Common use of Regular School Year Clause in Contracts

Regular School Year. 1. The regular school year shall be one hundred eighty-four (184) days for the life of this contract for members. 2. Days missed due to calamity, shall not be “made up” until such time that the minimum number of state-required school year instructional hours is not met within the current school schedule and calendar, specifically: a. 455 instructional hours for students in half- day kindergarten. b. 910 instructional hours for all-day kindergarten through grade 6. c. 1,001 instructional hours for students in grades 7 through 12. 3. All wages, hours, terms, and other conditions of employment contained within the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the Board and the Association requiring 184 contractual work days shall remain in effect, even if, or when, the District is closed due to calamity, and subsequently 184 contractual work days are not achieved, due to calamity closure. 4. There shall, in no circumstance, be a reduction in any salary, compensation, benefits, or other contractual rights due to calamity days and the subsequent reduction in number of work days to less than 184 days. 5. Association members shall not be required to report to work on any day that the District is closed to students due to calamity. 6. Seven (7) mandated days may be used for members’ staff development, instruction preparation, record keeping related to student progress, or other duties related to the instruction of students. Those seven (7) mandated days will be embedded in the board adopted calendar and will consist of the following: a. One (1) member work day (seven [7] hours) at the beginning of the school year; b. One (1) member work day (seven [7] hours) at the end of the school year; c. One (1) professional development day (seven [7] hours) at the beginning of the school year consisting of one half (1/2) day district meeting/professional development and one half (1/2) day building meeting/professional development d. One (1) professional development day (seven [7] hours) that may be accumulated any time before or during the school year during non-paid hours. Accumulation of hours for staff development or member workdays is subject to approval at the building level; e. Three (3) member in-service days (seven [7] hours) throughout the school year. 7. A member may be eligible to check out three (3) hours early at the end of the member work day by attending one of the following: a. Three (3) additional hours of approved professional development/in-service; b. The High School graduation ceremony; c. Three (3) additional hours of participation in building open house, orientation, and/or parent/student curriculum driven events. 8. Effective in the 2011-12 school year, members will be able to choose from one (1) of two (2) professional development options: a. Option 1 - Members choose to fulfill their contractual professional development obligations by participating in the district's scheduled professional development opportunities for the school year. b. Option 2 - Members choose to fulfill their professional obligations for the second yearly PD day by submitting a professional development proposal through Google Docs that includes seven (7) hours of professional development aligned to the district and/or building goals. The plan may contain hours of participation in district and/or building educational committees as well as activities outside paid work time. The plan would need to be submitted between May 15 and October 15 to the building principal for approval. Once approved the member has committed to the plan and would not be participating in the second district PD day. A transcript of the hours submitted by the member to the LPDC would be provided to the building principal. Failure to meet this obligation would result in docking of the member's pay. 9. District planned professional development days will include time allocated for member directed collaboration and work time.