Common use of Instructional Teaching Schedule Clause in Contracts

Instructional Teaching Schedule. A) The workload of a full-time secondary teacher shall be as set out below, and as defined in the Education Act and Regulations as may be amended from time to time. This shall be comprised as follows: 1) Six (6) credit bearing and/or credit-equivalent courses, plus; 2) A maximum number of minutes of supervision/on-calls per school year, as follows: August 31, 2012- 1190 A teacher may be assigned a maximum of two (2) half periods of supervision and two (2) on-calls per week. It is understood that a teacher shall not be assigned a supervision and on-call on the same day. Upon finalization of a teacher’s timetable, a teacher may elect in writing to the Principal to perform full period on-calls. It is understood that the default for on-call coverage is half periods. On-call coverage shall be limited to the following:  Educational and extra curricular excursions of a half day or less  Emergency leaves Teachers with a workload of less than full-time shall have supervision/on-calls prorated to that of a full-time teacher. Teachers shall be assigned a maximum of three (3) credit bearing and/or credit equivalent courses per semester. B) Supervision duties shall be assigned such that each teacher will have one-half (0.5) of the assigned lunch period free of duties. C) Supervision/on-calls shall be distributed in a fair and equitable manner. D) All school based staff have a role to play in secondary school supervision which is essential in maintaining a safe school environment. E) Secondary Teachers shall be available to students in their classroom fifteen minutes prior to the first scheduled class of the day. Such time shall not constitute supervision/on-call or instructional time. F) Any assigned secondary supervision duty during the times as outlined in E) above, such as but not limited to, bus duty, hall duty and/yard duty, shall constitute supervision/ on- call time. G) Notwithstanding E) above, it is agreed that teachers shall be in their classroom or teaching area fifteen (15) minutes prior to the first scheduled class of the day, as per past practice.

Instructional Teaching Schedule. A) The workload of a full-time secondary teacher shall be as set out below, and as defined in the Education Act and Regulations as may be amended from time to time. This shall be comprised as follows: 1) Six (6) credit bearing and/or credit-equivalent courses, plus; 2) A maximum number of minutes of supervision/on-calls per school year, as follows: Sept 1, 2008- 1400 Sept 1, 2009- 1340 Sept 1, 2010- 1280 Sept 1, 2011- 1220 August 31, 2012- 1190 A teacher may be assigned a maximum of two (2) half periods of supervision and two (2) on-calls per week. It is understood that a teacher shall not be assigned a supervision and on-call on the same day. Upon finalization of a teacher’s timetable, a teacher may elect in writing to the Principal to perform full period on-calls. It is understood that the default for on-call coverage is half periods. On-call coverage shall be limited to the following:  ▪ Educational and extra curricular excursions of a half day or less  ▪ Emergency leaves Teachers with a workload of less than full-time shall have supervision/on-calls prorated to that of a full-time teacher. Teachers shall be assigned a maximum of three (3) credit bearing and/or credit equivalent courses per semester. B) Supervision duties shall be assigned such that each teacher will have one-half (0.5) ½ of the assigned lunch period free of duties. C) Supervision/on-calls shall be distributed in a fair and equitable manner. D) All school based staff have a role to play in secondary school supervision which is essential in maintaining a safe school environment. E) Secondary Teachers shall be available to students in their classroom fifteen minutes prior to the first scheduled class of the day. Such time shall not constitute supervision/on-call or instructional time. F) Any assigned secondary supervision duty during the times as outlined in E) above, such as but not limited to, bus duty, hall duty and/yard duty, shall constitute supervision/ on- call time. G) Notwithstanding E) above, it is agreed that teachers shall will be in their classroom or teaching area fifteen (15) minutes prior to the first scheduled class of the day, as per past practice.