The School Day. The Board shall recognize the following right and responsibilities of teachers as it sets the schedules for the school day: A teacher shall be required to report for duty no earlier than five minutes before the start of the student school day (7:55 a.m.) and remain no longer than fifteen minutes after the end of the student day (3:15 p.m.) except for parent or professional meetings. On Fridays and days vacation begin, teachers may leave their respective buildings as soon as the busses have left. A teacher shall have a thirty (30) minute lunch period, free from duty, unless an emergency otherwise requires. In the event a teacher is called to assume an emergency responsibility, said teacher shall be compensated at the rate defined in Section 15.8 or they shall be given compensation time. In grades 7-12 the teacher workday shall include not more than six (6) teaching periods. A teacher shall be expected to attend all regularly scheduled professional meetings (e.g., building meetings, institutes, and professional organization meetings). The Board and the Association agree that some supervisory responsibilities shared among the teachers on an equitable basis are necessary at student functions. The Principal shall determine to which of those events teacher attendance is expected, which are eligible for extra compensation, and from which teachers may be excused. Assignments which are beyond this description of the school day and which are in excess of the basic professional responsibility shall be compensated in accordance with the extra-pay (for extra-duty) policy in the Salary Schedule. When an extended school day program is in existence, the employee involved shall not be required to be on duty longer than would be expected under the regular school program.
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