Common use of TEACHING HOURS AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clause in Contracts

TEACHING HOURS AND RESPONSIBILITIES. A. The teacher's work day shall consist of continuous hours of formal responsibility as defined below. The hours of formal responsibility are subject to change contingent upon the establishment of a calendar consistent with time requirements as established by law: 1. A secondary (senior and middle school) teacher's work day is set forth as follows: a. A maximum of five (5) assigned formal teaching periods. Such periods shall be a maximum of fifty-six (56) minute durations, and, whenever possible, no more than three (3) formal teaching periods shall be scheduled in succession. b. A designated preparation period equivalent in time to one assigned formal teaching period. c. A minimum twenty-five (25) minute duty free uninterrupted lunch period. 2. An elementary teacher's work day is set forth as follows: a. Elementary teachers, on a weekly basis, shall receive five (5) forty- minute (40) designated preparation periods inclusive of “student passing time.” As a minimum, elementary teachers shall have at least one (1) preparation period four (4) days per week. b. A minimum forty-five (45) minute duty free uninterrupted lunch period. c. Elementary special teachers will have the same hours of formal teaching responsibilities as regular classroom teachers. This may necessitate an increase in the number of sections of students taught by the special teacher.