Common use of Teacher Workload Clause in Contracts

Teacher Workload. 1. All full-time teachers will be assigned a maximum teaching workload of six (6) courses or course equivalents plus additional professional duties comprised of twenty-five (25) minutes of home room, hall or bus duty, or student and teacher mentoring; and on-calls, lunchroom or other supervision not exceeding an average of forty (40) minutes per week, not including exam weeks. 2. Full periods shall be assigned as three (3) seventy-five (75) minute periods per day. 3. Supervision during exam weeks and for EQAO testing shall be assigned equitably within each school. 4. Tentative Exam and XXXX assigned supervision schedules shall be distributed to teachers no later than one (1) week prior to the start date(s) of assigned supervision. 5. A half-time (½) teacher shall be assigned a half-time (½) teaching and supervision workload in the same manner as a full-time teacher. 6. A food school teacher whose assignment requires supervising students throughout the lunch hour on a daily basis will not be required to perform other supervision or on-calls. 7. Subject teachers shall only be required to provide academic programming for students expelled or suspended for the first five school days of the suspension. 8. Where a supply teacher works the assigned duties that were previously scheduled into the assigned schedule of the teacher being replaced by that supply, the absent teacher being replaced will be credited for the scheduled duties. 9. Teacher workload issues shall be discussed at the In-School Workload Review Committee. If unresolved, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Employee Relations Committee for resolution. 10. The Board will replace absent teachers with qualified occasional teachers where possible. 11. Preliminary timetables for all supervision assignments shall be distributed to teachers within the first two weeks of each new semester. Semester supervision schedules will be issued in full. 12. Teachers will receive preliminary assigned teaching timetables for the following school year by the beginning of the June examination period.

Teacher Workload. For the purpose of this provision, the following student-teacher ratio maximum guidelines are provided: Grades K-1: 23 students per instructional day Grades 2-3: 25 students per instructional day Grades 4-5: 26 students per instructional day Grades 6-12: 30 students per period Maximum per single class period: 35 K-12 P.E.: 35 maximum per single class period These class size limits do not apply to Band and Chorus. Relief of Overloads: Should classes exceed the above numbers on the first student count day of each month October through June, the District will remedy these overloads with student transfer, addition of staff, new class sections, etc. within ten working days. If such a remedy cannot be accomplished, the following remedies will apply as mutually agreed to by the teacher and the principal: 1. All fullScheduling options (class schedules, recess, duty schedules) that may allow more planning time. Also, an extra teacher may be used part-time teachers will be assigned a maximum teaching workload of six (6) courses or course equivalents plus additional professional duties comprised of twenty-five (25) minutes of home room, hall or bus duty, or student and teacher mentoring; and on-calls, lunchroom or other supervision not exceeding an average of forty (40) minutes per week, not including exam weeksto help ease workload. 2. Full periods shall be assigned as three (3) seventy-five (75) minute periods Salary adjustment of $1.25 per hour/period where extra aid time is not provided.(Based on a six hour student contact day.) 3. Supervision during exam weeks Other as agreed upon with building principal. Specialists for the elementary school, librarians, counselors, and for EQAO testing other school personnel who do not maintain a regular classroom shall not be assigned equitably within each school. 4. Tentative Exam and XXXX assigned supervision schedules shall be distributed to teachers no later than one (1) week prior to the start date(s) of assigned supervision. 5. A half-time (½) teacher shall be assigned a half-time (½) teaching and supervision workload counted in the same manner as teacher-pupil ratio determination. The administration may request and/or a fullK-5 teacher may volunteer to relinquish a portion of his/her planning time. This time will be compensated at per diem rate. Teachers have the right to refuse to relinquish planning time. Teachers in grades 6-time teacher. 612 will teach a total of eleven classes per year (six one semester, five the other semester). A food school teacher whose assignment requires supervising students throughout the lunch hour on a daily basis Additional classes taught will not be required to perform other supervision or on-calls. 7. Subject teachers shall only be required to provide academic programming for students expelled or suspended for the first five school days compensated at 1/11 of the suspension. 8. Where a supply teacher works the assigned duties that were previously scheduled into the assigned schedule of the teacher being replaced by that supply, the absent teacher being replaced will be credited for the scheduled duties. 9. Teacher workload issues shall be discussed at the In-School Workload Review Committee. If unresolved, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Employee Relations Committee for resolution. 10teacher’s base salary. The Board will replace absent teachers with qualified occasional teachers where possible. 11. Preliminary timetables for all supervision assignments shall be distributed Administration may request and/or a teacher may volunteer to teachers within the first two weeks of each new semester. Semester supervision schedules will be issued in full. 12teach a twelfth class as needed. Teachers will receive preliminary assigned teaching timetables for have the following school year by the beginning of the June examination periodright to refuse class loads above eleven.

