Time and Responsibility Stipend Sample Clauses

Time and Responsibility Stipend. Each employee will be offered an annual supplemental contract for additional time and responsibilities above the basic contract as defined below: A. Each employee accepting the stipend will be expected to attend a mandatory District- directed workday immediately preceding the first student day. B. Each employee also will be expected to attend 15 hours of district-offered professional development. Professional development shall be planned and scheduled by the Curriculum Instruction Assessment (CIA) team and the building school improvement teams. C. The District and Association agree that educating students to the high standards expected by the District and its community will require significant commitments of time and effort over and above the responsibilities regularly expected of employees under the basic employment contract. Some of these additional responsibilities are directly related to the small size of the District, as well as the participatory decision-making and collaborative professional culture sought by both the District and Association. The amount of time necessary and the significance of a particular responsibility may vary from employee to employee based upon the employee’s specific assignment and personal efficiency. The stipend is intended to compensate employees for this additional time and effort, and each employee accepting the stipend agrees to accept the following responsibilities without further stipends, hourly compensation or per diem compensation: (1) Preparation of the employee’s classroom or workspace prior to the first day of school, and the closing down of such classroom or workspace at the end of the school year in accordance with normal building procedures; (2) Participation and attendance, as scheduled or required by the building, at parent- teacher conferences and open house (or, for elementary subject matter specialists, other events intended to present student performance or otherwise communicate with parents regarding that subject matter, such as a PE or arts performance night); (3) Communication of student progress and assessment results for all students assigned to a teacher’s class or caseload, as scheduled or required by the building, including mid-term progress reports and report cards, and on-going communication with the parents of individual students throughout the school year through phone calls, e-mail messages, and in-person meetings; (4) Service on a historically reasonable and equitable number of participato...