Common use of TEACHING HOURS AND CONDITIONS Clause in Contracts

TEACHING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. A. The Board and Association recognize the principle of a standard forty (40) hour work week. The Board will as far as possible, set forth work schedules and make professional assignments which can reasonably be completed within such standard work week. B. Unless arrangements are made with the Administration: 1. Elementary teachers shall be in their classrooms before the start of the student instructional day and middle school and high school teachers shall be in their classrooms five (5) minutes before the start of the student instructional day. 2. Middle school teachers shall be at school thirteen (13) minutes before the start of the student instructional day. 3. High school teachers shall be at school sixteen (16) minutes before the start of the student instructional day. 4. Elementary teachers shall remain at school until student dismissal. Middle school and high school teachers shall remain at school for five (5) minutes after student dismissal. 5. The length of the elementary teacher workday shall be seven (7) hours. The length of the secondary day shall be seven (7) hours. C. Failure to be on duty during the times specified in Paragraph B above shall be cause for disciplinary action. D. Teachers shall attend meetings and other assignments called or assigned by the Administration as a regular part of their teaching duties unless otherwise excused by the Administration. In emergency situations, teachers may be required to be on duty until dismissed by the Administration. Teachers shall be expected to attend one (1) open house each school year. Teachers who attend the open house may leave at any time after noon on a records day upon completion of grades and other records. E. Teachers shall be entitled to a thirty-minute (30), duty-free uninterrupted lunch period.

TEACHING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. A. The Board and Association recognize agrees at all times to maintain a list of substitute teachers. Teachers must report unavailability for work prior to 7:00 a.m. Once a teacher has reported unavailability, it shall be the principle responsibility of the Administration to arrange for a standard forty (40) hour work weeksubstitute teacher. The Board will use of regular teachers as far as substitute teachers shall be avoided whenever possible. Whenever a classroom teacher is asked by an Administrator to forfeit their planning period to take over a class for another teacher, set forth work schedules and make professional assignments which can reasonably they shall be completed within such standard work weekcompensated at the rate of .07% of BA step 1 salary per period forfeited. B. Unless arrangements Teachers are made with the Administration: 1. Elementary teachers shall to be in their classrooms before the start of the student instructional day and middle school and high school teachers shall be in their classrooms five (5) respective buildings at least 5 minutes before the start of school and 5 to 10 minutes beyond the student instructional day. If all students are safely to pick up or buses before 10 minutes is up or if the staff member has no obligation that day to help exit students, then 5 minutes after is sufficient. C. A teacher shall request permission from their building administrator or designee to leave earlier than the time set forth in Part B. The administrator may require the request be confirmed in writing. D. Teachers are encouraged to remain for a sufficient period after the close of the normal school day to attend to those matters which properly require attention at that time, including consultations with parents and students, when scheduled directly with the teacher, except that on days preceding holidays or vacations, the teachers' day shall end at the close of the pupils' day. 2. Middle school teachers E. In the junior and senior high a normal teaching load shall be at school thirteen (13) minutes before the start consist of the student instructional day. 3. High school teachers shall be at school sixteen (16) minutes before the start of the student instructional day. 4. Elementary teachers shall remain at school until student dismissal. Middle school and high school teachers shall remain at school for five (5) minutes after student dismissal. 5. The length of the elementary teacher workday shall be classes in a six (6) period day or six (6) classes in a seven (7) hoursperiod day. The length of One (1) period in the secondary teaching day shall be seven for planning and preparation, collaboration with colleagues, meeting with administrators, and working with students and parents. If, with the consent of the teacher, this period is used for teaching on a permanent basis, the teacher shall be paid one-sixth (71/6) hoursof their step pay for the remaining days under the contract. C. Failure to be on duty during the times specified in Paragraph B above shall be cause for disciplinary action. D. Teachers shall attend meetings and other assignments called or assigned by the Administration as a regular part of their teaching duties unless otherwise excused by the Administration. In emergency situations, F. All teachers may be required to be on duty until dismissed by the Administration. Teachers shall be expected to attend one (1) open house each school year. Teachers who attend the open house may leave at any time after noon on a records day upon completion of grades and other records. E. Teachers shall be entitled to a thirty-minute (30), duty-free uninterrupted lunch periodperiod of a minimum of thirty (30) minutes. G. Elementary classroom teachers will receive a guaranteed minimum of two hundred and seventy five (275) minutes preparation time each full week during which time their classes will receive instruction from various teaching specialists (the regular schedule will include 55 minute periods for student specials/teacher prep). Preparation time shall be for planning and preparation, collaboration with colleagues, meeting with administrators, and working with students, and parents. The regular classroom teacher may use it for preparation time during which their classes receive instruction from various teacher specialists. In the event that any special offering is eliminated in one or more elementary buildings, those teachers so affected will continue to receive a minimum of two hundred and seventy five (275) minutes preparation time each week. Part-time teachers will receive a proportionate amount of paid preparation time per class period taught as is received by a full-time teacher per class period taught. Both parties agree to maintain the flexibility to hold IEP meetings during prep time as needed. For other meetings, every effort will be