Total Student Contacts. With the exception of physical education teachers, fine arts teachers, music, band, dance, chorus, drama, study hall and teachers teaching a sixth period; no teacher shall be required to have a total daily student contacts beyond one hundred seventy-six (176).
Total Student Contacts a. The parties endorse a mutual goal to maintain total student contacts for 1.0 FTE general education teachers at or below 165 beginning at the end of the first six week grading period. The number of students enrolled in the class shall not exceed the number of workstations by the end of the eighth full week of classes to ensure safety of students and staff. A workstation in a classroom is defined as an assigned location with equipment, tools, apparatus, or appliances where a student normally spends the majority of class time performing the operational functions necessary to meet the performance objectives and goals of the course. For Physical Education, Performing Arts, Journalism, Robotics, and Leadership classes, this mutual goal shall be to maintain total student contacts below 230 per FTE. Marching bands and associated ensembles or classes composed primarily of an athletic team shall be excluded from the mutual student contact goals listed in this paragraph.
Total Student Contacts a. The parties endorse a mutual goal to maintain total student contacts for 1.0 FTE general education teachers below 170 beginning at the end of the first six week grading period. For Physical Education, Performing Arts, Journalism, and Leadership classes, this mutual goal shall be to maintain total student contacts below 240 per FTE.
