Common use of THE WORKDAY Clause in Contracts

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday a 25 minute duty-free lunch time shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher. The starting time of the student instructional day shall be determined by the Board for each building. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly of collaborative planning (department, grade- level, and/or interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level, one day a month for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as needed, and one day a month for professional development to fulfill State Professional Development requirements. The above is specified in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 School Calendar consistent with the following: collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planning, and general school improvement activities and staff meetings on Thursday. The first Tuesday of each month will be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administrators. The length of the teacher workday for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be as follows: * On the 7 days during the school year used to meet State Professional Development requirements the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: For individuals assigned to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced above. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision). ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 to 1525 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring).

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday a 25 minute duty-free lunch time shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher. The starting time of the student instructional day shall be determined by the Board for each building. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly of collaborative planning (department, grade- level, and/or interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level, one day a month for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as needed, and one day a month for professional development to fulfill State Professional Development requirements. The above is specified in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 School Calendar consistent with the following: collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planning, and general school improvement activities and staff meetings on Thursday. The first Tuesday of each month will be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administratorscollaboration. The length of the teacher workday for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be 8 hours in length. On these days, the teacher workday will be as follows: * On the 7 days during the school year used to meet State Professional Development requirements the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: For individuals assigned to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced above. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 368 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 341 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 330 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision). ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 1445 to 1525 1530 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 1425 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 1530 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring).

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday a 25 minute duty-free lunch time shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher. The starting time of the student instructional day shall be determined by the Board for each building. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly of collaborative planning (department, grade- level, and/or interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level, one day a month for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as needed, and one day a month for professional development to fulfill State Professional Development requirements. The above is specified in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 School Calendar consistent with the following: collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planning, and general school improvement activities and staff meetings on Thursday. The first Tuesday of each month will be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administrators. The length of the teacher workday for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be as follows: * On the 7 days during the school year used to meet State Professional Development requirements the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: For individuals assigned to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced above. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision). ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 to 1525 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring).

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday a 25 minute duty-free lunch time shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher. The starting time of the student instructional day shall be determined by the Board for each building. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly of collaborative planning (department, grade- level, and/or interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level, one day a month for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as needed, and one day a month for professional development to fulfill State Professional Development requirements. The above is specified in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 School Calendar consistent with the following: collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planningplanning on Wednesday, and general school improvement activities and staff meetings on Thursday. The first Tuesday of each month will be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administratorscollaboration. The length of the teacher workday for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be 8 hours in length. On these days, the teacher workday will be as follows: * Elementary Traditional 7:55 am - 3:55 pm * Elementary Year Round 7:30 am – 3:30 pm Middle School 7:53 am - 3:53 pm High School 7:15 am – 3:15 pm * On the 7 6 days during the school year used to meet State Professional Development requirements the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: Elementary Traditional 7:55 am - 3:05 pm Elementary Year Round 8:20 am - 3:30 pm Middle School 8:50 am - 3:53 pm High School 7:15 am - 2:18 pm For individuals assigned to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced above. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision). ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 to 1525 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 1420 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring). Compensation for less than full-time elementary specials assignments also is based on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points. Compensation for specials overages pertaining to teachers who are not full-time elementary specials teachers is based on the number of minutes taught in an elementary specials assignment that is more than the total minutes in the prorated elementary specials assignment (e.g. a half-time elementary specials teacher overage would be calculated based on the number of minutes beyond 710 that said teacher teaches in an elementary specials assignment). Full-time middle school elective-only teachers will be assigned five (5) elective classes and one (1) iConnect per day. Elective-only teachers will have time without students during the student school day that is equivalent in total minutes to one (1) middle school elective period.

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday calculated on a 25 minute duty-free lunch time weekly basis shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher7 hours and 40 minutes. The starting provision for weekly calculation is expressly for providing a longer block of time of beyond the student instructional day for the purposes of teacher planning and school improvement. Also, a weekly calculation is necessary for full-time teachers who do not work the same number of hours per day Monday through Friday. The staff and principals of all buildings may develop individual building schedules. To the extent possible, the actual student school day schedule will be the same for all elementary schools, the same for both middle schools, and the same for East High School and West High School. The Board shall be determined by retain the right to determine schedules subject to: first the recommendations developed through an administrative-teaching staff process, secondly to the mutual determination of the Association and Central Office Administration, and finally the Board for each buildingwill implement its position if no agreement is reached within 30 calendar days of the start of discussion with the Association and Central Office Administrators. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. Without unanimous agreement of the principal and teachers at an elementary school, such time shall be after school. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly two days a week of collaborative planning (department, grade- grade-level, and/or and interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level), one day a month week for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as neededactivities, one day a week for individual planning and one day a month week for professional development scheduled as needed to fulfill State professional development requirements (i.e. 18 hours). Professional Development requirementsdevelopment days not needed to meet State requirements may be scheduled as individual planning. The above is specified Professional development days shall be scheduled on Wednesdays in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 School Calendar consistent with all buildings. Each school’s ESC will recommend the following: schedule for the time that occurs before or after the end of the student school day for collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planning, and general school improvement activities and individual planning. General staff meetings called by the principal will be scheduled on Thursdaydays identified for general school improvement activities. If an elementary specials class is cancelled which causes a teacher to lose his/her planning time and, therefore, exceed the direct instructional time indicated below, the District will make every effort to make up such specials class and, thereby, provide for the lost planning time. At all times during the teacher workday, teachers shall be expected to assist in student supervision. Teachers are to be in the building unless specifically on school business with the principal's approval. The first Tuesday time specifically designated as planning time for a teacher within the basic workday shall be exclusive of each month will specifically- assigned student supervision duties, except in emergencies. Staff members who are temporarily released from instructional duties because of testing programs, field trips, assemblies, or other scheduled situations may be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administratorsassigned to student supervision. The length expectations of the teacher workday staff for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be as follows: * On the 7 days student supervision during the school year used workday shall be developed by the principal and building staff in such a manner as to meet State Professional Development requirements provide the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will minimum teacher supervisor duties while maintaining an orderly, disciplined atmosphere in the building. To facilitate maintenance of such an atmosphere prior to and following the student instructional day when students are entering and exiting the building, teachers shall generally be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: For individuals in and about their assigned areas available to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced aboveand/or assisting students. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 360 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 333 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 322 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision); it is expressly understood that for the 2011-2012 school year only, maximum daily instructional time will increase to 377 minutes for one trimester. ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 to 1525 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 1420 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring). Compensation for less than full-time elementary specials assignments also is based on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points. Compensation for specials overages pertaining to teachers who are not full-time elementary specials teachers is based on the number of minutes taught in an elementary specials assignment that is more than the total minutes in the prorated elementary specials assignment (e.g. a half-time elementary specials teacher overage would be calculated based on the number of minutes beyond 710 that said teacher teaches in an elementary specials assignment). Full-time middle school elective-only teachers will be assigned seven (7) elective periods per day. Elective-only teachers will have time without students during the student school day that is equivalent in total minutes to one (1) middle school elective period.

