Common use of Student Contact Clause in Contracts

Student Contact. Whenever the availability of personnel and facilities permit, the Board agrees to make every effort to insure that the student contact does not exceed the numbers set forth below. Student contact is defined as the total number of students a teacher is assigned and for whom he/she has principal responsibility in a particular instructional context during a regular working week. The Board agrees to provide additional teaching or non-teaching assistance to any department (senior high school) or teacher (middle and elementary schools) whose student contact reaches up to three percent (3%) and six percent (6%) respectively (three percent (3%) for special teachers) above contractual limits and to provide teacher assistance to any department (senior high school) or teacher (middle and elementary schools) whose student contact exceeds three percent (3%) and six percent (6%) respectively (three percent (3%) for special teachers) of the contractual limits. Number of students for part-time teachers will be prorated according to the amount of time the teacher is assigned. 1. At the Fox Lane High School, the student load will be defined on a departmental basis. Maximum departmental load will be arrived at by multiplying the number of teachers in the department times the following number of students per teacher: 100 Home and Career Skills and Technology (formerly Industrial Arts) 125 Foreign language, Mathematics, Science, Business Education, Health, English 125 Social Studies 120 Art 200 Music 300 Physical Education Individual student load per teacher will be determined by the teachers in each department in consultation with, and with the approval of the principal, whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Under no circumstances shall the individual student load per teacher exceed six percent (6%) of the department numbers set forth above. At the Fox Lane High School effectively meeting the students’ educational needs may involve establishing reasons for, recommending, and effecting changes in the educational program. Such changes will be determined by the teachers in each department in consultation with and with the approval of the principal. The approval of the principal shall not be unreasonably withheld in the decision to effect changes in the educational program. 2. The following numbers will be used in determining the student contact in the middle school: 125 Social Studies 125 Science 150 Foreign Language 125 Mathematics 290 Unified Arts 200 Band 300 Physical Education 175 Orchestra 350 General Music Choral 125 Health 350 General Music 125 English

Student Contact. Whenever the availability of personnel and facilities permit, the Board agrees to make every effort to insure that the student contact does not exceed the numbers set forth below. Student contact is defined as the total number of students a teacher is assigned and for whom he/she has principal responsibility in a particular instructional context during a regular working week. The Board agrees to provide additional teaching or non-teaching assistance to any department (senior high school) or teacher (middle and elementary schools) whose student contact reaches up to three percent (3%) and six percent (6%) respectively (three percent (3%) for special teachers) above contractual limits and to provide teacher assistance to any department (senior high school) or teacher (middle and elementary schools) whose student contact exceeds three percent (3%) and six percent (6%) respectively (three percent (3%) for special teachers) of the contractual limits. Number of students for part-time teachers will be prorated according to the amount of time the teacher is assigned. 1. At the Fox Lane High School, the student load will be defined on a departmental basis. Maximum departmental load will be arrived at by multiplying the number of teachers in the department times the following number of students per teacher: 100 Home and Career Skills and Technology (formerly Industrial Arts) 125 Foreign language, Mathematics, Science, Business Education, 125 Health, English 125 Social Studies 120 Art 200 Music 300 Physical Education Individual student load per teacher will be determined by the teachers in each department in consultation with, and with the approval of the principal, whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Under no circumstances shall the individual student load per teacher exceed six percent (6%) of the department numbers set forth above. At the Fox Lane High School effectively meeting the students’ educational needs may involve establishing reasons for, recommending, and effecting changes in the educational program. Such changes will be determined by the teachers in each department in consultation with and with the approval of the principal. The approval of the principal shall not be unreasonably withheld in the decision to effect changes in the educational program. 2. The following numbers will be used in determining the student contact in the middle school: 125 Social Studies 125 Science 150 Foreign Language 125 Mathematics 290 Unified Arts 200 Band 300 Physical Education 175 Orchestra 350 General Music Choral 125 Health 350 General Music 125 English