Common use of TEACHER WORK YEAR Clause in Contracts

TEACHER WORK YEAR. 3.1.1 The length of a teacher's work year, not counting compensated extended time, shall not exceed one hundred eighty-eight (188) days. Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving Day shall be paid holidays. NEOEA Day shall be a non-paid, non-work day. At the beginning of the school year, three (3) days in the one hundred eighty- eight (188) day work year shall be mandatory in-service days. Teachers shall have at least one (1) day of the three (3) in-service days prior to the start of the student year to engage in self-directed professional activities. As to professional records/in-service days, the Superintendent shall have authority to direct time spent in maintaining and completing professional records or in other approved activity on such days. There shall be one in-service day occurring after the beginning of the school year during the first semester. This in-service day shall be a paid workday; however, staff will not be required to report. There shall be two (2) non-instructional teacher professional work days scheduled for the end of the first quarter and the end of the third quarter. On these days, teachers shall report for regularly-contracted hours but students shall not report. Administration may schedule up to two (2) hours of PLC time for each day. The time not spent in PLC shall be teacher-directed time. The placement of the second semester in-service day will be determined by the Calendar Committee. One-half of the January in-service day shall be used for in-service activities, and the other one-half day to be used by teachers for self-directed professional activities. MTA shall assist with the planning of the second semester in-service program by appointing three (3) teachers to serve on an in-service committee along with three (3) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. The second semester in- service day shall be available to intervention specialists for self-directed activities. The final contractual workday of the year shall be designated a records day.

TEACHER WORK YEAR. 3.1.1 The length of a teacher's work year, not counting compensated extended time, shall not exceed one hundred eighty-eight (188) days. Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Thanksgiving Day shall be paid holidays. NEOEA Day shall be a non-non- paid, non-work day. At the beginning of the school year, three (3) days in the one hundred eighty- eight (188) day work year shall be mandatory in-service days. Teachers shall have at least one (1) day of the three (3) in-service days prior to the start of the student year to engage in self-directed professional activities. As to professional records/in-service days, the Superintendent shall have authority to direct time spent in maintaining and completing professional records or in other approved activity on such days. There shall be one in-service day occurring after the beginning of the school year during the first semester. This in-service day shall be a paid workday; however, staff will not be required to report. There shall be two (2) non-instructional teacher professional work days scheduled for the end of the first quarter and the end of the third quarter. On these days, teachers shall report for regularly-contracted hours but students shall not report. Administration may schedule up to two (2) hours of PLC time for each day. The time not spent in PLC shall be teacher-directed time. The placement of the second semester in-service day will be determined by the Calendar Committee. One-half of the January in-service day shall be used for in-service activities, and the other one-half day to be used by teachers for self-directed professional activities. MTA shall assist with the planning of the second semester in-service program by appointing three (3) teachers to serve on an in-service committee along with three (3) administrators appointed by the Superintendent. The second semester in- service day shall be available to intervention specialists for self-directed activities. The final contractual workday of the year shall be designated a records day.