Common use of Procedures and Compensation for Conferences and Grade Reporting Clause in Contracts

Procedures and Compensation for Conferences and Grade Reporting. 1. Elementary Parent Conference Time: a. The District will provide conferences and written reports for parents of K-5 students through the following procedures: i. Elementary schools will provide Grade K-5 parents with one formal conference each year. 1. Parent conferences can be scheduled during Staff Directed Wednesday time. 2. In addition, three (3) half-days will be provided for parents to conference with half-day kindergarten, full day kindergarten and Grade 1-5 teachers in the fall. (See Part 2 below for more information on kindergarten conferences). 3. Staff may provide parents with the option of electronic conferences (computer or telephone) rather than face to face. 4. Those parents who spend regular time in the classroom may determine that a formal conference is not necessary. 5. Every effort should be made to schedule sibling conferences on the same day. ii. To accommodate parent schedules, K-5 teachers may schedule conference appointments during conference days, before or after school, or in the evenings. In the event that conferences are held outside of the workday in order to accommodate parents, additional pay is not available, but up to six (6) hours per year of Staff Directed Wednesday time or Wednesday Staff Directed Non-Instructional Time may be taken after conferences occur as compensatory time (see Article 3 Section 3 (6)). b. For each student beyond twenty-four (24) that a teacher conferences, the District will provide the teacher one (1) hour of per diem pay. If, due to family circumstances, the teacher is requested to schedule two (2) separate conferences for the same student, each conference shall count as one (1) in the District’s formula for allocating pay. 2. Conference time and per diem pay for report writing: Full-day K and Grades 1-5 AM K Only PM K Only AM/PM K