Common use of Counselors and Social Clause in Contracts

Counselors and Social. Workers A. It is understood that counselors' and social workers’ workloads are uniquely different from that of a teacher and thus they may be expected to provide their services before or after the normal school day. B. High School and Middle School counselors shall be paid their daily rate of pay for up to ten (10) additional days worked prior to the start of the school year for the purpose of registration, scheduling students, conferring with parents, staff, administration, and to aide in transitioning students. Both high school and middle school counselors shall be paid their daily rate for up to ten (10) additional days after the end of the school year, for summer school preparation and pre-planning schedule work. The first five (5) days at the beginning of the summer and the last five (5) days at the end of the summer are worked in the building of employment. The remaining ten (10) days can be logged virtually with documentation provided to the building principal upon return to the building. The additional days worked shall be scheduled by the building principal by May 1st, after first consulting with the counselors involved, and shall include no days during the month of July unless the counselor agrees. C. Social workers shall be paid their daily rate of pay for up to 5 additional days prior to the start of the school year for the purpose of conferring with parents, staff, administration and to aide in transitioning students into the new year. The additional days worked shall be scheduled by the building principal by May 1st, after first consulting with the social worker involved, and shall include no days during the month of July unless the social worker agrees. D. A counselor's or social workers’ duties shall be formulated by the BOARD consistent with sound educational practices and after input from the counselors or social workers’, but shall not include responsibilities for direct discipline of students or clerical duties of other than an incidental nature. E. Counselors or social workers with teaching duties: 1. A counselor or social worker who teaches part time shall not teach students whom s/he counsels unless s/he agrees to do so. 2. Those counselors or social workers who teach part-time shall be entitled to the contracted amount of planning time. 3. Those counselors or social workers teaching part-time shall not be placed in the building subbing rotation.

Counselors and Social. Workers A. It is understood that counselors' and social workers’ workloads are uniquely different from that of a teacher and thus they may be expected to provide their services before or after the normal school day. B. High School and Middle School counselors shall be paid their daily rate of pay for up to ten (10) additional days worked prior to the start of the school year for the purpose of registration, scheduling students, conferring with parents, staff, administration, and to aide in transitioning students. Both high school and middle school counselors shall be paid their daily rate for up to ten (10) additional days after the end of the school year, for summer school preparation and pre-planning schedule work. The first five (5) days at the beginning of the summer and the last five (5) days at the end of the summer are worked in the building of employment. The remaining ten (10) days can be logged virtually with documentation provided to the building principal upon return to the building. The additional days worked shall be scheduled by the building principal by May 1st, after first consulting with the counselors involved, and shall include no days during the month of July unless the counselor agrees. C. Social workers shall be paid their daily rate of pay for up to 5 additional days prior to the start of the school year for the purpose of conferring with parents, staff, administration and to aide in transitioning students into the new year. The additional days worked shall be scheduled by the building principal by May 1st, after first consulting with the social worker involved, and shall include no days during the month of July unless the social worker agrees. D. A counselor's or social workers’ duties shall be formulated by the BOARD consistent with sound educational practices and after input from the counselors or social workers’, but shall not include responsibilities for direct discipline of students or clerical duties of other than an incidental nature. E. Counselors X. Xxxxxxxxxx or social workers with teaching duties: 1. A counselor or social worker who teaches part time shall not teach students whom s/he counsels unless s/he agrees to do so. 2. Those counselors or social workers who teach part-time shall be entitled to the contracted amount of planning time. 3. Those counselors or social workers teaching part-time shall not be placed in the building subbing rotation.