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TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administrator. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a class that requires sufficient period of time after the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length close of the elementarypupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and high school classesthe Association. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal/graduation, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) and are asked or volunteer to cover minutes unless sooner released by the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstbuilding principal. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basisIt is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six hours of clock hours per week, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload or periods when applicable at the middle school level and 1/7 of secondary level, throughout the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absentsystem. In the event such middle and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an emergency equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation arisesas outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the district recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall have be provided with relief and preparation time to the right to assign such duty to certified employees and same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting be made without prior consultation with the employee Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the building with teachers base salary divided by the least amount number of district senioritydays for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. 1. If a certified employee teacher is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to this section, their step. 2. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the employee shall end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at the a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in Appendix A for performing such a dutyaddition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires The normal weekly teaching hours in the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, school and high school classeswill include one normal class period daily for preparation. When The Board shall strive for a minimum of 300 minutes each week for preparation in the elementary. In any year where there are not 300 minutes available for elementary preparation, a committee, made up of an equal number of teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduationappointed by the Association President) and are asked or volunteer Administrators (appointed by the Superintendent), will meet to cover evaluate the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensatedschedule and make a recommendation to maximize and/or increase planning time. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list Recommendations will be used made to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstAssociation President and Superintendent. B. If Teachers who will be affected by a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed change in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect grade assignments in the year elementary school grades and by changes in which subject assignment in the overload course is being taught at secondary school grades will be notified and consulted by their principals as soon as the senior high levelchange becomes evident and necessary. Such changes will be voluntary to the extent possible. Every effort will be made to avoid reassigning probationary elementary school teachers to different grade levels. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision Board will notify the teacher, by the last day of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during of their tentative teaching assignments for the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed following year but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have Board reserves the right to assign make changes following such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee notification. Should said change be made in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this sectionsummer months, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee teacher shall be notified by mail sent to their last known address. D. The Elementary school schedule shall include two (2) fifteen (15) minute recess periods daily, which shall serve as a break for the Superintendentstudents and duty free time for the teacher, weather permitting. E. Teachers shall be required to attend staff meetings immediately before and after regular hours when requested to do so by a school administrator. These meetings are to be kept to a minimum. F. Teachers will have a duty free lunch of not less than ten sixteen (1016) calendar days preceding minutes at the secondary level and twenty (20) minutes at the elementary level, provided that the district has the resources to employ noon hour aides without program cutbacks or layoff of other employees. 1. During inclement weather the teacher shall be responsible to supervise students in which case the twenty (20) minute duty free lunch shall not be guaranteed nor will extra pay be granted. The Board action on and the eliminationAssociation agree to meet and confer to work out a plan that will best solve the problem during inclement weather using existing staff. G. The teaching hours for the school year shall be as follows: Beginning Teachers Beginning Students Ending Ending Students Teachers Senior High 7:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 2:45 p.m. 2:55 p.m. Middle Schools 7:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m. 2:45 p.m. 2:55 p.m. Woodside Elem. 7:55 a.m. 8:10 a.m. 3:00 p.m. 3:05 p.m.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district District shall have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district District seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president President first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination. In the case of the elimination of a position, notification to the certified employee shall be given after the student-school day, when possible. F. Early Dismissal December 23rd and 24th will not be required workdays. The end of the certified employee workday shall be the same as ten (10) minutes after the regular, non-block/non-early release/non-semester exam, student dismissal time for the three (3) workdays preceding Christmas vacation.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- high-school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty duty. Elementary certified employees that are not considered regular or special educators (EX.: physical education, music, art, STEAM, instructional coach, etc.) who have less student contact time and more unscheduled time shall be required to provide 30 mins of playground supervision of students each day, so long as doing so would not cause a decrease or elimination of current (2024-2025) hours or positions for non-certified BESPA employees. Said certified employees (physical education, music, art, STEAM, instructional coach, etc.) will not be expected to provide supervision at any other time except in emergency situationsan emergency. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district District shall have the right to assign such duty to said certified employees (physical education, music, art, STEAM, instructional coach, etc.) and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district District seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- school-certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president President first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination. In the case of the elimination of a position, notification to the certified employee shall be given after the student-school day, when possible. F. Early Dismissal December 23rd and 24th will not be required workdays. The end of the certified employee workday shall be the same as ten (10) minutes after the regular, non-block/non-early release/non-semester exam, student dismissal time for the three (3) workdays preceding Christmas vacation. G. Class Size The District accepts the goal that the K-5 classes should be lower than other grade levels and the goal of no more than 25 students in K-5 classes. Certified employees in K-5 classrooms with 31 or more students one month from the beginning of school, including students in attendance for two hours or more of the day, will receive a stipend of $200/semester while they are above the prescribed limit. The District also accepts the goal that middle and high school classes (with the exceptions of music and physical education) will have no more than 30 students. In the case of music and physical education, the goal is to have no more than a 35 to 1 pupil-teacher ratio.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination. In the case of the elimination of a position, notification to the certified employee shall be given after the student-school day, when possible. F. Early Dismissal December 23rd and 24th will not be required workdays. The end of the certified employee workday shall be the same as ten (10) minutes after the regular, non-block/non-early release/non-semester exam, student dismissal time for the three (3) workdays preceding Christmas vacation.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A A.) All teachers must report to their buildings fifteen (15) minutes before the beginning of the school day. Included in this time is the assigned ten (10)-minute duty period. All teachers must stay in their buildings for fifteen (15) minutes from the time the children are dismissed or until assigned after school duties are completed. B.) All full-time certified employee teachers shall be provided with a daily preparation time of not less than thirty (30) minutes. The administration may schedule up to 1 plan time per week per teacher for attendance at meetings and committees. C.) Faculty at all attendance centers will have their duty-free lunch period at the same time as the student lunch period. D.) The normal teaching load shall not exceed six (6) teaching periods at the junior high level. Assignments of supervised study periods shall be considered a teaching period for purposes of this Article. E.) Any teacher who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of forfeits his/her preparation period and substitutes for an absent teacher shall be compensated using at the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per period for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high contract school classesyear per period for the school years. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation Volunteers shall be deemed sought prior to exist if the assignment of a non-certified employee has been employed but is absentteacher. In the event such an emergency situation arisesthat a teacher is assigned to substitute, the district these assignments shall have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment be done on a rotating basis. It is agreed that it is not educationally sound to use elementary resource personnel for all day substituting. No extra compensation will be paid to a teacher simply for the loss of a prep period, starting with if such loss was due to the employee in cancellation of a subject scheduled to be taught by a special teacher, unless the building with teacher performs the least amount service, and teaches the subject, of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this sectionthe special teacher. F.) The day of open house, the employee children and the teachers are to be dismissed after attending the minimum number of hours required by the state to make up a legal school day. Teacher attendance at open house is required unless the teacher’s Building Administrator approves special permission. G.) Regular or internal substitutes are to be provided for all regular and special teachers who are absent and have assigned classroom duties. However, before using internal substitutes, the Administration shall endeavor to obtain regular substitutes. H.) The length of the school day shall be paid at up to seven (7) hours, except in case of emergency. This time includes the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the fifteen (15) minutes before school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.fifteen

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a class that requires sufficient period of time after the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length close of the elementarypupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school, . The Board and high school classesthe Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal/graduation, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) and are asked or volunteer to cover minutes unless sooner released by the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstbuilding principal. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basisIt is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload or periods when applicable at the middle school level and 1/7 of secondary level, throughout the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absentsystem. In the event junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one- sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher will be laid off or reduced by such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have action. 2. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to assign such supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district will be based upon seniority. 3. If a certified employee teacher is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this sectionstudy hall duty, the employee it shall be paid at full pay according to their step. 4. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during end of each semester or at the end of the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president firstyear. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who Reorganization of the instructional responsibilities within a building is assigned to a class that requires be permitted and encouraged in order to best utilize the forfeiture of his/her preparation period teaching staff. Such organization shall be compensated using a cooperative venture between the hourly rate as defined teachers, but will be placed in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length effect only upon approval of the elementary, middle school, and high school classesbuilding administrator. When teachers None of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes foregoing shall violate the terms of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstcontract. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, Maximum limits for teacher load shall take into account the certified employee shall receive 1/7 type of teaching needed to give students high quality instruction in each of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high levelvarious subject fields. C. The regular-recommendations for limits of teacher load shall consist of the best professional knowledge as to desirable teacher load. D. A classroom elementary-certified employee teacher may be assigned no more than 29 contact hours per week. Contact hours are defined as any time when teachers could be assigned duties. E. New teachers employed by the Board for a regular teaching assignment shall have at least a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and a valid teaching license. F. A teacher shall not be required to work under unsafe or hazardous conditions or to perform tasks which endanger his/her health, safety or well being. G. Any assignments in addition to the normal teaching schedule, including but not limited to adult education courses, extra duties enumerated in the contract (except the assignable supervisory duties as noted below), and summer school courses shall not be responsible for playground supervision of students either before schoolobligatory, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation but shall be deemed to exist if with the consent of the teacher. Teachers will be offered assignments based on competency, qualifications, and experience. If the assignable supervisory duties/activities set forth in this contract cannot be filled by a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arisesvoluntary basis, the district shall have administration reserves the right to assign such duty a teacher to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee these duties/activities. H. Positions in the summer school program shall, to the extent feasible, be filled by regularly appointed teachers in the school district. In filling such positions, consideration shall be given to a teacher’s competence, major and minor field of study and length of service in the school district. I. In the case of extreme cold and/or extreme heat, the building with principal will notify the least amount of district seniority. Superintendent and every attempt will be made to dismiss school or to reassign the students and the teacher to a more satisfying area. J. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant teacher fails to this sectionreport to work on an attendance day or institute day due to inclement weather and/or poor road conditions, he/she will be docked an amount equal to the employee shall cost of a substitute. In case roads are officially closed he/she will only be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such charged a dutypersonal day. