PROFESSIONAL WORKING HOURS. The Association and the Board of Education have agreed to the concept of professional working hours. The concept is based on the premise that flexibility and quality service are needed to meet the changing demands of the District's clients. "Professional hours" is not an attempt to increase or decrease the number of hours worked by the staff but is a recognition that a professional's day is not a fixed time period but must be fluid to enable the District and the staff the ability to perform the duties of their jobs and to provide staff with an opportunity for curriculum development, problem-solving, in-service training, attending faculty meetings and IEPCs, conducting student and parent conferences, evaluating student performance and progress, working on committees and committee assignments, correcting and evaluating student papers and themes, developing instructional materials, professional reading and study, and advanced college study. Therefore, the normal day for employees shall be considered to be those hours required to perform the full range of professional responsibilities in preparation to increase and develop as necessary the quality of their services to our clients. The professional hours concept refers to professionals (Classification 1-150 only). They shall commence their work day fifteen (15) minutes prior to student contact time and ending their work day no sooner than fifteen (15) minutes after the conclusion of the established student contact time. The Professional Hours Advisory Board shall be composed of the President of the Association and two designees and the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and two designees. Each work group shall develop and maintain a plan for flex-time/work schedule adjustment. The plans would be applicable for the duration of the collective bargaining agreement. The Advisory Board will be assembled to hear concerns, questions, or issues raised about the implementation of professional hours. Any recommendations to change the currently established beginning or ending time of day or any changes which increase or decrease student contact time shall be brought to the attention of the Professional Hours Committee by the program supervisor. Any change in professional working hours, beginning or ending time of day or any changes which increase or decrease student contact time shall be subject to negotiations. Failure to do so will result in no changes occurring until this condition precedent has been met.
PROFESSIONAL WORKING HOURS. The Board and the DGEEA acknowledge that our teachers and administrators are professionals. As professionals, teachers are expected to be at school before and after the regular student day for a time sufficient to effectively perform their assigned and related professional duties to their students, the parents of their students and their colleagues. Accordingly, the time of arrival at, and departure from, school may vary on a particular day, depending on the assigned and related professional duties of the teacher.
