High School. At the request of the Superintendent, a high school teacher may volunteer on a semester basis to teach all the student contact time and be paid one sixth (1/6) of his/her salary for the semester. This section shall not be used to circumvent the hiring of additional full time teachers.
High School. Teachers will be granted one (1) compensatory period for each instructional period of substituting. When three (3) compensatory periods have been accumulated, one (1) compensatory day will be granted.
High School. The District shall continue with its current practices to provide a continuous, uninterrupted preparation period during the school day.
High School. A. A study guide, when commercially available, and a desk set, where appropriate, for each intensively studied text shall be provided each teacher for the courses he/she teaches.
B. A teacher in a school which is operating on more than one shift shall have his/her periods of duty consecutively scheduled, and for a length of time equal to the normal teacher day.
C. Cafeteria duty in all high schools shall be voluntary. Mandatory bus duty shall not be required.
D. Career centers shall be considered part of the organizational structure of the schools where located. Departments shall be formed under guidelines of Article XXIX unless the career area is already departmentalized at the school. (Medical Office Management would be part of the Business Technology Department already established, etc.)
E. In order that proper control may be maintained over storage and inventory of science supplies, especially chemicals, one (1) chemistry teacher in each high school shall be scheduled for one (1) additional planning period each week, or at the option of the Board one (1) additional hour at the negotiated hourly rate may be paid in lieu of the planning time.
F. In the absence of volunteers, assignment of senior high schools teachers within a department to teach in more than two (2) classrooms shall be rotated by department seniority beginning with the least senior teacher in terms of department seniority.
G. Middle school teachers shall not be scheduled bus duty beyond their regular duty day.
H. Middle School study skills teachers shall continue to accrue departmental seniority in the department in which they last taught before assuming the study skills assignment.
I. Teachers may leave their buildings during lunch after notifying the office.
X. Xxx secondary schools shall have a computer coordinator selected by a committee of three teachers (the Federation building representative and two teachers appointed by the representative) and two administrators. The high schools computer coordinator shall be paid an annual Special Service Salary. The coordinator’s duties will include minor maintenance functions and instructional support.
K. When a teacher transfers, three (3) days’ notice shall be given when possible. Two full days without students shall be allowed. These days may be taken either at the receiving school or at the school from which the teacher is transferred at the option of the teacher. One (1) full day without students shall be allowed for movement within a sch...
High School. 420 minutes of individual planning and preparation time per week during the teacher contract day. There will be a minimum of fifty (50) continuous minutes of this time during every contract day; unforeseen circumstances arising in a building may result in that time occasionally not being met.
High School. Specialty Areas
High School. When it is necessary to assign a sixth instructional period, the following factors will be considered: student needs, certification, qualifications including curricular expertise (current or recent teaching experience), merit and ability (including performance evaluations, if available), availability, teacher request, and seniority when all other factors are judged to be equal. Such instructional period shall replace the one (1) supervision period, and the teacher will be compensated one-fifth of the salary listed on the salary schedule at MA Step 6 at the high school. Typically, overloads will not be assigned to a department chair.
High School. Administrative Secretary, Principal - The minimum work year will be 15 days before the start of school and 10 days after school ends. This position will be scheduled for a minimum of 210 days per year. An additional “up to six (6) weeks” of work may be offered to high school secretaries on a voluntary basis. If there are no volunteers, the remainder of the bargaining unit secretaries will be offered the work on a bargaining unit seniority basis. Administrative Secretary, Counseling - 20 days before the start of school and 10 days after school ends. This position will be scheduled for a minimum of 215 days per year. Office Secretary - 10 days before the start of school and 10 days after school ends. This position will be scheduled for a minimum of 205 days per year.
High School shall be provided no less than 80 minutes of plan each day. On any given day, but no more than ten (10) days per school year, the principal may designate a portion of the existing plan time for teachers to be used for school improvement activities, provided that no teacher will be required to lose more than one half the regular allotted planning time. This schedule change may be implemented on short notice for activities critical or essential for school improvement.
High School. In order to determine the targeted class size, divide the number of sections in the building (exclusive of those exempt from class size guidelines) that exceed 30 students by eight (the number of instructional periods). A department (i.e., science, math) with a minimum of three sections in excess of 30 students will be considered relative to class size supports. An additional section will be considered when all sections of a specific class (i.e., earth and space science) average 33 students.
