Common use of Unit Member Work Week Clause in Contracts

Unit Member Work Week. The work week for full-time Unit Members shall be thirty-five (35) hours on site. The student instructional schedule is contained in Appendix Section 2. The District may alter the student schedule as long as the Unit Members’ instructional time is not increased. 1. Preparation periods are considered to be part of the school day. 2. Planning, preparation time and conference time, when assigned, shall be used for planning and preparation, and conferences with pupils, parents, other Unit Members or administrators. 3. In addition to the thirty-five (35) hour work week, attendance shall be required at faculty, team/grade level, and/or staff development meetings scheduled by the administration. Such meetings, if scheduled, shall be set for a specified time and day of the week. Such meetings shall begin no later than fifteen (15) minutes after the end of the student day at each school. In the case of District-wide meetings, they will begin no later than fifteen (15) minutes after the end of the student day at the school with the latest dismissal. The total of such meeting shall not exceed five hundred and twenty (520) minutes or eight (8) hours and forty (40) minutes in any month. Unit Members may, but 4. At the beginning of the school year, each principal shall adopt a schedule for faculty meetings and the utilization of minimum days after consultation with the Unit Members. 5. Unit Members in grades K-5 shall be entitled to a duty-free, twenty (20) minute morning recess subject to the availability of District employed aides. 6. Each principal, with consultation and advice of Unit Members, shall provide for equitable extra-duty assignments of all Unit Members, and the scheduling of supervision for student activities. 7. The professional responsibilities of Unit Members, both full and part-time, shall include: a. Conferences with parents and students b. Curriculum development c. In-service training d. District committees e. Review and evaluation of new materials f. Communication with parents about the educational program g. Board presentations

Unit Member Work Week. The work week for full-time Unit Members shall be thirty-five (35) hours on site. The student instructional schedule is contained in Appendix Section 2. The District may alter the student schedule as long as the Unit Members’ instructional time is not increased. 1. Preparation periods are considered to be part of the school day. 2. Planning, preparation time and conference time, when assigned, shall be used for planning and preparation, and conferences with pupils, parents, other Unit Members or administrators. 3. In addition to the thirty-five (35) hour work week, attendance shall be required at faculty, team/grade level, and/or staff development meetings scheduled by the administration. Such meetings, if scheduled, shall be set for a specified time and day of the week. Such meetings shall begin no later than fifteen (15) minutes after the end of the student day at each school. In the case of District-wide meetings, they will begin no later than fifteen (15) minutes after the end of the student day at the school with the latest dismissal. The total of such meeting shall not exceed five hundred and twenty (520) minutes or eight (8) hours and forty (40) minutes in any month. Unit Members may, but. 4. At the beginning of the school year, each principal shall adopt a schedule for faculty meetings and the utilization of minimum days after consultation with the Unit Members. 5. Unit Members in grades K-5 shall be entitled to a duty-free, twenty (20) minute morning recess subject to the availability of District employed aides. 6. Each principal, with consultation and advice of Unit Members, shall provide for equitable extra-duty assignments of all Unit Members, and the scheduling of supervision for student activities. 7. The professional responsibilities of Unit Members, both full and part-time, shall include: a. Conferences with parents and students b. Curriculum development c. In-service training d. District committees e. Review and evaluation of new materials f. Communication with parents about the educational program g. Board presentations