made to schedule them at a time convenient for the teacher. H. Elementary special and special education teachers shall have a minimum of two hundred and seventy five (275) minutes of preparation time per week in time periods of not less than twenty-five (25) minutes, not to include travel time, recesses and supervised lunch periods. Travel time is to be interpreted as closing the class in the first building, actual travel time, and opening class in a different building, with a minimum of twenty (20) minutes scheduled for travel. Elementary music teachers will have one common prep per week. I. Teachers shall be required to attend monthly faculty meetings as prescribed by the Administration. Elementary principals will have discretion to hold a second meeting no more than 5 months of the school year when they deem it necessary. Faculty meetings will be held on Mondays or Tuesdays and will take precedence over all other meetings. Except in case of emergency, notification of such meetings shall be given by the last school day of the preceding week. After-school faculty meetings shall begin within fifteen (15) minutes after the end of a normal school day. Teachers shall be required to remain at the after school meetings not longer than one (1) hour. Before school meetings cannot start until 50 minutes before the first bell. This does not apply to early dismissal or abbreviated school days. Part time teachers are responsible to attend all scheduled staff meetings on days they are scheduled to work. If meetings are on days they do not work, they are responsible to ascertain content/deadlines from the meeting. J. Daily preparation for effective teaching, correcting papers and themes, attending faculty meetings and similar activities require many hours outside of the classroom and are part of the professional responsibilities of the teacher and counselors. School programs shall be planned cooperatively by the faculty and Administration. Attendance at these appropriately related functions is expected to reflect the individual teacher's acceptance of professional responsibilities. K. Any teacher who is either absent or tardy from a faculty meeting, open house, or the normal school day, except when on leave or having been excused by his building administrator is subject to a loss of one (1) hour pay per hour missed or parts thereof. L. A teacher engaged during the school day in negotiating on behalf of the Association with any representative of the Board or participating in any professional grievance procedure, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary. M. Because parent/teacher conferences and open houses are an important aspect of an effective educational program, time for such conferences shall be 18 hours (3 days) in addition to the staff days listed on the school calendar. TK teachers will conduct 20 hours of parent/teacher conferences in exchange for not issuing report cards for TK students. Teachers are required to attend Parent Teacher Conferences and open houses. Open houses shall be one hour in length. Teachers who are ill will be excused; all other conflicts, including personal emergencies, must be approved by the immediate supervisor. Coaches and other Schedule B employees obligated to attend events that are scheduled beyond their control (games, competitions) will be excused from Parent Teacher Conferences and open houses; however, practices and rehearsals must generally be scheduled to avoid conflict with attendance at Parent Teacher Conferences and open houses. Administrators, after consulting with building JEA leadership, will submit Parent Teacher Conference dates and formats by September 1 and open house schedules by June 1 for publication. Schedules will be forwarded to the Jenison Education Association President to resolve any conflicts prior to publication. The Parent Teacher Conference schedules will be disseminated on a semi-annual basis prior to Parent Teacher Conferences. Teachers who work beyond the compensated period of time will either be reimbursed per diem or released from classroom responsibilities to attend additional conferences. Parent/guardian sign up shall be closed no less than 48 hours prior to conference sessions. Two or more dates in one week will count as one session for the purpose of sign up deadlines. If Parent Teacher Conferences are to be rescheduled at a different time, the employee who was absent should make an effort to have another professional employee present in the building for in-person conferences. Teleconferences are also an option when rescheduling. Part time and tandem teachers who are in less than full time positions as a result of their own request/volunteerism are expected to attend all parent/teacher conferences at which parents of any of their students may be expected to attend without additional compensation. N. Upon the request of the Association, vending machines shall be installed in buildings . The proceeds from all such machines shall be placed in the Jenison Education Association Scholarship Fund. Said scholarship fund shall be administered by the Association. O. No departure from these norms, except in case of emergency, shall be made without prior consultation with the Association. In the event of any disagreement between the representative of the Board and the Association as to the need and desirability of such deviation, the matter may be processed through the professional grievance procedure hereinafter set forth. P. The Board recognizes that it is desirable in making assignments to consider the interests and aspirations of its teachers. Each year, teachers will be given an opportunity to complete an electronic Intent Form, which is to be filled out and returned to the Assistant Superintendent (date to be determined annually before staffing decisions are made) if the teacher desires to request any change in assignment. Desires expressed on Intent Forms should be considered as such. Administration retains full authority over teacher placement/assignment. Q. Mandated (non-voluntary) professional development and staff training that takes place outside of contracted hours shall be paid according to schedule B-1. Professional development days will be 8:00 am to 3:00 pm with a one hour lunch unless otherwise agreed to by the JEA and administration. R. The Board of Education will make every effort to provide in each school building adequate lunchroom/lounge facilities. Where a dedicated lounge is not available, administration will work with JEA to provide an acceptable alternative. Dedicated staff restroom total count per building (at least 2) will not be reduced as of the end of the 2022-2023 school year without consultation with JEA leadership. A non-bathroom, locking space shall be provided to express breast milk (this can be a classroom space).