THE WORKDAY. The basic workday for full-time teachers will be as referenced below. Within the basic workday a 25 minute duty-free lunch time shall be provided, except in emergency situations, to each teacher. The starting time of the student instructional day shall be determined by the Board for each building. Except for the duty-free lunch, the time within the basic workday that is not specifically scheduled for instructional duties is referred to as planning time and shall be used for preparation, conferences, meetings, and other professional tasks. Such time that occurs prior to the beginning of the student school day at the middle school level, after the end of the student day at the high school level, and before or after the student school day and during specials times at elementary level is for collaborative planning, general school improvement activities, professional development, and individual teacher preparation. The distribution of this time shall include one day weekly of collaborative planning (department, grade- level, and/or interdisciplinary) at the middle school and high school level and one day every other week at the elementary level, one day a month for general school improvement activities and staff meetings as needed, and one day a month for professional development to fulfill State Professional Development requirements. The above is specified in Appendix A-1 and Appendix A-2 the 2012 -2013 School Calendar consistent with the following: collaborative planning on Tuesday, PD/Individual planningplanning on Wednesday, and general school improvement activities and staff meetings on Thursday. The first Tuesday of each month will be indentified for cross-building collaboration between Zemmer Campus and LHS as directed by building administratorscollaboration. The length of the teacher workday for collaborative planning, PD or SIP activities on the 6 days a month at the middle and high school level or 4 days a month at the elementary level will be 8 hours in length. On these days, the teacher workday will be as follows: * Elementary Traditional 7:55 am - 3:55 pm * Elementary Year Round 7:30 am – 3:30 pm Middle School 7:53 am - 3:53 pm High School 7:15 am – 3:15 pm * On the 7 6 days during the school year used to meet State Professional Development requirements the ending/beginning time for elementary schools will be 10 minutes later/earlier than referenced above. On the remaining days not identified for collaboration, PD or SIP activities, the teacher workday will be established as follows: For individuals assigned to multi-level positions or single-level positions which have hours flexed from the times listed above, an indivdual teacher workday will be established consistent with the total amount of time worked as identified in Article 6 but with individual daily start/end times adjusted as needed in order to meet the requirements of the assigned position. Elementary Traditional 7:55 am - 3:05 pm Elementary Year Round 8:20 am - 3:30 pm Middle School 8:50 am - 3:53 pm High School 7:15 am - 2:18 pm Should the Board elect to implement any change in operation that would necessitate altering the teacher workday times as specified above, the Board and Association mutually agree to alter the teacher work times in an LOA to coincide with the change in operation with understanding that length of the teacher workday will not exceet the length referenced above. Full-Time Teacher Daily Instructional Time will be a maximum of: 363 minutes for elementary schools (5 minutes of instructional supervision for grades 1 – 5) ** 336 minutes for middle schools (*20-25 minutes instructional supervision) ** 325 minutes for high schools (*20 minutes instructional supervision). ** subject to minor fluctuation if passing time is increased or decreased Full-time teachers in the elementary specials (e.g. art, foreign language, music, physical education, and technology) have from 1440 to 1525 minutes of instructional time per week (including 105 minutes of instructional supervision). It is intended that the length of each specials class will be equal. However, it is agreed that elementary specials teachers will not have scheduled classes on the first and last day of student instruction each year but, rather, will use said days for inventorying, distributing instructional materials and supplies, and for planning and coordinating the schedules of specials teachers in conjunction with administration. For assignments that are beyond 1440 1420 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week (i.e. overages), additional compensation will be on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points (e.g. to .12%). Full-time assignments that are comprised of less than 1525 minutes of assigned specials instruction per week can be assigned by the building principal to other teaching duties (e.g. co-teaching, RtI, and tutoring). Compensation for less than full-time elementary specials assignments also is based on a straight percentage basis rounded to two decimal points. Compensation for specials overages pertaining to teachers who are not full-time elementary specials teachers is based on the number of minutes taught in an elementary specials assignment that is more than the total minutes in the prorated elementary specials assignment (e.g. a half-time elementary specials teacher overage would be calculated based on the number of minutes beyond 710 that said teacher teaches in an elementary specials assignment). Full-time middle school elective-only teachers will be assigned five (5) elective classes and one (1) iConnect per day. Elective-only teachers will have time without students during the student school day that is equivalent in total minutes to one (1) middle school elective period.