Common use of Required Meetings Clause in Contracts

Required Meetings. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employees), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the District. The appropriate administrator shall notify staff by email of required and voluntary meetings not posted on the contractual calendar not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. It will be the employees’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory.

Required Meetings. ‌ Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employees), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the District. The appropriate administrator shall notify staff by email of required and voluntary meetings not posted on the contractual calendar not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. It will be the employees’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory.two

Required Meetings. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employees), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the District. The appropriate administrator shall notify staff by email of required and voluntary meetings not posted on the contractual calendar not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. It will be the employees’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory.two

Required Meetings. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees members from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees Teachers shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee teacher shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employeesteachers), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees Teachers shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the DistrictDistrict or Reading First facilitators. Regular building, departmental and curriculum meetings will be scheduled at the start of each semester. The appropriate schedules will be distributed to teachers for the first semester by the second Monday of the first semester online and in written form to be posted in each work site. Schedules for the second semester will be distributed to teachers by the Friday immediately preceding Winter Recess online and in written form to be posted in each work site. The administrator who is going to cancel such a regularly-scheduled meeting shall notify give the staff at least seven (7) days notice of such cancellation, if such notice is possible. A special document notifying the staff of other required meetings shall be produced by email the Department of Human Resources. The document notifying staff of such other required and voluntary meetings not posted shall be in each building for distribution to the staff on the contractual Tuesday morning preceding the week in question. The weekly meetings calendar not published by Human Resources will be henceforth e-mailed to all teachers. This listing of meetings will be conveyed to teachers no later than noon on Tuesday for the following week. A copy of the week’s calendar will be faxed to each site for posting by noon by the end of site administrator or his/her designee in the designated area. Work sites without individual teacher e-mail access shall continue to be sent paper copies. This will include Lakeside, Xxxxxxx, Sidelines, Administration Building, itinerant staff, and any other such affected work day of the week prior to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting datesites or teachers. It will be the employeesteachers’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. If they do not use or have access to e-mail, it will be their responsibility to review the posted copy. If the notification has not been posted, the teachers will not be held responsible for the meeting and/or the information from the meeting. Cancellations will continue to be conveyed from Human Resources by e-mail as they occur. Any such cancellations will be faxed to each site for posting by the site administrator or his/her designee in the same designated area. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory.

Required Meetings. ‌ Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees members from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employees), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the District. The appropriate administrator shall notify staff by email of required and voluntary meetings not posted on the contractual calendar not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting date. It will be the employees’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory...

Required Meetings. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to relieve bargaining unit employees members from their obligation to attend and participate in parent-teacher conferences and building, departmental and other meetings called by the Administration. Employees shall be required to attend not more than one (1) open house each semester. Such open houses may be scheduled only on Monday through Thursday during the school week. No employee shall be required to attend after-school meetings scheduled by the District for more than two and one-half (2 1/2) hours of meeting time per week. No staff meeting will extend beyond 5:00 p.m. For the purpose of this limitation, the following shall be excluded: Joint Association-District committees, system-wide curriculum meetings involving entire staffs (i.e., all elementary, all middle school, or all senior high employeesemployees ), parent-teacher conferences, general staff meetings called by the Superintendent, KEA meetings called by the Association or any meetings required by State and/or Federal regulations involving special education students (i.e., IEPT). Employees shall attend after school functions which they sponsor. All required District Professional Development meetings shall commence no later than thirty (30) minutes after the earliest dismissal of all affected groups. All on-site meetings will commence no later than ten (10) minutes after student dismissal. One building staff meeting per month will take place on either the second or fourth Monday and shall be limited to one (1) hour in duration. Professional Development (PD) meetings will take place on those Mondays and Wednesdays designated in the Calendar Agreement. The Monday PD meetings will be no longer than two (2) hours in duration, and the Wednesday PD meetings will be no longer than one-and-a-half (1 1/2) hours in duration. Regular building Professional Development sessions will be scheduled each semester. Such meetings will be held on the first Monday of any given month and shall be limited to two (2) hours in duration. There will be no building staff meetings or Wednesday after-school meetings during weeks in which Monday Professional Development sessions are held after school. An agenda for each Professional Development session will be developed and distributed to staff at least three (3) days prior to the scheduled session. It is the District’s responsibility to ensure that no staff member is requested to attend more than one (1) K-12 department meeting per semester. semester There shall be no meetings during records or release time, and no required meetings after school on records or release time days, except as noted in the calendar. There will be no meetings on the second Tuesday of the month called by the District. Regular building, departmental and curriculum meetings will be scheduled at the start of each semester. The appropriate schedules will be distributed to teachers for the first semester by the second Monday of the first semester online and in written form to be posted in each work site. Schedules for the second semester will be distributed to teachers by the Friday immediately preceding Winter Recess online and in written form to be posted in each work site. The administrator who is going to cancel such a regularly-scheduled meeting shall notify give the staff at least seven (7) days notice of such cancellation, if such notice is possible. A special document notifying the staff of other required meetings shall be produced by email the Department of Human Resources. The document notifying staff of such other required and voluntary meetings not posted shall be in each building for distribution to the staff on the contractual Tuesday morning preceding the week in question. The weekly meetings calendar not published by Human Resources will be henceforth e-mailed to all teachers. This listing of meetings will be conveyed to employee teachers no later than noon on Tuesday for the following week. A copy of the week’s calendar will be posted in the designated area at each site no later than noon by the end of site administrator or his/her designee in the designated area. Work sites without individual teacher work day of the week prior e-mail access (if any) shall continue to the meeting date. The appropriate administrator shall also notify staff by email of any cancellation of a scheduled meeting not later than Tuesday by the end of the teacher work day of the week prior to the meeting datebe sent paper copies. It will be the employees’ responsibility to review meetings they are to attend. If they do not use or have access to e-mail, it will be their responsibility to review the posted copy. If the notification has not been posted, the employees will not be held responsible for the meeting and/or the information from the meeting. Cancellations will continue to be conveyed, as they occur, from Human Resources by fax or e-mail for posting to work sites (if any) without individual teacher e-mail access. Cancellations will be conveyed by HR by noon for the following week. Any such cancellation will be posted in the designated area by the site administrator or his/her designee. The schedule for required or voluntary meetings can be changed by the District in the case of an emergency, such as a snow day or building disruption. It is understood that voluntary District PD meetings are offered to enhance instructional practice, and that attendance is not mandatory.