Common use of Instructional Materials Clause in Contracts

Instructional Materials. A. The Board agrees to provide each teacher, as soon as possible, with adequate material required in his/her daily teaching responsibility, a lockable storage space for instructional materials and personal property used in the schools, and for his/her individual use, a copy of the teacher edition and other support materials when available of all texts used in each course that he/she is teaching. B. During the first three (3) weeks of school, each school shall hold a faculty meeting/workshop to apprise teachers of time frames, categories and funds available for purchase of educational materials and supplies. C. The Board recognizes that appropriate tests, library reference materials, maps, globes, laboratory equipment, audiovisual equipment, art supplies, physical education equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. When new materials are needed, the Board agrees to continue to provide such tools and to continue the practice of cooperatively selecting these tools.