Teacher’s Primary Responsibility Clause Samples
The "Teacher’s Primary Responsibility" clause defines the main duties and obligations that a teacher is expected to fulfill under an agreement or within an institution. Typically, this clause outlines that the teacher’s foremost role is to provide instruction, prepare lesson plans, assess student progress, and maintain a productive learning environment. It may also specify that these responsibilities take precedence over other tasks, such as administrative or extracurricular duties. The core function of this clause is to clearly establish the teacher’s main focus, ensuring that educational objectives are prioritized and that both parties understand the teacher’s essential role.
Teacher’s Primary Responsibility. The Board and the BTU acknowledge that a teacher's primary responsibility is to teach and that all energies should be utilized to this end. Therefore, the Board agrees that every effort shall be made to relieve employees of all non- professional supervisory and clerical responsibilities such as, but not limited to, playground and other school ground supervision (excluding recess supervision for elementary level students), lunchroom supervision, hallway and restroom supervision, study hall and detention supervision, bus loading and unloading supervision, money collection or transmittal, and various and similar non-professional responsibilities. Such duties shall be assigned to non-bargaining unit employees. Recess in elementary schools shall not be used to replace regularly scheduled physical education programs.
Teacher’s Primary Responsibility. The Board and the BTU acknowledge that a teacher's primary responsibility is to teach and that all energies should be utilized to this end. Therefore, the Board agrees to strive that every effort shall be made to relieve employees of all non-professional supervisory and clerical responsibilities such as, but not limited to, playground and other school ground supervision (excluding recess supervision for elementary level students), lunchroom supervision, hallway and restroom supervision, study hall and detention supervision, bus loading and unloading supervision, money collection or transmittal, and various and similar non-professional responsibilities. Such duties may be reasonably shall be assigned to non- bargaining unit employees only when employee outside the bargaining unit are not available to perform such non-professional supervisory and clerical responsibilities. The parties will form a committee to examine alternative ways to relieve employees on non-professional duties during the 2004-2005 school year. The committee’s recommendations shall be submitted to the Contract Administration Committee for preliminary approval prior to the beginning of the budget process for the 2005-2006 school year. Recess in elementary schools shall not be used to replace regularly scheduled physical education programs.