Common use of TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS Clause in Contracts

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administrator. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released by the building principal. B. It is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six hours of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the system. In the middle and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. 1. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 2. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the system will year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to report at 8:00 a.m. be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the teacher day lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administratorbe deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after In the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacationsevent such an emergency situation arises, the teacher's day district shall end have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the same time as dismissal of rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the high school and code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school. The Board /high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the systemcompensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings Supervision expectations will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released established by the building principal. B. It is agreed between the Association and the administrator. The Superintendent and/or Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six hours of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the system. In the middle and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if notify the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 clock hours per weekBEA president first. E. Elementary teachers If the position of musica tenured, art and certified employee is to be eliminated for the laboratory sciencesnext school year, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers the certified employee shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided notified by the number of Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and preceding the classroom teacher has students for that time periodBoard action on the elimination. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. 1. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 2. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the system will year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to report at 8:00 a.m. be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the teacher day lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administratorbe deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after In the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacationsevent such an emergency situation arises, the teacher's day District shall end have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of District seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the same time as dismissal of rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the high school and code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school. The Board /high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the systemcompensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings Supervision expectations will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released established by the building principaladministrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA President first. B. It E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is agreed between to be eliminated for the Association and next school year, the Board that certified employee shall be notified by the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six hours of clock hours per weekSuperintendent, or periods when applicable at not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the secondary level, throughout action on the systemelimination. In the middle and senior high schoolcase of the elimination of a position, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at notification to the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers certified employee shall be entitled to a dutygiven after the student-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per school day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers , when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the districtpossible. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall Early Dismissal December 23rd and 24th will not be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paidrequired workdays. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. 1. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 2. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the The end of the school yearcertified employee workday shall be the same as ten (10) minutes after the regular, non-block/non-early release/non-semester exam, student dismissal time for the three (3) workdays preceding Christmas vacation. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administrator. p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released by the building principal. B. It is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the system. In the middle junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-one- sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. I. The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher will be laid off or reduced by such action. 2. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty will be based upon seniority. 3. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 24. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All A certified employee who is assigned to a class that requires the forfeiture of his/her preparation period shall be compensated using the hourly rate as defined in Appendix A. Dollar amounts shall be determined for the actual length of the elementary, middle school, and high school classes. When teachers of high- school seniors have no students (due to exams and early dismissal/graduation) and are asked or volunteer to cover the classes of colleagues, they will not be compensated. Each school shall maintain a certified employee substitute volunteer sign up list for internal substitutions that take place on their preparation period. This list will be used to determine each volunteer’s availability to fill an absence. A certified employee may not be assigned to a class during their preparation period, without exhausting the volunteer list first. B. If a certified employee teaches an extra class on a regular basis, the certified employee shall receive 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect the year in which the overload course is being taught for an overload at the middle school level and 1/7 of the salary listed in cell M.S. - Step 5 of the salary schedule in effect in the system will year in which the overload course is being taught at the senior high level. C. The regular-classroom elementary-certified employee shall not be required to report at 8:00 a.m. be responsible for playground supervision of students either before school, during morning and afternoon recess, during the teacher day lunch period recess, or any other supervisory duty except in emergency situations. An emergency situation shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administratorbe deemed to exist if a non-certified employee has been employed but is absent. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after In the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacationsevent such an emergency situation arises, the teacher's day district shall end have the right to assign such duty to certified employees and shall make such assignment on a rotating basis, starting with the employee in the building with the least amount of district seniority. If a certified employee is assigned such emergency supervision duty pursuant to this section, the employee shall be paid at the same time as dismissal of rate in Appendix A for performing such a duty. D. Certified employees will not be responsible, during the high school and code mandated duty free lunch period, for supervision in the cafeteria while the students are eating lunch. The elementary/middle school. The Board /high school- certified employee shall have the option of lunch supervision, with approval from their building administrator, and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the systemcompensated with a free school lunch on supervision days. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings Supervision expectations will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released established by the building principaladministrator. The Superintendent and/or Board will have the option to withdraw this benefit at any time, but will notify the BEA president first. B. It E. If the position of a tenured, certified employee is agreed between to be eliminated for the Association and next school year, the certified employee shall be notified by the Superintendent, not less than ten (10) calendar days preceding the Board that action on the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six hours of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the systemelimination. In the middle and senior high schoolcase of the elimination of a position, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at notification to the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers certified employee shall be entitled to a dutygiven after the student-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per school day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers , when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the districtpossible. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall Early Dismissal December 23rd and 24th will not be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paidrequired workdays. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full day. 1. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 2. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the The end of the school yearcertified employee workday shall be the same as ten (10) minutes after the regular, non-block/non-early release/non-semester exam, student dismissal time for the three (3) workdays preceding Christmas vacation. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administrator. p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released by the building principal. B. It is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the system. In the middle junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-one- sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only will be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full daylaid off or reduced by such action. 12. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty will be based upon seniority. 3. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 24. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.

