Common use of SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES Clause in Contracts

SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide seven (7) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. C. Each elementary resource teacher shall be provided with forty-five (45) consecutive minutes per day for case management time. This is in addition to plan time of 200 minutes a week, and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. Activities include but are not limited to: •IEP Planning and Development •Testing/Assessment of students •Monitoring of Students •Communication with teachers, administrators, parents, school psychologist, para-educator, counselors and other relevant individuals about students •Planning with teachers on implementation of specially designed instruction (adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Instruction must be designed, supervised, monitored, and evaluated by a certified special education staff member) •Progress reports •Transition Planning and Assessment •Teaching students either in a pull-out setting or push-into general education classroom •Clerical work on IEP’s D. Each Psychologist will be provided with an additional twenty-five (25) days and each SLP will be provided an additional seventeen (17) days at per diem pay. Each LAC teacher will be provided with an additional three (3) days of pay at per diem in order to complete required state assessments. E. Each school nurse will be provided with an additional two (2) days at per diem

SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide seven (7) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. C. Each elementary resource teacher shall be provided with forty-five (45) consecutive minutes per day for case management time. This is in addition to plan time of 200 minutes a week, and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. Activities include but are not limited to: •IEP Planning and Development •Testing/Assessment of students •Monitoring of Students •Communication with teachers, administrators, parents, school psychologist, para-educator, counselors and other relevant individuals about students •Planning with teachers on implementation of specially designed instruction (adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Instruction must be designed, supervised, monitored, and evaluated by a certified special education staff member) •Progress reports •Transition Planning and Assessment •Teaching students either in a pull-out setting or push-into general education classroom •Clerical work on IEP’s D. Each Psychologist will be provided with an additional twenty-five (25) days and each SLP will be provided an additional seventeen (17) days at per diem pay. Each LAC teacher will be provided with an additional three (3) days of pay at per diem in order to complete required state assessments. E. X. Each school nurse will be provided with an additional two (2) days at per diemdiem pay. Nurses may also schedule up to five (5) calendared professional development days prior to the first student day.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide seven (7) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. Student management days will not be taken on Monday or Friday without prior approval of the building principal. B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. C. Each elementary resource teacher shall be provided with forty-five (45) consecutive minutes per day for case management time. This is in addition to plan time of 200 50 minutes a weekper day, and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. Activities include but are not limited to: •IEP Planning and Development •Testing/Assessment of students •Monitoring of Students •Communication with teachers, administrators, parents, school psychologist, para-educator, counselors and other relevant individuals about students •Planning with teachers on implementation of specially designed instruction (adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Instruction must be designed, supervised, monitored, and evaluated by a certified special education staff member) •Progress reports •Transition Planning and Assessment •Teaching students either in a pull-out setting or push-into general education classroom •Clerical work on IEP’s D. Each Psychologist will be provided with an additional twenty-five (25) days and each SLP will be provided an additional seventeen (17) days at per diem pay. Each LAC teacher will be provided with an additional three (3) days of pay at per diem in order to complete required state assessments. E. X. Each school nurse will be provided with an additional two five (25) days at per diemdiem pay, and the nurse at Sun Valley will receive an additional three (3) days (for a total of 8). Nurses may also schedule up to five (5) calendared professional development days prior to the first student day.

SPECIAL EDUCATION PRACTICES. A. The District shall provide seven (7) days student management time for each Resource Room Special Education teacher and ten (10) days student management time for SLP and teacher of an LAC, DDP, or Deaf Education classroom. Fractions of days may be utilized. This time will be in addition to the plan time already guaranteed by the master contract and would be scheduled by each teacher. For each special education teacher, a substitute teacher will be hired. A special education teacher will not be required to return to class on a scheduled student management day. SLPs would be responsible for scheduling their ten days of student management time without a substitute. Staff is required to be at the building sites during these days, unless the employee and administrator mutually agree to a different site within the District. B. Each secondary resource teacher shall be provided with one (1) period per day for case management time. This is in addition to a preparation period and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. C. Each elementary resource teacher shall be provided with forty-five (45) consecutive minutes per day for case management time. This is in addition to plan time of 200 minutes a week, and is exclusive of the sixty (60) minutes before and after school. Activities include but are not limited to: •IEP Planning and Development •Testing/Assessment of students •Monitoring of Students •Communication with teachers, administrators, parents, school psychologist, para-educator, counselors and other relevant individuals about students •Planning with teachers on implementation of specially designed instruction (adapting the content, methodology, or delivery of instruction. Instruction must be designed, supervised, monitored, and evaluated by a certified special education staff member) •Progress reports •Transition Planning and Assessment •Teaching students either in a pull-out setting or push-into general education classroom •Clerical work on IEP’s D. Each Psychologist will be provided with an additional twenty-five (25) days and each SLP will be provided an additional seventeen (17) days at per diem pay. Each LAC teacher will be provided with an additional three (3) days of pay at per diem in order to complete required state assessments. E. Each school nurse will be provided with an additional two (2) days at per diemdiem pay. Nurses may also schedule up to five (5) calendared professional development days prior to the first student day.