Common use of INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT DAYS Clause in Contracts

INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT DAYS. 1. The principal, in consultation with the staff, shall determine the use of each Instructional Improvement Day. Each teacher may file a personal plan for the day with the principal for approval. 2. A part time teacher who is required in writing to attend a full instructional improvement day involving a period of time during which the teacher does not normally work shall be paid for the extra time worked on a pro-rata basis to 1/200 of the teacher's annual salary. 3. The Board on odd numbered years or the Association on even numbered years shall have the right to plan an Instructional Improvement Day which requires the attendance of all Association members. 4. Notwithstanding Articles D.21 (Regular Work Year) and D.27(Staff Meetings) of this Agreement, with the consent of at least 85% of a school staff, a principal may schedule an Instructional Improvement Day during the week immediately preceding the opening of schools. The agenda for such a day shall be provided by the principal. The day shall be considered a regular instruction day for salary purposes. In the event such a day is scheduled, the following provisions shall apply. a. The staff shall identify a day during the school year, which is not adjacent to the Christmas, Easter, Spring, or Summer vacations, which shall be taken as a holiday by the staff in lieu of the day worked prior to the opening of school. b. A teacher unable to attend the day shall, at the time the day is designated, inform the principal that he/she is unable to attend. The teacher shall propose to the principal an instructional improvement plan which, when acceptable to the principal, shall be carried out by the teacher in lieu of the day missed. c. A teacher who does not inform the principal that he/she is unable to attend on that day, and who subsequently does not attend the session, shall make application to the Leave of Absence Committee.

INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT DAYS. 1. The principal, in consultation with the staff, shall determine the use of each Instructional Improvement Day. Each teacher may file a personal plan for the day with the principal for approval. 2. A part time teacher who is required in writing to attend a full instructional improvement day involving a period of time during which the teacher does not normally work shall be paid for the extra time worked on a pro-rata basis to 1/200 of the teacher's annual salary. 3. The Board on odd numbered years or the Association on even numbered years shall have the right to plan an Instructional Improvement Day which requires the attendance of all Association members. 4. Notwithstanding Articles D.21 (Regular Work Year) and D.27(Staff Meetings) of this Agreement, with the consent of at least 85% of a school staff, a principal may schedule an Instructional Improvement Day during the week immediately preceding the opening of schools. The agenda for such a day shall be provided by the principal. The day shall be considered a regular instruction day for salary purposes. In the event such a day is scheduled, the following provisions shall apply. a. The staff shall identify a day during the school year, which is not adjacent to the Christmas, Easter, Spring, or Summer vacations, which shall be taken as a holiday by the staff in lieu of the day worked prior to the opening of school. b. A teacher unable to attend the day shall, at the time the day is designated, inform the principal that he/she is they are unable to attend. The teacher shall propose to the principal an instructional improvement plan which, when acceptable to the principal, shall be carried out by the teacher in lieu of the day missed. c. A teacher who does not inform the principal that he/she is they are unable to attend on that day, and who subsequently does not attend the session, shall make application to the Leave of Absence Committee.

INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT DAYS. 1. The principal, in consultation with the staff, shall determine the use of each Instructional Improvement Day. Each teacher may file a personal plan for the day with the principal for approval. 2. A part time teacher who is required in writing to attend a full instructional improvement day involving a period of time during which the teacher does not normally work shall be paid for the extra time worked on a pro-rata basis to 1/200 of the teacher's annual salary. 3. The Board on odd numbered years or the Association on even numbered years shall have the right to plan an Instructional Improvement Day which requires the attendance of all Association members. 4. Notwithstanding Articles D.21 (Regular Work Year) and D.27(Staff Meetings) of this Agreement, with the consent of at least 85% of a school staff, a principal may schedule an Instructional Improvement Day during the week immediately preceding the opening of schools. The agenda for such a day shall be provided by the principal. The day shall be considered a regular instruction day for salary purposes. In the event such a day is scheduled, the following provisions shall apply. a. The staff shall identify a day during the school year, which is not adjacent to the ChristmasWinter, Easter, Spring, or Summer vacations, which shall be taken as a holiday by the staff in lieu of the day worked prior to the opening of school. b. A teacher unable to attend the day shall, at the time the day is designated, inform the principal that he/she is they are unable to attend. The teacher shall propose to the principal an instructional improvement plan which, when acceptable to the principal, shall be carried out by the teacher in lieu of the day missed. c. A teacher who does not inform the principal that he/she is they are unable to attend on that day, and who subsequently does not attend the session, shall make application to the Leave of Absence Committee.