School Work Year. 24.1 For contract purposes, the school work year for teachers shall consist of one hundred eighty-four (184) days as scheduled by the Board of Education, including all class days and work sessions at the opening and closing of the year. The school work year for new teachers shall consist of one hundred eighty-five (185) days and shall begin one (1) day prior to the work year of teachers not new to the district. All scheduled work days which may be canceled for emergency reasons shall not count as part of the one hundred eighty-four (184) days. In addition to the one hundred eighty-four (184) Board of Education scheduled days, each teacher will be responsible for scheduling seven (7) hours per year during non- school time. These days will be utilized in a manner, and at a time, which is mutually agreeable to the teacher and the teacher’s immediate supervisor. Such activities as serving on committees; working on individual or group objectives; preparing instructional materials; participating in programs of authorized travel; participating in workshops or seminars; etc. are examples of the manner in which these days may be utilized. The district shall be responsible for scheduling seven (7) hours per year during non-school time for professional development activities determined by the district’s Professional Development Committee. The offerings shall be posted at the start of the school year and shall state a date by which such activity must be completed. To the extent possible, activities shall be offered more than once during the year.
24.2 All certified personnel and those holding a durational shortage area permit, except those whose job description specifically requires additional service beyond the above maximum, shall be paid at the rate of one one hundred eighty-fourth (1/184th) or one hundred eighty-fifth (1/185th) for first year teachers of their regular salary per day for each day of additional work required by the superintendent or Board and not contracted for separately.
24.3 The additional professional development day, commencing with the 2003-2004 work year, shall be scheduled on Election Day.
School Work Year. A. The school-work year shall not exceed one hundred-ninety (190) days including the following five (5) paid holidays: Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, President’s Day and Memorial Day.
B. The normal employee work-week is forty (40) hours, including a duty-free lunch period of thirty (30) minutes. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Employees who are required by the District to work beyond forty hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off equal to the actual overtime worked or overtime computed at the per hour rate of .001 times the employee’s annual salary for each hour or part thereof worked, at the option of the District.
C. Preparation time for middle school and high school employees shall be equivalent to one
(1) class period of uninterrupted time each day. The team structure at the middle school requires dedicated team time in addition to individual planning time. Preparation time for elementary school employees shall be equivalent to 250 minutes per week with at least one 45 minute uninterrupted block each day. Preparation time shall be teacher directed and is intended for the purpose of lesson planning, material organization, and assessment of student work. Teachers will not be required to attend meetings or in-services or be given other duties or assignments during preparation time. Exceptions may be made with the consent of the affected teacher for IEP or other student services related meetings.
D. The District and the Council recognize that there is a relationship between the amount of prep time an employee has and the number of different academic preparations. When introducing new programs and technologies both parties recognize that training and support is necessary prior to implementation. Both parties also recognize the need to minimize the impact on individual preparation time. Administrators will collaborate with employees whenever possible and attempt to minimize the number of different preparations given budgetary constraints and/or state and federal laws.
E. Each building shall devote at least one hour per week to professional development through Professional Learning Communities. Not less than one hour of PLC time per month shall be dedicated to teacher directed collaboration for grade-level, subject or interdisciplinary professional development of c...
School Work Year. The representatives of the Association shall be consulted before adopting the calendar for each of the school / work years covered by this Agreement. The teacher work year shall be 195 days long which shall include 10 emergency days, which if not used for snow days, storm days, or emergency closings, shall be deleted from the teacher work year. Teachers newly employed in the district may be required to work an additional three (3) days for orientation. The third day will be used for one half (1/2) day of orientation and one half (1/2) day of teacher classroom time.
School Work Year. 1. The schoolwork year and base contract for bargaining unit members shall be within the confines of the school calendar and shall be one hundred ninety (190) days, including not more than one hundred seventy-seven (177) days when pupils are in attendance. Days may be added to the District calendar at a per diem rate. The District will assure the agreed COLA in Article 11.A. for the selected year is added prior to adding the days. It is agreed that if the contract expires the status quo for the calendar will remain one hundred ninety (190) days, unless a separate Memorandum of Agreement exists.
2. The one hundred ninety (190) contract days will include the following seven (7) paid holidays: Labor Day; Veteran's Day; Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Day; New Year's Day; Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Day; and Memorial Day.
3. The normal employee work week is forty (40) hours including a daily duty-free lunch period of at least thirty (30) minutes. It is expected that licensed staff shall be present at school to fulfill the necessary professional obligations each day, including student conferences, preparations for classes, curriculum improvement, staff and in-service meetings, parent conference, and related items. The Principal and bargaining unit members shall cooperatively determine working hours to accomplish these items. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the workday and the work week within the forty-hour-per-week time frame. Bargaining unit members who are requested by the District to work beyond forty (40) hours in any week shall be given compensatory time off for minutes worked in accordance with Article 16 (Compensatory Time).
