PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS Sample Clauses

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. A. Teacher clerks or teacher helpers shall not be used as substitute teachers. Student teachers and teacher’s aides, so defined in the School Code, shall not act as substitute teachers except as it may be permitted in the regular course of the teacher’s training program with the approval of the sponsoring college or university. B. The provisions of Sections A of this Article shall be subject to reasonable exceptions and deviations during the first three weeks of each semester or other enrollment term and thereafter only in the case of emergencies. In the event of such emergencies, the Association will be notified of the deviation or exception and the reasons for the same. 1. All 9 through 12 teachers shall be granted the equivalent of one (1) full day during each semester set by the Administration to be used for updating records, and completing other professional duties. 2. All Young 5’s through 8 teachers shall be granted the equivalent of one-half (1/2) day together with one (1) early release or late start time during the first semester and K through 5 teachers will receive one and one-half (1½) days during the second semester set by the Administration to be used for updating records and completing other professional duties. Kindergarten and developmental kindergarten teachers shall receive an additional one-half day each semester if they are teaching two (2) sections of those classes in each day and the total student enrollment exceeds thirty-seven (37).

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. A. The district will endeavor to give teachers their tentative assignments on the first school day in June, but no later than the last day of school. In the event that changes in such schedule are proposed, all teachers affected shall be notified promptly and consulted. Changes shall only be made when necessary. The secondary administration shall communicate with staff regarding the criteria used in the scheduling process. B. Any assignments except student teaching assignments consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in addition to the normal teaching schedule during the regular school year, including adult education courses, driver education, extra duties enumerated in Appendix B, and summer school courses, shall not be obligatory but shall be with the consent of the teachers. In making such above-listed assignments, the Board will give first consideration to present employees where their qualifications are equal to those of other candidates. It is understood that these are annual and not continuing assignments and that no tenure in position shall accrue by virtue of previous assignment. Teachers denied a Schedule B assignment will be given the reasons for denial. The reasons for failure to employ a teacher in a Schedule B assignment will be given in writing if requested by the teacher. If teachers are to be evaluated for Schedule B assignments, the form for such evaluation will be discussed with the Association and teacher prior to use. Schedule B contracts for the next school year will be distributed to teachers by June 1.

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. Insofar as possible, all faculty members in a school or other academic learning environment including, but not limited to, virtual schools, school without walls, and web-based instructional programs shall have equitable loads of classes and other professional duties. Scheduling shall take into consideration such extra, non-compensated duties assigned to unit members. The principal and the faculty in each school shall design a procedure for assigning such duties on an equitable basis.

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. A. A vacancy shall be defined as a position that was caused by the resignation, retirement, transfer, termination or created/modified by the employer. B. All vacancies described in the above section shall be posted in each building on the appropriate bulletin boards for ten (10) working days during the school year. In addition, for all employees, all postings will be sent to the employee’s school e-mail address. C. The employer in filling ancillary staff positions shall consider: Highly Qualified based on MI State DOE requirements Certification/ESEA Qualification North Central guidelines Seniority Prior experience Other factors as identified in the posting. D. When the vacancy occurs during the school year to avoid undue disruption, the employer may fill the position temporarily. The position shall be posted at the end of the school year. The term “assignment” as used in this paragraph means assignment within the subject matter of instruction in the middle school and senior high school, and grade level in elementary school. E. It is agreed by the parties that from time to time it is in the best interest or necessary to transfer employees. Transfer is not caused by an opening as described earlier and it does not require posting. When a need for transfer occurs, the Employer shall request volunteers. If no volunteers are available, then the factors used to fill vacancies shall be used to complete the transfer. F. The voluntary assignment of Appendix C activities is a responsibility of the Employer, and it shall be equitably carried out after discussing the assignment with the employee. Careful consideration shall be given to teaching load, experience, interest, and ability. An employee shall not have tenure in any extra-curricular assignment as listed in Appendix C. An extra-curricular assignment may be temporarily or permanently discontinued. G. The Employer agrees to maintain an up-to-date list of substitute employees. Once an employee has reported unavailability, it shall be the responsibility of the Employer to arrange for a substitute employee. In the absence of a regular classroom employee, when the Employer has made reasonable effort and has been unable to secure a substitute employee, the Employer may place the students under the supervision of an administrator, if available or a volunteer employee. If the employee volunteers, the compensation shall be according to Appendix A. H. No provision of the Master Agreement shall violate any state or federal...

