one week. In the elementary schools, the first faculty meeting of each month shall not be counted towards the 25 “specific use” professional periods set forth above.