Common use of Work Week/Work Day Clause in Contracts

Work Week/Work Day. The normal teacher work week is 40 hours. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week. 1. Teachers may conduct occasional personal business off campus during the regular paid work day without using any paid leave time. 2. The teacher is not required to describe the personal business. The expectation, however, is that the teacher will use good professional judgment. 3. This time off campus must not interfere with any of the teacher’s professional responsibilities such as scheduled staff meetings or IEP meetings, and a substitute cannot be used to cover the teacher’s time off campus. 4. Teachers will notify the school office regarding the duration of their time off campus. 5. An effort shall be made to schedule IEP meetings during the regular work day. 6. The district will make a reasonable effort to limit the number of meetings a teacher is expected to attend each month. School events such as open house, and curriculum nights can be scheduled outside the contract day. 7. The district honors and respects the commitment and professionalism of its teachers and values their need to balance work and personal life. Teachers will attend meetings during their work day unless excused by their supervisor. For meetings that extend beyond the teacher’s normal workday, teachers will work with their supervisor if circumstances preclude their attendance. 8. As long as there is district structured collaboration time (e.g. PLC) it will typically occur during the normal workday when students are not present.

Work Week/Work Day. The normal teacher work week is 40 hours. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week. 1. Teachers may conduct occasional personal business off campus during the regular paid work day without using any paid leave time. 2. The teacher is not required to describe the personal business. The expectation, however, is that the teacher will use good professional judgment. 3. This time off campus must not interfere with any of the teacher’s professional responsibilities such as scheduled staff meetings or IEP meetings, and a substitute cannot be used to cover the teacher’s time off campus. 4. Teachers will notify the school office regarding the duration of their time off campus. 5. An effort shall be made to schedule IEP meetings during the regular work day. 6. The district will make a reasonable effort to limit the number of meetings a teacher is expected to attend each month. School events such as open house, and curriculum nights can be scheduled outside the contract day. 7. The district honors and respects the commitment and professionalism of its teachers and values their need to balance work and personal life. Teachers will attend meetings during their work day unless excused by their supervisor. For meetings that extend beyond the teacher’s normal workdaywork day, teachers will work with their supervisor if circumstances preclude their attendance. 8. As long as there is district structured collaboration time (e.g. e.g., PLC) it will typically occur during the normal workday work day when students are not present.

Work Week/Work Day. The normal teacher work week is 40 hours. However, the parties recognize the desirability of flexible scheduling, and it is their intent to continue reasonable flexibility in the work day and the work week. 1. Teachers may conduct occasional personal business off campus during the regular paid work day without using any paid leave time. 2. The teacher is not required to describe the personal business. The expectation, however, is that the teacher will use good professional judgment. 3. This time off campus must not interfere with any of the teacher’s professional responsibilities such as scheduled staff meetings or IEP meetings, and a substitute cannot be used to cover the teacher’s time off campus. 4. Teachers will notify the school office regarding the duration of their time off campus. 5. An effort shall be made to schedule IEP meetings during the regular work day. 6. The district District will make a reasonable effort to limit the number of meetings a teacher is expected to attend each month. School events such as open house, and curriculum nights can be scheduled outside the contract day. 7. The district District honors and respects the commitment and professionalism of its teachers and values their need to balance work and personal life. Teachers will attend meetings during their work day unless excused by their supervisor. For meetings that extend beyond the teacher’s normal workdaywork day, teachers will work with their supervisor if circumstances preclude their attendance. 8. As long as there is district District structured collaboration time (e.g. e.g., PLC) it will typically occur during the normal workday when students are not present.