Special Day Class Teachers. A. At the discretion of the Special Day Class teacher, s/he may use the services of the instructional assistant assigned to his/her classroom and/or of the clerical staff assigned to the site to assist in scheduling IEP meetings. The site administrator and the Unit Members assigned to the site shall collaborate to develop an efficient system for scheduling and rescheduling IEP meetings. B. Special Day Class teachers shall not be assigned student supervision before and after the student instructional day. C. Special Day Class teachers are entitled to xxxx 0 release days per instructional year to perform IEP related duties. Teachers may also elect to take a half day release day. The teacher shall inform his/her site administrator at least three work days in advance of the planned release day. The site administrator shall approve the release day unless a substitute is not available. The special day class teacher shall not request a release day during state testing week, on a staff development day or if the teacher has a scheduled IEP meeting. Alternatively, upon request by the teacher, the teacher shall receive the highest daily substitute rate in lieu of a release day. The teacher shall submit any such request on a time sheet in December and/or June of the year to which the request applies. Teachers may elect a combination of release days and substitute rate pay not to exceed 6 days.
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