Common use of High School Eight-Period Day Clause in Contracts

High School Eight-Period Day. i. An eight-period day will be implemented at the high school: a. Student start time at least 10 minutes after the start of the teacher day, in accordance with Article 6.A.2.e.; b. Student end time at least 10 minutes before the end of the teacher day, in accordance with Article 6.A.2.f. The student instructional day will be no greater than 6 hours and 41 minutes; c. Special help until ten minutes before the end of the teacher day; d. Announcements will be planned for period 1 or 2 by extending that period by 5 minutes. e. Effective no sooner than the start of the second quarter of the 2019-2020 school year, the High School shall no longer have early release on Tuesdays. ii. Duty periods — duties are assignments that do not require preparation or grading papers, including; clearing halls of students during class periods, monitoring specific hallways, being assigned to the ALC room to help students with academics or monitor student behavior, help students with academics including but not limited to study halls to be held in general education classrooms, or office help. Any other duties need to be approved by the TAP Committee. iii. Duties at the high school will be assigned to ensure that the assignment is intended to improve the building climate and/or opportunities for students. Teachers will be assigned duties so that there is reasonable equity of responsibility, expectations, and supervisory roles. iv. Duties that involve supervision of students in non-classroom setting shall have the expectations described in writing and, where necessary, shall have teachers trained to properly execute the assignment. v. Groups of teachers with the same period available will be assigned a duty and will determine the best way to share the duty by rotating shifts or splitting periods. Teachers will provide their supervisors with the schedule they create. vi. Teachers shall be assigned no more than the equivalent of 5 duty periods for every 10 school days. vii. Teachers who are eligible for caseload compensation based on Article 7, Section M.3. and have more than 110 students shall not be assigned duties. viii. Teachers who are assigned to teach more than three different preparations shall not be assigned duties. ix. Teacher preference shall be taken into account when assigning duties. The TAP Committee will assist in collecting this information. x. Duty assignments shall be compiled, published, and distributed to the staff along with the master schedule no later than the fourth week of school, and also no later than the fourth week of the second semester where duty-period changes have been made for such semester. xi. The TAP Committee shall be responsible for approving a clear set of rules and expectations around cafe and hallway behavior as well as tardiness to school and class, and consequences for unexcused absences. The plan shall be published in the fall of each year and ready to set into motion before the first day of school. xii. Students shall be scheduled for at most 7 classes and 1 lunch daily. Study hall(s) during the school day shall be held in general education classrooms. A student may be scheduled to arrive to school after period 1 or leave before period 8 if the student does not need a full schedule. Students who are not scheduled for a period 1 class will not be permitted to be in the hallways until the conclusion of period 1. Students arriving during period 1 may be allowed to use the social room or other approved area for quiet study. Teachers may be assigned a duty as resource teacher for students desiring academic assistance during period 1. xiii. It is the mutual desire of both the high school administration and the teachers that when a student is marked absent or tardy for a class in the electronic gradebook an automated notice (phone call, email or text) shall be sent to the student’s parent/guardian notifying the family of the incident. xiv. High School Liaisons will be given the number of sections of each course that will be offered the next school year, including the number of students requesting each. Prior to department meetings for course selection, the administration may determine the course assignments for up to ten (10) teachers for the upcoming school year. Prior to making the determination for each teacher: (1) the administration will consult with the appropriate High School Liaison; and (2) the administration shall offer to meet individually with the impacted teacher, and the appropriate Liaison may also attend such a meeting. During both meetings, present parties will discuss the reasons for the proposed assignments, and the impacted teacher and/or Liaison will have an opportunity to respond to the proposed assignments. Thereafter, except for administrative assignments described above, the high school liaisons will hold a department meeting with their members to determine which courses and how many that each teacher will teach. In the event the number of sections of each course changes after course determinations are made, the administration will give the High School Liaisons the revised number of sections of each course, and the number of students requesting each. The administration will provide this information no later than five (5) school days prior to the final day of the school year. The Liaison, in consultation with administration, shall work with the department to resolve the changes within the confines of keeping the master schedule intact; in the event the Liaison cannot resolve the changes by working with the department, the administration will resolve any changes. The Board and Union recognize that changes after the end of the school year could results in modification of course offerings and numbers of section for the subsequent school year and that administration will be responsible for making changes needed. Administration will use a good faith effort to consult with the liaisons of the affected departments whenever possible.

