– TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING Clause Samples

– TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING. 4.1 The length of the teacher’s work day shall be seven (7) hours in the elementary, middle school and high school, including a 30-minute duty-free lunch period. Teachers may be required to work fifteen (15) minutes before and after the student instructional day. Teachers shall also remain available in accordance with their professional responsibilities beyond the above-assigned work day (i.e.: student help; parent conferences). As part of professional responsibilities, unit members shall attend one (1) faculty meeting per month that shall begin no earlier than one (1) hour before student arrival at the elementary school level or end no later than one (1) hour after student dismissal at the secondary level. Part- time faculty members may be required to attend faculty meetings for which such unit members shall receive pay at their regular hourly rate of pay, they will be given at least 10 days prior notice of the faculty meeting. 4.2 Teachers in the elementary school grades K-5 may be assigned 300 pupil contact minutes per day. Teachers in the junior high school grades 6-8 and senior high school grades 9-12 may be assigned five (5) instructional periods and one (1) supervisory period per day. All District-wide teachers who are assigned 300 pupil contact minutes per day at the elementary level and those who teach a nine (9) period day at the secondary level, except for those with six (6) assigned teaching periods, shall have two (2) preparation periods. In the event that the District implements a seven (7) period day, all teachers shall have (1) preparation period. It is understood that over a six (6) day cycle, a teacher may be assigned no more than six (6) duty periods and thirty (30) classes. On a day a teacher is given a sixth class, s/he shall be assigned no duty period. On a day that a teacher has four (4) classes, two (2) duty periods may be assigned. 4.2.1 For those teachers who are assigned 300 pupil contact minutes per day at the elementary level and those who teach a nine (9) period day at the secondary level, except for those with six (6) class assignments, the administration may schedule up to five (5) preparation periods per month for the purpose of CSE/CST meetings, 504 meetings, parent meetings, collaborative planning, and in-service training, without additional compensation. The administration may encumber one of these five (5) preparation periods per month for the purpose of assigning a teacher to substitute coverage without additional comp...