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during K. Any teacher who is asked by the school code mandated duty free lunch period, administrator to cover a class other than his/her own for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option a minimum time of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and twenty minutes will be compensated informed that compensation is available at a rate of .075% of the base salary per clock hour. (FY20 - $28.12; FY21 - $28.50; FY22 - $28.87) L. The district will provide a part-time clerical aide for each elementary building and the Junior High School to assist teachers with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established clerical and other tasks assigned by the building administratorprincipal. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position first priority of a tenured, certified employee these aides is to assist teachers. Each of these aides will be eliminated available for the next school yearfifteen (15) hours per week. Should there be a reduction in force, the certified employee Association and Board of Education shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the eliminationmeet to negotiate a Memorandum of Agreement regarding Article VI.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a class that requires sufficient period of time after the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length close of the elementarypupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school, . The Board and high school classesthe Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal/graduation, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) and are asked or volunteer to cover minutes unless sooner released by the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstbuilding principal. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basisIt is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload or periods when applicable at the middle school level and 1/7 of secondary level, throughout the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absentsystem. In the event junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher will be laid off or reduced by such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have action. 2. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to assign such supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district will be based upon seniority. 3. If a certified employee teacher is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this sectionstudy hall duty, the employee it shall be paid at full pay according to their step. 4. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during end of each semester or at the end of the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president firstyear. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A Full time teachers shall be in attendance and engaged according to assignment and schedule between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. It is understood, however, that the obligation of teachers as professionals may, on occasion, extend beyond the basic school day. B. The assignment for a full-time teacher shall be five (5) periods per school day and two (2) preparation periods. No one will be asked, permitted or paid to teach more than five classes except under the provisions of Article VIII, Section C. C. Beginning 2004-2005 school year and subsequent school years, the Board may offer to no more than four certified employee and qualified Hononegah full-time teachers a 6th assignment. Prior to offering a 6th assignment to a qualified full-time teacher, the Board will first determine the need to offer any additional assignments and advise the Association of possible extra classes that might occur. If a determination has been made to offer a 6th assignment, the Board will adhere to the following procedure: 1. The Board will first offer the additional assignment to any qualified part- time teacher(s) currently employed by the District. 2. If there are no qualified part-time teachers or no qualified part-time teacher agrees to an additional assignment, then the Board will advertise such assignments grouped to form a single full-time assignment or several part-time assignments. Advertisements must commence between March 31 and must continue until at least July 1. Additional sections created between March 31 and the first day of school will be advertised as soon as possible. These positions must be advertised for a minimum of ten days on the district web site and in the Sunday Chicago Tribune and Rockford Register Star job sections, and the Northern Illinois University Educational Vacancy Bulletin. No course splits may be made after the first week of any academic semester. 3. If after following these steps, no qualified applicants are found, teachers with five assigned periods will be asked, but not forced, to take a sixth period assignment. No teacher may be given a sixth class in two consecutive years if another teacher who is assigned qualified in that subject area and who has taught in that subject area in the past ten years volunteers to teach a sixth class. Teachers who taught a sixth class in the 2003-04 school years are subject to this provision for 04-05. 4. Any properly qualified teacher who is within 4 years of retirement and has taught in that requires subject area in the forfeiture past ten years has the automatic right to be placed in any 6th class assignment offered if he/she volunteers to do so. If more than one teacher within 4 years of retirement volunteers for a sixth class, District seniority shall prevail. In all other situations, if two or more qualified teachers volunteer for the 6th assignment, the teacher with the most District seniority shall prevail. 5. If the total teacher load of a teacher teaching six classes is at least 15% more than the average student load for his/her preparation period shall be compensated using subject area, the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined pay for the actual length 6th class will be 20% of the elementaryteacher’s regular salary by the salary schedule. If it is less than 15%, middle school, and high school classespay will be 20% of the base salary. 6. When teachers of high- school seniors have A 6th period assignment will in no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will way be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting reduce full-time staff through the volunteer list firstRIF process. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. In the event such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. A certified employee who is assigned All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a class that requires sufficient period of time after the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length close of the elementarypupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and high school classesthe Association. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal/graduation, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) and are asked or volunteer to cover minutes unless sooner released by the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list firstbuilding principal. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basisIt is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload or periods when applicable at the middle school level and 1/7 of secondary level, throughout the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall be deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absentsystem. In the event junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one- sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. I. The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher will be laid off or reduced by such an emergency situation arises, the district shall have action. 2. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to assign such supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district will be based upon seniority. 3. If a certified employee teacher is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this sectionstudy hall duty, the employee it shall be paid at full pay according to their step. 4. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during end of each semester or at the end of the school code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school/high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and will be compensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. Supervision expectations will be established by the building administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president firstyear. E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is to be eliminated for the next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board action on the elimination.