Common use of WORKING DAYS AND HOURS Clause in Contracts

WORKING DAYS AND HOURS. A. The CACC calendar (Appendices D, E and F) shall be regarded as part of this Agreement. All bargaining unit members work schedules shall follow the adopted calendar. B. Teachers shall work a minimum of 7.5 hour day which will include a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period. However, the amount of student instruction time within the work day may be increased if it is necessary to do so to meet State of Michigan requirements regarding hours of pupil instruction or to receive full State aid. Upon request of the Association, the Board and Association will bargain regarding how the regular instructional day will be adjusted to meet the latter requirements. The aforementioned number of hours in the work day refers to the regular instructional day and does not refer to those days which are longer because of activities such as staff meetings; training or professional development; open houses; parent/ teacher meetings; and advisory committee meetings. It is recognized that daily preparation for effective teaching and duties, responsibilities and activities related to teaching require many hours of application outside the normal instructional day and add to the professional responsibilities of teachers. Teachers shall be free to leave after student dismissal on Fridays or the day before a holiday. The aforementioned number of hours (7.5) in a regular instructional work day does not refer to a Professional Development Day (PDD). The district’s obligation to provide 5 PDDs to a bargaining unit member will be met by providing 30 hours of PD per year. A bargaining unit member’s PDD is 7 hours and includes 6 hours of PD, a 15 minute break in the a.m. and p.m. and a duty-free lunch period of 30 minutes. If the duty-free lunch is expanded to 60 minutes, the PDD is 7 ½ hours. Three and ½ days of the PDDs will be scheduled on the calendar (21 hours). Nine (9)) hours of PD will be provided and accounted for in one hour increments and scheduled at the end of an instructional work day. C. It is recognized that the nature of the CACC operation is such that the starting and ending times for students shall be flexible and the Board shall have the right to change or stagger such times. Teachers must be in their program areas a minimum of five (5) minutes prior to the beginning of class. D. Attendance at staff meetings or educational/training conferences, parent- teacher conferences and advisory committee meetings are considered part of all teachers’ professional duties and teachers are required to attend such meetings. Such meetings or conferences held at the end of the day shall begin as soon as feasible after student dismissal. A teacher who has a need to be excused from such meetings or conferences shall advise the administration and shall be excused for legitimate reasons. E. The administration shall have the option to require teachers to serve on one (1) standing committee of the CACC. The Board and the Association recognize the value of constructive teacher participation on these committees. Standing committees may include NCA, other accreditation, school improvement and similar school-wide committees.

WORKING DAYS AND HOURS. A. The CACC calendar (Appendices D, E and F) shall be regarded as part of this Agreement. All bargaining unit members work schedules shall follow the adopted calendar. B. Teachers shall work a minimum of 7.5 an eight (8) hour day which will include a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period. However, the amount of student instruction time within the work day may be increased if it is necessary to do so to meet State of Michigan requirements regarding hours of pupil instruction or to receive full State aid. Upon request of the Association, the Board and Association will bargain regarding how the regular instructional day will be adjusted to meet the latter requirements. The aforementioned number of hours in the work day refers to the regular instructional day and does not refer to those days which are longer because of activities such as staff meetings; training meetings or professional development; conferences, open houses; parent/ , parent-teacher meetings; conferences and advisory committee meetings. It is recognized that daily preparation for effective teaching and duties, responsibilities and activities related to teaching require many hours of application outside the normal instructional day and add to the professional responsibilities of teachers. Teachers shall be free to leave after student dismissal on Fridays or the day before a holiday. The aforementioned number of hours (7.5) 8) in a regular instructional work day does not refer to a Professional Development Day (PDD). The district’s obligation to provide 5 PDDs to a bargaining unit member will be met by providing 30 hours of PD per year. A bargaining unit member’s PDD is 7 hours and includes 6 hours of PD, a 15 minute break in the a.m. and p.m. and a duty-free lunch period of 30 minutes. If the duty-free lunch is expanded to 60 minutes, the PDD is 7 ½ hours. Three and ½ days Four of the PDDs will be scheduled on the calendar (21 24 hours). Nine Six (96)) hours of PD will be provided and accounted for in one hour increments and scheduled at the end of an instructional work day. C. It is recognized that the nature of the CACC operation is such that the starting and ending times for students shall be flexible and the Board shall have the right to change or stagger such times. Teachers must be in their program areas a minimum of five (5) minutes prior to the beginning of class. D. Attendance at staff meetings or educational/training conferences, parent- parent-teacher conferences and advisory committee meetings are considered part of all teachers’ professional duties and teachers are required to attend such meetings. Such meetings or conferences held at the end of the day shall begin as soon as feasible after student dismissal. A teacher who has a need to be excused from such meetings or conferences shall advise the administration and shall be excused for legitimate reasons. E. The administration shall have the option to require teachers to serve on one (1) standing committee of the CACC. The Board and the Association recognize the value of constructive teacher participation on these committees. Standing committees may include NCA, other accreditation, school improvement and similar school-wide committees.