Common use of Professional Work Day and Year Clause in Contracts

Professional Work Day and Year. 1. The professional workday for secondary staff shall begin no earlier than 8:10 A.M. and end not later than 4:25 P.M. The professional workday for elementary staff shall begin no earlier than 7:50 A.M. and end not later than 4:05 P.M. Secondary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 6 hours and 7 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Full time nurses shall have a six and one half hour day, inclusive of lunch. Part time nurses shall have the option of a fifteen-minute duty free break or a thirty-minute lunch of which lunchtime of fifteen minutes shall count toward their assigned hours. If the student schedule at the high school necessitates additional nursing coverage, the nurse providing coverage will be compensated at his/her regular rate. 2. The lunch periods for teachers will coincide with the lunch period for students. Nurses will be entitled to a lunch break as part of their workday. It is recognized that this lunch may not fall within the regular frame of lunch within a school if the nurse is engaged in medical duties. 3. The Superintendent or a principal may require a teacher to be present, before or after the instructional day, within the professional day, with reasonable frequency and notice. A secondary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least eight (8) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. An elementary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least five (5) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. Teachers may be required to serve on bus duty on a rotating and equitable basis within the ten (10) minutes after the instructional day. After the ten minutes immediately following the instructional day elapses, the COMMITTEE will refrain from assigning bus duty to teachers. 4. In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph C.3, above, a teacher shall be in his/her classroom or building for as much time before or after the instructional day as he/she in his/her professional judgment, determines is necessary to provide adequately for his/her programs and students. 5. The professional work year, except for new teachers, shall consist of one hundred eighty-five days (185); one day for orientation, one hundred eighty days (180) for instruction, three full days for professional development, and the 185th day will be teacher directed with no students. On the 185th day, provided all professional responsibilities, as defined by the building administrator are completed, the teacher can choose to work an entire day or two half days to equal one full day on dates that their building is open, an administrator is present, and school is not in session. The school year shall begin not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and terminate no later than June 30, except when Labor Day falls on September 5 through September 7, when school may begin on the last Monday in August. New teachers shall be present for two full plus one half (2 ½) additional orientation days as established by the Superintendent by the last week prior to the beginning of the professional work year. 6. If instructional days are lost because of school cancellation, teachers will be required to serve as many days as are necessary to provide one hundred eighty (180) instructional days. 7. Teachers shall be permitted and encouraged to work in their classrooms or buildings prior to the opening of school for as many hours as the buildings are open, and may leave at the end of the instructional year as soon as the individual teacher and his/her principal determine that all professional responsibilities have been fulfilled. 8. Each guidance counselor, including the Guidance Director, shall work three (3) additional workdays prior to the beginning of the school year and three (3) additional days at the end of the school year at his/her per diem rate of pay. Unless otherwise agreed mutually upon between the counselor and the Guidance Director and approved by the Superintendent of Schools, the days shall be contiguous to beginning and the end of the work year. 9. Students dropped off in advance of the teacher workday and/or not picked up at the end of the day are the responsibility of the principal or a paid monitor. 10. During the 2019-2020 work year, representative groups will convene at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to consider changes to the schedule that will reflect developmentally appropriate practices, attention to social and emotional needs, and professional collaboration, including: embedding preparation and teacher driven collaboration in the teacher day. The representative groups will also discuss the use of release days. The representative groups will make recommendations regarding proposed schedule changes to the building principal based on the consensus of the group. 11. In place of the required third monthly meeting teachers will engage in self-directed collaboration time. Such time shall be scheduled by members of the collaboration group. The content shall be approved by the building principal in consultation with the Department Head, as applicable. When planning the self-directed collaboration topics teachers should be mindful that professional development points are issued in 10 PDP increments per topic.

