Division of Special Education a. The maximum instructional time for unit members assigned to a classroom shall not exceed 300 minutes per working day except as provided in this Article. The instructional time for DSE unit members assigned to the classroom shall be consistent with the district site of pupil attendance assuring the required number of instructional minutes to annually qualify for LACOE DSE apportionment funding and shall not exceed 300 minutes per working day or 1500 minutes per week except as provided in this Article and Appendix H attached hereto regarding extended minutes in DSE.
b. With respect to DSE unit members only, some unit members may be required to provide additional instructional service beyond the 300 minutes per working day or 1,500 minutes per week. Each classroom teaching position that requires teachers to instruct beyond 300 minutes per working day or 1,500 minutes per week) will have a specific assignment designation for extended minutes, as described in detail in Appendix H attached hereto regarding extended minutes, and shall be compensated in accordance with the provisions of said Appendix and Section H of Article IX. Such compensation is in lieu of a preparation period or portion thereof. Depending upon the amount of extended instructional minutes assigned to the classroom teaching position, payment will be in the form of a “stipend” or based upon the teacher’s “hourly rate.” rate.”
1) For the purpose of defining “instruction” for unit members in the DSE assigned to a host site, “instruction” is considered to be the time with students from the commencement of the first instructional bell (not warning bell)/start time to the conclusion of the dismissal bell/dismissal time. Instruction shall be exclusive of students’ lunch and recess.
2) In cases where the student’s Individual Education Plan (IEP) includes motor, self-help, and behavior management skill goals and objectives, the parties agree that direct teacher instruction in these areas can usually be accomplished during the instructional time in the classroom, school environment, and community. The minutes of teacher release from pupil contact shall reduce accordingly any claim for extended minute compensation, including lunch and recess.
c. In some cases, it may be necessary to adjust the beginning and ending times up to 15 minutes to accommodate transportation scheduling. In all cases, the same total student time on site and instructional minutes of the host site will not be exceeded.
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Division of Special Education. Classroom Teachers - Unit members assigned to classrooms where the instructional minutes exceeds 300 minutes shall be paid additional compensation as follows:
1) Stipend - Unit members in classroom teaching positions who work beyond 300 instructional minutes and between three hundred one (301) and three hundred twenty- four (324) instructional minutes will be paid a stipend in lieu of a preparation period or portion thereof, calculated on a substitute teacher base rate, which is paid twice per year as follows: In the month of February for the first semester and in the month of July for the second semester. See attached Appendix H - Extended Day and Extended Minutes and the table attached thereto for minutes and corresponding stipend amounts.
2) Hourly Rate—Unit members in classroom teaching positions who work beyond 300 instructional minutes and between three hundred twenty-five (325) and three Hourly Rate hundred sixty (360) instructional minutes will be assigned a designation of Extended Minutes teacher’s hourly rate (“EM”), at quarter hour increments, e.g., EM 30, EM 45 or EM 60, up to a maximum of 60 minutes per day, which is paid monthly beginning in September and ending in June. The unit member will be paid a salary at a rate based on the unit member’s placement on Salary Schedules A, A-SLP, B, B-SLP, C, D, D-SLP, or I. This new regular monthly salary shall be computed by multiplying the present regular monthly salary rate of the unit member by a factor of .143 rounded to the nearest cent and added to the present regular monthly salary. Pay for the additional instructional time shall be computed on a quarter (1/4) hour basis. DIS Personnel—For purposes of extra pay for DIS personnel only, the instructional minutes shall be measured by the average instructional minutes on the schedule prepared and approved pursuant to 3.b. below. The 300 minutes instructional time excludes I.E.P.’s, parent conferences and teacher consultations unless these activities replace previously scheduled instructional time.
Division of Special Education. Unit members required to supervise or instruct beyond the seven (7) hour day, routinely, will be compensated based upon the specific Extended Day (“ED”) designation, in five (5) minute increments, e.g., ED 5, ED 10, ED 15, etc., and calculated on the assigned teacher’s hourly rate of pay, which is paid monthly.
