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. A. The school-work year shall not exceed one hundred-ninety-three (193) days including the six (6) paid holidays listed below with one half (1/2) day of comp time for attending open house/back-to-school night. The schedule of actual comp time will be determined by each site in increments of no less than two (2) hours. Labor Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Holiday, 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 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 professiona...
School Work Year. A. The school work year for school Employees shall be within the confines of the school calendar for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years as follows: Each employee shall be required to participate in six (6) District staff development days or a combination of staff development days and staff development activities/assignments. Six (6) staff development days will be included in the professional staff’s work year of which up to four (4) days shall be mandatory. The remaining days shall be optional. The school work year for school Employees shall be within the confines of the school calendar for the 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 school years as follows: 180 5 3 188 Each employee shall be required to participate in five (5) District staff development days or a combination of staff development days and staff development activities/assignments. Five (5) staff development days will be included in the professional staff’s work year of which up to three (3) days shall be mandatory. The remaining days shall be optional. For all years (2007-2012), six (6) hours of Act 48 credit shall be provided to each employee for each staff development day in which he/she participates. Act 48 credit for staff development activities/assignments shall be awarded with one (1) hour of staff development activity equaling one (1) hour of Act 48 credit. The total number of staff development hours required, when combining staff development days and staff development activities/assignments shall be at least thirty-six (36) hours (or at least thirty [30] hour from 2009-2012). Employees will not be required to make up staff development days on which the employee utilized a sick, personal or emergency day. Employees may be required to make up staff development activities/assignments as per request from the District or Building Administrators. The staff development activities/assignments may be scheduled during the work year, after school hours, Saturdays, or summer months. However, no staff member shall be required to attend any staff development activities/assignments scheduled after school hours, during summer months, during holidays, or on weekends. Those staff members choosing to participate in staff development activities/assignments may select from teacher academies, study groups, curriculum development, action research activities, independent study, or other prior approved activities as determined by the Superintendent. Seven (7) hours of Superintendent approved activity must be ...
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 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. 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. The school/work year will be September 1st to August 31st.
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 year shall be in compliance with Section 18-8 of the School Code of Illinois. The calendar shall provide for a school term of at least 185 days which shall include a minimum of 180 days of attendance of which no more than 4 days may be institutes and/or workshops and no more than 2 days may be full days of parent-teachers conferences.