Common use of Assigned Days and Hours of Work Clause in Contracts

Assigned Days and Hours of Work. 1. The number of working days in the work year shall be 183 days for the following teacher assignments: a. School-Age (K-3) b. State Preschool/Head Start c. Teen Center (grade 6-8) d. CALSAFE Infant and Toddler Program (“Teen Parenting Program”) 2. The number of working days for all Child Development Center teachers shall be 183 days including four (4) District-wide pupil-free days of each school year. Any additional days worked will be paid at the unit member's daily rate and will be considered an extra assignment. 3. Child Development teachers assigned an eight (8) hour day will be allowed a one-half hour preparation period on site and a one-half hour relief period within the eight-hour work day. Unit members assigned to varying hours less than eight (8) hours will be allowed proportionate amount of preparation time and relief time based on hours. 4. Meetings including faculty meetings, which are required of unit members after the regular CDS school day shall be limited to one per month not to exceed ninety (90) minutes. a. State Preschool/Head Start teachers shall have four (4) half-day pupil free professional development sessions as funding allows throughout the year. 5. When teachers are required to remain on site beyond their assigned time due to parents' failure to pick up their children at the close of school, the extra time involved is to be recorded and when accumulated to a total of four hours shall be compensated by released time to be scheduled at times agreed to by the District and the teacher. 6. When no substitute is provided when one would ordinarily be provided for an absent teacher; and that teacher's students must be divided up among other unit members at the site; then all the affected unit members, receiving additional students, will divide the money that would ordinarily have been paid to the substitute. 7. Should it be at any future date that the Centers are opened continuously such as pupil free, and holiday breaks, additional teachers will be hired in order to ensure preparation and break time. If no additional teachers are available; and classes must be divided up among other unit members at the site; then all the affected unit members, receiving additional students, will divide the money that would ordinarily have been paid to the additional teachers. a. In summer, due to fluctuating enrollment, all reasonable efforts will be made so that regrouping of children does not adversely affect program. 8. Floater teachers shall receive the rights and privileges accorded to Child Development Teachers.