Common use of WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR Clause in Contracts

WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR. 18.1 Workday 18.1.1 The certificated school-based workday is to be structured and directed by the building principal. For the certificated non school-based positions of Instructional Specialist, Program Specialist, and Behavior Intervention Specialist, the workday will be structured by the administrator overseeing the position, and consist of 7 hours plus a duty free lunch. 18.1.1.1 The certificated workday shall begin 30 minutes before the staff member’s first assignment, or 30 minutes before the teacher's preparation/conference period if said period is the first of the day. 18.1.1.2 The certificated workday shall end after the staff member's last professional assignment, or after the teacher's conference period, if said period is the last of the day, provided that the regularly scheduled duty and adjunct duty, if any, are properly completed. 18.1.1.3 The Semester Prep Day at the end of the first semester shall be a meeting- free day on campus. 18.1.1.4 All certificated unit members’ workday shall include a duty-free lunch. 18.1.1.5 Teacher Librarians or any unit member who works in the Library Media Center at lunch shall be compensated commensurate with the student contact rate. 18.1.2 The provisions of sections 18.1.1.2 above may only be extended when unit members are required to provide the safe entry and safe dismissal of students during a national disaster, student unrest, or school emergency. 18.1.3 In addition to the basic workday provisions described above, unit members shall be required to perform one (1) adjunct duty assignment. One (1) adjunct duty assignment can be a sequence of tasks adding up to approximately 12 allocated hours of duty in accordance with past practice. If adequate period substituting is available, those not wishing to perform a particular adjunct duty may satisfy the requirement by substituting for 12 teaching periods for semesters and 10 teaching periods for trimesters and 8 periods for quarters. The District shall make a good faith effort to distribute equitably the adjunct duty assignments among unit members at a given site and shall give priority consideration to employee preference for a particular duty. 18.1.3.1 If requested, a Special Education teacher will have all adjunct duties forgiven for the duration of the contract. After the special education teacher has attended 12 hours in IEPS, any subsequent IEP meetings held prior to or after school hours, during their prep, or lunch shall be compensated at the Extra Duty Student Contact hourly rate provided in Appendix E, or compensatory time. 18.1.4 The District agrees to allow one (1) certificated representative at each high school to satisfy their adjunct duty assignment by service as a Federation representative, and a maximum of three (3) members elected to serve as certificated members on the School Site Council shall have that role as their adjunct duty. 18.1.5 The District shall make a good faith effort to schedule no more than two (2) meetings per month; one (1) faculty meeting and one (1) department meeting. The maximum length of each meeting is to be one (1) hour. These meetings are to start 10 minutes after the end of the school regular school day except for campuses that have voted to hold their meetings during collaboration time. The exception shall be WASC accreditation meetings held during the self-study process, beginning no earlier than one year prior to the accreditation visit. This will not limit participation at voluntary meetings, meetings that are fulfilling adjunct duties, or meetings for which stipends are paid. 18.1.5.1 The District will allow time for Federation business during the first ten minutes or last ten minutes of the monthly faculty meeting. 18.1.5.2 In addition to the meetings provided in Article 18.1.5, the District may schedule up to five (5) meetings per year, of no more than one hour, for teacher led professional learning to be held during established collaboration time. The content of the meetings shall be planned and scheduled by the site instructional leadership team. The meetings will not be directed by the District, Principal or designee. 18.1.5.3 If the District requires unit members to use their preparation/ conference period for testing purposes, they shall be compensated on an hour for hour basis by the member’s selection of either comp time or pay at the student contact rate.

WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR. 18.1 Workday 18.1.1 The certificated school-based workday is to be structured and directed by the building principal. For the certificated non school-based positions of Instructional Specialist, Program Specialist, and Behavior Intervention Specialist, the workday will be structured by the administrator overseeing the position, and consist of 7 hours plus a duty free lunch. 18.1.1.1 The certificated workday shall begin 30 minutes before the staff member’s first assignment, or 30 minutes before the teacher's preparation/conference period if said period is the first of the day. 18.1.1.2 The certificated workday shall end after the staff member's last professional assignment, or after the teacher's conference period, if said period is the last of the day, provided that the regularly scheduled duty and adjunct duty, if any, are properly completed. 18.1.1.3 The Semester Prep Day at the end of the first semester shall be a meeting- meeting-free day on campus. 18.1.1.4 All certificated unit membersTeachers, Counselors, Library Media Teachers, Speech Therapists, Nurses and Psychologists’ workday shall include a duty-duty free lunch. 18.1.1.5 Teacher Librarians Library Media Teachers or any unit member who works in the Library Media Center at lunch shall be compensated commensurate with the student contact ratehome teaching pay. 18.1.2 The provisions of sections 18.1.1.2 above may shall only be extended when unit members are required to provide observed providing the safe entry and safe dismissal of students have been provided for by unit members during a national disaster, student unrest, or school emergency. 18.1.3 In addition to the basic workday provisions described above, unit members shall be required to perform one (1) adjunct duty assignment. One (1) adjunct duty assignment can be a sequence of tasks adding up to approximately 12 allocated hours of duty in accordance with past practice. If adequate period substituting is available, those not wishing to perform a particular adjunct duty may satisfy the requirement by substituting for 12 teaching periods for semesters and 10 teaching periods for trimesters and 8 periods for quartersperiods. The District shall make a good faith effort to distribute equitably the adjunct duty assignments among unit members at a given site and shall give priority consideration to employee preference for a particular duty. 18.1.3.1 If requested, a Special Education teacher will have all adjunct duties forgiven for the duration of the contract. After the special education teacher has attended 12 hours in IEPS, any subsequent IEP meetings held prior to or after school hours, during their prep, or lunch shall be compensated at the Extra Duty Student Contact hourly rate provided in Appendix E, or compensatory time. 18.1.4 The District agrees to allow one (1) certificated representative person at each high school to satisfy their his adjunct duty assignment by service as a Federation building representative, and a maximum of three (3) members elected to serve as certificated members on the School Site Council shall have that role as their adjunct duty. 18.1.5 The District shall make a good faith effort to schedule no more than two (2) meetings per month; one (1) faculty meeting and one (1) department meeting. The maximum length of each meeting is to be one (1) hour. These meetings are to start 10 minutes after the end of the school regular school day except for campuses that have voted to hold their meetings during collaboration time. The exception shall be WASC accreditation meetings held during the self-study process, beginning no earlier than one year prior to the accreditation visitof accreditation. This will not limit participation at voluntary meetings, meetings that are fulfilling adjunct duties, or meetings for which stipends are paid. 18.1.5.1 The District will allow time for Federation business during the first ten minutes or last ten minutes of the monthly faculty meeting. 18.1.5.2 In addition to the meetings provided in Article 18.1.5, the District may schedule up to five (5) meetings per year, of no more than one hour, for teacher led professional learning to be held during established collaboration time. The content of the meetings shall be planned and scheduled by the site instructional leadership team. The meetings will not be directed by the District, Principal or designee. 18.1.5.3 If the District requires unit members to use their preparation/ conference period for testing purposes, they shall be compensated on an hour for hour basis by the member’s selection of either comp time or pay at the student contact rate.