Teachers’ Work Day. Teachers’ Work Day 11 Professional Planning and Staff Development 12 Traveling Teachers 13 Communication Council 14 Shared Decision Making 14 Class Size and Staffing 15 Program Assistant Staffing 15 Workload Plan for Special Educators 16 Student Discipline 17 Anti-Violence Policy 17 Complaints Against Teachers 17 School Calendar 18 Academic Freedom 19 Construction Concerns 19 Safe Working Conditions 20 Winston Campus 20 Special Education Advisory Committee 20 Liability Insurance 20 Faculty Handbook 20 Hazardous and Unsafe Conditions 21 Attacks on Teachers 21 Evaluation 22
Teachers’ Work Day. A. Teachers’ Work Day
1. Teachers are considered to be on-duty until their professional responsibilities are fulfilled, consistent with past practice.
2. Teachers will report to their building or designated teaching area at least five (5) minutes before the school day begins and remain a reasonable time after the school day ends in order to be available for meetings with students, parents, and/or professional personnel, including administrators and other supervisory personnel, consistent with past practice.
3. In accordance with the School Code of Illinois, all Teachers shall have a duty- free lunch period of at least thirty (30) minutes.
4. Teachers in the junior high schools will not be required to teach more than six (6) classes during the school day; however, they may volunteer to teach a seventh class with overload pay equal to one-sixth of their scheduled salary. Such compensation will be subject to the same withholding requirements as the Teacher’s regular pay.
5. A Teacher will not be required to perform the following or related duties for other personnel, (e.g., school nurse, office secretary, custodian and administrator). However, Teachers are not prohibited from volunteering to perform the aforementioned or other duties. This provision does not affect the regular and normal work, which is directly related to their duties as Teachers.
6. Administrators shall not direct elementary Teachers to provide assistance to students at any time outside of a Teacher’s six-and a half (6½) hour school day (or less for shortened days) or during a Teacher’s lunch or planning periods.
7. Administrators shall not direct junior high Teachers to provide assistance to students at any time outside of a Teacher’s six (6) class period school day (or less for shortened days) or during a Teacher’s lunch or planning periods.
8. At the sole discretion of a Teacher, he/she may provide assistance to students outside of his/her school day as described above.
9. It is not the intent of either party to discourage a Teacher from voluntarily assisting students.
B. Professional Planning and Staff Development
1. Release Time
a. The District will provide three (3) student non-attendance days for all Teachers for common planning.
b. Release Time Program Teachers shall be provided with weekly professional development time by means of an early release of students each Friday. Two Fridays each month shall be designated as Teacher directed team/department plan time; two Fridays shall be d...
Teachers’ Work Day. 1. All teachers are required to devote sufficient time to their duties to fulfill their professional responsibilities and teaching assignments. By mutual agreement, teachers may be assigned an alternative starting and ending time provided their total work day shall be comparable in length to the standard teacher’s work day. Specialists shall not be required to meet with more than five (5) classes in one-half (1/2) day. Classes will be at least one-half (1/2) hour in length.
Teachers’ Work Day. A. All teachers shall have a duty free lunch. Lunch Duty may be offered to a teacher by the Building Principal, after prior approval from the Superintendent or designee. Teachers will be paid $18.00 to cover lunch duty when requested to do so. In the event there are more volunteers than needed, teachers will be used on a rotating basis. A teacher that is unable to perform his or her lunchroom duties satisfactorily as determined by the school administration may be ineligible for lunch duty for the remainder of the year.
B. The middle school and high school will maintain a closed campus during the lunch hour.
C. Teachers shall indicate their presence in the school building to which they are assigned by initialing in and out on the existing form made available to them in the school office.
D. Teachers will be on hall duty 5 minutes before the tardy xxxx beginning the morning and afternoon sessions. They will be on hall duty during the changing of classes and at the end of the school day.
E. The present schedule of hours within the workday may not be changed for the present school year or during the life of this Agreement, except by mutual consent of the District and the Union.
Teachers’ Work Day. 1. The teaching day will not normally exceed seven (7) hours and fifteen (15) minutes. On Fridays and before holidays, teachers may leave after student dismissal. This provision does not preclude early release of teachers if dictated by extraordinary circumstances.
2. Normal starting and ending times at the schools are as follows: Central School Monday through Thursday - Starting 8:00 a.m., Ending 3:15 p.m. Friday and days preceding school holidays-Starting 8:00 a.m., Ending 2:45 p.m. Xxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxxxx Schools Monday through Thursday - Starting 8:15 a.m., Ending 3:30 p.m. Friday and days preceding school holidays - Starting 8:30 a.m., Ending 3:15 p.m. Nothing stated herein shall supersede Article XVI, Section F.
3. One reporting conference day will be switched to the evening, with an early dismissal on the day of the conference.
4. Starting and ending times may be revised by the Board if dictated by economic and/or educational necessity. In such a case the Board will notify the Association and receive their comments prior to any final decision.
5. Beginning in September, 1989, the pupil contact time of teachers in all schools will be increased by fifteen (15) minutes per day. This time will be within the normal seven (7) hour and fifteen (15) minute day and will not be taken from the existing teacher lunch or student recess time.
