Teacher Work Day. The term of contract for employees shall be one hundred ninety (190) days (maximum one hundred eighty (180) student days). Any extension of the term of contract shall be paid in full day increments and be paid at the rate of one-one hundred ninetieth (1/190) of the regular salary of the employee. The maximum daily hours of work for employees shall be 465 continuous minutes and shall include a minimum of thirty (30) minutes continuous, duty-free lunch period. No more than 375 minutes shall be student contact time. The teaching staff will receive one full day at the end of each quarter to be used in preparation of grades for report cards and conferences. The hours of work for all professional employees shall be 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., four (4) days a week, with the exception of days on which staff meetings are held, grades are prepared, and staff in- service days. Sixty (60) minutes will be used for collaboration on Wednesday mornings from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. The hours of work for all professional employees on Wednesdays shall be 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the exception of days on which staff meetings are held, grades are prepared, and staff in-service days. Assignment of students for a new school year to classrooms and schedules shall be done in a fair and equitable manner to promote a variety of strengths, needs and equal numbers of each classroom. The Administration shall make reasonable effort to ensure that assignments are made collaboratively, considering such issues as special needs, behavior, attendance and academic levels. Collaborative input may include regular and special education staff, para-educators, teaching specialist and administrators. In the event of a change in the student day, the Association will be informed of such change and given an opportunity to respond, provided, however, that exceptions to this section may occur in the event of emergencies or acts of God. The District shall make every reasonable effort to increase the amount of collaboration time available to professional employees within the normal work day. Xxx Xxxxxxxx shall make every reasonable effort to ensure equitable workload distribution and student contact time amongst staff members.
Teacher Work Day a. The normal work day for 192-day employees under this Agreement shall be a 7.5 hour day.
Teacher Work Day. The teacher work day for secondary schools shall not be longer than seven (7) hours and thirteen (13) minutes per day, including the lunch period. The teacher work day for elementary schools and for the fifth (5th) grade shall not be longer than seven (7) hours per day, including the lunch period.
Teacher Work Day. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association recognize that a teacher’s professional and primary responsibility and obligation is to teach.
Teacher Work Day. A. The teachers work day will be 15 minutes before school begins to 15 minutes after school ends daily.
Teacher Work Day. 14.01 The classroom teacher’s normal workday shall total seven (7) hours and forty-five (45) minutes. Classroom teachers are expected to be available for meetings with students or parents before/after class within the normal workday unless the teacher makes satisfactory alternative arrangements. An equal amount of release time will be given for parent conferences that occur outside the workday and do not exceed fifteen (15) minutes. Parent conferences that require more than fifteen (15) minutes outside the workday will be compensated at the hourly project rate in increments of quarter hours.
Teacher Work Day. Professional educators are responsible for a total educational program that includes instructional and non- instructional duties. A schedule for non-instructional duties or responsibilities will be decided upon by the principal and building leadership team. Middle school and high school teachers may be assigned student observation duties for a maximum of one week per quarter. If the non-instructional duty schedule is not resolved at the building level, the issue shall be presented to the Superintendent or their designee and the CEA Co-Chairs for resolution. The District and the Association recognize that professional educators must have adequate time to plan, work with struggling students, and communicate with parents. Schools will give due consideration to these needs when developing the above supervision schedules. The basic work day for certificated staff shall be 7-1/2 hours, including a 1/2 hour duty free lunch and a planning time. Pre K-3 teachers shall not be required to be present during specialist instructional time. The last day of school will be approximately 1/2 day for students and a full day for staff. For the duration of this CBA, as a pilot program, Pre-K-12 students will be released ninety minutes early once per week. The purpose of these early release days shall be to provide appropriate time to address PLC’s and operational issues. At least sixty minutes of each early dismissal will be devoted to PLC work. Building leadership teams will work together with principals to determine how best to document the work of PLC’s. Such documentation will focus on the intent of PLC’s as teacher-focused work, will service the primary purpose of documenting the group’s work for the group’s future benefit, and will not be overly burdensome. Meeting minutes may satisfy this requirement. Each school shall be responsible for submitting to the superintendent (or their designee) a monthly plan which clearly articulates how the allocated time will be utilized. The school plan will be developed utilizing a consensus decision-making model and shall be in alignment with the District’s goals/improvement plan and/or individual school implementation schedules. There will be two (2) additional paid days for all District kindergarten teachers for extra work outside the workday associated with the data entry for the WA-Kids assessments. Employees who are less than a 1.0 FTE will be paid at their per diem rate for attendance at full-day professional development, Distric...
Teacher Work Day. The teacher work day and/or the student day shall not be extended without notifying the Association. The Association then has the right to request mid-term bargaining over the change in the work day and/or student day.
Teacher Work Day. 1. The work day for all elementary school employees represented by the CGSEA shall consist of not more than seven (7) hours and thirty˗one (31) minutes, inclusive of the time periods specified in the following paragraphs:
Teacher Work Day. 6.2.1 The length of the basic teacher work day, including preparation time, lunch, relief periods and time required before and after school, shall not exceed seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours, except as provided for in Section 6.2.4 and 6.2.4.1 hereinafter.