TEACHING HOURS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. All teachers in the system will be required to report at 8:00 a.m. and the teacher day shall end at 3:36 p.m., unless adjusted start and stop times are agreed upon between teacher, union and administrator. p.m. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period of time after the close of the pupils' school day to attend to those matters that require attention except that on Fridays or days preceding holidays or vacations, the teacher's day shall end at the same time as dismissal of the high school and middle school. The Board and the Association agree that closing limitation in this paragraph will be waived in order to accommodate regular faculty meetings or other functions which are necessary to the operation of the system. At the building principal’s discretion, regular monthly faculty meetings will be scheduled either two times per month with each being a maximum of thirty (30) minutes in duration, or once per month at a maximum duration of sixty (60) minutes. Additional meetings may be called by mutual agreement of the District and the Association. When stormy weather necessitates an early dismissal, teachers will remain an additional thirty (30) minutes unless sooner released by the building principal. B. It is agreed between the Association and the Board that the pupil-teacher contact will be limited to twenty-six five hours and twenty-five minutes of clock hours per week, or periods when applicable at the secondary level, throughout the system. In the middle junior and senior high school, provision will be made for ten preparation periods per week, and an equivalent amount of preparation will be provided at the elementary level except as recess supervision may alter the situation as outlined in Paragraph D. C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty minute lunch period preceded and followed by a passing time. D. Elementary teachers will have thirty minutes of recess per day. Teachers shall share recess time duties which will allow for relief and preparation periods for teachers when they are not on recess duty assignment. Recess schedules will be made by building principals. Elementary teachers may use for preparation all time during which their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists, unless a carry over is necessary. An elementary teacher shall be paid for recess/quiet room/teaching assignment duty at their hourly rate if the recess/quiet room/teaching assignment makes their pupil/teacher contact more than 26 25.42 clock hours per week. E. Elementary teachers of music, art and the laboratory sciences, reading consultants, counselors and all special education teachers shall be provided with relief and preparation time to the same extent as other teachers in the district. F. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. G. If a teacher shall teach more than the normal teaching load as set forth in this article, additional compensation will be based upon an hourly rate determined by taking one-sixth (1/6) of the teachers base salary divided by the number of days for which teachers are paid. This includes periods when gym, art, and music are not held, and the classroom teacher has students for that time period. H. A The Board may hire qualified personnel to supervise study halls provided that: 1. No teacher who upon request of the administration substitutes for another staff member shall earn minute-to-minute unrestricted compensatory time. Compensatory time can only will be used when a full day of compensatory time has been accumulated. Five (5) periods of accumulated substitute teaching constitutes a full daylaid off or reduced by such action. 12. Teachers will be given the right of first refusal to supervise a study hall at the rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes. Selection for study hall duty will be based upon seniority. 3. If a teacher is assigned study hall duty, it shall be at full pay according to their step. 24. Payment for study hall duties may be made at the end of each semester or at the end of the school year. 3. Study halls will be paid at a rate of $1,500 per semester or $3,000 per year in addition to their regular teaching load of 5 out of 7 classes.