Common use of SCHEDULES & WORK LOAD Clause in Contracts

SCHEDULES & WORK LOAD. ■ The work year for elementary elected faculty rep- resentatives to the school leadership team shall not exceed 198 duty days. ■ The work year for secondary elected faculty repre- sentatives to the school leadership team shall not exceed 200 duty days. ■ The work year for classroom teachers, speech pa- thologists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists assigned to the Montgomery County Infants and Toddlers Program (MCITP) shall not exceed 215 duty days. Flexible scheduling shall be used to determine assigned work days throughout the fiscal year, and all leave provisions will be applied throughout the year. ■ The work year for full-time support speech pa- thologists assigned to the Speech and Language Programs office shall not exceed 215 duty days. ■ The work year for full-time occupational therapists and speech pathologists assigned to the Developmental Evaluation Services for Children (DESC) program shall not exceed 215 duty days. Flexible scheduling shall be used to determine assigned work days throughout the fiscal year, and all leave provisions will be applied throughout the year. ■ The work year for full-time elementary program specialists assigned to the Preschool Education Program (PEP) shall not exceed 215 duty days. ■ The work year for full-time InterACT teachers and InterACT speech pathologists shall not exceed 205 duty days. ■ The work year for department chairpersons in de- partments of two or more unit members shall not exceed 197 duty days, with one day prior to the day teachers report for duty in the fall and one day after the close of the school year in June. I The number of days at work for a 12-month unit member shall be determined by subtracting Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and annual leave days from the total days in the year. J All unit members on duty on the afternoon of the Wednesday before Thanksgiving will be allowed to leave work two (2) hours early without charge to leave. K PROFESSIONAL TIME 1. The two unscheduled days (16 hours) identified in Section H of this Article for 10month unit 2. The professional time is to be used by teachers to work collaboratively with other teachers. Appropriate activities for the use of this time include the following: a. Analyzing student data b. Collaboratively preparing lesson plans c. Responsibilities related to assessment; including scoring, benchmarking, and creation of rubrics and alternate assessments d. Activities related to the school improvement plan e. Reviewing, discussing and planning related to curricula and assessments f. Planning and coordination related to reteaching and reassessing, and implementation of the new grading and reporting policies g. Planning and discussions related to the imple- mentation of 504 and IEP plans h. Professional development activities related to curriculum and assessment 3. Teachers may use the time— a. to work together in teams or departments, in pairs, or in small groups; b. to confer with reading specialists, math content specialists, media specialists, ESOL teachers, special education teachers, staff development teachers, instructional specialists, related service providers, and other non classroom based educators; c. to work with job-alike colleagues from other schools; and d. to work with grade level, subject area, or other teams or subgroups. 4. Each team or department shall be responsible for determining how the time is used, and the uses may vary by school level and in response to specific team/department/school needs. The time must be worked and accounted for with regard to each unit member. Prior approval on use of the time will not be required. In June, all 10-month unit members ARTICLE SCHEDULES & WORK LOAD ARTICLE 5. The time may be worked on non-duty days, before or after regular duty hours, before or after the regular 10-month duty year, or on days within the duty year when 10-month teachers are not scheduled to work (e.g.: winter and spring break, Maryland State Teacher Association convention day, and holidays). The specific time may be different for each department or team or teacher. This professional time may be used for team planning, data analysis, responsi- bilities related to assessments, and/or collaborative involvement in school improvement planning 6. Systemwide professional development activities as- sociated with school system priorities may be made available either during available time during the regular duty day, during time set aside each month for after school meetings, or during this professional time. 1. Teachers will have one full professional day each at the end of the first, second, and third grading periods and one half-day during each of the first and second semesters for grading, planning, working collaboratively with colleagues, and/or activities related to professional learning. The professional day will not be rescheduled if schools are closed for teachers because of inclement weather. 2. Unit members are eligible for teleworking during the professional days at the end of the first, second, and third grading periods. Each of the full professional days is a regularly scheduled work day either onsite or for teleworking. a. The school leadership team and administration will determine which positions, if any, may need to be on site for all or part of the day to support other professionals in the building or to fulfill their professional responsibilities. b. With the approval of the principal/supervisor, school-based educators who have demon- strated the ability to meet their professional responsibilities, including grade submission ac- cording to the Grading and Reporting Guidelines, may telework on the full professional days at the end of each of the first three marking periods. c. First-year teachers will be required to work on-site for the first two marking periods on these days. d. A written rationale will be provided by the supervisor of an educator whose request to telework is denied. 3. Teachers who work in school buildings on profes- sional days will not be required to turn in grades until the end of the duty day on the final day allotted for the completion of grades. Teachers who telework must submit grades 2.5 hours prior to the end of the duty day. (LMCC will evaluate the timeline for grade submission for teleworking after year one.) Teachers completing comment pages for report cards will be permitted to have as much additional time as possible beyond the due date for grade collection sheets to turn in the completed comments. 4. The leadership team of each school will work, within the MCPS grading and reporting policy, to ensure that the local school’s policy on interims is formulated in a collaborative manner with staff. Teachers will have input on which students receive interims and when interims are required to be completed by teachers. This policy should also ensure that teachers have an adequate amount of time to complete interims (no less than the interim window set by ▇▇▇▇). The policy will be communicated to staff at least one week prior to the start of the interim window. ARTICLE