Professional Work Day and Year. 1. The professional workday for secondary staff shall begin no earlier than 8:10 7:25 A.M. and end not later than 4:25 3:40 P.M. The professional workday for elementary staff staff, except kindergarten teachers, shall begin no earlier than 7:50 8:00 A.M. and end not later than 4:05 4:15 P.M. The professional workday for kindergarten teachers shall begin not earlier than 8:00 A.M. and end no later than 1:30 P.M. Secondary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 6 hours and 7 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 1/2 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Full time nurses shall have a six and one half hour day, inclusive of lunch. Part time nurses shall have the option of a fifteen-minute duty free break or a thirty-minute lunch of which lunchtime of fifteen minutes shall count toward their assigned hours. If the student schedule at the high school necessitates additional nursing coverage, the nurse providing coverage will be compensated at his/her regular rate. 2. The lunch periods for teachers will coincide with the lunch period for students. Nurses will be entitled to a lunch break as part of their workday. It is recognized that this lunch may not fall within the regular frame of lunch within a school if the nurse is engaged in medical duties. 3. The Superintendent or a principal may require a teacher to be present, before or after the instructional day, within the professional day, with reasonable frequency and notice. A secondary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least eight fifteen (8) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. An elementary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least five (515) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. Teachers may be required to serve on bus duty on a rotating and equitable basis within the ten (10) minutes after the instructional day. After the ten minutes immediately following the instructional day elapses, the COMMITTEE will refrain from assigning bus duty to teachers. 4. In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph C.3, above, a teacher shall be in his/her classroom or building for as much time before or after the instructional day as he/she in his/her professional judgment, determines is necessary to provide adequately for his/her programs and students. 5. The professional work year, except for new teachers, shall consist of one hundred eighty-five three days (185183); one day for orientation, one hundred eighty days (180) for instruction, three one full days day for professional development, and the 185th 183rd day of the year will be teacher directed a full day with no students. On the 185th day, provided all professional responsibilities, as defined by the building administrator are completed, the students that is teacher can choose to work an entire day or two half days to equal one full day on dates that their building is open, an administrator is present, and school is not in sessiondirected. The school year shall begin not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and terminate no later than June 30, except when Labor Day falls on September 5 through September 7, when school may begin on the last Monday in August. New teachers shall be present for two full plus one half (2 ½2) additional orientation days as established by the Superintendent by during the last week prior to the beginning of the professional work year. 6. If instructional days are lost because of school cancellation, teachers will be required to serve as many days as are necessary to provide one hundred eighty (180) instructional days. 7. Teachers shall be permitted and encouraged to work in their classrooms or buildings prior to the opening of school for as many hours as the buildings are open, and may leave at the end of the instructional year as soon as the individual teacher and his/her principal determine that all professional responsibilities have been fulfilled. 8. Each guidance counselor, including the Guidance Director, shall work three (3) additional workdays prior to the beginning of the school year and three (3) additional days at the end of the school year at his/her per diem rate of pay. Unless otherwise agreed mutually upon between the counselor and the Guidance Director and approved by the Superintendent of Schools, the days shall be contiguous to beginning and the end of the work year. 9. Students dropped off in advance of the teacher workday and/or not picked up at the end of the day are the responsibility of the principal or a paid monitor. 10. During the 2019-2020 work year, representative groups will convene at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to consider changes to the schedule that will reflect developmentally appropriate practices, attention to social and emotional needs, and professional collaboration, including: embedding preparation and teacher driven collaboration in the teacher day. The representative groups will also discuss the use of release days. The representative groups will make recommendations regarding proposed schedule changes to the building principal based on the consensus of the group. 11. In place of the required third monthly meeting teachers will engage in self-directed collaboration time. Such time shall be scheduled by members of the collaboration group. The content shall be approved by the building principal in consultation with the Department Head, as applicable. When planning the self-directed collaboration topics teachers should be mindful that professional development points are issued in 10 PDP increments per topic.

