Common use of Professional Duties Clause in Contracts

Professional Duties. 1. Unit members may be expected to perform twenty (20) hours of related duties listed below which are beyond the regular workday. a. Attendance at ancillary pupil staffing and personnel meetings; b. Development of pupil evaluation tests and criterion instruments; c. Parent conferences and home visits including IEP and 504 and SST meetings; d. Contact with agencies to obtain support and/or services for students; e. Development and membership on an advisory committee relative to the employee’s instruction; f. Attendance at in-service sponsored or organized by the department or Superintendent; g. Participation in School Site Council meetings as the designated teacher representative. 2. A full-time unit member whose regular work year exceeds the standard work year may be required to perform related duties for a prorated number of hours beyond the twenty (20) hours. A current record of all required hours shall be maintained at the job site. 3. Part-time unit members will work a proportionate share of the above hours, prorated according to the number of periods of teaching or rendering of other services. 4. When a unit member has performed related duties in excess of fifteen (15) hours in a school year the unit member shall immediately notify his/her supervisor in writing. Any time beyond twenty (20) hours must be authorized in writing in advance by the supervisor in order to be eligible for equivalent off duty time or be compensated at the prorated per diem rate. 5. Participation and attendance at Open House and/or Back to School events are part of a unit member’s professional duty and not counted toward the time provisions of Paragraph 1 above. 6. Professional Learning Community meetings and WASC committee meetings typically take place during the duty day. While the intent of the parties is to conclude such meetings within the duty day, both teachers and administration are involved in the agenda and for moving the meetings to closure in an efficient manner. As such, any time beyond the work day up to fifteen minutes shall not count toward the time provisions of Paragraph 1 above. Time in excess of 15 minutes may be counted. At least one shortened Wednesday per month starting in September will not be subject to administrator scheduling.

