POLICIES RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS OF TEACHERS Sample Clauses

POLICIES RELATING TO WORKING CONDITIONS OF TEACHERS. A. General 1. Work Year (a) For SY 2005-2006 the work year for employees in the ET Teachers’ Bargaining Unit shall not exceed one hundred ninety two (192) days of which not more than one hundred eighty five (185) shall be teaching days. Beginning SY 2006-2007 the work year for employees in the ET Teachers Bargaining Unit shall not exceed one hundred ninety six (196) days of which not more than one hundred eighty five (185) shall be teaching days. The Board and the Union agree that the four additional work days, increasing the work year for teachers from one hundred ninety two (192) days to one hundred ninety six (196) days, shall be used for professional development only, unless otherwise agreed by the Union and the Board. (b) The work year for employees in the EG-09 Teachers’ Bargaining Unit shall be fifty two (52) weeks. (c) The work year for employees in the ET 15/12 Teachers’ Bargaining Unit shall be 228 days. (d) ET 15/12 teachers shall receive the same holidays and breaks as ET 15 teachers, including July 4th; the day after Thanksgiving, winter break and spring break; (e) Oak Hill teachers shall receive ten (10) consecutive work days of paid vacation leave (not including Saturdays and Sunday) immediately following the summer session that ends in August of each school calendar year; (f) Mentors shall receive ten (10) consecutive work days of paid vacation leave (not including Saturdays and Sunday) beginning on Monday of the last full work week in July; (g) Upon leaving his/her position as a Mentor Teacher, the Mentor Teachers shall have the right to return to a teaching position within DCPS comparable to the one he/she left to become a Mentor Teacher. Such placement shall be made as soon as possible and without separation from employment with DCPS.