Professional Work Day and Year. 1. The professional workday for secondary staff shall begin no earlier than 8:10 7:25 A.M. and end not later than 4:25 3:40 P.M. The professional workday for elementary staff shall begin no earlier than 7:50 8:00 A.M. and end not later than 4:05 4:15 P.M. Secondary In the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, secondary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 6 hours from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. In the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years, elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 1/2 hours from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Effective with the start of the 2018-2019 work year, secondary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 6 hours and 7 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Elementary Effective with the start of the 2018-2019 work year, elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Kindergarten teachers will have the same professional work day as elementary teachers with the understanding that employees who work less than full time may begin and end days earlier or later depending on the individual FTE. Full time nurses shall have a six and one half hour day, inclusive of lunch. Part time nurses shall have the option of a fifteen-fifteen- minute duty free break or a thirty-minute lunch of which lunchtime of fifteen minutes shall count toward their assigned hours. If the student schedule at the high school necessitates additional nursing coverage, the nurse providing coverage will be compensated at his/her regular rate. 2. The lunch periods for teachers will coincide with the lunch period for students. Nurses will be entitled to a lunch break as part of their workday. It is recognized that this lunch may not fall within the regular frame of lunch within a school if the nurse is engaged in medical duties. 3. The Superintendent or a principal may require a teacher to be present, before or after the instructional day, within the professional day, with reasonable frequency and notice. A secondary In the 2016-17 and 2017-18 school years a teacher shall be in his/her building for at least eight fifteen (8) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. An elementary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least five (515) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. Teachers may be required to serve on bus duty on a rotating and equitable basis within the ten (10) minutes after the instructional day. After the ten minutes immediately following the instructional day elapses, the COMMITTEE will refrain from assigning bus duty to teachers. 4. In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph C.3, above, a teacher shall be in his/her classroom or building for as much time before or after the instructional day as he/she in his/her professional judgment, determines is necessary to provide adequately for his/her programs and students. 5. The professional work year, except for new teachers, shall consist of one hundred eighty-five days (185); one day for orientation, one hundred eighty days (180) for instruction, three full days for professional development, and the 185th day will be teacher directed with no students. On the 185th day, provided all professional responsibilities, as defined by the building administrator are completed, the teacher can choose to work an entire day or two half days to equal one full day on dates that their building is open, an administrator is present, and school is not in session. The school year shall begin not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and terminate no later than June 30, except when Labor Day falls on September 5 through September 7, when school may begin on the last Monday in August. New teachers shall be present for two full plus one half (2 ½) additional orientation days as established by the Superintendent by the last week prior to the beginning of the professional work year. 6. If instructional days are lost because of school cancellation, teachers will be required to serve as many days as are necessary to provide one hundred eighty (180) instructional days. 7. Teachers shall be permitted and encouraged to work in their classrooms or buildings prior to the opening of school for as many hours as the buildings are open, and may leave at the end of the instructional year as soon as the individual teacher and his/her principal determine that all professional responsibilities have been fulfilled. 8. Each guidance counselor, including the Guidance Director, shall work three (3) additional workdays prior to the beginning of the school year and three (3) additional days at the end of the school year at his/her per diem rate of pay. Unless otherwise agreed mutually upon between the counselor and the Guidance Director and approved by the Superintendent of Schools, the days shall be contiguous to beginning and the end of the work year. 9. Students dropped off in advance of the teacher workday and/or not picked up at the end of the day are the responsibility of the principal or a paid monitor. 10. During the 2019-2020 work year, representative groups will convene at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to consider changes to the schedule that will reflect developmentally appropriate practices, attention to social and emotional needs, and professional collaboration, including: embedding preparation and teacher driven collaboration in the teacher day. The representative groups will also discuss the use of release days. The representative groups will make recommendations regarding proposed schedule changes to the building principal based on the consensus of the group. 11. In place of the required third monthly meeting teachers will engage in self-directed collaboration time. Such time shall be scheduled by members of the collaboration group. The content shall be approved by the building principal in consultation with the Department Head, as applicable. When planning the self-directed collaboration topics teachers should be mindful that professional development points are issued in 10 PDP increments per topic.ten