Teacher Workload. For the purpose of this provision, the following student-teacher ratio maximum guidelines are provided: Grades K-1: 23 students per instructional day Grades 2-3: 25 students per instructional day Grades 4-5: 26 students per instructional day Grades 6-12: 30 students per period Maximum per single class period: 35 K-12 P.E.: 35 maximum per single class period These class size limits do not apply to Band and Chorus. Relief of Overloads: Should classes exceed the above numbers on the first student count day of each month October through June, the District will remedy these overloads with student transfer, addition of staff, new class sections, etc. within ten working days. If such a remedy cannot be accomplished, the following remedies will apply as mutually agreed to by the teacher and the principal: 1. All fullScheduling options (class schedules, recess, duty schedules) that may allow more planning time. Also, an extra teacher may be used part-time teachers will be assigned a maximum teaching workload of six (6) courses or course equivalents plus additional professional duties comprised of twenty-five (25) minutes of home room, hall or bus duty, or student and teacher mentoring; and on-calls, lunchroom or other supervision not exceeding an average of forty (40) minutes per week, not including exam weeksto help ease workload. 2. Full periods shall be assigned as three (3) seventy-five (75) minute periods Salary adjustment of $1.25 per hour/period where extra aid time is not provided.(Based on a six hour student contact day.) 3. Supervision during exam weeks Other as agreed upon with the building principal. Specialists for the elementary school, librarians, counselors, and for EQAO testing other school personnel who do not maintain a regular classroom shall not be assigned equitably within each school. 4. Tentative Exam and XXXX assigned supervision schedules shall be distributed to teachers no later than one (1) week prior to the start date(s) of assigned supervision. 5. A half-time (½) teacher shall be assigned a half-time (½) teaching and supervision workload counted in the same manner as teacher-pupil ratio determination. The administration may request and/or a fullK-5 teacher may volunteer to relinquish a portion of his/her planning time. This time will be compensated at per diem rate. Teachers have the right to refuse to relinquish planning time. Teachers in grades 6-time teacher. 612 will teach a total of eleven classes per year (six one semester, five the other semester). A food school teacher whose assignment requires supervising students throughout the lunch hour on a daily basis Additional classes taught will not be required to perform other supervision or on-calls. 7. Subject teachers shall only be required to provide academic programming for students expelled or suspended for the first five school days compensated at 1/11 of the suspension. 8. Where a supply teacher works the assigned duties that were previously scheduled into the assigned schedule of the teacher being replaced by that supply, the absent teacher being replaced will be credited for the scheduled duties. 9. Teacher workload issues shall be discussed at the In-School Workload Review Committee. If unresolved, the matter shall be referred to the Joint Employee Relations Committee for resolution. 10teacher’s base salary. The Board will replace absent teachers with qualified occasional teachers where possible. 11. Preliminary timetables for all supervision assignments shall be distributed Administration may request and/or a teacher may volunteer to teachers within the first two weeks of each new semester. Semester supervision schedules will be issued in full. 12teach a twelfth class as needed. Teachers will receive preliminary assigned teaching timetables for have the following school year by the beginning of the June examination periodright to refuse class loads above eleven.

Teacher Workload. 1. .1 Full time Secondary School Teachers shall be on duty and assigned in a fair and equitable manner under the direction of the Principal and/or designate. .2 The instructional teaching schedule for teachers shall be in accordance with the Education Act and Regulations and other Acts and Regulations as revised. .3 The implementation of scheduled time is in accordance with the following guidelines: a) All full-time classroom teachers will be assigned a maximum teaching workload timetabled duties consisting of credit courses, credit equivalent courses, equivalent programs. b) No classroom teacher shall be assigned more than six (6) credit/assignment courses or course equivalents plus additional professional duties comprised of twenty-five (25) minutes of home room, hall or bus duty, or student and teacher mentoring; and on-calls, lunchroom or other supervision not exceeding an average of forty (40) minutes per week, not including exam weeksyear. 2. Full periods c) No classroom teacher shall be assigned as more than three (3) seventy-five (75) minute periods credit/assignment courses per daysemester. 3. Supervision during exam weeks and for EQAO testing d) A part-time teacher assignment shall be assigned equitably within each schoolcalculated as a percentage of full-time teaching assignment and shall be prorated accordingly. 4. Tentative Exam and XXXX assigned supervision schedules e) All unassigned time shall be distributed available for teacher as preparation and planning time. f) Teachers will be available for a maximum of September 1, 2008 16 on-calls + 200 minutes (1400 minutes) g) A maximum of 150 minutes of supervision and/or the equivalent of 4 half periods (based on a normally scheduled school day) of on-calls may be assigned per week. The principal may assign full period on-calls if requested by the teacher. On altered schedule days, full period coverage may be assigned into the shortened periods, as long as these periods do not exceed fifty minutes. For clarity, any supervision time assigned under .3i) below is not included in these maximum weekly calculations. h) Secondary Teachers shall be available to teachers no later than one (1) week students in their classroom fifteen minutes prior to the start date(s) first scheduled class of assigned the day. Such time shall not constitute supervision/on-call or instructional time. 5. A halfi) Any assigned secondary supervision duty during the times as outlined in h) above, such as but not limited to bus duty, hall duty and/or yard duty shall constitute supervision/on-time (½call time. 4 a) teacher shall Guidance Counsellors, SUCCESS, ESL, Co-Operative Education Teachers and Special Education Resource Teachers may be assigned a half-time (½) teaching and supervision workload in the same manner as a full-time teacher. 6. A food school teacher whose assignment requires supervising students throughout the lunch hour on a daily basis will not be required to perform other supervision or on-calls. 7. Subject teachers shall only be required to provide academic programming for students expelled or suspended their areas for the first five full school days of the suspension. 8. Where a supply teacher works the assigned duties that were previously scheduled into the assigned schedule of the teacher being replaced by that supply, the absent teacher being replaced will be credited for the scheduled duties. 9. Teacher workload issues shall be discussed at the In-School Workload Review Committee. If unresolved, the matter shall be referred day with an unstructured timetable equivalent to the Joint Employee Relations Committee for resolution. 10. The Board will replace absent teachers with qualified occasional teachers where possible. 11. Preliminary timetables for all supervision assignments shall be distributed to teachers within the first two weeks of each new semester. Semester supervision schedules will be issued in full. 12. Teachers will receive preliminary assigned teaching timetables for the following school year by the beginning of the June examination period.four