TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. Teachers in grade levels K-4 shall have a 40 minute planning period and a 40 minute duty-free lunch each day. Teachers in grade levels 5-12 shall have a 50 minute planning period and a 30 minute duty-free lunch each day. Exempted from these provisions are guidance personnel. It is expressly understood and agreed that guidance personnel will take time from their work day for professional planning and personal exigencies; however, it is also understood that such absences shall not exceed 50 minutes per day.
B. Related arts teachers shall be provided preparation time in an amount equal to other elementary teachers. Related arts teachers shall be provided a duty free lunch period of no less than 30 minutes per day. To the extent possible, daily preparation time shall be scheduled equally Monday through Friday. Recognizing that some staff members are assigned to more than one building, the parties agree that in some cases individual schedules may need to be adjusted to accommodate building schedules and program needs. In no case will teachers be assigned a teaching load that exceeds the principles and guidelines set forth in this section A. Teachers teaching less than a full day will have preparation periods pro-rated accordingly.
C. Teachers who are shared between buildings/levels (such as band, choir, orchestra, physical education, and computers) will be paid for all hours above the agreed time as stated in Article IV, Section C, if required by the Administration. The teacher involved will be paid the following rate, twenty-five ($25) per hour for hours above contracted time, as stated in Article IV, Section C.
D. Teachers who will be affected by (1) change in grade assignments in the elementary school grades, or (2) change of subject assignments in the middle or high school grades shall be notified by their principals prior to the end of the school year except under unusual circumstances. Any change made after the end of the school year will be written and forwarded to the affected teacher prior to the finalization of the change. Administrators shall attempt to avoid reassigning teachers following the end of the school year except by mutual agreement.
E. Since frequent transfers of teachers from one school to another or changes from one subject to another are disturbing to many teachers, the parties agree that involuntary transfers will be minimized. All teachers in the Hillsdale Community Schools are free to request a transfer or change in assignment for...
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. Should teacher absences necessitate using teachers on preparation periods as substitutes because no eligible substitutes are available, said teacher giving up his/her preparation period shall be paid at the rate listed is Schedule B for each prep period given up to substitute. Every effort will be made to share the assignments equally. When absences of fifty percent (50%) or more of the day occur, the Administration will call for an eligible substitute.
B. Elementary/Middle School scheduled recess periods will be supervised by non- teachers. Elementary/Middle School teachers may use this as preparation time, as long as it is a scheduled release time.
C. Any teacher may discuss his/her tentative assignment for the forthcoming year with their building administrator and may appeal the assignment to the Superintendent. Teachers who will be affected by a change in assignments or classroom will be notified of their tentative assignment by June 1. Teachers shall be informed of the final assignments and classrooms no later than August 1 unless an unforeseen or emergency situation arises. Should a situation arise, Administration shall notify the Association of the reasons.
D. The staff will be surveyed prior to the end of each school year to determine teaching preference for the next school term. E Because the Board of Education has the statutory duty to educate all children within the boundaries of the school district and those participating in schools of choice, and because the student/teacher ratio is an important aspect of the educational program, and because the number of students the teacher is required to instruct has a direct bearing upon the amount of work required of the individual teacher, the parties agree the size of the individual classes shall be given careful consideration to balance them by the administration. Upon the request of the teacher or association, if educationally appropriate, or economically feasible all options not limited to: balancing class loads, hiring a paraprofessional, or not being able to do anything will be considered. Discussion on whether to do so will be done by the 4th Wednesday count day.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. The normal daily/weekly teaching load shall be:
1. The High School and Middle School will be either a six (6) period day with twenty-five (25) teaching periods and five (5) conference periods or a seven (7) period day with thirty (30) teaching periods and five (5)
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. The normal weekly teaching load:
1. Senior and Middle School (6 period day) 25 teaching periods and 5 unassigned preparation periods.
2. Intermediate School (when operated as secondary-level program) (7 period day) 30 teaching periods and 5 unassigned preparation periods. In the event that the Intermediate School is restructured, the Association will be consulted regarding the impact of any resulting changes in working conditions.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. Insofar as practical, the Board will endeavor to comply with State of Michigan standards in regard to teaching loads and assignments.
B. Special Education teachers will be provided preparation time comparable to that of regular education teachers.
C. Pupils shall receive the number of instructional hours necessary to allow the district to qualify for full state aid.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. The normal weekly teaching load in the junior and senior high schools will be thirty
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. The unassigned preparation period will be used for professional duties, such as preparation for ensuing classes or personal conferences with students, administration, parents or others. Teachers who are asked by the building principal to give up portions of their preparation period in order to supervise students will be compensated.
B. Each middle school and senior high teacher shall have a normal weekly teaching load, which will include one unassigned preparation period with a minimum of forty-five (45) minutes each day.
C. Each elementary teacher shall have a normal weekly teaching load, which shall include a minimum three hundred (300) minutes per week of unassigned preparation time. Elementary preparation time shall be scheduled at the beginning or end of the teacher workday and during the student day, excluding the teacher's scheduled lunchtime. Each elementary teacher shall have at least one (1) thirty-(30) minute preparation period each day. Elementary preparation time (as defined above) shall also be scheduled during periods of the day when instruction in courses other than English, Math, Social Studies, or Science occurs. Elementary preparation time at the beginning or end of the teacher workday that is used for building-wide faculty meetings shall be deducted from the monthly amount allocated in Article 5, Paragraph A, 5. Building-wide faculty meetings may only be scheduled during elementary preparation time if mutually agreed upon by both parties. Elementary teachers shall be entitled to use unscheduled time during normal working hours for the preparation purposes aforementioned.
D. When a teacher is assigned to teach in more than one (1) building and must travel between buildings on his/her lunch period, he/she shall be permitted to conclude his/her workday earlier to the extent of the travel time on that day. The Board recognizes this type of assignment is a hardship and will attempt to keep such assignments at a minimum.
E. When a teacher is assigned to travel between buildings one (1) time per day, he/she will be compensated at the rate of $75 per semester. If a teacher travels two (2) or more times per day between buildings, he/she will be compensated $150 per semester.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. Teachers who will be affected by a change in grade assignments in the elementary school grades and by changes in subject assignment in the secondary school grades will be notified by their principals as soon as practicable and with tentative assignment given before June 1st. Such changes will be voluntary to the extent possible. Every effort will be made to avoid reassigning probationary elementary school teachers to different grade levels unless the same is necessary for the school district’s well-being or unless the teacher requests such change.
B. 1. All secondary teachers shall have one (1) planning period per day. Unless agreed otherwise, such conference time shall not include actual travel time from one building to another and/or supervised lunch periods.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. Secondary (6-12) Level Maximum Students Note
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS. A. Each high school teacher shall have not less than one (1) preparation period per day of not less than a full class period.
B. All teachers shall be scheduled a preparation period of two hundred forty (240) minutes per week, scheduled in blocks of time of not less than 15 minutes. The 240 minutes will be flexible under extenuating circumstances.
C. All teachers shall be entitled to a duty free, uninterrupted lunch period equivalent to a regular class period but in no event less than 30 minutes.
D. Elementary teachers will receive $49.00 per student, for each student over 25, according to the winter count, per year. High school teachers will receive $7.00 per student, per year, for every student over 170.
E. Since teacher attendance at school functions is of the utmost importance to students, teachers are encouraged to attend functions which they are sponsoring or in which their students are involved.