Common use of Secondary Assignment Clause in Contracts

Secondary Assignment. No secondary teacher, including specialists, will be assigned more than the equivalent of thirty (30) periods per week within the school's master schedule exclusive of homeroom periods, of which only twenty-five (25) periods will require instructional duties, except where in the judgment of the administration the scheduling necessities or peculiarities of particular courses such as (but not limited to) physical education, industrial arts, home economics, etc., require additional instructional period assignments. 2.2.3.3.1 No secondary teacher may be assigned more than three (3) preparations unless a greater load is voluntarily accepted. Courses will be considered to have a single preparation if the subject matter taught is essentially the same for each course. For example, course 9A and 9B assigned in a year shall be considered one preparation in the same year. If a teacher is assigned course 9A and 9B in a semester, this shall be considered two preparations. 2.2.3.3.2 No high school bargaining unit member may be scheduled for more than the equivalent of three (3) instructional periods in a row without either his/her continuous duty free lunch or a full preparation period break-except by the mutual agreement of the affected member. Preparation time shall be the equivalent of one classroom period. An exception may occur during special schedules (i.e., exam week, shortened days) (This provision is based on a seven (7) period student day, which may be adjusted in the event the high school no longer has a 7-period day.) Three

Secondary Assignment. No secondary teacher, including specialists, will be assigned more than the equivalent of thirty (30) periods per week within the school's master schedule exclusive of homeroom periods, of which only twenty-five (25) periods will require instructional duties, except where in the judgment of the administration the scheduling necessities or peculiarities of particular courses such as (but not limited to) physical education, industrial arts, home economics, etc., require additional instructional period assignments. 2.2.3.3.1 No secondary teacher may be assigned more than three (3) preparations unless a greater load is voluntarily accepted. Courses will be considered to have a single preparation if the subject matter taught is essentially the same for each course. For example, course 9A and 9B assigned in a year shall be considered one preparation in the same year. If a teacher is assigned course 9A and 9B in a semester, this shall be considered two preparations. 2.2.3.3.2 No high school bargaining unit member may be scheduled for more than the equivalent of three (3) instructional periods in a row without either his/her continuous duty free lunch or a full preparation period break-except by the mutual agreement of the affected member. Preparation time shall be the equivalent of one classroom period. An exception may occur during special schedules (i.e., exam week, shortened days) (This provision is based on a seven (7) period student day, which may be adjusted in the event the high school no longer has a 7-period day.) Three