Common use of Work Schedule and Assignments Clause in Contracts

Work Schedule and Assignments. A. Work Year and Day 1. The work year for returning Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants (i.e. those employees in these titles who have worked at the School during the previous school year) shall begin no earlier than August 21st of each school year. Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants shall work no more than 1.) the same number of instructional days as designated in the annual school calendar of the New York City Board of Education for high schools and 2.) eight (8) additional days that shall be designated for mandatory professional development. Teachers and Guidance Counselors new to the School (in their first year only), School Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates, and Teaching Assistants shall work two (2) days in addition to the above stated work year. The work year for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads shall be the calendar year. School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads shall have four (4) weeks of vacation time each work year, in addition to the holidays provided for in Article 8(A)(2) below. No more than two (2) consecutive weeks may be taken at one time. No more than two (2) total weeks may be taken in the months of July and August. 2. The School will follow the same holiday schedule as the New York City Board of Education for high schools; however, pursuant to Article 9 the School’s Calendar Committee may reconfigure the school calendar within the parameters for the work year defined above and subject to any legal requirements for public holidays. 3. The professional workday for Teachers and Guidance Counselors shall include the student day, staff meetings, professional development meetings, office hours and time needed for class preparation. The work day for full-time School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, School Secretaries/Operations Associates School Secretaries/Operations Assistants, Teachers Assistants and School Assistants is eight (8) hours per day with a forty (40) hour work week. The work day during the summer months (July and August) for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Assistants is six (6) hours per day with a thirty (30) hour work week. Should the School employ a new title or category of employees having a community of interest with this group of employees, the professional workday defined here will also apply to this group. Teachers and Guidance Counselors are considered exempt titles for purposes of overtime; School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, Teachers Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates and School Assistants are non-exempt. 4. Employees will receive a duty-free lunch period of no less than thirty (30) minutes. Each Teacher will be given at least one (1) class period per schedule cycle for preparation time. Preparation time is to be used for preparation related to teaching duties and or Union business and not for personal business or conducting personal appointments. Pursuant to Article 9, the School’s Calendar Committee may revise the amount of preparation time provided to Employees and the length of Employees’ duty- free lunch so long as all legal requirements for instructional minutes are met and it is determined that such changes do not negatively impact the School’s educational standards. 5. The School recognizes that Employees rely on their regular schedules to prepare their work and agrees that the scheduling of ad hoc meetings or other events not regularly scheduled can disrupt and interfere with teaching. Therefore, ad hoc changes that affect Employees’ daily work schedule should be minimized and, where such meetings or events are necessary, should be made with reasonable advance notice so as not to interfere with Employees’ schedules. In the event that an ad hoc meeting is scheduled outside of normal working hours without reasonable notice, and an Employee is unable to attend due to a prior commitment or personal hardship, the Employee will not be disciplined for not attending. 6. Employees who lose time from their scheduled preparation because they are required by the School to cover a class shall be additionally compensated for such extra time within the next pay period at the Employee’s pro-rated hourly pay rate. 7. In the event of an emergency, School Secretaries/ Operations Associates shall provide coverage for classes consisting of distribution of classwork and monitoring behavior of students for no more than two (2) coverage periods per seven (7) period cycle or that equivalent. Any additional coverages shall be paid the difference of School Secretaries/ Operations Associates pro-rata salary rate and the pro-rata salary rate they would receive as a teacher. 8. There shall be four (4) evening Parent-Teacher Conferences (”Conferences”) held on dates to be proposed by the calendar and programming committee. All conferences shall begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and end no later than 7:30p.