Teachers’ Work Day. The length of the regular workday is 7 hours and 25 minutes, including lunch. Teachers are expected to arrive at least 20 minutes before the regular start of the student day (the time when the students are expected to enter the building). Teachers may depart 10 minutes after the end of the regular student day. For the twenty (20) minutes before students’ regular school day starts and the ten (10) minutes after students’ regular school day ends, teachers shall not be assigned duties that qualify for extra duty compensation, such as supervision or participating in formal professional development. Teachers shall not be assigned unpaid morning or afternoon supervision, but if offered a teacher may accept paid supervisory responsibilities to be compensated at the Extra Duty Supervisory Rate. In the event that supervisory positions remain unfilled, teachers may volunteer to be assigned the remaining positions on a rotating basis. In such a situation, those assignments will be compensated at the extra-duty supervisory rate. On professional growth days, teachers are expected to arrive at least 35 minutes before the start of the regular student day, and they will attend 75 minutes of professional growth before the start of the student day. There will be no more than two professional growth days during any single month. On occasion, this time may be used for faculty meetings. The Board retains the right to adjust the working hours of the employees as a result of an emergency. The determination of whether or not an emergency exists is solely within the discretion of the Superintendent or designee and is expressly excluded from the provisions of the grievance procedure. The Board reserves the right to adjust working hours as a result in a change of student attendance hours.
Teachers’ Work Day.
A. Teacher’s Work Day
Teachers’ Work Day. The length of the regular workday is 7 hours and 25 minutes, including lunch. Teachers are expected to arrive at least 20 minutes before the regular start of the student day (the time when the students are expected to enter the building). Teachers may depart 10 minutes after the end of the regular student day.
Teachers’ Work Day. The workday for teachers shall consist of a student attendance day of six (6) hours and xxxxx (30) minutes and shall include a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period. A “full work week” is defined as five full student attendance days in one calendar week. Teachers are required to be at work a minimum of twenty (20) minutes before the start of the student instructional day school and a maximum of fifteen (15) minutes after the end of the student instructional school day. The Board reserves the right to adjust the working hours of teachers as a result of an emergency, supervision and/or transportation needs. Building level meetings scheduled by an administrator will not last more than sixty (60) minutes per meeting and must follow the parameters below
1. Elementary morning meetings of any kind must be dismissed 5 minutes before scheduled student arrival.
2. Campus afternoon meetings of any kind must be dismissed by 3:45 p.m. In any situation where an administrator has called a meeting and the meeting does not start within 10 minutes of the proposed starting time, the meeting will be canceled unless the staff and the administrator agree to extend the waiting period or the start time. Except in cases of emergency, no more than two (2) mandatory building level meetings that occur outside of the teacher workday will be scheduled per month, including staff meetings, committee meetings, data review, professional development, and school-based problem solving or articulation meetings. However, for teachers participating in voluntary, district-level committees which meet after the workday, such participation may be counted as one (1) of two (2) required monthly, building meetings. Except as noted above, other meetings scheduled by anyone other than an administrator, voluntary committee meetings and voluntary grade level/team meetings are excluded from the two (2) meetings per month maximum. Building level meetings scheduled by an administrator will not last more than sixty (60) minutes per meeting and teachers will be dismissed no more than ninety (90) minutes after the students are dismissed. Administrators will make every effort to distribute a meeting schedule to all teachers in writing or electronically at the beginning of each trimester. At the building principal's discretion, one of the two (2) mandatory monthly meetings may be used for voluntary committee meetings. Administrators will make every effort to distribute a meeting schedule to all teachers in wri...
Teachers’ Work Day. 1. The teachers' work day shall begin no earlier than 7:30 a.m. and end no later than 3:55 p.m.
a. Elementary teachers K-5:
(1) Kindergarten teachers’ lunch will be arranged to balance morning and afternoon kindergarten time.
(2) K-5 teachers will meet their students during the five minutes prior to the start of the student day.
(3) The Association and the Board recognize the importance of special services to the education of elementary students (K-5 including Junior Primary). Special services may include but not be limited to the following; Physical Education, music, art, science, and library services.
(4) Special service staff will be allowed flexibility in developing the schedule to include increased planning and passing time. This accommodation shall not require any additional staffing.
(5) The Board will provide to the Association president at the beginning of the year a copy of the schedules of the special service teachers and then provide on a monthly basis a list of days not covered.
b. On or before August 15, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall publish and distribute to each teacher the time schedule for each school. The schedule may be modified no more than twice after the start of school for students by the Superintendent or his/her designee,
(1) the teachers' normal work day shall not be lengthened;
(2) the work day shall not begin before 7:30 a.m.;
(3) the work day shall not end later than 3:55 p.m.;
(4) the Association and staff shall be notified in writing no less than five (5) school days in advance of such modification.
(5) The K-4 teachers normal work day shall be seven hours and twenty (20) minutes that are continuous and includes the thirty-five (35) minute duty free lunch. The 5-6 teachers normal work day shall be seven (7) hours and twenty (20) minutes that are continuous and includes the thirty-five (35) minute duty free lunch. The 7-12 teachers normal work day shall be seven (7) hours and twenty (20) minutes that are continuous and includes the thirty (30) minute duty free lunch.
(6) When the SIG Grant is applicable, high school and middle school teachers shall report at 7:20 a.m. Upon completion of the SIG Grant, the times shall revert to those in the Master Agreement. However, times may be adjusted if necessary to accommodate a reasonable bus schedule. It is understood that the length of the work day will not be extended.
2. The teachers' work day will begin ten (10) minutes before the pupils' day and end 15 minutes after...
