Common use of ZERO PERIOD OR EIGHTH PERIOD TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS Clause in Contracts

ZERO PERIOD OR EIGHTH PERIOD TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS. 1. The District may expand learning opportunities available for its students and increase flexibility for the master schedule by seeking volunteers from among its full-time teachers serving in a departmentalized setting to teach either a zero period or 8th period class. The District may offer the opportunity to teach either the zero period or 8th period class to an on-site teacher as long as the teacher has at least two years of classroom experience and is credentialed in the appropriate subject. Participating teachers shall be required to complete the necessary preparation for all his/her classes on his/her own time. 2. Any teacher who accepts an offer to teach a zero period or 8th period class shall: a. Be paid at the rate of one-seventh (1/7th) of his/her daily rate for each and every day that the unit member is on duty or conducting school or District business except the teacher shall be entitled to utilize any of the leaves identified in Article 8 except for extended illness leave [Article 8, Section J] when absent from the class taught during the teacher’s preparation period and as long as the teacher continues to satisfy all planning, preparation and grading requirements during the absence. b. Attend weekly staff/collaboration meetings. On days when no staff and/or collaboration meeting is scheduled, the unit member’s duty will be adjusted to end 30 minutes after the last assigned instructional period.

ZERO PERIOD OR EIGHTH PERIOD TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS. 17.5.1. The District may expand learning opportunities available for its students and increase flexibility for the master schedule by seeking volunteers from among its full-time teachers serving in a departmentalized setting to teach either a zero period or 8th period class. The District may offer the opportunity to teach either the zero period or 8th period class to an on-site teacher as long as the teacher has at least two years of classroom experience and is credentialed in the appropriate subject. Participating teachers shall be required to complete the necessary preparation for all his/her classes on his/her own time. 27.5.2. Any teacher who accepts an offer to teach a zero period or 8th period class shall: a. A. Be paid at the rate of one-seventh (1/7th) of his/her daily rate for each and every day that the unit member is on duty or conducting school or District business except the teacher shall be entitled to utilize any of the leaves identified in Article 8 except for extended illness leave [Article 8, Section J8.10] when absent from the class taught during the teacher’s preparation period and as long as the teacher continues to satisfy all planning, preparation and grading requirements during the absence. b. B. Attend weekly staff/collaboration meetings. On days when no staff and/or collaboration meeting is scheduled, the unit member’s duty will be adjusted to end 30 minutes after the last assigned instructional period.