Work Schedule and Assignments. A. Work Year and Day 1. The work year for returning Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants (i.e. those employees in these titles who have worked at the School during the previous school year) shall begin no earlier than August 21st of each school year. Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants shall work no more than 1.) the same number of instructional days as designated in the annual school calendar of the New York City Board of Education for high schools and 2.) eight (8) additional days that shall be designated for mandatory professional development. Teachers and Guidance Counselors new to the School (in their first year only), School Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates, and Teaching Assistants shall work two (2) days in addition to the above stated work year. The work year for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads shall be the calendar year. School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads shall have four (4) weeks of vacation time each work year, in addition to the holidays provided for in Article 8(A)(2) below. No more than two (2) consecutive weeks may be taken at one time. No more than two (2) total weeks may be taken in the months of July and August. 2. The School will follow the same holiday schedule as the New York City Board of Education for high schools; however, pursuant to Article 9 the School’s Calendar Committee may reconfigure the school calendar within the parameters for the work year defined above and subject to any legal requirements for public holidays. 3. The professional workday for Teachers and Guidance Counselors shall include the student day, staff meetings, professional development meetings, office hours and time needed for class preparation. The work day for full-time School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, School Secretaries/Operations Associates School Secretaries/Operations Assistants, Teachers Assistants and School Assistants is eight (8) hours per day with a forty (40) hour work week. The work day during the summer months (July and August) for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Assistants is six (6) hours per day with a thirty (30) hour work week. Should the School employ a new title or category of employees having a community of interest with this group of employees, the professional workday defined here will also apply to this group. Teachers and Guidance Counselors are considered exempt titles for purposes of overtime; School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, Leads Teachers Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates Assistants and School Assistants are non-exempt. 4. Employees will receive a duty-free lunch period of no less than thirty (30) minutes. Each Teacher will be given at least one (1) class period per schedule cycle for preparation time. Preparation time is to be used for preparation related to teaching duties and or Union business and not for personal business or conducting personal appointments. Pursuant to Article 9, the School’s Calendar Committee may revise the amount of preparation time provided to Employees and the length of Employees’ duty- free lunch so long as all legal requirements for instructional minutes are met and it is determined that such changes do not negatively impact the School’s educational standards. 5. The School recognizes that Employees rely on their regular schedules to prepare their work and agrees that the scheduling of ad hoc meetings or other events not regularly scheduled can disrupt and interfere with teaching. Therefore, ad hoc changes that affect Employees’ daily work schedule should be minimized and, where such meetings or events are necessary, should be made with reasonable advance notice so as not to interfere with Employees’ schedules. In the event that an ad hoc meeting is scheduled outside of normal working hours without reasonable notice, and an Employee is unable to attend due to a prior commitment or personal hardship, the Employee will not be disciplined for not attending. 6. Employees who lose time from their scheduled preparation because they are required by the School to cover a class shall be additionally compensated for such extra time within the next pay period at the Employee’s pro-rated hourly pay rate. 7. Returning Employees will accrue sick days at a rate of one (1) day per work month. The School will provide new Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Social Workers, School Assistant, School Secretaries/Operations Associates, and Teaching Assistants, in their first year only, with ten (10) available sick days at the commencement of their service; the School will provide School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Assistants in their first year only, with twelve (12) available sick days at the commencement of their service. All new Employees will not accrue additional sick days until their second year of employment. Unused sick days for all Employees, up to a limit of two hundred (200) days, will be banked for future use. In any given year, up to three (3) sick days may be used for personal business. For an Employee’s absences of one-half (1/2) a work day or less, the event School will deduct from the Employee’s accumulated days in hourly increments for every fraction of an emergency, School Secretaries/ Operations Associates shall provide coverage for classes consisting hour the employee is absent from work. Absences of distribution of classwork and monitoring behavior of students for no more than one-half (1/2) a work day shall be deducted as a full day of sick leave. Unit members with perfect attendance during a school year will be awarded a bonus of two (2) coverage periods per seven (7) period cycle or that equivalent. Any additional coverages shall be paid the difference of School Secretaries/ Operations Associates days pro-rata salary rate and the pro-rata salary rate they would receive as a teacherpay. 8. There shall be four (4) evening Parent-Teacher Conferences (”Conferences”) held on dates to be proposed by the calendar and programming committee. All conferences shall begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and end no later than 7:30p.

