Common use of Teacher Day Clause in Contracts

Teacher Day. The regular full-time teacher’s day will be seven (7) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes. Each teacher shall be provided a minimum thirty (30) minute duty-free lunch period. Any teacher may leave the building during his/her lunch period providing such absence does not interfere with his/her professional duties or assignments and if the teacher notifies the appropriate building secretary prior to leaving the building and upon return. Teachers must report to their building for duty at the following time: 7:35 a.m. – 3:10 p.m. Teachers will be required to attend scheduled building meetings, department or grade level meetings or parent conferences as necessary. Teachers will be required to be present for scheduled parent-teacher conferences during the regular teacher work day, except when excused for other school duties or emergencies by the building principal. When such parent-teacher conferences extend beyond the regular teacher work day, compensatory released time shall be granted during a regularly scheduled school day.

Teacher Day. The regular full-time teacher’s day will be seven (7) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes. Each teacher shall be provided a minimum thirty (30) minute duty-free lunch period. Any teacher may leave the building during his/her lunch period providing such absence does not interfere with his/her professional duties or assignments and if the teacher notifies the appropriate building secretary prior to leaving the building and upon return. Teachers must report to their building for duty at the following time: 7:35 a.m. – 3:10 p.m. Teachers will be required to attend scheduled building meetings, department or grade level meetings or parent conferences as necessary. Teachers will be required to be present for scheduled parent-teacher conferences during the regular teacher work dayworkday, except when excused for other school duties or emergencies by the building principal. When such parent-teacher conferences extend beyond the regular teacher work dayworkday, compensatory released time shall be granted during a regularly scheduled school day. The total time for parent conferences is sixteen (16) hours. Two (2) teacher days and two (2) hours of compensatory time will be provided. The final two (2) hours of compensatory time will be provided on the last teacher workday.