Common use of After School Meetings Clause in Contracts

After School Meetings. 5.6.3-1 Each Principal may schedule up to seventy-five (75) minutes of teacher meeting time after student dismissal, ending no later than 4:30, no more than once a week, and no more than three (3) times per month. This time may be used for faculty meetings or for other professional level work such as school improvement, curriculum development, assessment development, professional development, and the like. 5.6.3-2 At the start of each school year, the Principal, in consultation with the faculty, will develop and distribute an annual meeting schedule. 5.6.3-3 The Principal will notify teachers of such meetings at least two days in advance, except in emergencies, and will include an agenda, location, start time, meeting length, and required attendees. 5.6.3-4 The Principal may schedule more total hours per day of meeting time outside the regular teacher work day and/or more frequent meetings only with approval of local Association reps. 5.6.3-5 Teachers will have the option of completing an anonymous evaluation of after-school meetings. The Superintendent and Principals, in consultation with the Association, will develop a standard meeting evaluation form, which will be available in every school and submitted simultaneously to the Principal and Superintendent. The Superintendent will review these meeting evaluations with the Principal at least semi-annually, with the goal of incorporating constructive feedback from teachers into future meeting planning.