TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. A. Sign-In Procedures
1. Teachers shall indicate their presence for duty by setting forth the time of arrival in the appropriate column of the faculty “sign-in” sheet in the specific areas.
2. Teachers shall sign in no later than 7:55 a.m., and shall be at their assigned station no later than 8:00 a.m.
3. Any teacher who arrives to work late shall affix his/her signature and the time of his/her arrival in the designated “late” book in the principal’s office.
4. Teachers may leave ten (10) minutes after close of pupil’s school day.
B. Class Dismissal Procedures
1. When any emergency closing of school for students is declared during the course of a regular scheduled school day, the school administration shall announce when teachers may leave the building. Such announcement will be made in a manner most likely to reach all staff.
2. Departure time for teachers shall be reasonably related to the students’ departure. Student departure shall be defined as leaving the school grounds. No staff member shall be permitted to leave the building until officially dismissed.
3. Teachers shall be permitted to leave ten (10) minutes after close of the pupils’ school day. However, emergency closings shall be governed by clauses (1) and (2) hereby.
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. It is agreed that the past practice of scheduling preparation periods for resource teachers will be continued.
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. School day The in-school workday shall consist of not more than seven and one-half (7 ½) hours. Arrival and departure time shall be as follows:
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. 1. The Board may require teachers to report for duty at 8:00 a.m. and to remain until 3:30 p.m., except on Fridays and days previous to holidays when teachers are excused following student dismissal. The administration has the authorization to move up or extend the present starting and ending school day by fifteen minutes. When it is mutually agreed upon between the individual teacher and the appropriate administrator, the above time schedule may be altered to allow for early or late arrival or departure, depending on District needs. For example, a teacher might arrive at 9:00 a.m. and leave at 4:30 p.m., or a participating teacher might arrive at 7:30 a.m. and leave at 3:00 p.m. If the teaching day were altered by mutual agreement so that the normal seven and on half (7 ½) hour period was extended by mutual consent, then the teacher would be compensated based on a pro-rated time basis. Non-participation as described above will not be a consideration nor component of any job or performance evaluation and as such, shall not be consideration for granting tenure.
2. Teachers shall have a duty-free lunch period of at least thirty (30) minutes each day.
3. Middle school and High School teachers shall not be assigned more than six (6) student supervision periods of forty-three minutes each in any given school day.
4. Each elementary teacher, grades K – 5, shall have a minimum of one-hundred fifty (150) minutes duty free, including meeting-free, time to be used as preparation on a weekly basis, and not less than thirty (30) continuous minutes on a daily basis, to occur during the normal day for students. It is understood that in cases of emergency and temporary scheduling difficulties, deviations from this provision may occur. Special teachers shall have a minimum of one-hundred fifty (150) minutes of duty- free, including meeting-free, time per week to be used for preparation.
5. In the event that an additional course offering must be made:
a. The District will make reasonable efforts to secure certified part-time people to teach the new course.
b. An existing teacher may volunteer to exceed the normal equivalent six (6) supervisory period days.
c. The Association and the District must mutually agree to this arrangement.
d. The teacher will be compensated based on a pro-rated percentage of current salary. KCS-KCTA AGREEMENT 00 0000-0000
e. This position will exist for a maximum of one school year. However, a unit member may agree to teach for an additional year ...
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD.
A. The school year shall consist of 181 days. One day shall be for the purpose of parent conferences, which will be scheduled for 6.75 hours, include a one hour dinner break, and conclude no later than 9:00 PM. In addition, there shall be three (3) days for the purpose of professional development. Teachers will be compensated no later than June 30th at the rate of $250/day for each district professional development day attended. A one hour faculty orientation meeting shall be held during one professional day.
B. The teacher’s day shall not exceed a maximum of six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes per school day. The teacher’s professional development day shall be defined as 5.5 hours.
C. Teachers shall have a duty-free lunch period of the same duration as the pupils. The lunch period shall not be construed as anything but the amount of time assigned to the lunch, but not less than twenty-five (25) minutes.
D. The schedule followed by special area teachers shall be assigned by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee.
E. A teacher’s class list of students in each class shall be provided on orientation day.
F. The following school connected activities may be required:
1. Ten (10) faculty meetings per year scheduled by the Principal. Teachers assigned to two buildings shall attend meetings in each building proportionate to the number of days assigned in each building.
2. Ten (10) department meetings per school year.
3. General staff meetings called by the Superintendent when he/she deems such meetings are necessary.
4. Two (2) evening meetings per school year, not to exceed a two- hour duration/meeting. The Superintendent shall schedule the first meeting into the school calendar at the beginning of the school year and schedule the second meeting into the calendar at the beginning of the school year whenever possible, but no later than the first week of January upon return from winter break.
a. The first meeting shall be held at the beginning of the school year for all teachers and shall be an “open house/meet the teachers” format.
b. The second meeting shall be scheduled on different dates for each level.
i. All elementary schools shall be scheduled on the same evening.
ii. The middle school and high school may schedule two evening meetings. Teachers shall choose which meeting to attend provided that approximately half the teachers shall be present at each meeting.
iii. At all levels, the superintendent may make exceptions for teachers in feder...
