Common use of Unit Member Workday Clause in Contracts

Unit Member Workday. 7.1 The District recognizes that the varying nature of a unit member’s day-to-day professional responsibilities does not lend itself solely to an instructional day of rigidly established length. Except as specified in Section 7.11, the unit member’s workday shall be defined as a “Professional Day.” 7.1.1 The unit member workday shall be defined as a “Professional Day.” Unit members shall arrive at the assigned site prepared to perform their duties and may leave when their professional duties are satisfactorily completed. 7.2 The Association and the District share the belief that educators have professional responsibilities to xxxxxx and contribute to improved curricular programs. Duties assigned by the principal or designee shall not result in a lengthening of the unit member's workday except for the following: faculty meetings, departmental meetings, district curriculum meetings, department/area chairpersons meetings as assigned the individual unit member, occasional parent conferences and the following occasional adjunct responsibilities assigned the individual unit member: parent advisory council meetings, school curriculum meetings, special education meetings, accreditation meetings and meetings of other groups for school and District operation and improvement. 7.2.1 If a unit member is requested by the site administrator to attend a parent conference involving parents of more than one student, there shall be a site administrator (principal or assistant principal) in attendance at this conference, if the unit member so requests. 7.2.2 After ten (10) IEP meetings attended outside of the professional day, a unit member shall receive the hourly rate for each hour of IEP attendance that falls outside of the member's professional day. 7.3 Faculty meetings, departmental meetings, District curriculum meetings and department/area chairpersons meetings shall normally not be called more than once each month. Exceptions shall occur only in cases of necessity. 7.3.1 Generally all regularly scheduled faculty and department meetings are to last no longer than seventy-five (75) minutes. 7.4 The adjunct responsibilities listed above shall be identified and assigned as early in the school year as possible and be as equitably assigned as possible. The District shall actively seek volunteers among the unit members at the affected school. 7.5 The scheduling of duties shall be done in such ways as not to intentionally extend the unit member's workday, if other reasonable meeting times can be arranged. 7.6 The unit member workday shall begin at a time similar to past practice, within the limits of seven (7) and nine (9) a.m. Unit members may be assigned to full-time special or experimental programs that begin and end later in the day. 7.7 In addition to the limited discretion allowed in Section 7.1, the District shall have the right to release unit members from their duties without loss of pay for any portion of the unit member's workday at the sole discretion of the District. 7.8 Counselors must be at the worksite a period of time equal to teachers at that site. 7.9 If a counselor is required to work on a regular basis outside the normal workday in special or experimental programs, that counselor shall be granted equivalent release time. 7.10 Unit members assigned to full-time special or experimental positions shall normally work no longer than the maximum workday of other unit members assigned to the same job classification. 7.11 The workday of psychologists and school district nurses under the supervision of the Administrator of Special Education shall be no longer than eight (8) hours, including lunch as defined in 8.7.

Unit Member Workday. 7.1 The District recognizes that the varying nature of a unit member’s day-to-day professional responsibilities does not lend itself solely to an instructional day of rigidly established length. Except as specified in Section 7.11, the unit member’s workday shall be defined as a “Professional Day.” 7.1.1 The unit member workday shall be defined as a “Professional Day.” Unit members shall arrive at the assigned site prepared to perform their duties and may leave when their professional duties are satisfactorily completed. 7.2 The Association and the District share the belief that educators have professional responsibilities to xxxxxx and contribute to improved curricular programs. Duties assigned by the principal or designee shall not result in a lengthening of the unit member's workday except for the following: faculty meetings, departmental meetings, district curriculum meetings, department/area chairpersons meetings as assigned the individual unit member, occasional parent conferences and the following occasional adjunct responsibilities assigned the individual unit member: parent advisory council meetings, school curriculum meetings, special education meetings, accreditation meetings and meetings of other groups for school and District operation and improvement. 7.2.1 If a unit member is requested by the site administrator to attend a parent conference involving parents of more than one student, there shall be a site administrator (principal or assistant principal) in attendance at this conference, if the unit member so requests. 7.2.2 After ten (10) IEP meetings attended outside of the professional day, a unit member shall receive the hourly rate for each hour of IEP attendance that falls outside of the member's professional day. 7.3 Faculty meetings, departmental meetings, District curriculum meetings and department/area chairpersons meetings shall normally not be called more than once each month. Exceptions shall occur only in cases of necessity. 7.3.1 Generally all regularly scheduled faculty and department meetings are to last no longer than seventy-five (75) minutes. 7.4 The adjunct responsibilities listed above shall be identified and assigned as early in the school year as possible and be as equitably assigned as possible. The District shall actively seek volunteers among the unit members at the affected school. 7.5 The scheduling of duties shall be done in such ways as not to intentionally extend the unit member's workday, if other reasonable meeting times can be arranged. 7.6 The unit member workday shall begin at a time similar to past practice, within the limits of seven (7) and nine (9) a.m. unless mutually agreed upon. Unit members may be assigned to full-time special or experimental programs that begin and end later in the day. 7.7 In addition to the limited discretion allowed in Section 7.1, the District shall have the right to release unit members from their duties without loss of pay for any portion of the unit member's workday at the sole discretion of the District. 7.8 Counselors must provide academic, personal/social, and career/college readiness support for members of the school community. Because the school community includes staff, students, parents and community members, a counseling team is expected to be at accessible during the worksite times when these groups are generally present and need assistance on campus. Site administration will seek input from counseling team members in order to develop a period schedule that maximizes counselor availability and prioritizes a reasonable distribution of time equal to teachers at that sitework duties. 7.9 If The counselor compensation schedule anticipates the fact that a counselor is required counselor’s “professional day” includes responsibilities unique to their position that sometimes necessitate a work schedule that extends beyond normal office hours. Counselors are compensated the additional factor as stated in Appendix B.2.1 to support the work outside of normal office hours during the standard workweek (Monday- Friday.) Examples of work outside normal hours include (but are not limited to) student/parent meetings, scheduling work, college information nights, transitional meetings, and counseling resource presentations. Work on a regular basis outside counseling related activities on the normal workday in special or experimental programs, that counselor weekend shall receive pre-approval from the unit member's supervisor and shall be granted equivalent release time. 7.10 Unit members assigned to full-time special or experimental positions shall normally work no longer than the maximum workday of other unit members assigned to the same job classification. 7.11 The workday of psychologists and school district nurses under the supervision of the Administrator of Special Education shall be no longer than eight (8) hours, including lunch as defined in 8.7.