TEACHER COLLABORATIVE TIME. Beginning with the 2014-2015 school term, the following Teacher Professional Time shall be implemented within the Board-approved school calendar and will be designated as Professional Practice Days and District Collaborative Days. In each year, there shall be an equal number of Professional Practice Days and District Collaborative Days not to exceed 10 total days for each teacher. Professional Practice Days and District Collaborative Days shall be 5 hours and 15 minutes in length (not including breaks or lunch) during the course of the normal school day, with specific hours of attendance to be determined by the School Improvement Plan team. Staff/Department meetings will occur either before or after a normal student attendance day for the site. In the case where the teacher’s instructional time is divided between sites, then the teacher shall declare a home site by September 1 of the respective school year and shall inform the building administrators of the declaration. Where no designation is made, the building administrators shall determine the home site. These teachers may choose to fulfill Teacher Professional Time at assigned sites and/or within District Area as defined in 13.12.1 Areas.
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