Work Schedule and Assignments. A. Work Year and Day 1. The work year for returning Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants (i.e. those employees in these titles who have worked at the School during the previous school year) shall begin no earlier than August 21st of each school year. Teachers, Guidance Counselors, School Assistants and Teaching Assistants shall work no more than 1.) the same number of instructional days as designated in the annual school calendar of the New York City Board of Education for high schools and 2.) eight (8) additional days that shall be designated for mandatory professional development. Teachers and Guidance Counselors new to the School (in their first year only), School Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates, and Teaching Assistants shall work two (2) days in addition to the above stated work year. The work year for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads shall be the calendar year. Effective upon ratification of this agreement, School Secretaries/Operations Associates shall be twelve (12) month positions. In the event that an incumbent Operations Associate would like to remain a ten (10) month Employee, UPPS shall approve that request. School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads and those School Secretaries/Operations Associates that have not opted to remain a ten (10) month employee shall have four (4) weeks of vacation time each work year, in addition to the holidays provided for in Article 8(A)(2) below. No more than two School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads Secretaries/Operations Assistants, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads and those School Secretaries/Operations Associates are permitted to take up three (23) consecutive weeks may be taken at one time. No more than two (2) total weeks may be taken paid vacation in the months of July and August, but are required to take at least two (2) weeks of their total paid vacation in the months of July and August. However, these employees shall not be permitted to take paid vacation the week prior the start of the Summer Bridge program, nor shall they be permitted to take paid vacation the week prior to preservice. Operations employees that elect to take three (3) weeks their total of paid vacation in the months of July and August, shall take the remaining one (1) week vacation during the regular school year. Operations Employees that elect to take two (2) weeks their total of paid vacation in the months of July and August, shall take the remaining two (2) weeks paid vacation during the regular school year and paid vacation during the regular school year shall be in addition to scheduled school year holidays and breaks. 2. The School will follow the same holiday schedule as the New York City Board of Education for high schools; however, pursuant to Article 9 the School’s Calendar Committee may reconfigure the school calendar within the parameters for the work year defined above and subject to any legal requirements for public holidays. 3. The professional workday for Teachers and Guidance Counselors shall include From September through June, the student day, staff meetings, professional development meetings, office hours and time needed for class preparation. The work day for full-time School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, School Secretaries/Operations Associates School Secretaries/Operations Assistants, Teachers Assistants and School Assistants is shall be eight (8) hours per for all Employees. The School hours shall be 8AM-4PM. No later than June 1st of every school year the Calendar and Programming Committee shall make a recommendation regarding the work day with hours. Any reconfiguration of the work day hours must be ratified by a forty (40) hour majority of Bargaining Unit Members and approved by the Board. Nonetheless, the work weekday shall not begin any earlier than 7:30AM and end no later than 4:30PM. The work day during the summer months (July and August) for School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Assistants is six (6) hours per day with a thirty (30) hour work week. Should the School employ a new title or category of employees having a community of interest with this group of employees, the professional workday defined here will also apply to this group. Teachers Teachers, Coordinators, Speech Therapists and Guidance Counselors are considered exempt titles for purposes of overtime; School Secretaries/Office Managers, School Secretaries/Office Leads, and School Secretaries/Operations Leads, Teachers Assistants, School Secretaries/Operations Associates and School Assistants are non-exempt. 4. Employees will receive a duty-free lunch period of no less than thirty (30) minutes. Each Teacher will be given at least one two (12) class period per schedule cycle for unassigned preparation time. Preparation time is to be used for preparation related to teaching duties and or Union business and not for personal business or conducting personal appointments. One (1) preparation period may be assigned for professional duties such as common planning (otherwise shall be unassigned), but that preparation period will not include coverages. Pursuant to Article 9, the School’s Calendar Committee may revise the amount of preparation time provided to Employees and the length of Employees’ duty- duty-free lunch so long as all legal requirements for instructional minutes are met and it is determined that such changes do not negatively impact the School’s educational standards. Teachers will teach no more than five (5) class periods. Those five class periods do not include an advisory period. 5. The School recognizes that Employees rely on their regular schedules to prepare their work and agrees that the scheduling of ad hoc meetings or other events not regularly scheduled can disrupt and interfere with teaching. Therefore, ad hoc changes that affect Employees’ daily work schedule should be minimized and, where such meetings or events are necessary, should be made with reasonable advance notice so as not to interfere with Employees’ schedules. In the event that an ad hoc meeting is scheduled outside of normal working hours without reasonable notice, and an Employee is unable to attend due to a prior commitment or personal hardship, the Employee will not be disciplined for not attending. 6. Employees who lose time from their scheduled two (2) unassigned preparation periods because they are required by the School to cover a class shall be additionally compensated for such extra time within the next pay period at the Employee’s pro-rated hourly pay rate. 7. In the event of an emergency, School Secretaries/ Operations Associates shall provide coverage for classes consisting of distribution of classwork and monitoring behavior of students for no more than two (2) coverage periods per seven (7) period cycle or that equivalent. Any additional coverages shall be paid the difference of School Secretaries/ Operations Associates pro-rata salary rate and the pro-rata salary rate they would receive as a teacher. 8. There shall be four (4) evening Parent-Teacher Conferences (”“Conferences”) held on dates to be proposed by the calendar and programming committee. All conferences shall begin no earlier than 5:00 p.m. and end no later than 7:30p.