Professional Duties. 1. Unit In addition to assigned teaching and support duties, unit members shall perform their other professional duties, that fall within the identified California Commission on Teacher Credentialing Professional Standards for that unit member’s job classification in addition to their job description, which may be expected to perform twenty (20) hours occur during and/or outside of related duties listed below which are beyond the regular workday. a. Attendance at ancillary site-based assignment hours. Examples of such additional professional duties include, planning lessons; selecting and preparing lesson materials; reviewing and evaluating work of pupils; conferring and counseling with pupils, parents, staff, and administrators; keeping records; supervising and advising pupils, pupil staffing organizations and personnel activities; cooperating in parent and community activities; supervising or conferring with teacher assistants; attending faculty, department and other professional meetings; b. Development ; serving on committees which advise and serve the Office; participating in approved professional activities relating to professional assignments; keeping informed of pupil evaluation tests developments in the area of the unit member’s professional assignment; participating in staff development; and criterion instruments; c. Parent conferences control of Office property, equipment and home visits including IEP and 504 and SST meetings; d. Contact with agencies to obtain support and/or services for students; e. Development and membership on an advisory committee relative to the employee’s instruction; f. Attendance at in-service sponsored or organized by the department or Superintendent; g. Participation in School Site Council meetings as the designated teacher representativesupplies. 2. A fullUpon request of the unit member, the Superintendent or designee may approve the unit member’s attendance at a professional conference and/or related activities in accordance with Board policy. Attendance may be with or without loss of salary and with or without expenses reimbursed. In no event will approved conference attendance on non-time workdays be considered as days worked. I. Calendar/Calendar Alignment 1. Calendar realignments at schools on a 183 workday calendar shall maintain the number of workdays and the total number of instructional minutes required by this Agreement unless modified for Year-Round Calendars consistent with Section J. Such realignment changes are to be submitted by June 30 of the prior year, if the host district calendar is not set, realignments may be made up to October 31 on the approved forms. If the immediate administrator is unable to establish the first day or start of school date by June 30, the unit member whose regular work year exceeds shall be responsible for notifying the standard work year immediate administrator of any plans that may interfere with their return on the Office/Association approved calendar start date. The unit member will be required to perform related duties for make up the missing day(s). 2. The Division of Student Programs calendars shall include a prorated minimum day the last workday before the winter break and the last workday of the school year. Without increasing the number of hours beyond professional development days, these two minimum days will be allocated for teacher preparation. Effective 2022-2023, the twenty DSP calendars shall include an orientation day and two full-day in-service days. Unit members in 218 workday assignments must have 218 scheduled work days between July 1 and June 30 of the school year. Therefore, twenty-five (2025) hoursnon-work days will be scheduled over the course of the year. A current record of all required hours shall be maintained at Non-work days do not carry over to the job sitefollowing school year. 3. Part-time unit Unit members will work a proportionate share in 218 workday assignments must have 218 scheduled workdays between July 1 and June 30 of the above hoursschool year. Therefore, prorated according twenty-five (25) non-work days will be scheduled over the course of the year. Non-work days do not carry over to the number of periods of teaching or rendering of other servicesfollowing year. 4. When Unit members in 218 workday assignments are permitted to work their non-work days and will be paid at a rate of $250 per day for the first five ten non-work days worked. Subsequent days worked will be paid at the going substitute rate. Employees who wish to work these days must input these days in NOVATime as non-work days and then accept a substitute assignment through AESOP. If unit members work additional days beyond their 218-workday assignment, but fail to account for that by following the correct substitute registration process, they will be compensated $250 per day for the first five ten days they work beyond 218 days. If a unit member has performed related duties in excess of fifteen (15) hours in a school year works additional days beyond 2238 total days, the unit member shall immediately notify his/her supervisor in writing. Any time beyond twenty (20) hours must be authorized in writing in advance by the supervisor in order to be eligible for equivalent off duty time or will be compensated at the prorated per diem ratedaily substitute rate for that school. 5. Participation For members on 218 workday assignments, the Office will establish a summer break period from July 1 through August 30. Unit members will schedule ten (10) consecutive non-work days during this period. Unit members must notify their site’s principal of their desired ten non-work days, and attendance the principal shall approve the request provided that: a. At sites with six (6) or more unit members, no more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the unit members may be out on summer break at Open House and/or Back the site at any one time. At sites with two (2) to School events are part five (5) unit members, no more than fifty percent (50%) of the unit members may be out on summer break at the site at any one time. b. In the event that more than the applicable percentage of staff at any one site request the same summer break, priority of summer break selection shall be granted to unit members based on Office-wide seniority and mediated by site administration based on student need. If there is a unit member’s professional duty and not counted toward dispute over a denied request, the time provisions of Paragraph 1 abovematter will be referred to HRS for resolution. 6. Professional Learning Community meetings and WASC committee meetings typically take place during the duty day. While the intent of the parties is to conclude such meetings within the duty dayFor unit members on 218 workday assignments, both teachers and administration are involved in the agenda and for moving the meetings to closure in an efficient manner. As such, any time beyond the work day up to fifteen minutes shall not count toward the time provisions of Paragraph 1 above. Time in excess of 15 minutes may be counted. At least one shortened Wednesday per month starting in September there will not be subject mandated breaks (tracks, intersessions) during the winter or spring break time periods. However, schools and teachers will observe holidays, board holidays, and board recess days. 7. Five (5) non-work days must be taken consecutively. a. These particular consecutive non-work days must be separate from the 2020 – 2021 summer break. b. Unit members must submit requests to take five (5) consecutive non-work days to the site administrator schedulingby August 31, 2020 of each year. The site administrator or designee will review these requests and finalize schedules by September 30, 2020 of each year. The site administrator will assign five (5) consecutive non-workdays to unit members who fail to submit these requests by August 31, 2020 of each year. c. At sites with six (6) or more unit members, the site administrator may deny any request that yields more than thirty-three percent (33%) of the site’s unit members out due to non-work days. At sites with two (2) to five

Professional Duties. 1. Unit members may be expected to perform twenty (20) hours of related duties listed below which are beyond the regular workday. a. Attendance at ancillary pupil staffing and personnel meetings; b. Development of pupil evaluation tests and criterion instruments; c. Parent conferences and home visits including IEP and 504 and SST meetings; d. Contact with agencies to obtain support and/or services for students; e. Development and membership on an advisory committee relative to the employee’s instruction; f. Attendance at in-service sponsored or organized by the department or Superintendent; g. Participation in School Site Council meetings as the designated teacher representative. 2. A full-time unit member whose regular work year exceeds the standard work year may be required to perform related duties for a prorated number of hours beyond the twenty (20) hours. A current record of all required hours shall be maintained at the job site. 3. Part-time unit members will work a proportionate share of the above hours, prorated according to the number of periods of teaching or rendering of other services. 4. When a unit member has performed related duties in excess of fifteen (15) hours in a school year the unit member shall immediately notify his/her supervisor in writing. Any time beyond twenty (20) hours must be authorized in writing in advance by the supervisor in order to be eligible for equivalent off duty time or be compensated at the prorated per diem rate. 5. Participation and attendance at Open House and/or Back to School events are part of a unit member’s professional duty and not counted toward the time provisions of Paragraph 1 above. 6. Professional Learning Community meetings and WASC committee meetings typically take place during the duty day. While the intent of the parties is to conclude such meetings within the duty day, both teachers and administration are involved in the agenda and for moving the meetings to closure in an efficient manner. As such, any time beyond the work day workday up to fifteen minutes shall not count toward the time provisions of Paragraph 1 above. Time in excess of 15 minutes may be counted. At least one shortened Wednesday per month starting in September will not be subject to administrator scheduling.