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. A. The Teacher's normal teaching hours in the school shall be as follows:
1. The school day shall be the times listed on the calendar and including fifteen (15) minutes prior to the beginning of classes and ten (10) minutes after classes. In the time prior to and after classes Teachers shall make themselves available to parents, administration, and/or be performing such duties that would insure the continued operation of their assigned areas of responsibilities. Staff meeting may be held once or twice a month. Staff meetings are to begin ten (10) minutes after the end of the school day. Meetings should not exceed one hour past student dismissal. The total amount of minutes for staff meetings will not exceed sixty (60) minutes per month.
2. Teachers shall be on duty and in their room prior to the arrival of students in the morning and each subsequent class period.
B. Teachers shall be entitled to a duty-free thirty (30) minute lunch period.
C. Teachers of grades kindergarten through six shall be guaranteed daily one (1) thirty (30) continuous minutes of duty-free recesses. This recess will be in the afternoon (p.m.) if at all possible.
D. Elementary Teachers shall use those times during which classes are receiving instruction from special area Teachers as planning time.
E. Teachers upon request, may be allowed to leave early at the discretion of the building principal.
F. Teachers shall be excused from contracted duties after buses depart on Homecoming and last duty day prior to a vacation period, and when students are released due to inclement weather. Secondary teachers will stay ten (10) minutes after busses leave on Friday. When a shortened student day is scheduled, Teachers will be expected to work a regular day.
G. Each secondary Teacher shall be guaranteed not less than two hundred twenty-five (225) conference period minutes per week. Each elementary Teacher shall be guaranteed not less than two hundred forty (240) conference period minutes per week. Elementary Teacher preparation time may include recess and extended noon hour. The general purpose of this conference period is to prepare for classes, confer with parents and students, and to conduct such matters that might pertain to the performance of each Teacher's duties.
H. Each elementary Teacher shall inform the elementary office for classroom coverage if personal break time is needed during the morning session.
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. A. IN-SCHOOL DAY:
1. The in-school day shall consist of the following:
a. 2004-2005 School Year: Seven (7) Hours and Ten (10) Minutes
b. 2005-2006 School Year: Seven (7) Hours and Fifteen (15) Minutes
c. 2006-2007 School Year: Seven (7) Hours and Fifteen (15) Minutes
2. The in-school day for all full time bargaining unit members shall include:
a. One duty-free lunch period that is equal in time to that of the students lunch and recess period;
b. A minimum of one full and continuous preparation period per in- school day;
c. In school arrival time no more than fifteen (15) minutes prior to the opening of the school day will be required;
d. End of the day departure time no less than the following after the final student dismissal will be required except for Faculty or Professional Meetings addressed in Paragraph B, Subparagraph [1] of this article:
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. 3:1 All teachers and ten month secretaries shall have a work year of one hundred and eighty- four (184) days with newly hired staff having a work year of one hundred and eighty-five (185) days. Such days shall be scheduled as follows:
a. One (1) new hire orientation in-service day prior to the pupils’ school year. (New hires only)
b. Two (2) staff in-service days. (Teachers and ten month secretaries)
c. One (1) day attendance immediately before the pupils’ school year. (Teachers and ten month secretaries)
d. One (1) day attendance immediately after the pupils’ school year. (Teachers)
e. Ten month secretaries work until they close out their registers.
3:1.1 All aides and clerks shall have a work year of one hundred and eighty-four (184) days.
3:1.2 During normally scheduled school year recesses, when school is closed to students, secretaries will not be expected to work.
3:1.3 All twelve month secretaries shall follow the school calendar and shall receive Independence Day as a holiday.
3:2 No teachers, aides, or clerks covered by this Agreement shall be required to report for duty earlier than 15 minutes before the start of the pupils’ instructional day, or be required to remain more than 20 minutes after the close of the instructional day.
3:2.1 Teachers and aides may be required to remain after the close of the school day for the purpose of staff meetings, provided that no individual employee be required to attend more than two (2) such meetings per month, non-accumulative, and that such meetings be limited to one (1) hour beyond the end of the employee day. This does not include a meeting which the Principal may require with an individual employee. At least five
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. A. Teacher Time Before and After School
B. Teacher Schedules
TEACHING HOURS AND LOAD. 7.1 Teachers shall not be required to report for duty earlier than fifteen (15) minutes before the opening of the pupils' day and shall be permitted to leave not later than thirty (30) minutes after the close of the pupils' school day in each building. The teachers’ workday shall be as follows except as noted in Article 7.5. High School: 7 hours, 30 minutes/Elementary: 7 hours, 15 minutes.
7.2 Teachers shall have a duty-free lunch period equal to the students' lunch period; but in NO instance shall a teacher's duty-free lunch period be less than thirty (30) minutes.
7.3 Prep time is defined as that time during the regular workday, excluding lunch, when the certificated staff member is not assigned pupils for instruction in a class, and she/he is not assigned a duty (i.e. lunch duty, hall duty, playground duty, homeroom, etc). All teachers shall receive 200 minutes preparation time per five (5) full day week. For each full length day, the prep period will consist of forty (40) continuous minutes. Preparation time shall continue to be used for supervisor-teacher meetings, parent-teacher meetings, and teacher committee meetings as well as other uses to which prep time has been devoted. Any questions regarding the appropriate use of prep time shall be determined by the Superintendent of Schools in her/his sole discretion.