High School Eight-Period Day. i. An eight-period day will be implemented at the high school: a. Student start time at least 10 minutes after the start of the teacher day, in accordance with Article 6.A.2.e.; b. Student end time at least 10 minutes before the end of the teacher day, in accordance with Article 6.A.2.f. The student instructional day will be no greater than 6 hours and 41 minutes; c. Special help until ten minutes before the end of the teacher day; d. Announcements will be planned for period 1 or 2 by extending that period by 5 minutes. e. Effective no sooner than the start of the second quarter of the 2019-2020 school year, the High School shall no longer have early release on Tuesdays. ii. Duty periods — duties are assignments that do not require preparation or grading papers, including; clearing halls of students during class periods, monitoring specific hallways, being assigned to the ALC room to help students with academics or monitor student behavior, help students with academics including but not limited to study halls to be held in general education classroomsacademics, or office help. Any other duties need to be approved by the TAP Committee. iii. Duties at the high school will be assigned to ensure that the assignment is intended to improve the building climate and/or opportunities for students. Teachers will be assigned duties so that there is reasonable equity of responsibility, expectations, and supervisory roles. iv. Duties that involve supervision of students in non-classroom setting shall have the expectations described in writing and, where necessary, shall have teachers trained to properly execute the assignment. v. Groups of teachers with the same period available will be assigned a duty and will determine the best way to share the duty by rotating shifts or splitting periods. Teachers will provide their supervisors with the schedule they create. vi. Teachers shall be assigned no more than the equivalent of 5 duty periods for every 10 school days. vii. Teachers who are eligible for caseload compensation based on Article 7, Section M.3. and have more than 110 students shall not be assigned duties. viii. Teachers who are assigned to teach more than three different preparations shall not be assigned duties. ix. Teacher preference shall be taken into account when assigning duties. The TAP Committee will assist in collecting this information. x. Duty assignments shall be compiled, published, and distributed to the staff along with the master schedule no later than the fourth week of school, and also no later than the fourth week of the second semester where duty-period changes have been made for such semester. xi. The TAP Committee shall be responsible for approving a clear set of rules and expectations around cafe and hallway behavior as well as tardiness to school and class, and consequences for unexcused absences. The plan shall be published in the fall of each year and ready to set into motion before the first day of school. xii. Students shall be scheduled for at most 7 classes and 1 lunch daily. Study hall(s) during the school day shall be held in general education classrooms. A student may be scheduled to arrive to school after period 1 or leave before period 8 if the student does not need a full schedule. Students who are not scheduled for a period 1 class will not be permitted to be in the hallways until the conclusion of period 1. Students arriving during period 1 may be allowed to use the social room or other approved area for quiet study. Teachers may be assigned a duty as resource teacher for students desiring academic assistance during period 1. xiii. It is the mutual desire of both the high school administration and the teachers that when a student is marked absent or tardy for a class in the electronic gradebook an automated notice (phone call, email or text) shall be sent to the student’s parent/guardian notifying the family of the incident. xiv. High School Liaisons will be given the number of sections of each course that will be offered the next school year, including the number of students requesting each. Prior to department meetings for course selection, the administration may determine the course assignments for up to ten (10) teachers for the upcoming school year. Prior to making the determination for each teacher: (1) the administration will consult with the appropriate High School Liaison; and (2) the administration shall offer to meet individually with the impacted teacher, and the appropriate Liaison may also attend such a meeting. During both meetings, present parties will discuss the reasons for the proposed assignments, and the impacted teacher and/or Liaison will have an opportunity to respond to the proposed assignments. Thereafter, except for administrative assignments described above, the high school liaisons will hold a department meeting with their members to determine which courses and how many that each teacher will teach. In the event the number of sections of each course changes after course determinations are made, the administration will give the High School Liaisons the revised number of sections of each course, and the number of students requesting each. The administration will provide this information no later than five (5) school days prior to the final day of the school year. The Liaison, in consultation with administration, shall work with the department to resolve the changes within the confines of keeping the master schedule intact; in the event the Liaison cannot resolve the changes by working with the department, the administration will resolve any changes. The Board and Union recognize that changes after the end of the school year could results in modification of course offerings and numbers of section for the subsequent school year and that administration will be responsible for making changes needed. Administration will use a good faith effort to consult with the liaisons of the affected departments whenever possible.