Professional Workday. 1. The teacher will remain at his/her school site after the dismissal of his/her students for a time determined by the teacher to be necessary to take care of student needs and to plan for the next school day's activities. In addition, the District may require a teacher to remain on duty after the dismissal of students as follows:
a. To attend parent/teacher conferences as scheduled by the teacher and consistent with past practices in the District.
b. To attend Individualized Education Program (IEP)/504 meetings conducted by the Special Education Department consistent with past practices in the District.
c. To fulfill adjunct duty requirements as described in Section G.2 of this Article.
d. To attend principal-scheduled faculty meetings.
1) No more than one (1) such meeting shall normally be scheduled in a two-week period.
2) Every reasonable effort shall be made to limit such meetings to an ending time of no later than 4:30 p.m.
3) A twenty-four (24) hour advanced notification shall be given to affected staff members when management anticipates that a staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m.
4) Except in emergencies, if more than one (1) meeting shall be scheduled in a two (2) week period, forty-eight (48) hours notice shall be given.
5) Except in difficult scheduling circumstances, all such meetings shall be held on Tuesday afternoons.
6) Teachers who miss a scheduled staff meeting shall utilize their available leave as appropriate according to time missed.
e. To attend management-scheduled professional development (P.D.) programs. (See section J., Professional Development, below.)
f. To attend performance evaluation meetings with his/her supervisor in conformance with the provisions of Article 9: Teacher
Professional Workday a. The professional workday for teachers shall be based upon their professional responsibilities and duties. Teachers need to arrive in time to be prepared to teach as students arrive. Teachers may be required by the building Administration to report prior to the school day and to remain after the school day to attend to those matters, which properly require attention at that time, including consultations with parents when scheduled directly with the teacher.
b. The length of the day for children per level (K-8 and high school) shall be consistent throughout the District.
c. All teachers shall receive at a minimum a thirty (30)-minute uninterrupted duty-free lunch daily, except in emergency declared by principal and approved by the Superintendent.
Professional Workday. All unit members will be present when school is in session and on other days identified on the school calendar requiring attendance.
Professional Workday. The on-campus duty days for unit members shall be seven hours and 10 minutes, including lunch. It is agreed that the unit members perform many instructional/professional duties which may occur outside the seven hour and ten minute on-campus workday duty. In addition to those specified in section 3.1.3, et. seq., and absent unforeseen or unusual circumstances, such duties shall also include, planning, selecting and preparing instructional materials, evaluating the work of students, yard duty and student supervision, meetings regarding student needs, conferring with parents and colleagues, maintaining records, developing curriculum, Back-to-School, and Open House. Teachers may also voluntarily provide support and assist outside the seven hour, 10 minute work day by: attending PTA meetings, attending in-service programs, supervising student activities, providing special assistance to students, and/or attending professional growth activities and school advisory meetings. It may be necessary for general education unit members to participate in IEP/504 meetings. These IEP/504 meetings will be scheduled either during the workday or as close as possible to the workday when schedules of all the participants permit. The District will make every attempt to keep assignment of general education unit members to such meetings equitable and reasonable. If a general education teacher is directed by the District to attend more than five hours of IEP/504 meetings during any given school year, then that unit member shall be paid at the negotiated hourly rate for time spent at meetings after five (5) hours. If a general education teacher is directed by the District to attend more than two hours per month of COST or SST meetings outside the normal contract day, then that unit member shall be paid at the negotiated hourly rate for time spent at the meetings in excess of two hours per month. Case managers will be provided with one day per month to be used for the purpose of planning and preparation, assessments and holding of IEP meetings. The day will be scheduled at least 10 days calendar days in advance and subject to advance approval provided by the site administrator and Director of Special Education and will require the availability to complete service minutes for students. Staff meetings called by the principal shall not exceed 20 hours per school year beyond the regular workday. Unit members are encouraged to provide input and suggestions to site leadership regarding the ...
Professional Workday. The regular professional workday shall include the following:
3.1.1 Student Daily Instructional Minutes TK-K 1-3 4-5 6-8 Regular Days 285 330 335 341 Adjusted Schedule 235 215 215 282 Minimum Days 235 215 215 234
3.1.2 Fifteen (15) minutes before the beginning of a unit member’s individual instructional schedule each day, all bargaining unit members shall be on site and available to students, parents, and staff members.
3.1.3 Unit members shall perform professional responsibilities necessary to meet the needs of the educational program including regular communication with students and parents about academic matters, grades, and other educationally relevant issues. Professional responsibilities include participating in yard duty, staff meetings, district-wide grade level meetings, individual meetings with site administration, preparation time, collaboration time, Back-to-School Night in the Fall, Open House in the Spring, IEPs, Student Study Teams, Parent-Teacher conferences, and Professional Development Days, state/federally mandated trainings, and timely updating (at least every 2 weeks) of online grades. At the start of each year, sites will develop and use strategies to equitably assign and distribute professional responsibilities with a particular focus upon IEPS, Student Study Team Meetings, and 504 Meetings.
Professional Workday
