Teaching Hours and Differentiated Workload. A. The Board and the Council agree not to lengthen the students’ school day at any District 65 school or learning center beyond the current student day of the 2011 2012 school year: Six hours and thirty minutes in K-5 schools or seven hours and five minutes in Middle Schools. The teacher’s schedule shall not exceed 1462 classroom pupil contact minutes per week (1490 minutes for Early Childhood unless grant requirement changes make it feasible to go below 1490). Teachers shall report to work twenty (20) minutes before the start of the student day and shall remain at work a sufficient period after the close of the student school day for consultation with parents and students and other professional obligations. The primary purpose of planning time is to plan and prepare for the academic and socio- behavioral needs of the students. Individual Planning Time Activities Teachers may choose from, but are not limited to: preparing materials for lessons, recording and entering student data, reviewing and/or analyzing achievement data and student interventions, preparing, modifying or adapting curriculum and assignments, reflection, grading assessments and student work, reporting or sharing student information or progress, parent communication and preparing for conferences. Team Planning Time Activities Teams may choose from, but are not limited to: planning ways to build a sense of community and belonging among students and families; planning grade level activities and events; monitoring and responding to student progress; meeting with other school personnel to discuss and use problem solving to meet the needs of students; analyzing and reviewing District assessment data to modify future assessment, curriculum instruction and interventions; addressing District and school priorities; sharing strategies for differentiating instruction; developing and discussing cross-curricular strategies to promote student literacy; planning ways to connect students and curriculum to the community; finding curriculum connections and creating interdisciplinary units; planning ways to flex the team schedule to support learning; and discussing an educational journal article or book chapter and the implications for teaching. The Administration can participate in team meetings and add items to the agenda.
Teaching Hours and Differentiated Workload. A. School Day, Work Day and Pupil Contact Minutes The Board and the Council agree not to lengthen the students’ school day at any District 65 school or learning center beyond the current student day of the 2011 2012 school year: Six hours and thirty minutes in K-5 schools or seven hours and five minutes in Middle Schools. For the 2016-2017 school year, the educator’s schedule shall not exceed 1462 classroom pupil contact minutes per week (1490 minutes for Early Childhood unless grant requirement changes make it feasible to go below 1490 and 1680 minutes for Head Start educators unless grant requirement changes make it feasible). Beginning in the 2017- 2018 school year, the educator’s schedule shall not exceed 1450 classroom pupil contact minutes per week (1490 minutes for Early Childhood unless grant requirement changes make it feasible to go below 1490 and 1680 minutes for Head Start educators unless grant requirement changes make it feasible). If an educator’s schedule does not comply with this Agreement, the educator or Council will notify their building administrator and/or immediate supervisor by email within two
