Common use of Meeting Schedules Clause in Contracts

Meeting Schedules. 20.1Teachers may be required to remain after the end of the regular work day without additional compensation to attend staff meetings. The Committee and the Association recognize that the goals for student achievement of the ERA of 1993 and the system goals of the Belmont Public Schools Strategic Plan present us with significant challenges. We recognize that meeting of staff in various groupings: by building, by department, by grade level and district wide, are necessary for collaboration, professional development, curriculum development and alignment and information sharing to support the teaching and learning to which the parties are all committed. The parties further recognize that all meetings should be as efficient and productive as possible and should provide, where possible, for the accumulation of PDP’s for teachers’ recertification, consistent with the DOE requirements. In the effort to increase the productivity and efficiency of meetings, the parties support the following:

Meeting Schedules. 20.1Teachers 20.1 Teachers may be required to remain after the end of the regular work day without additional compensation to attend staff meetings. The Committee and the Association recognize that the goals for student achievement of the ERA of 1993 and the system goals of the Belmont Public Schools Strategic Plan present us with significant challenges. We recognize that meeting of staff in various groupings: by building, by department, by grade level and district wide, are necessary for collaboration, professional development, curriculum development and alignment and information sharing to support the teaching and learning to which the parties are all committed. The parties further recognize that all meetings should be as efficient and productive as possible and should provide, where possible, for the accumulation of PDP’s for teachers’ recertification, consistent with the DOE requirements. In the effort to increase the productivity and efficiency of meetings, the parties support the following: