WORK HOURS, TEACHING LOAD AND WORK YEAR Sample Clauses

WORK HOURS, TEACHING LOAD AND WORK YEAR. A. Work Hours 1. Certificated employees shall be scheduled so as to ensure that they will have a duty-free lunch period of not less than forty-five (45) minutes. Every School Nurse or Non-Certificated Nurse shall be guaranteed a duty-free lunch as provided to other certificated staff members under this Article. The following shall apply to each Nurse’s lunch break: a. Except in the event of emergency (defined as a potentially life-threatening situation), the nurse shall not be pulled from a contractual lunch or preparation period. b. The Building Principal or his/her designee must authorize the interruption of the nurse’s lunch/prep, unless the time required to obtain such approval will place an individual’s life in jeopardy. c. The nurse shall receive compensatory release time when called from a lunch or a preparation period, for non-emergency matters, under the following guidelines: i. Missed time from a lunch or preparation period shall be logged on a District timesheet with a separate entry for each date. Timesheets shall be submitted by the nurse to the Principal or his/her designee on a quarterly basis. Any time not submitted by the end of the school year shall no longer be eligible for compensatory release time; ii. Each timesheet entry shall be approved by the Building Principal or designee before the release time is granted. By September 1 of each school year, the Principal will identify to the nurse and the Association any appointed designees; iii. Each total of 45 minutes missed lunch or prep time shall entitle the nurse to one compensatory period; or iv. A total of 400 minutes of lost lunch or prep time shall entitle the nurse to one compensatory day; v. Compensatory time earned after March of any school year may be carried over into the following school year, and if not used during such year shall be lost. d. The Board shall hold harmless any nurse for exercising the right to refuse non- emergency duties during scheduled lunch/prep. e. The above procedure shall not apply when two or more nurses are assigned to and in attendance in a building. In such a circumstance, it is expected that the nurses will take their lunches and prep periods at different times to ensure coverage availability at all times during the school day. 2. Teachers shall be permitted to leave the school building without permission during the duty-free lunch period. Teachers shall sign out when leaving and sign in upon returning.