Common use of Bargaining Unit Member Hours Clause in Contracts

Bargaining Unit Member Hours. A. The Board shall have the right to establish the work day for bargaining unit members and the daily schedule for student instruction (including length of, and the daily starting and ending times for, both the bargaining unit member work day and the student instruction day), and may in its discretion from time to time modify same as deemed necessary by the Board to best serve the educational interests of students. Provided, however, that the length of the work day for bargaining unit members and the student instruction day shall not exceed the levels set forth below unless the Board shall determine such increase to be necessary in order for the school district to meet legal criteria required to receive full state aid funding: 1. Bargaining unit member work day– student day + 20 minutes before and 10 minutes after 2. On Friday or days prior to vacations, bargaining unit members may leave after the buses, unless permission to leave earlier has been granted by the principal or the superintendent. Kindergarten shall have a minimum of half the hours per year as grades 1-12. Bargaining unit members shall be in their classrooms no later than five (5) minutes before the start of classes after the lunch period. The Board shall have the right to establish the instructional format for presentation of instruction at any grade level(s) in order to better accomplish the educational/curricular goals of the school district and may in its discretion from time to time modify same as deemed necessary by the Board to best serve the educational interests of students. Should the Board determine that an alternative instructional format should be implemented, the Board agrees to seek out and take into consideration the professional opinion of its bargaining unit members. B. The following procedure will be followed when it is proven that a bargaining unit member is consistently tardy or when it is proven that a bargaining unit member consistently leaves early: 1. A warning in writing will be given to the bargaining unit member by the building principal with a copy sent to the Superintendent and the board and a copy of this warning inserted in the bargaining unit member’s personnel file. 2. A second warning in writing shall be given to the bargaining unit member by the Building Principal with a copy of this warning inserted in the bargaining unit member’s personnel file.

Bargaining Unit Member Hours. A. The Board shall have the right to establish the work day for bargaining unit members and the daily schedule for student instruction (including length of, and the daily starting and ending times for, both the bargaining unit member work day and the student instruction day), and may in its discretion from time to time modify same as deemed necessary by the Board to best serve the educational interests of students. Provided, however, that the length of the work day for bargaining unit members and the student instruction day shall not exceed the levels set forth below unless the Board shall determine such increase to be necessary in order for the school district to meet legal criteria required to receive full state aid funding: 1. Bargaining unit member work day– student day + 20 minutes before and 10 minutes after 2. On Friday or days prior to vacations, bargaining unit members may leave after the buses, unless permission to leave earlier has been granted by the principal or the superintendent. Kindergarten shall have a minimum of half the hours per year as grades 1-12. Bargaining unit members shall be in their classrooms no later than five (5) minutes before the start of classes after the lunch period. The Board shall have the right to establish the instructional format for presentation of instruction at any grade level(s) in order to better accomplish the educational/curricular goals of the school district and may in its discretion from time to time modify same as deemed necessary by the Board to best serve the educational interests of students. Should the Board determine that an alternative instructional format should be implemented, the Board agrees to seek out and take into consideration the professional opinion of its bargaining unit members. B. The following procedure All bargaining unit members shall be entitled to a duty-free continuous lunch period of thirty (30) minutes. C. Bargaining unit members may not be required to remain after school for longer than one (1) hour to attend staff meetings. D. All bargaining unit members will be followed when it is proven that a bargaining unit member is consistently tardy required to attend staff or when it is proven that a bargaining unit member consistently leaves early: 1other meetings called by the administration of the school. A warning in writing will be given to the bargaining unit member by the building principal with a copy sent to the Superintendent and the board and a copy prior notice of this warning inserted in the bargaining unit member’s personnel file. 2. A second warning in writing twenty-four (24) hours shall be given for said meetings by the administration. Exceptions may be made to the twenty-four (24) hour notice in case of emergencies or a cancellation of a previous meeting caused by school closing. E. Bargaining unit members will be expected to take an active part in PTO meetings, graduation (secondary bargaining unit member by the Building Principal with a copy of this warning inserted members only) and reasonable participation in the bargaining unit member’s personnel fileother related school functions.