Common use of Unit Member Day Clause in Contracts

Unit Member Day. (a) All unit members shall report to school and shall remain at school for the time necessary to perform such duties as may be assigned by the principal. The minimum requirements shall be fifteen minutes before the beginning of the session and fifteen minutes after the session, unless excused by the principal before school connected activities. (b) In addition to the professional responsibilities as established in the 2006-2007 school year, unit members may be required to attend professional activities for up to ten hours, which may be used in one-half hour to hour segments before and after school, and which may be used in conjunction with staff meetings. The purposes of such activities (e.g., data teams, grade level team meetings, subject area meetings, or other collaboration or professional development) shall be determined by the principal on a consistent basis with reasonable notice to the faculty at the school site. (c) However, it is understood that a unit member’s day cannot be regulated by the clock and that many professionally necessary and desirable activities will take place beyond the designated minimum limits. (d) The Board may assign individual unit members in certain assignments to begin and end their working day at different times, provided that the overall length of the unit member’s day shall not exceed the working day of regular classroom unit members in the same school. Prior to making any such alternative assignments, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall confer with the Association regarding the assignment(s) and the teachers potentially affected. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall then offer the alternative assignment to the potentially- affected teachers on a voluntary basis and, if necessary, shall then make alternative assignment by inverse order of seniority. (e) Should the Board increase the length of the unit member day, it shall negotiate with the Association over the impact, if any, of such change. (f) The addition of a 186th day for teachers was added for the purpose of PD only.

Unit Member Day. (a) All unit members shall report to school and shall remain at school for the time necessary to perform such duties as may be assigned by the principal. The minimum requirements shall be fifteen minutes before the beginning of the session and fifteen minutes after the session, unless excused by the principal before school connected activities. (b) In addition to the professional responsibilities as established in the 2006-2007 school year, unit members may be required to attend professional activities for up to ten hours, which may be used in one-half hour to hour segments before and after school, and which may be used in conjunction with staff meetings. The purposes of such activities (e.g., data teams, grade level team meetings, subject area meetings, or other collaboration or professional development) shall be determined by the principal on a consistent basis with reasonable notice to the faculty at the school site. (c) However, it is understood that a unit member’s day cannot be regulated by the clock and that many professionally necessary and desirable activities will take place beyond the designated minimum limits. (d) The Board may assign individual unit members in certain assignments to begin and end their working day at different times, provided that the overall length of the unit member’s day shall not exceed the working day of regular classroom unit members in the same school. Prior to making any such alternative assignments, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall confer with the Association regarding the assignment(s) and the teachers potentially affected. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall then offer the alternative assignment to the potentially- potentially-affected teachers on a voluntary basis and, if necessary, shall then make alternative assignment by inverse order of seniority. (e) Should the Board increase the length of the unit member day, it shall negotiate with the Association over the impact, if any, of such change. (f) The addition of a 186th day for teachers was added for the purpose of PD only.