Support Teacher Day. The hours of the normal school day for elementary support teachers will be for seven and one-half hours between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The normal school day for secondary support teachers will be for eight hours between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. unless there is an early or late course scheduled at the high school. The normal school day for Blended Learning support teachers will be for four hours (or an average of 20 hours per week) between 7:45 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. All hours will be continuous unless there is a late course. However, if there is a support period or activity that would not permit continuous hours, assignment to such support period or activity will be on a voluntary basis and the Administration will work with the SHTA President to identify the support teacher or support teachers to voluntarily take such assignment. Once a support teacher’s normal school day hours are set for the semester, they will not be changed without mutual consent. Flexible hours for an alternate work day for individual members may be agreed upon by mutual consent between the member, SHTA President, and Administration. Every effort will be made to have this schedule established prior to start of the semester or trimester. The lunch period will be fifty (50) minutes long for all full-time support teachers. Secondary lunch periods may be adjusted by no more than eight (8) minutes for the following reasons: assemblies, and/or when it is to the convenience of support teachers attending building and/or district meetings or workshops. Any support teachers’ meetings may extend the normal school day by mutual consent. On days when there is a regularly scheduled SHTA meeting of either the Executive Board or Representative Council, those bargaining unit members involved in such meeting will be excused at 4:00 p.m. Conference days are not considered normal school days and the hours for such days may be scheduled differently than set forth in Paragraph 1 of Section 9.01. As a matter of good administration, support teachers are expected to personally consult the principal, or his/her designee in case of his/her absence, if they need to leave their building before the end of the normal school day or before the end of any scheduled meeting. For those support teachers who must travel between buildings, the Administration will establish a reasonable time schedule. Travel time cannot be included in either the lunch period time or as a break in pupil contact time. Mileage reimbursement for tr...
