School Work Day and Year Sample Clauses

School Work Day and Year. The Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Department continuously reviews school schedules to ensure that instructional needs are met in the most effective manner. As the instructional needs of the District PreK-12 are reviewed and considered, any proposed schedule changes will include input from District administration and teachers. As noted in Article 1D, the Association President(s) will be notified of the organization of such a committee and be requested to appoint a representative. A committee composed of teachers, support staff, administration, and parents will jointly develop the student calendar. At least one teacher representative from each building will be appointed by the WNEA. The Calendar Committee shall be convened no later than December 1 and shall remain in effect for the duration of the school year. The Calendar Committee members will regularly inform staff members in their building and/or department of progress. The Calendar Committee may survey staff on calendar matters before making a final recommendation to the Board of Education for adoption. The Calendar Committee will be reconvened prior to any modifications after the Board of Education has approved the calendar. Three (3) teacher work days will be scheduled prior to the first student attendance day. Of those three days, one full day (7 hours) is reserved for individual teacher work time. This full day will be scheduled for the last work day prior to the first day of student attendance. The teacher work day on the last work day of the school year will be a half day (3.5 hours). Definition: A contracted teacher work day shall be defined as a day specifically set aside to enable teachers to work on classroom duties solely under the individual teacher’s direction. The last student attendance day of each semester will be an early release day for all grade levels K-8. The last two student attendance days of each semester will be early release days for high school finals. The remainder of the teacher work day(s) will be teacher work time for the purpose of grading and preparing report cards for the end of the semester grades. The Friday prior to the submission of first and third quarter grades will be an early release day for all grade levels for the purpose of record keeping. End of grading term report cards will be emailed at all grade levels with the exception of K-5 first quarter, which will be distributed at conferences. The District will reinstate the elementary Open House Night, e...