4. The District shall provide one (1) full day at the end of each quarter for grading and prep. No in-service activities will be scheduled by the District for that day. In addition, the District shall provide one half ½ day for grading/planning at each mid-quarter.
5. The District will provide one (1) full uninterrupted in-service day and one (1) half (3.75 hours) uninterrupted in-service day. The District will also provide one half day (3.75 hours) for District mandated training. These days will occur prior to the beginning of the school year for bargaining unit members to work in their classrooms. Members will have until October 30th to complete said training, unless the law requires otherwise.
School Work Year. 1. The typical school year shall not exceed 190 days, including five paid holidays. The paid holidays shall be Labor, Veterans, Thanksgiving, New Year's, and Memorial days. The work year shall include a minimum of four days, to be designated in a combination of whole and/or half-day increments that are devoted exclusively to teacher preparation activities, i.e., building work days. When an adopted school calendar includes parent/teacher conferences, the school administrator will work with the school’s teachers to determine a parent conference schedule. A school’s conference schedule may be reviewed by the Joint Cooperation Committee. The work year shall also include four days to be designated in a combination of whole and/or half-day increments that are to be devoted to District-assigned in-service activities.
2. Starting in 2011-2012, as a result of the new 2011-2012 high school schedule and for as long as it continues, high school teachers will receive one additional preparation day.
3. If there are school or district-related opportunities available for teachers beyond the 190 day contract year, participation shall be voluntary. If the teacher is to be compensated it will be at a rate agreed upon by the teacher and the district, unless expressly covered by the terms of this contract. The Association will be informed the compensation agreement unless it is expressly covered by the terms of this contract.
School Work Year. A. The in-school work year for teachers employed on a ten (10) month basis shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-six day (186) teacher work days. The student school year shall not exceed one hundred and eighty-three (183) student days.
School Work Year. The school/work year will be September 1st to August 31st.
School Work Year a. The school work year shall be one hundred ninety-two (192) days, and the length of the day shall be from 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. However, flex time of 7:45 A.M.-3:45 P.M. is available. The employee must choose their option at the beginning of the year and must stay for meetings if scheduled until 4:00 P.M.
b. Present practices relative to noon duties shall be maintained, when teachers are assigned to noon duties, schedules shall be arranged to allow each assigned teacher relief time of thirty (30) minutes to have a meal.
c. Part-time teachers shall be provided preparation time pursuant to their employment using a six (6) period standard as the basis, and, in addition, proportionate preparation time equal to the time before and after the school day of the full-time teacher.
School Work Year. 1. Exclusive of supplemental contracts, the maximum number of workdays required of full - time members of the bargaining unit shall be one hundred eighty-five (185). NEOEA Day shall not constitute one (1) of the one hundred eighty- five (185) days.
2. The school work year for tutors shall be as needed but shall not be less than one hundred seventy- five (175) days.
3. In addition, the Association and the Board agree that there can be up to two (2) waiver days each school year scheduled at the discretion of the Board. The Association's execution of the waiver day form shall not be unreasonably withheld.
School Work Year. 1. The regular work year for teachers shall be all days in session commencing the Tuesday following Labour Day and ending the last Friday in June excluding Saturdays and Sundays, Statutory Holidays, Christmas Break and Spring Break.
a. The first day of Christmas Break shall be the Monday preceding December 26. School shall re-open on the Monday following January 1 except when January 1 is a Sunday and school shall re-open on the following Tuesday.
b. The first day of Spring Break shall be the third Monday in March and school shall re-open the fourth Monday in March. If the fourth Monday in March is Easter Monday, school shall re-open on the Wednesday following Easter Monday.
2. The regular work year for teachers shall include:
a. a minimum of five (5) non-instructional days (pursuant to Article F.21) to be used for teacher professional or staff development activities:
i. Non-instructional days shall be considered as instructional days for salary purposes.
ii. Where an Administrative Officer or District Administrator requests a teacher to take part in professional development activities during the school holidays, and the request is agreed to, the teacher will be compensated with an equivalent amount of time off on the non- instructional days in the following year.
b. one (1) full day or two (2) half-days for student/parent/teacher interviews.
3. It is understood that the regular work year will include:
a. a year-end administration day available for year end administration, including parent conferencing;
b. an abridged day on the first and second last day of instruction.
4. The above language is preserved in anticipation that should legislation or regulation be enacted that either party believes would be in conflict with the above Article, the parties will meet pursuant to Article A.9, Part One, to negotiate an alternative.