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. A Teachers shall be assigned to teaching assignments within the scope of their teaching certificates, and where applicable, meet the highly qualified guidelines of the Michigan Department of Education and the ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001. A teacher, who does not meet the highly qualified guidelines of the Michigan Department of Education and the ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001 for positions that are available, may be assigned to a position that does not require the teacher to meet the highly qualified guidelines of the Michigan Department of Education and the ESEA/NCLB Act of 2001.

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. A. Length of Work Day The length of the member workday shall not exceed 7.5 consecutive hours and shall include a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period. This shall not preclude additional hours for faculty meetings, special education staffing, parent conferences, open house and curriculum night. Part-time staff members will be expected to be available for parent-teacher conferences.

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. INSTRUCTIONAL/EXTRA-CURRICULAR 13.1 Certified personnel shall work a continuous 7 hour and 45 minute day with the exception of Parent/Teacher Conferences (1:30-8:00 p.m. & 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.) and a Back to School Fall Conference Night (7-9 p.m.). The work day will not start before 7 a.m. (with the exception of zero hour, which will not start before 6:45 a.m.) or end after 4 p.m. The specific hours of the workday for the next school year will be published by April 1st each year unless agreed upon by a teacher at a later date who is asked to teach outside the normal school day. The Superintendent may approve a modified schedule to accommodate conferences, in-service days, teacher institute days, professional development, and early dismissal days, which dates and times shall be set in the regular school calendar. The employment year for all certified teachers and educators shall not exceed 182 days in FY24, 182 days in FY25, 182 days in FY26, and 181 days in FY27. The additional days will be scheduled during the calendar approval process. The Superintendent will obtain input from the MEA on the development of the school calendar that reflects in addition to attendance days, holidays, designated conference days, in-service, etc., but the final adoption and any amendments or modification to the calendar shall be that of the Board of Education. 13.2 Teachers and educators who are assigned to work more than nine months per year are to make a weekly schedule of their work. Said work schedule must be approved by the Superintendent or agent. 13.3 Individual teaching assignments and extra duties will be agreed to between the Principal and the Faculty member, but final approval shall rest with the School Board. 13.4 Teachers and educators must accept assignments for other extra duty contracts according to the listed stipend. If the teacher desires, the teacher may be released by the administration. If the Principal is unable to find a suitable replacement, the faculty committee, as selected by the MEA, may nominate a teacher for the extra duty work subject to the Principal’s approval. However, if neither results in a suitable replacement, the incumbent shall continue in his/her present duties. Certified personnel will not be required to accept more than two activity assignments from Exhibit E, columns “E” through “I” in a school year. A request for a third activity assignment from Exhibit E, columns “E” through “I” within a year shall be made in writing by the certif...

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. 11.1 Teachers in the Lebanon High School and departmentalized teachers at the Lebanon Middle School shall not be assigned more than four (4) different subject preparations or more than five (5) periods of classroom instruction for any given school day. All teachers in Lebanon Middle School and Lebanon High School shall have one (1) personal planning period per day equal to one (1) class period within the student school day. If a teacher agrees to teach an additional class in lieu of a duty at the high school or personal preparation period at the middle school, that teacher will be compensated at a rate of 1/5 of his/her base salary. All teachers in Grades K- 4 shall have one planning period per day of at least 40 consecutive minutes which will occur during the student day. Teachers at all grade levels shall have a duty-free lunch equal in length to the student lunch period. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, the building administrator has the right to assign a teacher to any duty related to the education and/or supervision of students at any time during the teacher work day. Teachers may agree to perform duties before or after the work day in lieu of a duty during the teacher work day. 11.2 The length of the teacher workday shall not exceed 7.5 hours which will be assigned during the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. Starting and ending times will be established by the building principal and Superintendent and may vary from building to building so long as the starting time for all teachers in any one building is the same. This shall not preclude the need for additional hours for carrying out faculty and departmental meetings, support for program adoption/changes, parent conferences, pupil placement team meetings, orientation and open house. Administration will provide staff with an anticipated schedule of regular faculty and departmental meetings at the conclusion of each school year. It is understood that such schedules may be changed during the summer or during the school year to meet the needs of the District with reasonable notice to teachers. The Administration will make reasonable effort to keep such extra meetings to a minimum. 11.3 There shall be 1.5 days without students twice during each academic year for parent-teacher conferences conducted by teachers of students in grades K-8. The conference days shall be scheduled on Thursdays and Fridays collaboratively between the Lebanon Education Association and the Administration. 11.4 A. Not...

PROFESSIONAL ASSIGNMENTS. Subject, Grade Level, and Building Assignments: All teachers will be given written preliminary notice of their subject, grade level, and building assignments not later than June 15.