School Work Year Sample Clauses
The 'School Work Year' clause defines the official period during which school employees are required to perform their duties for the academic year. Typically, this clause outlines the start and end dates of the work year, the number of working days, and may specify any holidays or breaks that are included or excluded from the work year calculation. For example, it might state that teachers are expected to work from late August through early June, excluding certain public holidays. The core function of this clause is to establish clear expectations regarding the duration and scheduling of work, thereby preventing misunderstandings about required work periods and ensuring both parties are aligned on contractual obligations.
School Work Year. 6.1-1 In contract year 2012-2013 and for each subsequent year during the term of the contract, the school year shall consist of not more than:
(a) One Hundred Eighty-Two (182) student class days;
(b) Seven (7) scheduled in-service days; one of the scheduled in- service days at the beginning of the year must have no meetings scheduled so teachers may use it for classroom preparation. A second day, grading day for the faculty of schools on a semester schedule, of the scheduled in-service days will be scheduled prior to the date when the schools midterm grades are due to the building principals. Schools on a trimester schedule will work this in-service day as assigned by the Administration. A third day, grading day for the faculty of schools on a trimester schedule, of the scheduled in-service days will be scheduled prior to the date that second trimester grades are due to the building principals. Schools on a semester schedule will work this in- service day as assigned by the Administration;
(c) One (1) non-scheduled in-service day: each teacher may elect to use the one (1) day at the beginning of the school year for classroom preparation or one
(1) day at the end of the school year for classroom closing. No meetings shall be scheduled for such teachers during such day.
(d) One (1) evening activity of not more than three (3) hours;
(e) Four (4) Act 80 parent-teacher conference nights of not more than three (3) hours each. Employees will be afforded release time equal to evening conference time. Additional evening conferences may be scheduled if agreed upon by the Superintendent and the Association. Compensation for these additional evening conferences beyond the four (4) Act 80 parent-teacher conference nights will be at the Extra Professional Activities Rate (Appendix E). Beginning in the 2013-2014 school year, employees of the bargaining unit assigned to the High school will not participate in Spring Conferences but will have full student days instead;
(f) Two (2) days of orientation for new teachers. The Association will be granted 2 hours from one of these days to work with the new teachers;
(g) The Administration may schedule special events/activities outside of the normal workday. Employees who agree to participate shall be paid additional compensation at the Extra Activities Rate (Appendix E).
School Work Year. The representatives of the Association shall be consulted before adopting the calendar for each of the school / work years covered by this Agreement. The teacher work year shall be 195 days long which shall include 10 emergency days, which if not used for snow days, storm days, or emergency closings, shall be deleted from the teacher work year. Teachers newly employed in the district may be required to work an additional three (3) days for orientation. The third day will be used for one half (1/2) day of orientation and one half (1/2) day of teacher classroom time.
School Work Year. A. The school work year shall not exceed one hundred-ninety (190) days including the following five (5) paid holidays: Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, President’s Day and Memorial Day.
B. The normal employee work week is forty (40) hours, including a duty-free lunch period of thirty (30) minutes. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Employees who are required by the District to work beyond forty hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off equal to the actual overtime worked or overtime computed at the per hour rate of .001 times the employee’s annual salary for each hour or part thereof worked, at the option of the District.
C. Preparation time for middle school and high school employees shall be equivalent to one
(1) class period of uninterrupted time each day. Preparation time for elementary school employees shall be equivalent to 250 minutes per week with at least one 40 minute uninterrupted block each day. Preparation time is intended for the purpose of lesson planning, material organization, and assessment of student work.
D. The District and the Council recognize that there is a relationship between the amount of prep time an employee has and the number of different academic preparations. When introducing new programs and technologies both parties recognize that training and support is necessary prior to implementation. Both parties also recognize the need to minimize the impact on individual preparation time. Administrators will collaborate with employees whenever possible and attempt to minimize the number of different preparations given budgetary constraints and/or state and federal laws.
E. Each building shall devote at least one hour per week to professional development through Professional Learning Communities. Professional Learning Community work may take place in staff meetings, articulation sessions, department and/or grade level meetings, in recognition that each building level has site-specific scheduling needs.
F. A Professional Development Committee will meet at least once each year. The Committee shall be comprised of administrators and teacher representation from each school site. The purpose of the committee will include but not be limited to:
1. Developing a yearly calendar for professional development.
2. Determining Professional Learning Communit...
School Work Year. A. The school-work year shall not exceed one hundred-ninety (190) days including the following five (5) paid holidays: Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, President’s Day and Memorial Day.
B. The normal employee work-week is forty (40) hours, including a duty-free lunch period of thirty (30) minutes. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Employees who are required by the District to work beyond forty hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off equal to the actual overtime worked or overtime computed at the per hour rate of .001 times the employee’s annual salary for each hour or part thereof worked, at the option of the District.
C. Preparation time for middle school and high school employees shall be equivalent to one
(1) class period of uninterrupted time each day. The team structure at the middle school requires dedicated team time in addition to individual planning time. Preparation time for elementary school employees shall be equivalent to 250 minutes per week with at least one 45 minute uninterrupted block each day. Preparation time shall be teacher directed and is intended for the purpose of lesson planning, material organization, and assessment of student work. Teachers will not be required to attend meetings or in-services or be given other duties or assignments during preparation time. Exceptions may be made with the consent of the affected teacher for IEP or other student services related meetings.
D. The District and the Council recognize that there is a relationship between the amount of prep time an employee has and the number of different academic preparations. When introducing new programs and technologies both parties recognize that training and support is necessary prior to implementation. Both parties also recognize the need to minimize the impact on individual preparation time. Administrators will collaborate with employees whenever possible and attempt to minimize the number of different preparations given budgetary constraints and/or state and federal laws.
E. Each building shall devote at least one hour per week to professional development through Professional Learning Communities. Not less than one hour of PLC time per month shall be dedicated to teacher directed collaboration for grade-level, subject or interdisciplinary professional development of c...
School Work Year. 1. The regular work year for teachers shall be all days in session commencing the Tuesday following Labour Day and ending the last Friday in June excluding Saturdays and Sundays, Statutory Holidays, Christmas Break and Spring Break.
a. The first day of Christmas Break shall be the Monday preceding December 26. School shall re-open on the Monday following January 1 except when January 1 is a Sunday and school shall re-open on the following Tuesday.
b. The first day of Spring Break shall be the third Monday in March and school shall re-open the fourth Monday in March. If the fourth Monday in March is Easter Monday, school shall re-open on the Wednesday following Easter Monday.
2. The regular work year for teachers shall include:
a. a minimum of five (5) non-instructional days (pursuant to Article F.21) to be used for teacher professional or staff development activities:
i. Non-instructional days shall be considered as instructional days for salary purposes.
ii. Where an Administrative Officer or District Administrator requests a teacher to take part in professional development activities during the school holidays, and the request is agreed to, the teacher will be compensated with an equivalent amount of time off on the non-instructional days in the following year.
School Work Year. 1. The schoolwork year and base contract for bargaining unit members shall be within the confines of the school calendar and shall be one hundred ninety (190) days, including not more than one hundred seventy-seven (177) days when pupils are in attendance. Days may be added to the District calendar at a per diem rate. The District will assure the agreed COLA in Article 11.A. for the selected year is added prior to adding the days. It is agreed that if the contract expires the status quo for the calendar will remain one hundred ninety (190) days, unless a separate Memorandum of Agreement exists.
2. The one hundred ninety (190) contract days will include the following seven (7) paid holidays: Labor Day; Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; New Year's Day; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇. Day; and Memorial Day.
3. The normal employee work week is forty (40) hours including a daily duty-free lunch period of at least thirty (30) minutes. It is expected that licensed staff shall be present at school to fulfill the necessary professional obligations each day, including student conferences, preparations for classes, curriculum improvement, staff and in-service meetings, parent conference, and related items. The Principal and bargaining unit members shall cooperatively determine working hours to accomplish these items. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the workday and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Bargaining unit members who are requested by the District to work beyond forty (40) hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off for minutes worked in accordance with Article 16 (Compensatory Time).
4. The District shall provide one (1) full day at the end of each quarter for grading and prep. No in-service activities will be scheduled by the District for that day. In addition, the District shall provide one half ½ day for grading/planning at each mid-quarter.
5. The District will provide one (1) full uninterrupted in-service day and one (1) half (3.75 hours) uninterrupted in-service day. The District will also provide one half day (3.75 hours) for District mandated training. These days will occur prior to the beginning of the school year for bargaining unit members to work in their classrooms. Members will have until October 30th to complete said training, unless the law requires otherwise.
School Work Year. The school/work year will be September 1st to August 31st.
School Work Year. A. The in-school work year for teachers employed on a ten (10) month basis shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-six day (186) teacher work days. The student school year shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-three (183) student days.
School Work Year a. The school work year shall be one hundred ninety-two (192) days, and the length of the day shall be from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. However, flex time of 7:45 A.M.-3:45 P.M. is available. The employee must choose their option at the beginning of the year and must stay for meetings if scheduled until 4:00 P.M.
b. Present practices relative to noon duties shall be maintained, when teachers are assigned to noon duties, schedules shall be arranged to allow each assigned teacher relief time of thirty (30) minutes to have a meal.
c. Part-time teachers shall be provided preparation time pursuant to their employment using a six (6) period standard as the basis, and, in addition, proportionate preparation time equal to the time before and after the school day of the full-time teacher.
School Work Year. 1. The typical school year shall not exceed 190 days, including five paid holidays. The paid holidays shall be Labor, Veterans, Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Memorial days. The work year shall include a minimum of four days, to be designated in a combination of whole and/or half-day increments that are devoted exclusively to teacher preparation activities, i.e., building work days. When an adopted school calendar includes parent/teacher conferences, the school administrator will work with the school’s teachers to determine a parent conference schedule. A school’s conference schedule may be reviewed by the Joint Cooperation Committee. The work year shall also include four days to be designated in a combination of whole and/or half-day increments that are to be devoted to District-assigned in-service activities.
2. Starting in 2011-2012, as a result of the new 2011-2012 high school schedule and for as long as it continues, high school teachers will receive one additional preparation day.
3. If there are school or district-related opportunities available for teachers beyond the 190 day contract year, participation shall be voluntary. If the teacher is to be compensated it will be at a rate agreed upon by the teacher and the district, unless expressly covered by the terms of this contract. The Association will be informed the compensation agreement unless it is expressly covered by the terms of this contract.