WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR. 11.1 Except as modified herein, the workday for bargaining unit members shall be 7 1/2 hours per day, or 37 1/2 hours per week of school-based or related District service, including a duty-free lunch period of 45 minutes. The unit member workday shall be structured and directed by the immediate Administrator in conformance with this Article. Unit members may be required, on an equitable basis, to provide lunch-duty supervision of students for any portion of the teacher lunch period described herein that exceeds 35 minutes. 11.2 Except on days of prior scheduled faculty and program meetings, the unit member workday shall begin not later than 30 minutes before his/her first instructional assignment and shall conclude no sooner than 25 minutes after his/her last instructional assignment. 11.2.1 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be required by the District to perform adjunct duties associated with the education profession such as 6th grade camp, parent conferences and other school and District-related activities. Additional adjunct duties may be required by the District provided the following guidelines are not violated: 11.2.1.1 The District shall have the right to assign any unit member to serve on one (1) District-wide committee per school year. 11.2.1.2 Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, District-wide Committee membership shall first be filled voluntarily by unit members. All unit members will first volunteer or be assigned prior to unit members joining additional committees. 11.2.1.2.1 In order to assist with Committee Membership selection, each year SBSD will provide the following proposed information: purpose and outcomes, commitments/ responsibilities, and timeline. 11.2.1.3 A unit member’s required attendance at said District-wide committee meetings shall not exceed twenty (20) hours per year. Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, a teacher in his/her first year or second year of California Teacher Induction (CTI) shall count CTI as his/her committee service. 11.2.1.3.1 If said committee meetings are held outside District boundaries, unit members may claim mileage reimbursements for any distances driven outside District boundaries. 11.2.1.3.2 Unit members who attend a specific committee in excess of 10 hours outside of the contracted workday shall be paid at the Task Force rate of pay. 11.2.1.4 For the purposes of this section, Site Committees will be defined as those dealing with activities and topics specific to one site or staff that are not directly overseen by a district administrator. District-wide committees shall be defined as those dealing with activities and topics that involve more than one school, other than general or Professional Learning meetings involving more than one school. 11.2.1.5 The provisions of Section 11.2.1 above shall not prevent the District from complying with any state or federal requirements enacted after the ratification of this Agreement which require bargaining unit members to participate in District-wide committees. 11.2.1.6 Any bargaining unit member required to attend camp shall be granted two (2) days of compensatory time off if he/she attends and stays overnight for half or more of said camp; attendance and an overnight stay at less than half of said camp shall result in one (1) day of compensatory time off. The bargaining unit member at his/her option may opt for and receive $250 per night for attendance at camp instead of compensatory time. The compensatory time provisions contained herein shall be used at a time mutually agreeable to the unit member and his/her immediate supervisor. 11.2.2 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be asked to voluntarily participate in a task force(s). Task forces are defined as activities and topics specific to a site and/or district-wide, and are overseen by a district/site administrator for a limited and specified amount of time. Voluntary task force participation is in addition to adjunct committee membership and is paid at the Task Force Rate of pay specified in Article 20, when conducted outside the workday. 11.3 In unusual instances of personal convenience, not provided for in the Leave Section of this Agreement, unit members may be allowed to deviate from the provisions of Section 11.2 above, provided that they receive prior approval of their immediate Administrator and provided that they render equivalent make-up time of school-based related service during the week in which the personal convenience need occurs, or if such in-week make-up is impossible, the time is made up during the week immediately preceding or following the personal convenience occurrence. 11.4 In order to accommodate school faculty meetings, the immediate Administrator may designate a specific day per week on which all unit members will render the 7 1/2 hour daily service requirement on the same daily schedule. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, two such faculty meetings per month may, at the discretion of the immediate Administrator, extend the 7 1/2 hour workday by sixty (60) minutes before or after said 7 1/2 hour workday. 11.4.1 For faculty meetings before school, this time will begin no earlier than one hour and fifteen minutes before the start of the school day and will end promptly fifteen (15) minutes before the start of the school day. 11.5 In unusual circumstances of District-wide staff meetings required by the District, the Superintendent may require all unit members to render service on the same daily schedule in order to accommodate such prior scheduled total staff meetings. 11.6 When determining the makeup of each class for the following school year, placement of students will be done on an equitable basis whenever possible. Gradelevel teams, special education teams, and other appropriate staff will meet with the site administrator to problem solve inequalities before the final class lists are shared publicly. The principal is the final decisionmaker regarding class assignments. 11.7 The unit member work year, of not more than 185 days unless otherwise noted, shall be established annually by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Association regarding the composition of the calendar. 11.8 The District shall attempt to implement the provisions of this Article including Section 3, without the use of formal monitoring activities. 11.9 It is understood by the parties that individual teacher service to the District is his/her primary professional obligation. 11.10 During the term of the Agreement, the District will prioritize additional unrestricted one-time funds to offer two (2) days per year of Professional Learning for all unit members. Attendance at said days shall be voluntary, and compensation for a full day of attendance shall be at an individual’s per diem pay rate; there shall be no prorating of compensation for attending only part of a Professional Learning day. The Professional Learning days contemplated herein, shall be in addition to the regular work year of 185 days. 11.11 During the five (5) five workdays scheduled at the beginning of the contracted work year, unit members will receive a minimum of 40% of their contracted work time without administration or faculty meetings. 11.12 Classroom teachers and Specialists (excluding District Nurses and District TOSAs) may schedule a workday before each Progress Report is sent home/conferences are held, totaling three (3) days per year to formulate and formalize student progress. 11.12.1 These days will not be scheduled on a District Professional Learning Day in which their attendance is required. Attendance at pre-existing Staff Meetings is required. 11.12.2 These days are granted on a prorated basis for job-shares and less than full time teachers and specialists. 11.12.3 Unit members who qualify for these days may choose to complete the specified tasks for these days on site, at another school site, district location or at home/private residence and remain accessible during work hours.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR. 11.1 Except as modified herein, the workday for bargaining unit members shall be 7 1/2 hours per day, or 37 1/2 hours per week of school-based or related District service, including a duty-free lunch period of 45 minutes. The unit member teacher workday shall be structured and directed by the immediate Administrator in conformance with this Article. Unit members Teachers may be required, on an equitable basis, to provide lunch-duty supervision of students for any portion of the teacher lunch period described herein that exceeds 35 minutes.
11.2 Except on days of prior scheduled faculty and program meetings, the unit member teacher workday shall begin not later than 30 minutes before his/her first instructional assignment and shall conclude no sooner than 25 minutes after his/her last instructional assignment.
11.2.1 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be required by the District to perform adjunct duties associated with the education profession such as 6th grade camp, parent conferences and other school and District-related activities. Additional adjunct duties may be required by the District provided the following guidelines are not violated:
11.2.1.1 The District shall have the right to assign any unit member to serve on one (1) District-wide committee per school year.
11.2.1.2 Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, District-wide Districtwide Committee membership shall first be filled voluntarily by unit members. All unit members will first volunteer or be assigned prior to unit members joining additional committees.
11.2.1.2.1 In order to assist with Committee Membership selection, each year SBSD will provide the following proposed information: purpose and outcomes, commitments/ responsibilities, and timeline.
11.2.1.3 A unit member’s required attendance at said District-wide committee meetings shall not exceed twenty (20) hours per year. Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, a teacher in his/her first year or second year of California Teacher Induction (CTI) BTSA shall count CTI BTSA as his/her committee service.
11.2.1.3.1 If said committee meetings are held outside District boundaries, unit members may claim mileage reimbursements for any distances driven outside District boundaries.
11.2.1.3.2 Unit Task force rate will be paid to unit members who attend a specific committee in excess of 10 hours outside of the contracted workday shall be paid at the Task Force rate of payworkday.
11.2.1.4 For the purposes of this section, Site Committees will be defined as those dealing with activities and topics specific to one site or staff that are not directly overseen by a district administrator. District-wide committees shall be defined as those dealing with activities and topics that involve more than one school, other than general or Professional Learning in- service type meetings involving more than one school.
11.2.1.5 Members of the teaching staff who provide the training to new teachers outside the BTSA support structure, shall be compensated at the task force rate of pay provided said training occurs outside the regular 7 1/2 hour workday and also provided that said training is in addition to the 30 hours that the training teacher is responsible for under Section 11.2.1.2 above.
11.2.1.6 The provisions of Section 11.2.1 above shall not prevent the District from complying with any state or federal requirements enacted after the ratification of this Agreement which require bargaining unit members to participate in District-wide committees.
11.2.1.6 11.2.1.7 Any bargaining unit member required to attend camp shall be granted two (2) days of compensatory time off if he/she attends and stays overnight for half or more of said camp; attendance and an overnight stay at less than half of said camp shall result in one (1) day of compensatory time off. The bargaining unit member at his/her option may opt for and receive $250 per night for attendance at camp instead of compensatory time. The compensatory time provisions contained herein shall be used at a time mutually agreeable to the unit member and his/her immediate supervisor.
11.2.2 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be asked to voluntarily participate in a task force(s). Task forces are defined as activities and topics specific to a site and/or district-wide, and are overseen by a district/site administrator for a limited and specified amount of time. Voluntary task force participation is in addition to adjunct committee membership and is paid at the Task Force Rate of pay specified in Article 20, when conducted outside the workday.
11.3 In unusual instances of personal convenience, not provided for in the Leave Section of this Agreement, bargaining unit members may be allowed to deviate from the provisions of Section 11.2 above, provided that they receive prior approval of their immediate Administrator and provided that they render equivalent make-up time of school-based related service during the week in which the personal convenience need occurs, or if such in-week make-up is impossible, the time is made up during the week immediately preceding or following the personal convenience occurrence.
11.4 In order to accommodate school faculty meetings, the immediate Administrator may designate a specific day per week on which all unit staff members will render the 7 1/2 hour daily service requirement on the same daily schedule. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, two such faculty meetings per month may, at the discretion of the immediate Administrator, extend the 7 1/2 hour workday by sixty (60) minutes before or after said 7 1/2 hour workday.
11.4.1 For faculty meetings before school, this time will begin no earlier than one hour and fifteen minutes before the start of the school day and will end promptly fifteen (15) minutes before the start of the school day.
11.5 In unusual circumstances of District-wide staff meetings required by the District, the Superintendent may require all unit members to render service on the same daily schedule in order to accommodate such prior scheduled total staff meetings.
11.6 When determining the makeup of each class for the following school year, placement of students will be done on an equitable basis whenever possible. Gradelevel teams, special education teams, and other appropriate staff will meet with the site administrator to problem solve inequalities before the final class lists are shared publicly. The principal is the final decisionmaker regarding class assignments.
11.7 The unit member teacher work year, of not more than 185 days unless otherwise noteddays, shall be established annually by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Association regarding the composition of the calendar.
11.8 The District shall attempt to implement the provisions of this Article including Section 3, without the use of formal monitoring activities.
11.9 It is understood by the parties that individual teacher service to the District is his/her primary professional obligation.
11.10 During the term of the Agreement, the District will prioritize additional unrestricted one-time funds to offer two (2) days per year of Professional Learning for all unit members. Attendance at said days shall be voluntary, and compensation for a full day of attendance shall be at an individual’s per diem pay rate; there shall be no prorating of compensation for attending only part of a Professional Learning day. The Professional Learning days contemplated herein, shall be in addition to the regular work year of 185 days.
11.11 During the five (5) five workdays scheduled at the beginning of the contracted work year, unit members will receive a minimum of 40% of their contracted work time without administration or faculty meetings.
11.12 Classroom teachers and Specialists (excluding District Nurses and District TOSAs) may schedule use a workday before day each Progress Report is sent home/conferences are heldsemester, totaling three (3) days per year to formulate and formalize student progress.
11.12.1 These days will not be scheduled on a District Professional Learning Day in which their attendance is required. Attendance at pre-existing Staff Meetings is required.
11.12.2 These days are granted on a prorated basis for job-shares and less than full time teachers and specialists.
11.12.3 Unit members who qualify for these days may choose to complete the specified tasks for these days on site, at another school site, district location or at home/private residence and remain accessible during work hours.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
WORKDAY AND WORK YEAR. 11.1 Except as modified herein, the workday for bargaining unit members shall be 7 1/2 hours per day, or 37 1/2 hours per week of school-based or related District service, including a duty-free lunch period of 45 minutes. The unit member teacher workday shall be structured and directed by the immediate Administrator in conformance with this Article. Unit members Teachers may be required, on an equitable basis, to provide lunch-duty supervision of students for any portion of the teacher lunch period described herein that exceeds 35 minutes.
11.2 Except on days of prior scheduled faculty and program meetings, the unit member teacher workday shall begin not later than 30 minutes before his/her first instructional assignment and shall conclude no sooner than 25 minutes after his/her last instructional assignment.
11.2.1 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be required by the District to perform adjunct duties associated with the education profession such as 6th grade camp, parent conferences and other school and District-related activities. Additional adjunct duties may be required by the District provided the following guidelines are not violated:
11.2.1.1 The District shall have the right to assign any unit member to serve on one (1) District-wide committee per school year.
11.2.1.2 Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, District-wide Committee membership shall first be filled voluntarily by unit members. All unit members will first volunteer or be assigned prior to unit members joining additional committees.
11.2.1.2.1 In order to assist with Committee Membership selection, each year SBSD will provide the following proposed information: purpose and outcomes, commitments/ responsibilities, and timeline.
11.2.1.3 A unit member’s required attendance at said District-wide committee meetings shall not exceed twenty thirty (2030) hours per year. Unless committee membership is directly related to a unit member’s job assignment, a A teacher in his/her first year or second year of California Teacher Induction (CTI) BTSA shall count CTI as his/her committee servicenot be required to accept said assignments.
11.2.1.3.1 11.2.1.2.1 If said committee meetings are held outside District boundaries, unit members may claim mileage reimbursements for any distances driven outside District boundaries.
11.2.1.3.2 Unit members who attend a specific committee in excess of 10 hours outside of the contracted workday shall be paid at the Task Force rate of pay.
11.2.1.4 11.2.1.3 For the purposes of this section, Site Committees will be defined as those dealing with activities and topics specific to one site or staff that are not directly overseen by a district administrator. District-wide committees shall be defined as those dealing with activities and topics that involve more than one school, other than general or Professional Learning in- service type meetings involving more than one school.
11.2.1.4 Members of the teaching staff who provide the training to new teachers outside the BTSA support structure, shall be compensated at the task force rate of pay provided said training occurs outside the regular 7 1/2 hour workday and also provided that said training is in addition to the 30 hours that the training teacher is responsible for under Section 11.2.1.2 above.
11.2.1.5 The provisions of Section 11.2.1 above shall not prevent the District from complying with any state or federal requirements enacted after the ratification of this Agreement which require bargaining unit members to participate in District-wide committees.
11.2.1.6 Any bargaining unit member required to attend camp shall be granted two (2) days of compensatory time off if he/she attends and stays overnight for half or more of said camp; attendance and an overnight stay at less than half of said camp shall result in one (1) day of compensatory time off. The bargaining unit member at his/her option may opt for and receive $250 per 200/night for attendance at camp instead of compensatory time. The compensatory time provisions contained herein shall be used at a time mutually agreeable to the unit member and his/her immediate supervisor.
11.2.2 In addition to the basic workday described in item 11.1 above, unit members may be asked to voluntarily participate in a task force(s). Task forces are defined as activities and topics specific to a site and/or district-wide, and are overseen by a district/site administrator for a limited and specified amount of time. Voluntary task force participation is in addition to adjunct committee membership and is paid at the Task Force Rate of pay specified in Article 20, when conducted outside the workday.
11.3 In unusual instances of personal convenience, not provided for in the Leave Section of this Agreement, bargaining unit members may be allowed to deviate from the provisions of Section 11.2 above, provided that they receive prior approval of their immediate Administrator and provided that they render equivalent make-up time of school-based related service during the week in which the personal convenience need occurs, or if such in-week make-up is impossible, the time is made up during the week immediately preceding or following the personal convenience occurrence.
11.4 In order to accommodate school faculty meetings, the immediate Administrator may designate a specific one day per week on which all unit staff members will render the 7 1/2 hour daily service requirement on the same daily schedule. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, two such faculty meetings per month may, at the discretion of the immediate Administrator, extend the 7 1/2 hour workday by sixty (60) minutes before or after said 7 1/2 hour workday.
11.4.1 For faculty meetings before school, this time will begin no earlier than one hour and fifteen minutes before the start of the school day and will end promptly fifteen (15) minutes before the start of the school day.
11.5 In unusual circumstances of District-wide staff meetings required by the District, the Superintendent may require all unit members to render service on the same daily schedule in order to accommodate such prior scheduled total staff meetings.
11.6 When determining the makeup of each class for the following school year, placement of students will be done on an equitable basis whenever possible. Gradelevel teams, special education teams, and other appropriate staff will meet with the site administrator to problem solve inequalities before the final class lists are shared publicly. The principal is the final decisionmaker regarding class assignments.
11.7 The unit member teacher work year, of not more than 185 days unless otherwise noteddays, shall be established annually by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Association regarding the composition of the calendar.
11.8 11.7 The District shall attempt to implement the provisions of this Article including Section 3, without the use of formal monitoring activities.
11.9 11.8 It is understood by the parties that individual teacher service to the District is his/her primary professional obligation.
11.10 11.9 During the term of the Agreement, and pursuant to the provisions of SB 1193 and the additional state funding related thereto, and the funding provisions of SB 825, the District will prioritize additional unrestricted one-time funds to offer two (2) days per year of Professional Learning staff development buy-back days for all unit members. Attendance at said days shall be voluntary, voluntary and compensation for a full day of attendance shall be at an individual’s per diem pay rate; there shall be no prorating of compensation for attending only part of a Professional Learning day’s staff development activity. The Professional Learning staff development days contemplated herein, herein shall be in addition to the regular work year of 185 days.
11.11 During the five (5) five workdays scheduled at the beginning of the contracted work year, unit members will receive a minimum of 40% of their contracted work time without administration or faculty meetings.
11.12 Classroom teachers and Specialists (excluding District Nurses and District TOSAs) may schedule a workday before each Progress Report is sent home/conferences are held, totaling three (3) days per year to formulate and formalize student progress.
11.12.1 These days will not be scheduled on a District Professional Learning Day in which their attendance is required. Attendance at pre-existing Staff Meetings is required.
11.12.2 These days are granted on a prorated basis for job-shares and less than full time teachers and specialists.
11.12.3 Unit members who qualify for these days may choose to complete the specified tasks for these days on site, at another school site, district location or at home/private residence and remain accessible during work hours.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement