Unit Member Professional Day. The normal workday for each unit member shall begin ten 22 (10) minutes before and ten (10) minutes after the instructional day unless required to be 23 longer to complete all duties required by this Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA or 24 “Contract”). Such duties include, but are not limited to, duty before and after school, required 25 parent teacher conferences/SST/IEP meetings, and one (1) sixty (60) minute Staff meeting per 26 month, with up to five (5) extra staff meetings per year but no more than two (2) staff 27 meetings in each month. Unit members who are tracking on/off shall not be required to attend 28 staff meetings during track on/off days. Unit members at Year Round Schools may be asked 29 to attend a make-up meeting in order to keep transitioning unit members up to date. The 30 workday shall include a continuous uninterrupted duty-free lunch period of thirty (30) minutes 31 minimum duration. In addition, elementary principals shall develop a site procedure which 32 allows all unit members who are on lunch duty or recess duty to have the opportunity to go to 33 the restroom. The classroom teacher workday for a traditional daily intermediate and high 34 school schedule shall include a conference/preparation period of not less than forty-five (45) 35 continuous minutes in duration. The Classroom teacher workday for block schedules at 36 intermediate and high schools shall include a conference/preparation period of not less than 37 ninety (90) continuous minutes over a two (2) day period. In exceptional situations including 38 but not limited to state testing and WASC, the window for calculating conference/preparation 39 time may be extended over 10 consecutive student days. In such situations, classroom teachers 1 shall be provided with equitable preparation time with a minimum of 450 minutes at the 2 intermediate and 505 minutes at the high school level. Regardless of schedule changes, the 3 norm for prep time will continue where every member at the site receives the equivalent of 4 one regular class period of prep per day. Parent conferences will not be scheduled during 5 conference/preparation period without prior approval of the affected teacher, unless the 6 teacher is given forty-eight hours advance notice.
Unit Member Professional Day. The normal workday for each unit member shall 23 required to be longer to complete all duties required by this Collective Bargaining 24 Agreement (CBA or “Contract”). Such duties include, but are not limited to, duty 25 before and after school, required parent teacher conferences/SST/IEP meetings, and 26 up to two (2) sixty (60) minute staff meetings per month, which may be used for staff 27 development. The workday shall include a continuous uninterrupted duty-free lunch 28 period of thirty (30) minutes minimum duration. In addition, elementary principals 29 shall develop a site procedure which allows all unit members who are on lunch duty 30 or recess duty to have the opportunity to go to the restroom. The classroom teacher 31 workday for a traditional daily intermediate and high school schedule shall include a 1 conference/preparation period of not less than forty-five (45) continuous minutes in 2 duration. The Classroom teacher workday for block schedules at intermediate and 3 high schools shall include a conference/preparation period of not less than ninety (90)
