Common use of Professional Duties Clause in Contracts

Professional Duties. 1. The Board of Education and Association agree to an instructional schedule which provides for a late start of one hour and 15 minutes. 2. The day shall be 7 hours and 30 minutes, except on the last working day of the week. The last working day of the week shall end immediately following the dismissal of students. a. The noticed reporting times shall be considered the normal duty day unless the staff is notified one week in advance of a time change. The one-week notification may be waived due to an unforeseen emergency. b. The normal duty day may be altered up to two times each school year for the purpose of open house/enrollment fair type of non-supervisory professional activities. Teacher and administrator input will decide the best use of these evenings’ activities. c. The duty day shall be 6 hours and 45 minutes on Wednesdays of identified conference weeks. 3. The instructional day shall be 7 hours and 15 minutes four days of the week. On the late- start day the instructional day shall be 6 hours (part-time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 4. The time provided teachers by the late start schedule will be used for: (a) staff meetings, (b) SILT/NCA/QPA meetings, (c) ad hoc and/or building committee meetings, (d) Curriculum Council meetings, (e) Professional Development Council meetings, (f) team/individual planning, (g) grade level/departmental meetings, (h) K-12, cross building meetings, (i) student staffings, (j) district/building inservice, and/or (k) parent meetings (l) Superintendent’s Council (m) District Leadership Team 5. A Late Start Wednesday in its entirety, in months when at least 4 Wednesdays are available for meeting, will be used for collaborative team planning for primary and intermediate teachers. The agenda is to be formulated by educators involved in said meeting. 6. Educators are to check in and out at a place designated by the building administrator. Any educator desiring to leave the grounds before the required time shall first notify and receive permission from the building administrator or his/her designee before leaving. 7. Any time set aside during the duty day and classified as planning time shall be used by the educator to improve or maintain his/her instructional skills in his/her regular assignment. Each educator will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 230 minutes per week for grades 6-12, provided the week has five full instructional days. Each educator, grades PreK-5, will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 280 minutes per week, provided the week has five full instructional days. A minimum of 30 minutes daily individual planning time will be guaranteed for each educator. All attempts will be made to schedule this time as an uninterrupted block (part-time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 8. The Board reserves the right to assign supervision of students on a temporary basis prior to and immediately following the instructional day. Permanent assignment or resolution shall be subject to completion of a problem-cause analysis involving representatives of all affected groups. 9. The Board shall not require educator attendance on days, or portions thereof, when school is cancelled or dismissed early due to an unforeseen emergency, including inclement weather.

Professional Duties. 1. The Board of Education and Association agree to an instructional schedule which provides for a late start of one hour and 15 minutes. 2. The day shall be 7 hours and 30 minutes, except on the last working day of the week. The last working day of the week shall end immediately following the dismissal of students. a. The noticed reporting times shall be considered the normal duty day unless the staff is notified one week in advance of a time change. The one-week notification may be waived due to an unforeseen emergency. b. The normal duty day may be altered up to two times each school year for the purpose of open house/enrollment fair type of non-supervisory professional activities. Teacher and administrator input will decide the best use of these evenings’ activities. c. The duty day shall be 6 hours and 45 minutes on Wednesdays of identified conference weeks. 3. The instructional day shall be 7 hours and 15 minutes four days of the week. On the late- start day the instructional day shall be 6 hours (part-time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 4. The time provided teachers by the late start schedule will be used for: (a) staff meetings, (b) SILT/NCA/QPA meetings, (c) ad hoc and/or building committee meetings, (d) Curriculum Council meetings, (e) Professional Development Council meetings, (f) team/individual planning, (g) grade level/departmental meetings, (h) K-12, cross building meetings, (i) student staffings, (j) district/building inservice, and/or (k) parent meetings (l) Superintendent’s Council (m) District Leadership Team 5. A Late Start Wednesday in its entirety, in months when at least 4 Wednesdays are available for meeting, will be used for collaborative team planning for primary and intermediate teachers. The agenda is to be formulated by educators involved in said meeting. 6. Educators are to check in and out at a place designated by the building administrator. Any educator desiring to leave the grounds before the required time shall first notify and receive permission from the building administrator or his/her designee before leaving. 7. Any time set aside during the duty day and classified as planning time shall be used by the educator to improve or maintain his/her instructional skills in his/her regular assignment. Each educator will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 230 minutes per week for grades 6-12, provided the week has five full instructional days. Each educator, grades PreK-5, will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 280 minutes per week, provided the week has five full instructional days. A minimum of 30 minutes daily individual planning time will be guaranteed for each educator. All attempts will be made to schedule this time as an uninterrupted block (part-part- time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 8. The Board reserves the right to assign supervision of students on a temporary basis prior to and immediately following the instructional day. Permanent assignment or resolution shall be subject to completion of a problem-cause analysis involving representatives of all affected groups. 9. The Board shall not require educator attendance on days, or portions thereof, when school is cancelled or dismissed early due to an unforeseen emergency, including inclement weather.

Professional Duties. 1. The Board of Education and Association agree to an instructional schedule which provides for a late start of one hour and 15 minutes. 2. The day shall be 7 hours and 30 minutes, except on the last working day of the week. The last working day of the week shall end immediately following the dismissal of students. a. The noticed reporting times shall be considered the normal duty day unless the staff is notified one week in advance of a time change. The one-week notification may be waived due to an unforeseen emergency. b. The normal duty day may be altered up to two times each school year for the purpose of open house/enrollment fair type of non-supervisory professional activities. Teacher and administrator input will decide the best use of these evenings’ activities. c. The duty day shall be 6 hours and 45 minutes on Wednesdays of identified conference weeks. 3. The instructional day shall be 7 hours and 15 minutes four days of the week. On the late- start day the instructional day shall be 6 hours (part-time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 4. The time provided teachers by the late start schedule will be used for: (a) staff meetings, (b) SILT/NCA/QPA meetings, (c) ad hoc and/or building committee meetings, (d) Curriculum Council meetings, (e) Professional Development Council meetings, (f) team/individual planning, (g) grade level/departmental meetings, (h) K-12, cross building meetings, (i) student staffings, (j) district/building inservice, and/or (k) parent meetings (l) Superintendent’s Council (m) District Leadership Team 5. A Late Start Wednesday in its entirety, in months when at least 4 Wednesdays are available for meeting, will be used for collaborative team planning for primary and intermediate teachers. The agenda is to be formulated by educators involved in said meeting. 6. Educators are to check in and out at a place designated by the building administrator. Any educator desiring to leave the grounds before the required time shall first notify and receive permission from the building administrator or his/her designee before leaving. 7. Any time set aside during the duty day and classified as planning time shall be used by the educator to improve or maintain his/her instructional skills in his/her regular assignment. Each educator will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 230 minutes per week for grades 6-12, provided the week has five full instructional days. Each educator, grades PreK-5, will have planning time within the instructional day not less than 280 minutes per week, provided the week has five full instructional days. A minimum of 30 minutes daily individual planning time will be guaranteed for each educator. All attempts will be made to schedule this time as an uninterrupted block (part-part- time / shared-time educators are not covered by this provision of the contract). 8. The Board reserves the right to assign supervision of students on a temporary basis prior to and immediately following the instructional day. Permanent assignment or resolution shall be subject to completion of a problem-cause analysis involving representatives of all affected groups. 9. The Board shall not require educator attendance on days, or portions thereof, when school is cancelled or dismissed early due to an unforeseen emergency, including inclement weather.