Professional Work Day and Year. 1. The professional workday for secondary staff shall begin no earlier than 8:10 A.M. 8:10 A. M. and end not later than 4:25 P.M. The professional workday for elementary staff shall begin no earlier than 7:50 A.M. and end not later than 4:05 P.M. Elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 ½ hours from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Secondary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 6 hours and 7 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Elementary teachers shall not be required to instruct and/or supervise pupils for more than 5 hours and 40 minutes from start to finish, excluding lunch but including preparation time. Full time nurses shall have a six and one half hour day, inclusive of lunch. Part time nurses shall have the option of a fifteen-minute duty free break or a thirty-minute lunch of which lunchtime of fifteen minutes shall count toward their assigned hours. If the student schedule at the high school necessitates additional nursing coverage, the nurse providing coverage will be compensated at his/her regular rate. 2. The lunch periods for teachers will coincide with the lunch period for students. Nurses will be entitled to a lunch break as part of their workday. It is recognized that this lunch may not fall within the regular frame of lunch within a school if the nurse is engaged in medical duties. 3. The Superintendent or a principal may require a teacher to be present, before or after the instructional day, within the professional day, with reasonable frequency and notice. A secondary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least eight (8) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. An elementary teacher shall be in his/her building for at least five (5) minutes before the commencement of and ten (10) minutes after the end of the instructional day performing educationally-related duties and shall be in his/her classroom supervising students five (5) minutes before the commencement of the instructional day. Teachers may be required to serve on bus duty on a rotating and equitable basis within the ten (10) minutes after the instructional day. After the ten minutes immediately following the instructional day elapses, the COMMITTEE will refrain from assigning bus duty to teachers. 4. In addition to the requirements set forth in paragraph C.3, above, a teacher shall be in his/her classroom or building for as much time before or after the instructional day as he/she in his/her professional judgment, determines is necessary to provide adequately for his/her programs and students. 5. The professional work year, except for new teachers, shall consist of one hundred eighty-five days (185); one day for orientation, one hundred eighty days (180) for instruction, three full days for professional development, and the 185th day will be teacher directed with no students. On the 185th day, provided all professional responsibilities, as defined by the building administrator are completed, the teacher can choose to work an entire day or two half days to equal one full day on dates that their building is open, an administrator is present, and school is not in session. The school year shall begin not earlier than the first Tuesday after Labor Day and terminate no later than June 30, except when Labor Day falls on September 5 through September 7, when school may begin on the last Monday in August. New teachers shall be present for two full plus one half (2 ½) additional orientation days as established by the Superintendent by the last week prior to the beginning of the professional work year. 6. If instructional days are lost because of school cancellation, teachers will be required to serve as many days as are necessary to provide one hundred eighty (180) instructional days. 7. Teachers shall be permitted and encouraged to work in their classrooms or buildings prior to the opening of school for as many hours as the buildings are open, and may leave at the end of the instructional year as soon as the individual teacher and his/her principal determine that all professional responsibilities have been fulfilled. 8. Each guidance counselor, including the Guidance Director, shall work three (3) additional workdays prior to the beginning of the school year and three (3) additional days at the end of the school year at his/her per diem rate of pay. Unless otherwise agreed mutually upon between the counselor and the Guidance Director and approved by the Superintendent of Schools, the days shall be contiguous to beginning and the end of the work year. 9. Students dropped off in advance of the teacher workday and/or not picked up at the end of the day are the responsibility of the principal or a paid monitor. 10. During the 2019-2020 work year, representative groups will convene at the elementary, middle, and high school levels to consider changes to the schedule that will reflect developmentally appropriate practices, attention to social and emotional needs, and professional collaboration, including: embedding preparation and teacher driven collaboration in the teacher day. The representative groups will also discuss the use of release days. The representative groups will make recommendations regarding proposed schedule changes to the building principal based on the consensus of the group. 11. In place of the required third monthly meeting teachers will engage in self-self- directed collaboration time. Such time shall be scheduled by members of the collaboration group. The content shall be approved by the building principal in consultation with the Department Head, as applicable. When planning the self-self- directed collaboration topics teachers should be mindful that professional development points are issued in 10 PDP increments per topic.