Common use of WORKING HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS Clause in Contracts

WORKING HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. A. All teachers, elementary and secondary, shall: 1. Be on duty seven (7) hours each school day; 2. Be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals, fifteen (15) minutes before classes convene in the morning; and 3. Remain on duty for fifteen (15) minutes after the student's school day, except on Fridays and the last school day preceding a vacation period, when teachers may leave as soon as their pupils have left the building. B. Elementary teachers may use the time when all students in their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists for preparations and conferences. . C. The preceding work schedule for teachers under Section A and B may be modified when emergencies or other extreme conditions necessitate. D. A teacher seeking to leave before the completion of his/her assigned schedule on any day shall first receive the permission of his immediate supervisor. E. All teachers shall be provided with a lunch period which shall be free of all duty. In the elementary school such periods shall be fifty (50) minutes in length. In grades 6 -12 teachers lunch periods shall be equivalent to that of the students, but no less than twenty-five (25) minutes. F. The weekly teaching load in the secondary school will be thirty (30) teaching periods (not to exceed more than one (1) course per teaching period.), five (5) unassigned planning or conference periods. Assignment to a supervised study period shall be considered a teaching period for the purpose of this paragraph. Should there be a need for a secondary teacher to teach more than one class in a period, there will be a meeting with the affected teacher and the rationale for the assignment shall be set forth in writing. The teacher, and/or the association may reply to the rationale in writing.

WORKING HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. A. All teachers, elementary and secondary, shall: 1. Be on duty seven (7) 7 hours each school day; 2. Be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals, fifteen (15) 15 minutes before classes convene in the morning; and 3. Remain on duty for fifteen (15) 15 minutes after the student's school day, except on Fridays and the last school day preceding a vacation period, when teachers may leave as soon as their pupils have left the building. B. Elementary teachers may use the time when all students in their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists for preparations and conferences. . C. The preceding work schedule for teachers under Section A and B may be modified when emergencies or other extreme conditions necessitate. D. A teacher seeking to leave before the completion of his/her assigned schedule on any day shall first receive the permission of his immediate supervisor. E. All teachers shall be provided with a lunch period which shall be free of all duty. In the elementary school such periods shall be fifty (50) 50 minutes in length. In grades 6 -12 teachers lunch periods shall be equivalent to that of the students, but no less than twenty-five (25) 25 minutes. F. The weekly teaching load in the secondary school will be thirty (30) 30 teaching periods (not to exceed more than one (1) 1 course per teaching period.), five (5) 5 unassigned planning or conference periods. Assignment to a supervised study period shall be considered a teaching period for the purpose of this paragraph. Should there be a need for a secondary teacher to teach more than one class in a period, there will be a meeting with the affected teacher and the rationale for the assignment shall be set forth in writing. The teacher, and/or the association may reply to the rationale in writing.

WORKING HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. A. All teachers, elementary and secondary, shall: 1. Be on duty seven (7) hours each school day; 2. Be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals, fifteen (15) minutes before classes convene in the morning; and 3. Remain on duty for fifteen (15) minutes after the student's school day, except on Fridays and the last school day preceding a vacation period, when teachers may leave as soon as their pupils have left the building. B. Elementary teachers may use the time when all students in their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists for preparations and conferences. Elementary teachers shall be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals following the elementary students' eating periods at noon. C. The preceding work schedule for teachers under Section A and B may be modified when emergencies or other extreme conditions necessitate. D. A teacher seeking to leave before the completion of his/her assigned schedule on any day shall first receive the permission of his immediate supervisor. E. All teachers shall be provided with a lunch period which shall be free of all duty. In the elementary school such periods shall be fifty (50) minutes in length. In grades 6 -12 teachers lunch periods shall be equivalent to that of the students, but no less than twenty-five (25) minutes. F. The weekly teaching load in the secondary school will be thirty (30) teaching periods (not to exceed more than one (1) course per teaching period.), five (5) unassigned planning or conference periods, a lunch room or hall duty, and a homeroom or extra- curricular activity assignment. Assignment to a supervised study period shall be considered a teaching period for the purpose of this paragraph. Should there be a need for a secondary teacher to teach more than one class in a period, there will be a meeting with the affected teacher and the rationale for the assignment shall be set forth in writing. The teacher, and/or the association may reply to the rationale in writing.

WORKING HOURS AND WORKING CONDITIONS. A. All teachers, elementary and secondary, shall: 1. Be on duty seven (7) hours each school day; 2. Be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals, fifteen (15) minutes before classes convene in the morning; and 3. Remain on duty for fifteen (15) minutes after the student's school day, except on Fridays and the last school day preceding a vacation period, when teachers may leave as soon as their pupils have left the building. B. Within the seven (7) hour period, elementary teachers will be given two (2) fifteen (15) minute relief periods, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. One recess period may be eliminated for elementary classes that are departmentalized and have special gym periods and physical education. Elementary teachers may use the time when all students in their classes are receiving instruction from various teaching specialists for preparations and conferences. Elementary teachers shall be in their respective classrooms or at other stations to supervise and assist students as designated by their principals following the elementary students' eating periods at noon. C. The preceding work schedule for teachers under Section A and B may be modified when emergencies or other extreme conditions necessitate. D. A teacher seeking to leave before the completion of his/her assigned schedule on any day shall first receive the permission of his immediate supervisor. E. All teachers shall be provided with a lunch period which shall be free of all duty. In the elementary school such periods shall be fifty thirty-five (5035) minutes in length. In grades 6 -12 teachers lunch periods shall be equivalent to that of the students, but no less than twenty-five (25) minutes. F. The weekly teaching load in the secondary school will be thirty twenty-five (3025) teaching periods (not to exceed more than one (1) course per teaching period.)periods, five (5) unassigned planning preparation or conference periods, a lunch room or hall duty, and a homeroom or extra- curricular activity assignment. Assignment to a supervised study period shall be considered a teaching period for the purpose of this paragraph. Should there be a need for a secondary teacher to teach more than one . G. The parties agree that class in a periodsize, there will be a meeting with the affected teacher class assignment and the rationale for the assignment teaching load shall be set forth in writing. The teacher, consistent with policies established by the State Department of Education and/or the association may reply to the rationale in writingNorth Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. 1. Within two (2) weeks after school starts each semester, classes within designated teaching areas (i.