HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. Section A. Preparation Period (Revised January, 2005) Each professional employee will be provided preparation time of no less than an average of forty-five minutes per day, except when periods are shortened to accommodate assemblies, programs, or other school activities. Blocks of preparation time shall be continuous and of not less than thirty minutes. In the event that a professional employee is required to perform supervisory tasks during scheduled preparation periods, compensation at the established substitute teacher rate will be paid such employees. In extenuating circumstances, plan time will be no less than one 30-minute block. This will be worked out between the individual teacher and administrator.
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HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. HOLIDAYS There shall be one five-day period each spring semester during which no regular school shall occur. This five-day period will include one Saturday and Sunday. The Spring Break shall occur as near the end of the third nine weeks as effective calendar planning permit. Further, it will be the intent of the Board of Education when effective calendar planning permits to continue the practice of not holding regular school on Good Friday. When effective calendar planning permits, the five-day Spring Break will be extended to six days if possible. Good Friday will be observed before a sixth day is added to Spring Break. When a regular school day is cancelled due to weather or other causes beyond the control of the district those days will be made up to the extent possible. In order for the designated number of student contact days to be met, the following options exist: extend the school year; shorten scheduled breaks and/or holidays; have school on scheduled staff work days. Another option may include lengthening the school day a prescribed number of minutes. When possible the administration will solicit input from staff as to the preference of how the days will be made up.
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. SECTION A: PROFESSIONAL DUTY YEAR The standard primary contracts shall be issued for 186 work days.
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. 1. In the case of the School Nurse(s), the definition of the planning period shall include office work in place of planning period, but with the understanding that emergencies have precedence over all other duties and responsibilities.
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. All certified personnel must sign a Teacher’s Contract, Exhibit D, to indicate their acceptance of a position. Employment contracts will be delivered upon the completion of the negotiations process. The contract period of all teachers will be determined by the school calendar adopted by the BOE. Hours and amounts of work under this contract include:
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. 11 Contract Year 11 Float/Flex Day 11 Workday 12 Duty Free Lunch 12 Planning Time 13 Collaborative Planning Time 13 Pay/Time Exchange for Substitution during Planning Time 13 Breakfast Duty 13 ARTICLE IV: FRINGE BENEFITS 14 Section 125 Cafeteria Employer Paid Plan 14 Section 125 Cafeteria Salary Reduction Plan 14 Other Annuities 15 ARTICLE V: GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES 15 Purpose 15 Definitions 15 Procedures 16 Level 2 16 Level 3 17 Supplemental Conditions 18 ARTICLE VI: TEACHER EVALUATION POLICY 19 Procedure 19 ARTICLE VII: TEACHER EVALUATION FORM AND EVALUATION SYSTEM 20 ARTICLE VIII: COMPLAINT PROCEDURE 20 ARTICLE IX: LEAVE 20 Discretionary Leave 20 Jury Duty 21 Professional Leave 21 Severe Weather/Hazardous Driving Leave 21 Unpaid Leave 21 Sabbatical Leave 22 Pay for Unused Leave 23 Sharing Leave 23 ARTICLE X: EARLY RETIREMENT 24 ARTICLE XI: REDUCTION IN FORCE 24 ARTICLE XII: PROBATIONARY STATUS 25 ARTICLE XIII: ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER 25 Assignment 25 Voluntary Transfer 25 Involuntary Transfer 26 ARTICLE XIV: OTHER PROVISIONS 26 Access to Teacher’s File 26 Professional Development Council 26 District Curriculum Council 27 Board Requested Certification 27 Advisory Committee 28 District Passes 28 Release from Contract 28 Deduction of Professional Dues 29 Reproduction of Agreement 29 Student Teachers 29 Nondiscrimination 29 Administering Medication 30 Notice of Vacancies 30 Witness for Administrative Conference 30 Memorandum of Understanding: Teacher Evaluation Forms and Procedures 30 Memorandum of Understanding: Staff CDL License 30 Due Process 30
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. DUTY YEAR For the 2019-20 school year, start times for the Valley Heights - Waterville Elementary will be 8:05 – 3:35; Valley Heights Jr/Sr. High School 7:55 – 3:25; Valley Heights – Blue Rapids Elementary will be 8:05 – 3:35. The basic contract for teachers shall be 182 days for school year 2019-2020. Teachers on extended contracts shall receive their daily rate of pay for the days worked beyond the length of the regular contract. This means, for example, the FACS teacher will receive 13 days pay times the amount of daily pay as determined by dividing the employee base contract by 182 days for school year 2019-2020. The following extended contracts exist for the school year 2019-2020: FACS – 10 days Jr/Sr High Librarian – 3 days– These days are granted for the purpose of keeping the library materials accessible for instructional purposes to and including the next to the last day of the school term. Vocational Agriculture – 23 days 7-12 Counselor – 13 days Elementary Counselor – 6 days Pre-K -12 Counselor – 13 days as long as the District employs one counselor. Athletic Director – 5 days Blue Rapids Certified Staff – 4 days for the 2018-19 school year. Further, the Board of Education reserves the right to increase the number of days for extended contracts or put additional staff on extended contracts as necessary to meet district needs. Teachers will have three (3) days to be used for preparation in their classroom, one before school starts, one before 2nd semester starts, and one at the end of the school year. Additional days would be for district or building level professional development as scheduled by the administration. If the first day of classes is a half day with students, the afternoon will be used as teacher preparation time. For the 2018-19 school year the afternoon of the first day of school, August 15th, will be a Professional Development ½ day with the afternoon of August 15th as teacher preparation time. The August work day may be used as a Flex Day. A teacher may work any day between August 1st - August 10th to meet the required work day. Administration will provide a sign-in sheet for teachers to sign as proof of working their particular day. If the teacher does not work on the above days, they will be required to work on the scheduled work days as determined by administration. Regular classes will dismiss for PLC – Professional Learning Communities – on Wednesday as determined by the Board of Education and the Valley Heights Education As...
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. For the district to develop the educational environment to the best advantage, certain guidelines are necessary.
HOURS AND AMOUNTS OF WORK. A. CONTRACT YEAR Base contracts for teachers will be 188 days. A teacher in the first year of employment in USD #305 may be required to attend up to two additional days prior to the first student contact day and will be compensated at his or her daily rate of pay for each additional day. Contract days shall be utilized as follows:
