TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day. B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House. 1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment. 2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure. C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher. D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period. E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026. F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows: 1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, Elementary Teachers' Workday
1. Elementary teachers shall report to their assigned stations not later than 8:55 am and shall commence their teaching duties at 9:05 am.
2. Elementary teachers are expected to devote to their assignments herein guaranteed a lunch period of not less than fifty (50) minutes. In the time necessary to meet their responsibilitiesevent of a delayed opening or an unscheduled early dismissal, lunch period shall be reduced by twenty-five (25) minutes.
3. Because it is administratively essential to maintain The work day for elementary teachers shall end at 3:30 pm except as set forth in Sections C.1 and C.2 below. However, when circumstances and the educational needs of the students require that the work day begin at a record of attendance for all teachersdifferent time, e.g. tutorial instruction, etc., such work day shall not exceed six hours and thirty five minutes (6 hrs. 35 mins.) duration.
4. All elementary teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning guaranteed ten (10) preparation periods of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hoursa thirty (30) minute duration per two (2) weeks, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutesexcept that, where administratively possible, all elementary teachers shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than guaranteed one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting preparation period of thirty (30) minutes duration per day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule On any full school day that an elementary teacher is not given a preparation period, s/he shall be guaranteed one break from instruction of each teacher within the regular workdayat least fifteen (15) minutes.
5. There shall be two six (6) elementary parent conference days.
a. Two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there parent conference days shall be one scheduled from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm for the Fall semester;
b. One (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period parent conference days shall be scheduled from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two Spring semester;
c. Two (2) days' notice parent conference days shall be given scheduled from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.Fall semester;
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one d. One (1) parent conference days shall be scheduled from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for the Spring semester.
e. On all parent conference days students shall be dismissed no later than 1:10 pm.
6. Elementary class lists shall be provided by the school principal prior to the last day of school with the four (4) assigned preps understanding that these lists may be a new prep for that teacherrevised prior to the opening day of school. Copies of these lists shall be made available to the school nurse and all special area teachers at the same time.
D. Teachers 7. A schedule of assignment of paraprofessionals shall have a daily duty-free lunch periodbe posted in the school office available to teachers.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period8. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute In the event that an elementary class exceeds thirty (30) students for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate period of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.more than ten
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TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, All teachers shall be required guaranteed a minimum of one (l) duty-free preparation period per day. The above is in addition to swipe their identification access card at the beginning his/her daily duty-free lunch period of each work dayforty (40) minutes.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours Every effort shall he made to ensure that High School and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall Middle School teachers not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no responsible for more than one three (13) hour in durationdifferent preparations. The Board reserves In the right event, however, that a teacher is required to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two prepare for more than three (23) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior noticedifferent preparations, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any that teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2perform any non-teaching duties. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments Every effort shall be required made to teach ensure that teachers assigned at the Academies@Englewood are not scheduled for more than a total of four (4) different preparations class periods in a row, on any one semestergiven day.
C. Any teacher assigned to six (6) teaching periods on any given day shall not be assigned to any non-teaching duties on such days.
▇. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ the building principal believes it necessa1y to meet the educational needs of the four (4) assigned preps school system, High School and Middle School teachers may be assigned to a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.maximum
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular On any days when parent/teacher as a substitute is undesirable and conferences are officially scheduled, the schools shall be used only in emergency situationsfour and one half (4.5) hour sessions. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there It shall be compensation at clearly understood that all of the rate administrative procedures related to the scheduling of $60.00 per period said parent/teacher conference days shall be the exclusive right of the Superintendent of Schools and the scheduling of any such four and one half (4.5) hour sessions in one year does not establish a past practice for 2023-2026.any future year(s). Note: This is in addition to the teacher arrival/departure time as set froth in Article VI, Section B.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute The Standard Workday for a regular classroom teacher and is required teachers assigned to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load DMAE shall be defined as follows:as: 7 hours, 20 minutes, 7:45 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.
1. 1. Five G. Student/Teacher Contact Time shall include (5but not be limited to) instructional the following: class assignments sessions, monitored study halls, teacher duties, club meetings, office hours, grade-level meetings, projects, academy focused endeavors, off-site academically sound field trips.
H. For programs held off the High School Campus (in a five (5) full or in part), the work day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS same, but with flexibility as to start and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearend times.
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TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionalsEach high school Teacher shall arrive in the building ten (10) minutes before the Teacher's first scheduled assignment, teachers and shall normally remain for thirty (30) minutes after the Teacher's last scheduled assignment to assist students, meet parents and attend faculty and committee meetings.
B. Each intermediate school Teacher shall arrive in the building fifteen (15) minutes before the Teacher's first scheduled assignment, and shall normally remain for twenty- five (25) minutes after school to assist students, meet parents and attend faculty and committee meetings.
C. Each elementary school Teacher (grades K-5) shall be in his/her classroom five (5) minutes prior to the start of the students day and shall normally remain for twenty (20) minutes after the regular student dismissal time except on early student dismissal days when Teachers may be required to remain until the normal Teacher dismissal time.
D. On school days immediately preceding the Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter and spring holidays or vacations, and on Fridays where the following Monday is a holiday, the Teachers' day in the high school shall end immediately following the Teachers' last scheduled assignments and the Teachers' day in the intermediate schools and the elementary schools shall end immediately following the regular student dismissal time. Teachers with afternoon duties are expected to devote to their assignments supervise students at dismissal for fifteen (15) minutes after the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it students are dismissed except for those teachers with assigned duties for which compensation is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance provided per this agreement.
E. The normal in-school work day for all teachers, teachers high school Teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and eight (8) minutes which shall include a forty-three (43) minute duty-free lunch period and a forty-three (43) minute preparation period.
F. The normal in-school work day for intermediate school Teachers shall be seven (7) hours and (12) minutes. Each period shall be of forty (40) minutes duration. During a normal full work week, intermediate school Teachers shall be afforded ten (10) preparation periods and five (5) minutes, (40) minutes duty-free lunch periods.
G. The normal in-school work day for elementary Teachers (grades K-5) shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes which shall not be considered an extension include five (5) hours and fifteen (15) minutes of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidaysinstruction time, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four sixty (460) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily minute duty-free lunch period.
E. H. Kindergarten Teachers shall have a daily be excused from the classroom and afforded preparation periodperiods during the regularly scheduled classes of special elementary Teachers. Such guaranteed preparation time to total for each Kindergarten classroom Teacher not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes, eight (8) times per week. Elementary classroom Teachers (grades 1-5) shall be excused from the classroom and afforded preparation periods during the regularly scheduled classes of special elementary Teachers (including art Teachers, music Teachers, librarians, and health and physical education Teachers, nurses, elementary computer Teachers), such guaranteed preparation time to total for each elementary classroom Teacher not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes per day. The practice Board of using a regular Education will make reasonable efforts to provide each elementary classroom teacher one preparation period of not less than thirty (30) consecutive minutes on early release days. Special elementary Teachers, as a substitute is undesirable well as ELL Teachers, basic skills Teachers, reading Teachers and child study team members shall be excused from the classroom and shall be used only in emergency situationsafforded at least thirty (30) minutes of preparation time per full work day. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning periodWhenever possible, there such preparation time shall be compensation scheduled in blocks of thirty (30) consecutive minutes. Except in the case of emergencies, or when an elementary classroom Teacher and his/her principal have agreed otherwise, each elementary classroom Teacher's regularly scheduled preparation periods will be reserved for preparation time. Special elementary Teacher substitutes and/or classroom Teacher substitutes will be sought by the District so that elementary classroom and/or special elementary Teacher's regularly scheduled preparation periods may be observed. In the event that a substitute cannot be found and, as a result, any such Teacher shall receive less than his/her guaranteed thirty (30) minutes of preparation time on a given day, said Teacher shall be paid for the loss only of his/her guaranteed preparation time at the rate of $60.00 20.24 per thirty (30) minutes, it being understood (i) that payment for the loss of preparation time shall only be required when the Board fails to provide a substitute and not when guaranteed preparation time is lost due to a shortened school day or any special activity and (ii) that no payment shall be required in connection with the loss of non-guaranteed preparation time.
I. Teachers may leave their buildings without requesting permission during their scheduled duty-free lunch periods provided that they sign out and in on appropriate forms in the main office of their respective buildings.
J. Early shift Teachers in the high school who work periods 1 through 8 shall (when required to remain at school until after the 9th period for 2023attendance at faculty meetings, departmental meetings, special services meetings, committee meetings and/or in-2026service meetings to be attended not only by the said Teachers, but also by late shift Teachers in the high school who work periods 2 through 9) be paid $16.06. No payment need be made for attendance at the meetings themselves.
F. When a teacher during the onK. Any Teacher, from any school, who volunteers for elementary school lunch-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there time supervision shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid compensated at the rate of $55 per hour23.92 for each one-half (1/2) hour of such supervision.
L. Elementary teachers who do not have a homeroom will provide AM supervision without additional compensation. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs Each elementary principal will determine the AM supervision schedule for his/her building which will begin at 8:20 a.m. On days that a non-homeroom elementary teacher provides AM supervision, he/she will not covered in schedules B&C have any further assignment until his/her first class.
M. Beginning 2003-04, elementary school Teachers (grades K–5) shall be paid afforded one (1) early release day in the fall term which shall be for the purpose of providing additional preparation time. (Refer to Article XXIII D. Professional Development).
N. Additional preparation time for elementary classroom Teachers (grades K-5) shall be afforded four (4) times per year, one (l) hour each marking period.
O. Each traveling Teacher shall only be required to attend meetings at the building which has been designated as his/her home-base. Traveling teachers shall have a duty free lunch of at least forty (40) minutes continuous duration; 1 prep period; and 15 minutes travel time between worksites.
P. Traveling Teachers shall be declared elementary, intermediate or high school Teachers for the purposes of scheduling.
Q. In the event that a substitute cannot be found and, as a result, any Teacher of grades 6- 12 is assigned to cover a class during his/her preparation period, said Teacher shall be compensated at the rate of $55 26.99 per hourcoverage, it being understood that payment for loss of guaranteed preparation time shall only be required when the Board fails to provide a substitute and not when a preparation period is lost due to a shortened day or any special activity.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments R. Any teacher in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a fivegrades 9-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher 12 who is scheduled to have six or more classroom preparations shall have no assigned homeroom or other non-teaching a combination of ICS duties. This provision does not apply to English Language Learners and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearSpecial teachers.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionalsAll Certified Staff
1. All staff shall indicate their presence for duty by initialing the appropriate column of the faculty "sign in" roster.
2. All staff shall report for duty fifteen (15) minutes before the opening of the pupils' school day, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments as defined by the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance district website for all teacherseach school, teachers and shall be required to swipe their identification access card remain fifteen (15) minutes at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension end of the school day. Teachers' meetings The fifteen (15) minutes end of day requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Superintendent. The time required to remain after the close of the school day shall be extended for meetings with parents, conferences with other professionals and aid assistance to students as required. On the day before a holiday, the teacher work day shall end for each teacher with the completion of his assigned responsibilities.
3. Staff may leave the building without requesting permission during their scheduled duty free lunch period after notifying the main office by phone, email, or sign-out.
4. Beginning no later than the 2023-2024 school year, all certificated, instructional staff shall have a daily, uninterrupted, duty-free lunch period that is a minimum of forty (40) minutes.
5. In those cases where regular substitutes are not available, a teacher may volunteer for class coverage during their non- teaching time. In the absence of volunteers, a teacher shall be assigned to serve as a substitute. Volunteers and assigned teachers shall be paid according to Schedule A-5 "per teaching period" providing they teach. If the teacher conducts a study session in lieu of teaching, he shall be paid according to Schedule A-5 "per study hall period." If, in lieu of a substitute teacher being available, classes or portions of classes are combined for instructional purposes, then the classroom teacher shall be compensated at the current daily substitute rate. If the coverage is for less than a full day, then the teacher shall be compensated at the current class coverage rate for each period covered.
6. The Board will grant extra pay as set forth in the Toms River Schools Extra Curricular Guide to those teachers who are selected by the Superintendent of Schools and who agree to perform the enlisted assignment beyond the normal school day.
B. Faculty Meetings
1. Normally, faculty meetings of a period of forty-five (45) minutes shall occur no more than one once each month except in cases of emergency. Such meetings shall begin no later than fifteen (115) hour in durationminutes after pupil dismissal. The Board reserves Schools assigned to tiers three and four may hold faculty meetings before school. Such meetings may not start more than forty-five (45) minutes before the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule opening of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignmentschool.
2. In a month where district professional development training shall extend beyond the end of a school day, no other faculty meetings shall be scheduled for that month. Professional development training shall not extend more than forty-five (45) minutes beyond the end of the contractual work day.
3. An Association representative may speak to the teachers at any faculty meeting at the conclusion of the meeting.
4. The day notice of an agenda for any meeting shall be given to the teachers involved at least three (3) days prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be the meeting except in an early dismissalemergency. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal Teachers shall have the opportunity to suggest items for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departurethe agenda.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, Pre-K Classroom Teachers
1. Pre-K teachers shall have an uninterrupted duty free lunch period of not less than thirty (30) minutes.
2. Pre-K teachers shall have daily uninterrupted preparation time of not less than forty (40) minutes.
3. Pre-K teachers shall not be assigned to cafeteria duty or language arts departments playground duty. Playground and cafeteria duty shall be required performed by aides. In the event that the Board seeks teachers to teach supervise playground and cafeteria duty, such duty shall be provided by volunteers at the "in-school substitution rate per teaching period." In the event that an insufficient number of volunteers are available, the Superintendent or his designee shall have the authority to assign teachers to such duty.
D. Elementary School Classroom Teachers (K-5)
1. K-5 elementary teachers shall have an uninterrupted duty free lunch period of not less than thirty-five (35) minutes.
2. Daily uninterrupted, duty free preparation time shall be forty (40) minutes per day. All elementary teachers in grades K-5 shall be given a preparation period each day. In no event shall any elementary teacher be deprived of more than a total of four (4) different preparations preparation periods in any one semesterschool year. If a "core" teacher is assigned In the event that more than four (4) different prepspreparation periods are lost, then only one (1) of teachers shall submit a voucher at the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teachercurrent class coverage rate.
D. Teachers 3. K-5 teachers shall not be assigned to cafeteria duty or playground duty. Playground and cafeteria duty shall be performed by aides. In the event that the Board seeks teachers to supervise playground and cafeteria duty, such duty shall be provided by volunteers at the "in-school substitution rate per teaching period". In the event that an insufficient number of volunteers are available, the Superintendent or his designee shall have the authority to assign teachers to such duty.
4. Elementary teachers shall not be required to be present when specialist teachers, such as teachers of art, physical education, music, librarians, etc. are working with their pupils. This time is to be considered preparation time by the teacher so relieved.
E. Intermediate School Classroom Teachers (6-8)
1. The Intermediate School day shall be no more than six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes, inclusive of fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after the normally scheduled pupil school day. The teaching load shall be no more than six (6) hours of pupil contact per day. Each teacher shall be guaranteed a daily duty-thirty (30) minute uninterrupted, duty free lunch period.
E. Teachers 2. Each teacher shall have be guaranteed a minimum of a forty (40) minute daily uninterrupted, duty free preparation period.
3. The practice In no event shall any teacher be deprived of using more than a regular teacher as total of four (4) preparation periods in one school year. In the event that more than four (4) preparation periods are lost, teachers shall submit a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation voucher at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026current class coverage rate.
F. When a teacher during the onHigh School Classroom Teachers (9-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:12)
1. 1The High School shall be no more than six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes, inclusive of fifteen (15) minutes before and fifteen (15) minutes after the normally scheduled pupil school day. Five (5) instructional class assignments The daily teaching load in a the senior high schools shall be five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of teaching periods, a study hall or its equivalent, a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to duty-free lunch period and shall not exceed five (5) hours of pupil contact per day.
2. If block scheduling is implemented, there can be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.no more than three
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Sources: Collective Negotiations Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected 1. The official length of the teachers' school day shall not exceed six (6) hours and thirty (30) minutes. Fifteen (15) minutes of the six (6) hours and thirty (30) minutes shall be added to devote the duration of the school day.
2. Teachers shall arrive at school a reasonable time in advance of the teachers' school day so as to be ready to commence their assignments at the start of the teachers' day and remain after school for a reasonable time necessary to meet conclude said assignments.
3. Teacher personnel other than classroom teachers will work at their responsibilitiesassigned tasks for at least the length of the regular teachers' workday. Because it It is administratively recognized, however, that the proper performance of their duties may, on occasion, require those persons to work longer than the normal working day. The exact daily schedule will be worked out on an individual basis mutually agreed to by the teacher concerned and the administration.
B. The Association and the Committee firmly believe that the primary function of the Committee and its professional staff is to insure each student attending the Newport Public Schools the highest level of educational opportunities obtainable. To this end the Association and the Committee believe that Professional Development is an essential element of the Newport School System and that a professional staff which is trained in current professional issues and instructional strategies will significantly address the individual needs of the Newport students, so as to maintain improve student achievement.
1. The work year of teachers will begin no earlier than September 1 and terminate no later than June 30 and shall consist of no more than one hundred eighty (180) instructional days, two days for parent-teacher conferences and one day for Professional Development for a record total of attendance one hundred eighty-three (183) days. Parent teacher conferences will be set on the calendar prior to the school year. It is agreed that parent teacher conferences shall be scheduled from 12-5 PM.
2. All professional development shall be mutually agreed upon by TAN and the Newport School Department
3. The School Committee shall continue to offer additional, voluntary professional development opportunities for all teachers. Stipends, if available, may be offered to participants by the school department. All teachers who currently receive the professional development voluntary stipend shall continue to receive said stipend.
4. All guidance counselors required to work in excess of the total days listed above shall be compensated at a daily rate of his/her salary for any days that are worked beyond the work year. Said rate to be pro-rated for the amount of time worked per day.
1. Teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at remain after the beginning end of the regular work day without additional compensation for up to 3 hours each work day.
B. No extension in month to attend building meetings called by the daily working hoursschool principal, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutescurriculum meetings, or other meetings authorized by the Superintendent of Schools. Building meetings shall be made by limited to 90 minutes in duration and shall be scheduled as part of the Board without first negotiating with annual school calendar and posted before the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension start of the school dayyear. Teachers' meetings shall Teachers will not be no required to attend more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating building meeting per quarterly marking period for week.
2. Teachers and Administrators are deeply committed to being as available as possible to meet with parents and students on a total of timely basis. Absent extenuating circumstances, such meetings will be set up with twenty-four (424) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) dayshours' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a at times during the school day or at times immediately prior commitment shall be excused with to or after the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open Houseday.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free free, uninterrupted lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice period of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as followsfollowing lengths:
1. 1. Five a. Elementary Schools - at least thirty (530) instructional class assignments in a five minutes to the extent that this may be provided under the provisions of Article VII of this Agreement (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a fiveNon-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearTeaching Duties).
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments The official length of the time necessary to meet their responsibilitiesteacher's school day shall not exceed six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers Teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at report fifteen (15) minutes before the beginning start of each work the students' school day and remain fifteen (15) minutes after.
A.1. Teachers shall be available upon request of the principal, for one and one-half (1 1/2) hours weekly, after the student's school day, for purposes of student make-up tests or additional help as well as meetings with other teachers, teams or administrators. Six (6) of these hours may be used for Faculty Meetings.
B. No In special instances (such as taking afternoon extension in courses, serious illness at home, etc.) permission to release a teacher from this requirement may be granted by the daily working hoursSuperintendent-Principal providing arrangements for the assuming of any and all duties can be made.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ procedures involving records, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutestextbooks, supplies, etc., shall be made detailed in a teacher's handbook which will be compiled by the Board without first negotiating with Superintendent after soliciting input from representatives of the Association.
D. All teachers will have a duty-free lunch period of the same length of time as the students every school day. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held Part-time teachers shall not be considered an extension entitled to a duty-free lunch unless their schedule brackets the lunch period.
E. All teachers shall, in addition to their lunch period, have at least two hundred twenty-five (225) minutes of preparation time each week. This time, where possible, shall be forty-five (45) minutes or greater blocks and, when possible, one (1) block or more per day. Part-time teachers shall be assigned to preparation time on a prorata basis in the proportion that the part-time teacher's load bears to a full-time teacher's load.
F. When a regularly assigned teacher is absent, other regularly assigned teachers shall not be assigned to cover classes of the absent teacher.
G. Elementary school day. Teachers' meetings teachers will not be required to teach any more than one (1) grade simultaneously on a continuing basis with the exception of multi-age.
H. Commencing with the 2002-2004 school year, the work year shall be one hundred eighty-four (184) days. Three days shall be used for the purpose of Professional Development and/or Parent Conferences. One Professional Development day may be split into 2 - one-half (1/2) days. One additional day may be required of newly hired teachers for the first time orientation. Parent Conferences shall only be non-student days. Hours of work shall be 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM with a flexible dinner hour to be held usually from 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM. Any work days or half (1/2) days over 180 shall be non-student contact days.
I. Parents shall not be deprived of an opportunity to confer with the teacher of their children because such conferences may be held outside of the regular workday. All parties concerned will strive to schedule such meeting during the teacher's workday.
J. Class size for Grades 2-8 shall have a maximum of twenty-five (25) students. For grades kindergarten and first grade class size shall be a maximum of twenty-four (24) students. One (1) additional student may be added in the first quarter marking period. If this maximum is exceeded (by no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher student) within the regular workdayfirst quarter marking period of the year, the School Committee is under no obligation to split classes until the beginning of the 3rd term marking period. There If the maximum is exceeded after the beginning of the third (3rd) term (marking period), the School Committee shall be under no obligation to split classes during that year. Special Subject areas shall contain no more than the facility can maintain. *Class size exceptions: musical ensemble, physical education. Out of district children of teachers in the Little ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ school system may attend Little ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ school system grades K-8 without cost or transportation.
K. Teachers may leave the building during lunch time provided the Administration is notified. With the permission of the Superintendent a teacher may leave the building during a preparation period.
L. The school shall be open for two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves full weeks before the right official opening in order to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open Houseallow teachers to prepare their rooms.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments assignments, the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract but they shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment"clock in or clock out" by hours and minutes. Teachers shall indicate their presence for duty in a prescribed manner as determined by the administration.
2B. Teacher may leave the building without requesting permission during their scheduled lunch periods, but must indicate their intended absence to the building principal.
C. Teacher meetings will be a maximum of ten (10) per school year, for a maximum of fifty-five (55) minutes each beyond pupil dismissal time. Two additional meetings may be called at the discretion of the Superintendent. The Superintendent may call additional meetings as necessary during the contract day prior to Thanksgiving(830-8:40 or 3:20-3:30).
D. The regular workday for certificated employees shall be seven (7) hours, Winter breakexcept that, and Spring break teachers will be an early dismissalpermitted to leave ten (10) minutes after student dismissal time on Fridays. In general the teacher workday will be 8:30 am -3:30 pm. The student day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students8:40 am – 3:20 pm. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final At such time that the breakfast program is on a Fridayimplemented, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes have hours before the normal 8:30 am – 3:30 pm work day, not to exceed seven (7) hours, in order to allow flexibility in scheduling to cover breakfast duty. At such time that the mathematicsbreakfast program is implemented, sciencethe teachers agree it will be necessary to adjust the workday schedule, social studiesnot to exceed seven (7) hours, or language arts departments shall to accommodate duty. The times and procedures will be required mutually agreed upon by the Superintendent and the WEA. The teachers agree that if breakfast duty becomes necessary, the Superintendent will make every attempt to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semesterassign the teachers who volunteer. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different prepsIn the event there are insufficient instructional staff volunteers, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily Superintendent reserves the right to assign teachers to breakfast duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have All teachers will be provided a daily minimum of 175 minutes of preparation periodtime per week, which will be covered by certified personnel. The practice of using a regular Superintendent may assign additional prep time minutes for common planning time. No teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only removed from their scheduled preparation time for more than three (5) times in emergency situationsone school year. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute Preparation time for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall part-time teachers will be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026prorated.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute Teachers may be asked to return for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods evening events per year, not to exceed two (2) hours each. (i.e. concert, back to school night, conference) Teachers may leave 10 minutes after student dismissal on the day on which evening conferences are held.
G. Teachers assigned to write Individual Education Plans (IEPs) shall be provided with one hour release time for each IEP written in the eight (8) period house with a schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned mutually agreed upon by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes administration with substitute coverage provided.
H. Teachers will be compensated assigned to supervise students before school and/or on the playground on an equal basis for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school yearno more than thirty days (30) per teacher, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 per school year.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers The parties recognize that the following hours and teaching loads are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, teachers considered desirable norms and shall be required observed by the Board or its representatives except where:
1. The following norms cannot be met because of staff limitations of the District in certain subject areas such as languages, science, physical education, and industrial arts (staff limitations as used herein shall be defined as inability to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.fill a vacancy after reasonable efforts);
B. No extension 2. Scheduling conflicts which in the daily working hoursreasonable judgment of the principal require deviations from the following norms;
3. Experimental or innovative teaching techniques require variance from the established norms; or
4. In cases where the hereinafter-mentioned norms are exceeded, those individuals who are assigned the seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, teaching classes shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held released of homeroom, bus and hall duty.
B. The daily teaching load for all secondary teachers shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one exceed six (16) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be teaching and two (2) teacher meetings non-teaching periods per month, except that there day. Assignment to a supervised study or lunch period or extracurricular activity during school hours shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking considered a non-teaching period for a total the purpose of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departurethis provision.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments Secondary teachers shall not be required to teach more than three (3) subject areas, nor more than a total of three (3) teaching subject preparations per day.
D. Secondary teachers shall not be required to teach continuously for more than four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher periods unless prevented from so doing by their lunch schedule.
E. All secondary teachers (including librarians if no librarian aide is assigned four (4assigned) different preps, then only shall have at least one (1) full period (but a minimum block of forty (40) minutes) available on their schedule for planning, preparation, and/or rest daily, but such time may be used for the purpose of parent-teacher conferences initiated by a parent or teacher and scheduled by the teacher. There shall be no obligation on the part of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacherteacher to schedule parent-teacher conferences during such time, provided accommodations are made by the teacher to otherwise schedule such conferences without additional compensation.
D. Teachers F. During a regularly scheduled classroom day, elementary teachers will be relieved of teaching responsibilities for at least forty (40) consecutive minutes per day during the time that their classes are scheduled for instruction with various teaching specialists. If the teaching specialist is absent or the specialist program is altered or curtailed, all teachers shall have a daily duty-free preparation period of at least forty (40) consecutive minutes per day after the start of the student day and before the end of the student day except in cases of unforeseen exigencies.
G. Teachers and other professional employees shall have a duty-free lunch periodperiod of at least thirty (30) consecutive minutes.
E. Teachers H. Professional employees may leave the building with permission of principal, or designee if the principal is absent, during their scheduled duty-free lunch periods. A sign-out/sign-in sheet satisfies this requirement.
I. The Board will provide normal classroom furnishings and equipment for the professional employees.
J. The District special education employees who are involved in the writing and revision of the IEPS shall have be given a daily preparation periodtotal of two (2) days during the school year to write or revise Individual Education Plans (IEP). On those two days, a substitute teacher will be provided when the request (one week in advance) and the date of such request are pre-approved by the building Principal. The practice employee shall report to their assigned building on these two days. In lieu of using a regular teacher such days, the employee may choose to receive Act 48 continuing education hours as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned approved by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward School District in accordance with the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day weekDistrict's Act 48 plan. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will such Act 48 hours shall not be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearcompensated.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, All classroom teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning guaranteed a minimum of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in durationduty-free preparation period per day. It is understood that the use of said preparation time is solely to be determined by the teacher. The Board reserves above is in addition to his/her daily duty-free lunch period of forty (40) minutes minimum duration in the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be elementary schools and one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four forty (440) floating meetings per minutes duration in the high school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice and middle school.
B. Every effort shall be given made to ensure that High School and Middle School teachers not be responsible for meetingsmore than three (3) different preparations. If an emergency meeting must be called without two In the event, however, that a teacher is required to prepare for more than three (23) days prior noticedifferent preparations, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any that teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Backperform any non-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departureteaching duties.
C. No Any teacher assigned to six (6) teaching core education classes in periods on any given day shall not be assigned to any non-teaching duties on such days.
D. Whenever the mathematicsbuilding principal believes it necessary to meet the educational needs of the school system, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall High School and Middle School teachers may be required assigned to teach more than a total maximum of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily dutynon-free lunch periodteaching assignment per day.
E. On any days when a parent/teacher conferences are officially scheduled, the elementary schools shall be on half-day sessions. It shall be clearly understood that all of the administrative procedures related to the scheduling of said parent/teacher conference days shall be the exclusive right of the Superintendent of Schools and the scheduling of any such half-day sessions in one year does not establish a past practice for any future year(s).
F. Teachers may be assigned atypical working hours in accord with all other provisions set forth in this Article.
G. Atypical assignments shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable be the exception, not the rule, and shall be used only in designed with the intent to save teaching positions. Atypical assignments shall be considered to maximize use of facilities and/or provide an appropriate educational program for students and/or to cover emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there .
H. Atypical assignments shall be compensation at limited to Monday through Friday. Any teaching assignment made under this Article shall not increase the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026teacher workday.
F. When a I. The Superintendent shall have the exclusive right to pass on the qualifications and expertise of the teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom in determining which teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at assigned to a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on position that deviates from the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum normal work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hourschedule.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to J. No teacher may be assigned by an atypical schedule without the Principalconsent of the teacher. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward Example: “Atypical schedule” – Workday begins at 9:00am or one or more teaching periods later than the maximum start of the school day and ends one hour or one or more teaching load periods later than the end of five instructional assignments in a five-the contract day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school yearother staff.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals, teachers are expected to devote to their assignments the time necessary to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance 5.1 The workday for all teachers, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card no more than seven and one-half (7½) hours.
(a) On non-early release days, days other than Fridays and days preceding a holiday or vacation, teachers at the beginning of each work dayFurnace Brook Middle School and the High School will report fifteen (15) minutes before student starting times and will remain ten (10) minutes after student dismissal times.
B. No extension (b) On non-early release days, days other than Fridays and days preceding a holiday or vacation, elementary teachers will report ten (10) minutes before student starting times and will remain ten (10) minutes after student dismissal times.
(c) At each elementary school including kindergarten there shall be a fifteen (15) minute recess in the daily working hoursmorning and a fifteen (15) minute recess in the afternoon except as provided as follows: For grades one through five one thirty (30) minute recess, seven or one ten (710) hours minute recess and five one twenty (520) minutesminute recess may be substituted for the two (2) fifteen (15) minute recesses, at the discretion of the Superintendent or his designee after consultation with appropriate faculty and Association representatives. Other alternative scheduling of the total thirty (30) minute recess time per day may be agreed upon by the parties to the Master Agreement. On early dismissal days one fifteen (15) minute recess shall be made by available if teachers wish to have their students participate in recess. In such event, supervision of recess shall be consistent with supervision of recess on other days.
(d) On days when weather is sufficiently inclement to consider closing of school, serious consideration will be given to delayed opening of school before canceling classes for the Board without first negotiating with day. It is understood that the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held decision to cancel or delay the opening of school due to inclement weather shall not be considered subject to the grievance and arbitration provisions of this Agreement.
(e) The normal starting and dismissal times for students at Marshfield High School shall be 7:15 A.M. and 1:47 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at Furnace Brook Middle School shall be 7:40 A.M. and 2:20 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at the "early" elementary schools shall be 8:20 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. The normal starting and dismissal times for students at the "late" elementary schools shall be 8:50 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. The elementary schools assignments to an extension "early" or "late" schedule will alternate on an every other year rotation.
(f) Early dismissal times for students at Marshfield High School shall be 11:05 A.M. Early dismissal times for students at Furnace Brook Middle School shall be 11:55 P.M. Early dismissal times for students at the "early" elementary schools shall be 12:45 P.M. Early dismissal times for students at the "late" elementary schools shall be 1:15 P.M.
(g) The morning sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 8:20 A.M. until 11:10 A.M. The morning sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 8:50 A.M. until 11:40 A.M. The afternoon sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 12:05 P.M. until 3:00 P.M. The afternoon sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 12:35 P.M. until 3:30 P.M. On early release days the morning sessions of kindergarten at the "early" elementary schools shall be from 8:20 A.M. until 12:45 P.M., and the morning sessions of kindergarten at the "late" elementary schools shall be from 8:50
A. M. until 1:15 P.M.
(h) The starting and dismissal times for students may be changed by the Committee; provided however, that no such change in starting and/or dismissal times shall increase the length of the teacher's total teaching time during any given workday and, provided further, no such change shall increase the length of the teacher's total workday. The parties agree any change in the length of daily teaching time or in the length of the workday shall be accomplished pursuant to and consistent with the parties Memorandum on Time and Learning dated November 20, 1997.
5.2 Teachers may leave school at the regular student dismissal times on Fridays and the day preceding a holiday or vacation. In addition, teachers may leave school at the regular student dismissal time on days when teachers are required to return to school in the evening pursuant to paragraph 5.7 of this Article. Educators participating in the Advisory Program at the High School may leave at the end of the regular two block exam schedule, on each of the four (4) days during Final Week, unless they must administer any final examinations that extend beyond that time such as make-up exams, and unless they must complete any remaining professional responsibilities such as attending IEP meetings.
5.3 Personnel other than classroom teachers will work at their assigned tasks for at least the length of the regular teacher's workday. It is recognized, however, that the proper performance of their duties may, on occasion, require these persons to work longer than the normal working day. Teachers' meetings The exact daily schedule will be worked out on individual basis between the individual concerned and his/her immediate building principal to the mutual satisfaction of both parties, but in no event shall it be no more than one (1) hour longer than the length of the regular pupil day.
5.4 Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5.5 below, the work year for teachers (other than new personnel who may be required to attend additional orientation sessions) will be no earlier than September 1 and terminate no later than June 30, but shall in durationno event be longer than five (5) days more than the number of days when pupils are required to be in attendance by state law. The Board reserves "work year" will include days when pupils are in attendance, orientation days at the right beginning of the school year, conference days, and any other days on which teachers' attendance is required.
5.5 Members of the professional staff on the Ratio Salary Schedule shall work the period of time as stated on said Schedule under a plan agreed upon with the Superintendent.
5.6 Teachers may be required to designate any oneremain after the end of the regular pupil day without additional compensation for up to one (1) hour to attend the following:
(a) Staff meetings -
(1) One day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within month - Faculty meeting called by the regular workday. There building principal.
(2) One day of each month (September to June), the Furnace Brook Middle School and High School students shall be dismissed as close to 12:30 p.m. as possible to permit ALL teachers to participate in In-Service Curriculum meetings.
(3) One day of each month - Department meetings called by the Department Head.
(b) Detentions - At the secondary level to be figured on the basis of one hundred eighty (180) days divided by the number of teachers eligible for this duty.
(c) Late bus supervision - Not to exceed one (1) day per week at the secondary level.
(d) At the elementary level, the Teaching Assistant Principal will handle the late busses.
(a) Every elementary school building is to be open and the professional staff at their respective places of assignment one (1) evening at the halfway ▇▇▇▇ of the first grading period, and one (1) evening during the week immediately following the issuance of the three (3) progress reports. Such open meetings shall be of two (2) teacher hours' duration and shall not normally begin before six o'clock (6:00) p.m. The exact times for these meetings per month, except that there shall be determined through consultation between the teaching staff and the building principal.
(b) Each of the High School and the Furnace Brook Middle School is to be open, and the professional staff at their respective places of assignment one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves evening early in the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least first grading period, two (2) days' notice evenings immediately following the issuance of the first report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School), one (1) evening immediately following the issuance of the second report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School), and one (1) afternoon immediately following the issuance of the third report cards (High School) or progress reports (Furnace Brook Middle School). The evening meeting early in the first grading period shall not normally begin before six o'clock (6:00 p.m.) nor begin later than six thirty (6:30) p.m. Meetings during the first marking period and immediately after the issuance of the first report cards/progress reports shall be given conducted for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with hours during the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable evening and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor begin at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five six o'clock (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.6:00)
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. A. As professionals1. Each teacher in grades 6-12 will have a duty-free, teachers are uninterrupted lunch period of no less than forty (40) minutes. Each teacher in grades K-5 will have either a 50 minute lunch and 30 minute preparation period, or a 40 minute lunch with a 40 minute preparation period per day, with the per teacher configuration and allotment of time to be determined by Administration.
2. Faculty meetings would be called only when necessary in accordance with the provisions below:
(a) The Building Principal shall confer with the Building Representative and set the day that faculty meetings will be held and announce it before the end of the first week of school. Once the day has been designated, it will remain as the faculty meeting day for the balance of the school year unless the Building Principal deems it prudent to change: in which case, he/she will confer with the Building representative.
(b) Faculty meetings will begin exactly five (5) minutes after dismissal. In the case of a district-wide faculty meeting, the meeting shall begin five minutes after the dismissal of the latest-dismissing school. The starting time for faculty meetings will be strictly adhered to by administrators and teachers.
(c) Director or Chairperson of a department (as applicable) shall confer with the Department and set the date that departmental meetings will be held and announce it before the end of the first week of school. Once the day has been designated, it will remain as the departmental meeting day for the balance of the school year unless the Director or Chairperson (as applicable) deems it prudent to change; in which case, he/she will confer with the Department.
(d) Departmental meetings will begin exactly five minutes after dismissal. The starting time for departmental meetings will be strictly adhered to by administrators and teachers.
(e) Each teacher is expected to devote attend all faculty and departmental meetings. All requests for absence will be submitted to their assignments the time necessary Building Principal for faculty meetings or the Director or Chairperson (as applicable) for departmental meetings in advance (three (3) days in advance whenever possible). Final approval for faculty meetings will be given by the Building Principal, and final approval for departmental meetings will be given by the Director or Chairperson (as applicable). The association will be given a reasonable opportunity to meet their responsibilities. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance present information at building faculty meetings, departmental meetings, and new teacher orientation meetings.
(f) Absent teachers will be responsible for all information presented at faculty meetings and departmental meeting. If a teacher or Principal (for faculty meetings) or Director/Chairperson (as applicable) for departmental meetings, believes clarification is necessary, a meeting between the parties will be held as soon as possible.
3. The length of the workday for teachers shall not exceed six (6) hours and forty-five (45) minutes (inclusive of Paragraph 4 below). Effective September 1, 2000 and thereafter, the length of the teacher workday shall be 7 hours.
4. Elementary teachers will be in their classrooms ten (10) minutes before the start of the student day and ten (10) minutes after the students are dismissed, providing any other students that have not been picked up are reported by name to the bus-duty teacher who must stay until the last student is picked up. Arrival time shall not apply to teachers assigned to A.M. duty. Secondary teachers shall be in their classrooms before and after school at times designated by the Building Principal and within the teacher workday.
5. A teacher may be assigned forty-five (45) minutes a day of duty, averaged throughout the school year, but in no event more than sixty (60) minutes in any one day. Assignments shall be equitably distributed among teachers in each school building as needed. In the event a kindergarten teacher teaches for a period of two (2) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes or more in any one session, that teacher will be entitled to at least a twenty (20) minute break. Secondary academic and special teachers and to the extent that the District organizes into a Middle School which includes the 6th grade as part of a departmentalized program, 6th grade teachers, shall be covered by the provisions of this subparagraph and shall have as their maximum weekly assignment one of the following:
(a) Twenty-five (25) teaching periods; five (5) preparation periods; five (5) duties; and one
(1) daily lunch.
(b) Thirty (30) teaching periods; five (5) preparation periods; one (1) daily lunch period.
(c) Effective September 1, 2000, within the context of a secondary school 9 period day, except as set forth in this paragraph regarding a 6th teaching period, teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and five (5) minutes, shall be made by the Board without first negotiating with the Association. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' meetings are held shall not be considered an extension of the school day. Teachers' meetings shall be no more than one (1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be one (1) additional floating meeting per quarterly marking period for a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate a prior commitment shall be excused with the permission of the Principal. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on Fridays, the day preceding the start of school holidays, and the day of Back-to-School Night/Open House.
1. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to Thanksgiving, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Sources: Teachers' Association Contract
TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOAD. (Does not apply to Basic Skills Instructors)
A. As professionalsEach teacher shall have at least four (4) teaching periods and two (2) administrative assignments to be entitled to a preparation period during each school year of this Agreement. Additionally, teachers are expected each teacher shall receive a minimum of 205 minutes of preparation time each week, with no preparation period being less than forty-one (41) minutes duration and, where practicable, scheduled one per day. The students will continue to devote be released at 2:30 p.m. The Board has the right to their assignments adjust the teaching schedule in order to allow for emergency/bus schedule change that may be necessary. This schedule change would not alter teacher contact time necessary to meet their responsibilitiesand would be made in conjunction with a teacher advisory board. Because it is administratively essential to maintain a record of attendance for all teachers, All teachers shall be required to swipe their identification access card at the beginning of each work day.
B. No extension be in the daily working hours, seven (7) hours and school building at least five (5) minutesminutes before student arrival time, and shall be made in their respective classrooms or at their assigned stations prior to the time students are scheduled, to report to their classroom for the start of their day (7:55 a.m.).
B. Present practices with respect to securing substitutes for emergency coverage will be continued. The administration will secure substitutes, whenever practicable, if at least seventy-two (72) hours advance notice of a teacher’s absence has been received.
C. An emergency shall be declared after a bona fide effort to secure a substitute. Bona fide effort shall consist of the teaching staff member notifying the county service and the county service being unable to supply a substitute. Documentation of the county service’s inability to supply a substitute will be supplied to the FEA by the Board without first negotiating with of Education upon written request of the AssociationFEA. Days when regularly scheduled teachers' Commencing September 1983, the administration, on a trial basis, will survey the teaching staff members in order to determine which staff members desire to substitute, i.e., (a) whenever possible, (b) sometime, or (c) never. The administration will attempt to utilize staff pursuant to their preference but the Board or the administration do not waive their right to direct any teaching staff member to substitute as needed.
▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will be made, whenever feasible, to give at least twenty-four (24) hours advance notice and an agenda, if indicated, for after-school meetings are held except in case of emergency.
E. FEA members shall not be considered an extension of the required to attend more than four (4) after school day. Teachers' meetings per month (e.g. faculty meetings, committee meetings).
F. All teachers shall be no more than one required to return to school and participate in three (3) evening meetings annually at times designated by the Superintendent of Schools. Effective July 1) hour in duration. The Board reserves the right to designate any one-day a week except Friday as teacher meeting day. The Board retains the right to adjust the daily schedule of each teacher within the regular workday. There , 2012 teachers shall be two (2) teacher meetings per month, except that there shall be available for either one (1) additional floating meeting night of conferences or to attend (1) one day or night of graduation unless another evening is agreed to on an individual basis in lieu of graduation attendance.
1. Part-time teachers shall teach their teaching periods consecutively.
2. This Section shall also apply to BSI. Part-time teachers/BSI working less then twenty-five (25) hours a week shall receive a twenty (20) minute preparation period daily, but are not entitled to a lunch period. Part-time teachers/BSI working twenty-five (25) hours or more a week shall receive a thirty (30) minute preparation period daily, but are not entitled to lunch. Part-time teachers/BSI who work less than 27.5 hours per quarterly marking period for week are not entitled to medical benefits.
3. Part-time teachers who teach full days but less than five (5) days per week will be paid prorated based upon the number of days per week taught (i.e., a total of four (4) floating meetings per school year. The Principal reserves the right to schedule an emergency teacher meeting. At least two (2) days' notice shall be given for meetings. If an emergency meeting must be called without working two (2) days prior notice, then faculty members who can substantiate per week would receive 0.4 or forty (40%) percent pay. Such a prior commitment teacher is entitled to a forty-one (41) minute lunch or preparation time).
G. No teacher shall be excused with the permission of the Principalassigned more than four (4) weekly (i.e. 20 work days) supervisions in any school year. Teachers may depart the building following the exit of the regular school buses on FridaysThis does not apply to CST members, the day preceding the start of school holidays, Guidance Counselors and the day of BackSchool Nurse. Before school duty will commence at 7:45 a.m.
H. The teachers’ lunch period shall be forty-to-School Night/Open House.
1one (41) minutes in length. Any teacher who is under a part-time contract shall not be required to stay beyond his/her contracted assignment.
2. The day prior to ThanksgivingNote: To accommodate this extended lunch period, Winter break, and Spring break will be an early dismissal. The day after Back-to-School Night/Open House will be an early dismissalgdismissal for staff and students. During midterms and finals all teachers shall work until fifteen minutes after dismissal. If a midterm or final is on a Friday, teachers may leave ten minutes after bus departure.
C. No teacher teaching core education classes in the mathematics, science, social studies, or language arts departments shall be required to teach more than a total of four (4) different preparations be in any one semester. If a "core" teacher is assigned four (4) different preps, then only one (1) of the four (4) assigned preps may be a new prep for that teacher.
D. Teachers shall have a daily duty-free lunch period.
E. Teachers shall have a daily preparation period. The practice of using a regular teacher as a substitute is undesirable and shall be used only in emergency situations. The Board shall endeavor school building at all times to seek out and employ qualified substitute teachers. When a teacher must substitute for a regular teacher during the formers planning period, there shall be compensation at the rate of $60.00 per period for 2023-2026.
F. When a teacher during the on-call period must substitute for a regular classroom teacher and is required to teach the class, there shall be compensation at a rate of $60.00 per period for 2023- 2026. Compensation will begin on the third consecutive day. • Hourly summer curriculum work shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour. • Personnel to conduct evening conferences and parent programs not covered in schedules B&C shall be paid at the rate of $55 per hour.
G. A maximum teaching load shall be defined as follows:
1. 1. Five (5) instructional class assignments in a least five (5) day week predicated on an eight (8) period schedule. The remaining three (3) periods in the eight (8) period schedule shall consist of a preparation period, departmental professional period, minutes before student arrival time and a duty to be assigned by the Principal. A Resource Center Class shall be counted toward in their respective classrooms or at their assigned stations prior to the maximum teaching load of five instructional assignments in a five-day week. The assignment of in class support shall be counted toward the maximum teaching load of five instructional class assignments in a five-day week. Any special education teacher who is teaching a combination of ICS and Resource room classes will be compensated time students are scheduled to report to their classroom for the sixth class at the rate listed in G.3. below. ICS teachers will receive compensation for a sixth instructional class at the rate start of $6000 for the 2023-2024 school year, $7000 for the 2024-2025 school year, and $7500 for the 2025-2026 school year.their day (7:55 a.m.)
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement