Work Beyond the Duty Day. 1. Elementary music; elementary physical education; Middle School Music, Band, and Orchestra teachers, not covered by a supplemental salary, who are required to be present for performances under their direction and beyond the duty day will be compensated at a rate of $25.00 per hour. The same teachers will voucher time beyond the duty day to plan and produce programs at $25.00 an hour.
Work Beyond the Duty Day. Elementary music and physical education teachers who are required to be present for performances under their direction and beyond the duty day will be compensated at the rate of $18.50 per hour. Elementary music teachers will voucher time beyond the duty day used to plan and produce programs at $18.50 per hour. All Special Education and ELL teachers may voucher up to three (3) hours during the week prior to the first student report day to compensate for lost classroom time due to state mandated professional development. Teachers from any level who are required to attend IEP/504 meetings outside the duty day will be compensated at the rate of $18.50 per hour. Parent Teacher Conferences/Orientation: Parent teacher conferences will be held each semester. Each individual building will draft a conference plan and submit those plans to the Teaching and Learning Department (a committee will be formed within the building to determine the plan). Individual schools will determine the dates and times of their parent teacher conferences to meet the needs of their families, by majority vote (without designated conference week). The date of parent teacher conferences and orientation sessions, and where applicable the date of release times, will be established in the Spring of the prior year or no later than the first ten (10) days of the current school year, by majority building vote. The times established for second semester parent teacher conferences may be adjusted within the first ten (10) days of the second semester by majority building vote. Elementary and Middle school conferences will be 12.50 hours; High School conferences will be 6.25 hours. Compensation for this time will be accomplished by releasing the faculty for an equal amount of time on days designated on the calendar as parent teacher conference day or parent teacher compensation day, providing students are not in session. The Board may, however, at any time, change the manner of parent teacher conferences, but only as to future conferences for which it has not previously given its approval. Upon the written request of either party, a joint committee of teachers and administrators shall be appointed by the Superintendent and/or designee to revise guidelines for the implementation of conference scheduling and parent orientation. Teachers who do not have classroom responsibilities or teach a regular class may elect, with permission from their administrator/supervisor, to serve an equivalent amount of tim...
