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WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the TIP program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous duty-free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular workday for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract ~~shall be~~ shall, in their first year of employment, work a ~~196-~~199 day contract, and the standard 196 day contract for each subsequent year. ~~Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers~~ The 199 day contract is to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of ~~workdays~~ work days for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the TIP program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative ~~approval.~~ approval Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with ~~administration.~~ administration 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided ~~daily.~~ daily 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each ~~week.~~ week Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, the week interim reports are due, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. ~~Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday.~~ The ~~principal~~ Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice ~~shal~~shall include the purpose of the meeting. An additional exception may be made for student/parent situations requiring immediate attention. In such cases, the administration shall speak with the teacher in private about the issues prior to the start of the meeting. J. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section L of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be ass

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract ~~shall be~~ shall, in their first year of employment, work a ~~196-~~199 day contract~~. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow~~ , and the standard 196 day contract for ~~professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program~~his/her second year. The District and ~~the Union shall continue to work~~ VTO have worked collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called ~~Teacher Induction Program~~ Empowering Educators for Excellence (~~TIP~~E3)~~, a teacher induction program mandated by state law~~. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend ~~six hours of subject specific professional learning~~ two (2), three (3) hour afternoon institutes during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program will be required to ~~participate in a school based mentoring component~~attend three (3), three (3) hour afternoon institutes during the second year of employment with the district. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The ~~TIP~~ E3 program requires changes in the number of ~~workdays~~ work days for a novice teacher’s first and second year and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The ~~content~~ institutes of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program ~~shall~~ will be jointly developed by the district and ~~the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning~~VTO. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching~~. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation~~. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to ~~participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to~~ make up the missed time and paid for that time. A ~~new~~ teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A ~~new~~ teacher who misses two days ~~will~~ shall be required to make up 13 hours ~~and be~~ and, upon completion, paid for ~~maximum~~ 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Pay shall be processed in accordance with established payroll schedules without delay. Any teacher who is not employed at the time of, or who is excused from attending, one of the three (3) hour afternoon institutes shall be required to make up the missed three hours within a 6 week window established by the district. No additional payment shall be processed to make up time; however, employees who are part of the E3 program and are active at the time of the institutes but do not attend and do not make up the time will have their pay docked. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, ~~PLC,~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two ~~post-~~post- planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of ~~post-~~post- planning is scheduled~~. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch~~. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year~~. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch~~. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The regularly scheduled work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 35 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education ~~Sites~~ Sites/Virtual Schools 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or ~~seven-~~ seven and ~~one-~~one half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. ~~This~~ One additional meeting ~~shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings~~ during planning time per ~~month~~ week may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST ~~meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings~~meeting. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than ~~two~~ one of the meetings above per ~~month~~ week outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where ~~the~~ one required after school ~~meetings have~~ meeting has already been conducted ~~for~~ during the ~~month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency~~week. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. ~~During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above:~~ The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. ~~Such notice shal~~An additional exception may be made for student/parent situations requiring immediate attention. In such cases, the administration shall speak with the teacher in private about the issues prior to the start of the meeting. J. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section M of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be assigned on a scheduled rotating basis. Prior to the implementation of a rotation of duties under this paragraph, the Principal shall discuss the plan with the faculty (during pre-planning if the rotation is to begin at the start of the year, or at a faculty meeting during the year if the rotation is to be implemented during the year). In lieu of performing duties on a scheduled rotating basis, a faculty may, with the approval of the principal, select an alternative plan for the faculty to provide such student supervision. The faculty shall vote by secret ballot on such plan, and the currently identified VTO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other building representative appointed by VTO shall conduct the voting. To waive this provision, eighty percent (80%) of the faculty must agree. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ planning time, apart from student contact hours and travel time, will be provided to all itinerant classroom teachers. L. Teachers shall not be required to collect general instructional fees of a school-wide nature beyond the second week of school. M. Teacher attendance at sales presentations will be optional. N. Teachers shall not be required temporarily to perform administrative duties (out of the bargaining unit) above grade without appropriate compensation. O. Employees may engage in the private tutoring of students for profit, provided the following conditions exist: 1. The teacher is not on duty status. 2. The tutoring does not take place on school property or use district curriculum resources without permission of the principal. 3. The teacher shall refrain from tutoring students enrolled in his instructional class. P. The workday for district level bargaining unit members shall be seven and one half hours, including a half hour paid lunch. With the agreement of the supervisor, an employee may extend his or her workday to 8 hours for the purpose of having a one-hour lunch, with one half hour of lunch being unpaid. District level bargaining unit members will have, in the course of the week, 325 minutes of non-instructional time. This time is not required to be continuous. Q. Early Release Days - Early release days for students will be scheduled as follows. 1. On early release days, the student day shall be shortened by 60 minutes. 2. A schedule for early release days will be provided prior to the start of each school year, with Wednesday being the day of the week in which early release will be given and identify Wednesdays in which no early release days will be scheduled for testing and/or substantially related accountability or instructional purpose for a total of up to 5 weeks in a school year. In the event a total of more than 5 weeks is

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. The basic contract for ten month teachers who are on an annual contract shall, in their first year of employment, be 201 days, including six paid holidays, fourteen teacher duty days, one professional development day, and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The ~~basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on~~ first five days of an annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment ~~with~~ shall be part of “the ~~district~~Teacher Induction Program”. ~~The content of the TIP~~ This five day program shall be developed jointly ~~developed~~ by the district and the Union. The district and the Union agree to meet from the beginning stages of planning for this meeting, and will ~~include 21 hours of professional learning~~meet as necessary to finalize the plans. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at~~ In designing the ~~pre-service training shall~~ schedule for these five days, time will also be ~~deemed part of the work contract~~ set aside for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to ~~make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours~~spend time at his or her school. Teachers hired after the start of orientation but before the close of the first semester ~~will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein~~ shall be ~~interpreted~~ required to ~~imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend~~ fulfill an alternate orientation program developed jointly by the ~~New Teacher Orientation program at~~ district and the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.”Union 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning and post- planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. ~~Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch.~~ On duty days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The regularly scheduled work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 35 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education ~~Sites~~ Sites/Virtual Schools 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted ~~lunch and a pro-rated planning period~~lunch. ~~Teachers~~ Only teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or ~~seven-~~ seven and ~~one-~~one half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The District will give reasonable consideration for non-classroom work when scheduling teachers less than full-time. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue ~~its ongoing~~ it’s on going efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~FCAT or the PSAT, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~ FCAT or the PSAT shall ~~receive their hourly~~ have the choice of receiving either an equivalent amount of time off on a duty day, or compensation at a rate of ~~pay~~ $15 per hour, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than ~~two~~ one of the meetings above per ~~month~~ week outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where ~~the~~ one required after school ~~meetings have~~ meeting has already been conducted ~~for~~ during the ~~month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency~~week. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver ~~in-service~~ inservice education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such ~~in-service~~ inservice is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. ~~During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above:~~ The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. ~~Such~~ An additional exception may be made for student/parent situations requiring immediate attention. In such cases, the administration shall speak with the teacher in private about the issues prior to the start of the meeting. J. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section M of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be assigned on a scheduled rotating basis. Prior to the implementation of a rotation of duties under this paragraph, the Principal shall discuss the plan with the faculty (during pre-planning if the rotation is to begin at the start of the year, or at a faculty meeting during the year if the rotation is to be implemented during the year). In lieu of performing duties on a scheduled rotating basis, a faculty may, with the approval of the principal, select an alternative plan for the faculty to provide such student supervision. The faculty shall vote by secret ballot on such plan, and the currently identified VTO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other building representative appointed by VTO shall conduct the voting. To waive this provision, eighty percent (80%) of the faculty must agree. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ planning time, apart from student contact hours and travel time, will be provided to all itinerant classroom teachers. L. Teachers shall not be required to collect general instructional fees of a school-wide nature beyond the second week of school. M. Teacher attendance at sales presentations will be optional. N. Teachers shall not be required temporarily to perform administrative duties (out of the bargaining unit) above grade without appropriate compensation. O. Employees may engage in the private tutoring of students for profit, provided the following conditions exist: 1. The teacher is not on duty status. 2. The tutoring does not take place on school property or use district curriculum resources without permission of the principal. 3. The teacher shall refrain from tutoring students enrolled in his instructional class. P. The workday for district level bargaining unit members shall be seven and one half hours, including a half hour paid lunch. With the agreement of the supervisor, an employee may extend his or her workday to 8 hours for the purpose of having a one hour lunch, with one half hour of lunch being unpaid. District level bargaining unit members will have, in the course of the week, 325 minutes of non-instructional time. This time is not required to be continuous. Q. Early Release Days - Early release days for students will be scheduled as follows. 1. On early release days, the student day shall be shortened by 60 minutes. 2. A schedule for early release days will be provided prior to the start of each school year, with Wednesday being the day of the week in which early release will be given. There shall be no early release day on the following weeks: (a) the first week of school; (b) the week that the FCAT Writing exam is conducted; and (c) the two weeks that the FCAT reading, math and science exams are conducted. The class schedule that will be utilized on early release days will be discussed at a staff meeting during preplanning. 3. The student time lost as a result of the early release days shall be added to the remaining student days in the year in order to avoid any loss of student learning time. No more than 10 minutes of additional instruction time shall be added to the student day in order to avoid any loss of student time. If this addition causes instruction time to exceed 300 minutes per day, such addition shall not be considered a violation of the collective bargaining agreement. 4. Except as stated herein, all early release time shall be unscheduled and utilized at the discretion of the teacher for job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, district or school level administrators shall be permitted to schedule meetings and/or in-service activities during release time on up to eight (8) of the early release days in the school year. Principals shall inform the faculty during pre-planning which of the early release days will be scheduled in accordance with this section. Teachers will be given at least two (2) weeks notice ~~shal~~of any changes to this schedule during the school year. Understanding that teachers are an important part of the process, principals will endeavor to seek input from their faculty in order to customize the delivery of training. Principals, including at the middle school level, shall also have the discretion to schedule after-school faculty meetings, as described in this article, on any of the eight (8) days in order to extend the time for the meeting and/or in-servi

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. The basic contract for ten month teachers who are on an annual contract shall, in their first year of employment, be 201 days, including six paid holidays, fourteen teacher duty days, one professional development day, and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The ~~basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on~~ first five days of an annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment ~~with~~ shall be part of “the ~~district~~Teacher Induction Program”. ~~The content of the TIP~~ This five day program shall be developed jointly ~~developed~~ by the district and the Union. The district and the Union agree to meet from the beginning stages of planning for this meeting, and will ~~include 21 hours of professional learning~~meet as necessary to finalize the plans. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at~~ In designing the ~~pre-service training shall~~ schedule for these five days, time will also be ~~deemed part of the work contract~~ set aside for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to ~~make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours~~spend time at his or her school. Teachers hired after the start of orientation but before the close of the first semester ~~will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein~~ shall be ~~interpreted~~ required to ~~imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend~~ fulfill an alternate orientation program developed jointly by the ~~New Teacher Orientation program at~~ district and the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.”Union 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning and post- planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. ~~Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch.~~ On duty days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The regularly scheduled work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 35 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education ~~Sites~~ Sites/Virtual Schools 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted ~~lunch and a pro-rated planning period~~lunch. ~~Teachers~~ Only teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or ~~seven-~~ seven and ~~one-~~one half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The District will give reasonable consideration for non-classroom work when scheduling teachers less than full-time. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue ~~its ongoing~~ it’s on going efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~FCAT or the PSAT, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~ FCAT or the PSAT shall ~~receive their hourly~~ have the choice of receiving either an equivalent amount of time off on a duty day, or compensation at a rate of ~~pay~~ $15 per hour, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than ~~two~~ one of the meetings above per ~~month~~ week outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where ~~the~~ one required after school ~~meetings have~~ meeting has already been conducted ~~for~~ during the ~~month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency~~week. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver ~~in-service~~ inservice education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such ~~in-service~~ inservice is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. ~~During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above:~~ The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. ~~Such~~ An additional exception may be made for student/parent situations requiring immediate attention. In such cases, the administration shall speak with the teacher in private about the issues prior to the start of the meeting. J. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section M of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be assigned on a scheduled rotating basis. Prior to the implementation of a rotation of duties under this paragraph, the Principal shall discuss the plan with the faculty (during pre-planning if the rotation is to begin at the start of the year, or at a faculty meeting during the year if the rotation is to be implemented during the year). In lieu of performing duties on a scheduled rotating basis, a faculty may, with the approval of the principal, select an alternative plan for the faculty to provide such student supervision. The faculty shall vote by secret ballot on such plan, and the currently identified VTO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other building representative appointed by VTO shall conduct the voting. To waive this provision, eighty percent (80%) of the faculty must agree. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ planning time, apart from student contact hours and travel time, will be provided to all itinerant classroom teachers. L. Teachers shall not be required to collect general instructional fees of a school-wide nature beyond the second week of school. M. Teacher attendance at sales presentations will be optional. N. Teachers shall not be required temporarily to perform administrative duties (out of the bargaining unit) above grade without appropriate compensation. O. Employees may engage in the private tutoring of students for profit, provided the following conditions exist: 1. The teacher is not on duty status. 2. The tutoring does not take place on school property or use district curriculum resources without permission of the principal. 3. The teacher shall refrain from tutoring students enrolled in his instructional class. P. The workday for district level bargaining unit members shall be seven and one half hours, including a half hour paid lunch. With the agreement of the supervisor, an employee may extend his or her workday to 8 hours for the purpose of having a one hour lunch, with one half hour of lunch being unpaid. District level bargaining unit members will have, in the course of the week, 325 minutes of non-instructional time. This time is not required to be continuous. Q. Early Release Days - Early release days for students will be scheduled as follows. 1. On early release days, the student day shall be shortened by 60 minutes. 2. A schedule for early release days will be provided prior to the start of each school year, with Wednesday being the day of the week in which early release will be given. There shall be no early release day on the following weeks: (a) the first week of school; (b) the week that the FCAT Writing exam is conducted; and (c) the two weeks that the FCAT reading, math and science exams are conducted. The class schedule that will be utilized on early release days will be discussed at a staff meeting during preplanning. 3. The student time lost as a result of the early release days shall be added to the remaining student days in the year in order to avoid any loss of student learning time. No more than 10 minutes of additional instruction time shall be added to the student day in order to avoid any loss of student time. If this addition causes instruction time to exceed 300 minutes per day, such addition shall not be considered a violation of the collective bargaining agreement.‌ 4. Except as stated herein, all early release time shall be unscheduled and utilized at the discretion of the teacher for job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year, district or school level administrators shall be permitted to schedule meetings and/or in-service activities during release time on up to eight (8) of the early release days in the school year. Principals shall inform the faculty during pre-planning which of the early release days will be scheduled in accordance with this section. Teachers will be given at least two (2) weeks notice ~~shal~~of any changes to this schedule during the school year. Understanding that teachers are an important part of the process, principals will endeavor to seek input from their faculty in order to customize the delivery of training. Principals, including at the middle school level, shall also have the discretion to schedule after-school faculty meetings, as described in this article, on any of the eight (8) days in order to extend the time for the meeting and/or in-serv

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. The basic contract for ten month teachers who are on an annual contract shall, in their first year of employment, be 201 days, including six paid holidays, fourteen teacher duty days, one professional development day, and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The ~~basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on~~ first five days of an annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment ~~with~~ shall be part of “the ~~district~~Teacher Induction Program”. ~~The content of the TIP~~ This five day program shall be developed jointly ~~developed~~ by the district and the Union. The district and the Union agree to meet from the beginning stages of planning for this meeting, and will ~~include 21 hours of professional learning~~meet as necessary to finalize the plans. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at~~ In designing the ~~pre-service training shall~~ schedule for these five days, time will also be ~~deemed part of the work contract~~ set aside for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to ~~make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours~~spend time at his or her school. Teachers hired after the start of orientation but before the close of the first semester ~~will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein~~ shall be ~~interpreted~~ required to ~~imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend~~ fulfill an alternate orientation program developed jointly by the ~~New Teacher Orientation program at~~ district and the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.”Union 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class ~~planning~~ pla nning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-~~planning, however during~~ planning and post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunchplanning. On ~~pre-~~pre- planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. ~~Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch.~~ On duty days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – - 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 25 - 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 (2006-2007 school year) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time (2007-2008 school year) 30 minutes of continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) (2006-2007 school year) 35 minutes continuous duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) (2007-2008 school year) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time C. Schools which use a class schedule that results in less than 300 minutes of instruction shall each develop a plan for teachers to use the time difference as instruction-related time. ~~District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers~~ The plan shall be ~~entitled to all rights~~ developed collaboratively by the faculty and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with school administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, ~~teachers~~ the final decision regarding the plan shall ~~not~~ be ~~required by~~ within the sole discretion of the building ~~principal to attend in-service meetings~~principal, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration and much comply with the ~~teachers to reduce paperwork required~~ workday terms of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the monthagreement. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular workday for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure proposal that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school varies with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal

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WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract ~~shall be~~ shall, in their first year of employment, work a ~~196-~~199 day contract, and the standard 196 day contract for his/her second year. ~~Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers~~ The 199 day contract is to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union ~~shall continue to work~~ have worked collaboratively to develop a differentiated ~~two-~~two- year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of ~~workdays~~ work days for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the TIP program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice ~~days~~ day will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” and 4f “Showing Professionalism” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. ~~Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance.~~ The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e 4c “Growing and Developing Professionally” and/or 4f “Showing Professionalism.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of ~~post-~~post- planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted ~~one-~~one- hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. For the remainder of the 2018-2019 school year, the regularly scheduled work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the elementary day shall be 7 ¼ hours and beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the elementary day shall be 7 ½ hours as provided below. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 35 minutes continuous duty-free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 hours will include pre-school and post-school time Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers Beginning in the 2019-2020 school year – 7 ¼ Hours 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous ~~duty~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ¼ hours will include preschool and postschool time. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers Beginning in the 2020-2021 school year – 7 ½ Hours* 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. *Contingent on payment of raise in FY 2020-2021 as provided in Article 26. If the contingencies for the raise are not met for FY 2020-2021 in Article 26, then the 7 ¼ hour day for elementary school teachers shall remain in effect. Also, the 7 ½ hour day shall be a part of those reopened negotiations. Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program 300 minutes of instruction (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily ~~hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside~~ average for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch ~~shall be provided daily.~~ time 325 minutes of planning ~~time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours~~ per week ~~• Such time~~ The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include pre-school and post-school time. The standard workday for virtual education shall be between 8:00 am and 3:30 pm. However, the teacher and the administrator may agree to a different work schedule as long as both parties freely agree, and the total workday does not ~~need~~ exceed 7.5 hours, including lunch and planning. Such schedule does not have to have continuous time. The schedule shall be ~~consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to~~ written and approved by the ~~worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency~~administrator and the teacher. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and ~~the~~ teacher~~. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff~~. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, the week interim reports are due, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. ~~Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday.~~ The ~~principal~~ Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, ~~except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal~~excep

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, ~~nine~~ ten teacher duty ~~days, one professional development day~~ days and 180 student attendance days. For teachers hired prior to the end of the 2003-04 student year, the basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on an annual contract shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, ten teacher duty days and 180 student attendance days. For teachers hired after the ~~close~~ last student day of the ~~first semester~~2003-04 school year, if the ~~teacher is rehired~~basic contract for ten month teachers who are on an annual contract shall, ~~then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers~~ in their first year of employment, be 199 days, including six paid holidays, thirteen teacher duty days, and 180 student attendance days. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support In developing the new teacher ~~growth~~ orientation program, the district shall meet with VTO representatives to ~~comply with~~ discuss the ~~state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District~~ orientation program and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of ~~the TIP program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees~~ that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the ~~request~~ start of ~~an administrator or designee, shall be paid~~ and during the design process for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionallythat program.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-~~planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period~~planning. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year~~. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period~~. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article ~~26 -~~ 26-Compensation and the salary schedule. 76. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day ~~for Classroom Teachers~~ – 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 25 - 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 30 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for ~~Classroom Teachers~~ the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time High School Day - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time~~. High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours~~ C. Schools which use a class schedule that results in less than 300 minutes of instruction ~~(Daily average~~ shall each develop a plan for teachers to use the ~~week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch~~ time ~~Duty free planning equivalent~~ difference as instruction-related time. The plan shall be developed collaboratively by the faculty and school administration. Instruction-related time shall include but is not limited to ~~one class period The remainder~~ activities such as parent conferences, tutoring, mentoring, staffing conferences, student success team, or any activity involving student instruction. Instruction shall be defined as time spent in the direct education of the ~~7 1/2 hours will include~~ student ~~class change time and pre-school and post-school time. Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for~~ as assigned by the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staffbuilding principal. C. D. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted ~~lunch and a pro-rated planning period~~lunch. ~~Teachers~~ Only teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or ~~seven-~~ seven and ~~one-~~one half hour (7 ~~1/2~~½) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article~~. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous~~. D. E. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. Elementary schools that currently, during the 2003-04 school year, provide teachers with a thirty (30) minute lunch shall continue to do so. The remaining elementary schools shall continue to review their operations with the goal of being able to provide a thirty (30) minute lunch by the 2006-07 school year. E. F. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow ~~classroom~~ teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ~~ongoing~~ on going efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~FCAT, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~ FCAT shall ~~receive their hourly~~ have the choice of receiving either an equivalent amount of time off on a duty day, or compensation at a rate of ~~pay rounded to the nearest quarter~~ $15 per hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. G. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty ~~meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below~~meetings, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the ~~teacher’s~~ teachers discretion. G. H. Teachers may be required to remain after the end of the regular work day, without additional compensation to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, and/or grade level meetings~~, and/or parent conferences outside of~~ . Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver inservice education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such inservice is applicable to the ~~regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation~~entire staff. No teacher shall be required to attend more than ~~two of~~ one after- school faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting a week after the ~~meetings above per month outside~~ end of the regular ~~workday, except in cases of emergency where~~ work day without additional compensation at the ~~required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency~~teacher’s hourly rate. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance ~~shall~~ may be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. ~~H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above:~~ I. The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. J. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. ~~Such notice shal~~All faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time and shall last no longer than one hour or begin no earlier than one hour prior to the beginning of the student day. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. K. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section M of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be assigned on a scheduled rotating basis. In lieu of performing duties on a scheduled rotating basis, a faculty may, with the approval of the principal, select an alternative plan for the faculty to provide such student supervision. The faculty shall vote by secret ballot on such plan, and the currently identified VTO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other building representative appointed by VTO shall conduct the voting. L. Specific planning time, apart from student contact hours and travel time, will be provided to all itinerant instructors. M. Teachers shall not be required to collect general instructional fees of a school-wide nature beyond the second week of school. N. Teacher attendance at sales presentations will be optional. O. Teachers shall not be required temporarily to perform administrative duties (out of the bargaining unit) above grade without appropriate compensation. P. Employees may engage in the private tutoring of students for profit, provided the following conditions exist: 1. The teacher is not on duty status. 2. The tutoring does not take place on school property or use district curriculum resources without permission of the principal. 3. The teacher shall refrain from tutoring students enrolled in his instructional class.

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The ~~work year of the teachers~~ total regular workday will be defined as seven and one half (7.5) consecutive hours including a 30 consecutive minute duty free lunch period, except there shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) ~~years,~~ non-consecutive work days permitted each year to allow for evening parent conferences. It will be ~~required~~ the responsibility of the building administrator to ~~attend six~~ set the hours of ~~subject specific professional learning during~~ operation for each school so that teachers are on duty when students arrive and remain on duty until the ~~first year of employment~~time when students leave and to coincide with transportation schedules set by the Transportation Department for each school. ~~Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of~~ Teacher participation in activities, which extend beyond the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the TIP program regular workday shall be ~~jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees~~ voluntary, except that ~~membership recruitment~~ teachers shall ~~be limited~~ attend up to ~~non~~four (4) “after-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the hours”meetings each school year ~~– dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing~~ with each meeting not to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous duty-free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours ~~per week • Such time does not need~~ in length. Exceptions to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report this defined workday will be ~~provided, except~~ allowed in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary order to have teachers ~~give up their planning time during the administration~~ present at meetings which are by necessity held after students leave. Examples of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcomesuch meetings are, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service periodnot restricted to, ~~that professional service period will be used for team planning~~faculty meetings, IEP meetings, School Improvement Team meetings, parent conferences, ~~faculty~~ etc. These kinds of meetings ~~as described~~ will not be scheduled on Fridays or on any day immediately preceding a scheduled school holiday, will not occur for any teacher more than one and one half (1 ½) hours in ~~paragraph “G.” below~~any particular week, and ~~other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts~~ will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than not exceed one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings hour beyond the ~~regular~~ defined work day. In the event of delayed opening or early dismissal of school because of inclement weather or emergency conditions, the workday ~~for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option~~ of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, teachers shall begin no earlier than 30 minutes before the students’ scheduled arrival on school property and end no later than 15 minutes after the ~~student dismissal time~~students’ scheduled departure from school property. ~~Faculty meetings at~~ Eleven month teachers, as defined in Article I, Section A, shall work an equivalent thirty-seven and one half (37.5) hours per week, with a 30 minute duty free meal each day, and shall not be subject to the ~~middle school level~~ workday limitations described above in this Article. B. With prior approval of the building principal, teachers will be ~~conducted one hour and ten minutes prior~~ permitted to ~~the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the~~ leave school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of premises during the regular workday ~~without additional compensation~~if there is no conflict in the performance of their professional duties and responsibilities. ~~H. During~~ C. The number of duty days for teachers employed on a ten-month basis shall be not more than 200 for all newly employed teachers, 193 for 2nd and 3rd year teachers, and 190 for all others. One (1) day before school starts for students and one day after the year ends will be scheduled as a day for teachers to work without administrative meetings or in-service. D. In the event teachers complete all SafeSchools training from March – May for the following ~~weeks~~school year, ~~no mandatory meetings~~ the last scheduled day of the 10 month school calendar will be omitted from their required number of duty days. E. Teachers shall have a minimum of two hundred thirty (230) minutes per week of daily preparation time. Preparation time shall not be required on days teachers participate in field trips or ~~trainings~~ programs held away from the school facility for the entire day. Preparation time shall be ~~allowed during planning or after school with the exception~~ scheduled in blocks of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shalno less than thirty

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Sources: Comprehensive Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called New Teacher ~~Induction Program~~ Academy (~~TIP~~NTA), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than ~~two~~ five (25) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the ~~TIP~~ NTA program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The ~~TIP~~ program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the ~~TIP~~ program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation.~~ Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced ~~TIP~~ NTA model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the ~~TIP~~ NTA program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the ~~TIPS~~ NTA requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period~~. 4~~. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 54. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 65. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 76. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. ~~Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours~~ 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous duty-free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. ~~Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300~~ 30 minutes of ~~instruction~~ uninterrupted lunch time Duty-free planning equivalent to one class period (Daily average for the week) ~~30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period~~ The remainder of the 7 ~~1/2~~ ½ hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning ~~time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional~~ time~~, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous~~. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular workday for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal

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WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. The basic contract for ten month teachers who are on an annual contract shall, in their first year of employment, be 201 days, including six paid holidays, fourteen teacher duty days, one professional development day, and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The ~~basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on~~ first five days of an annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called Teacher Induction Program (TIP), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the TIP program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The TIP program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment ~~with~~ shall be part of “the ~~district~~Teacher Induction Program”. ~~The content of the TIP~~ This five day program shall be developed jointly ~~developed~~ by the district and the Union. The district and the Union agree to meet from the beginning stages of planning for this meeting, and will ~~include 21 hours of professional learning~~meet as necessary to finalize the plans. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at~~ In designing the ~~pre-service training shall~~ schedule for these five days, time will also be ~~deemed part of the work contract~~ set aside for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to ~~make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours~~spend time at his or her school. Teachers hired after the start of orientation but before the close of the first semester ~~will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the TIP program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein~~ shall be ~~interpreted~~ required to ~~imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend~~ fulfill an alternate orientation program developed jointly by the ~~New Teacher Orientation program at~~ district and the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.”Union 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class ~~planning~~ pla nning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-~~planning, however during~~ planning and post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunchplanning. On ~~pre-~~pre- planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. ~~Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch.~~ On duty days, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given ~~an uninterrupted one-~~a one hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – - 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 25 - 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 (2006-2007 school year) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time (2007-2008 school year) 30 minutes of continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) (2006-2007 school year) 35 minutes continuous duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) (2007-2008 school year) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time C. Schools which use a class schedule that results in less than 300 minutes of instruction shall each develop a plan for teachers to use the time difference as instruction-related time. ~~District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers~~ The plan shall be ~~entitled to all rights~~ developed collaboratively by the faculty and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with school administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, ~~teachers~~ the final decision regarding the plan shall ~~not~~ be ~~required by~~ within the sole discretion of the building ~~principal to attend in-service meetings~~principal, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration and much comply with the ~~teachers to reduce paperwork required~~ workday terms of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the monthagreement. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular workday for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure proposal that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school varies with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is rehired, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract shall be a 196-day contract. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow for professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program. The District and the Union shall continue to work collaboratively to develop a differentiated two-year program called New Teacher ~~Induction Program~~ Academy (~~TIP~~NTA), a teacher induction program mandated by state law. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than ~~two~~ five (25) years, will be required to attend six hours of subject specific professional learning during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the ~~TIP~~ NTA program will be required to participate in a school based mentoring component. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The ~~TIP~~ program requires changes in the number of workdays for a novice and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The content of the ~~TIP~~ program shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after the preservice day. The sessions will include professional learning designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first year and shall include programs from the Union’s professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up, ethics, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching. ~~Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation.~~ Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced ~~TIP~~ NTA model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to make up the missed time and paid for that time. A new teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A new teacher who misses two days will make up 13 hours and be paid for maximum 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the ~~TIP~~ NTA program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the ~~TIPS~~ NTA requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, in-service meetings, PLC, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two post-planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of post-planning is scheduled. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, in-service meetings, PLC etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch. On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the employee’s job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted one-hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. ~~Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours~~ 300 Minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 20 minutes of recess 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 minutes continuous duty-free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include preschool and postschool time. ~~Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300~~ 30 minutes of ~~instruction~~ uninterrupted lunch time Duty-free planning equivalent to one class period (Daily average for the week) ~~30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period~~ The remainder of the 7 ~~1/2~~ ½ hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school time. Alternative Education Sites 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled workday is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted lunch and a pro-rated planning period. Teachers whose scheduled workday is the full seven hours (7) or seven- and one-half hour (7 1/2) workday, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the duty-free planning ~~time during the student day as described in this article. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional~~ time~~, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous~~. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend in-service meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of statewide standardized testing shall receive their hourly rate of pay rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular workday, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than two of the meetings above per month outside of the regular workday, except in cases of emergency where the required after school meetings have already been conducted for the month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular workday for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver in-service education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such in-service is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular workday, the principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular workday without additional compensation. H. During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above: The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified electronically or in writing of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. Such notice shal

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WORKING HOURS AND CONDITIONS. ‌ A. The work year of the teachers shall be as follows: 1. The basic contract period for ten-month teachers who have tenure shall be 196 days, including six paid holidays, nine teacher duty days, one professional development day and 180 student attendance days. For annual contract teachers hired after the close of the first semester, if the teacher is ~~rehired~~reappointed, then that subsequent year shall be considered to be the teachers first year of employment. Specific dates shall be in accordance with the calendar except when otherwise authorized by law. 2. The basic contract for ten-month teachers who are on annual contract ~~shall be~~ shall, in their first year of employment, work a ~~196-~~199 day contract~~. Three additional duty days will be paid to first year teachers to allow~~ , and the standard 196 day contract for ~~professional learning to support new teacher growth to comply with the state mandate for a teacher induction program~~his/her second year. The District and ~~the Union shall continue to work~~ VTO have worked collaboratively to develop a differentiated ~~two-~~two year program called ~~Teacher Induction Program~~ Empowering Educators for Excellence (~~TIP~~E3)~~, a teacher induction program mandated by state law~~. Additionally, all teachers hired for the first time by the district, or who have had a break in service greater than two (2) years, will be required to attend ~~six hours of subject specific professional learning~~ two (2), three (3) hour afternoon institutes during the first year of employment. Novice teachers who successfully complete all requirements of year one (1) of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program will be required to ~~participate in a school based mentoring component~~attend three (3), three (3) hour afternoon institutes during the second year of employment with the district. For purposes of this article, a novice teacher is defined as a teacher who is new to employment with the district and has no verified previous permanent teaching experience of at least 1 year. The ~~TIP~~ E3 program requires changes in the number of ~~workdays~~ work days for a novice teacher’s first and second year and experienced teacher’s first year of employment with the district. The ~~content~~ institutes of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program ~~shall~~ will be jointly developed by the district and ~~the Union and will include 21 hours of professional learning~~VTO. The Union agrees that membership recruitment shall be limited to ~~non-training times such as lunch, breakfast, or before or after~~ the ~~preservice day~~lunch session provided by the Union. The sessions will include ~~professional learning~~ Staff Development designed to assist a teacher in having a successful first ~~year~~ year, and ~~shall~~ may include programs from the ~~Union’s~~ Unions professional development program as well as other similar programs which focus on classroom set-up~~, ethics~~, rules and procedures and classroom management. There will also be a session on ethics in teaching~~. Attendance at the pre-service training shall be deemed part of the work contract for new teachers and will not result in additional compensation~~. Any teacher hired after part or all of the three (3) day pre-service will be required to ~~participate in the prescribed professional learning. Experienced teachers will be required to participate in a reduced TIP model. Any new teacher hired after the preservice days will be required to~~ make up the missed time and paid for that time. A ~~new~~ teacher who misses one day will make up 6.5 hours upon completion and be paid for 7.5 hours. A ~~new~~ teacher who misses two days ~~will~~ shall be required to make up 13 hours ~~and be~~ and, upon completion, paid for ~~maximum~~ 15 hours. Payment will be processed and paid twice a year- once in the first semester and once at the end of the school year – dependent upon the timing of the completion of the make-up work. New teachers failing to complete the teacher induction program by the established deadline will receive a rating of “unsatisfactory” on component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally” on their final evaluation. A teacher who misses all three days shall be required to make up 19.5 hours and paid for 22.5 hours. Pay shall be processed in accordance with established payroll schedules without delay. Any teacher who is not employed at the time of, or who is excused from attending, one of the three (3) hour afternoon institutes shall be required to make up the missed three hours within a 6 week window established by the district. No additional payment shall be processed to make up time; however, employees who are part of the E3 program and are active at the time of the institutes but do not attend and do not make up the time will have their pay docked. Teachers hired after the first semester will be considered temporary hires and will not be part of the ~~TIP~~ E3 program until the following school year, assuming rehire. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to imply reappointment of annual contract teachers. Preservice teachers who attend the New Teacher Orientation program at the request of an administrator or designee, shall be paid for their attendance. The principal of any teachers who do not successfully complete the TIPS requirements shall be notified prior to the completion of the teachers’ summative evaluation. The principal shall use the lack of completion of the program as evidence for an “unsatisfactory” rating for component 4e “Growing and Developing Professionally.” 3. During pre-planning and post-planning, at least one half (1/2) of the work time shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings~~, PLC~~, etc., during the balance of the work time during pre-planning, however during post-planning said activities shall not exceed two hours in any year when two ~~post-~~post- planning days are scheduled, or one hour in those years when only one day of ~~post-~~post- planning is scheduled~~. Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch~~. On pre-planning and post-planning days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted ~~one-~~one hour lunch period. 4. During duty days scheduled within the student year, at least one half (1/2) of each such day shall be reserved for use by the teacher for activities and job responsibilities such as, but not limited to, class planning and preparation, required paperwork, parent conferences, team planning, and record keeping. The principal shall have the discretion to require attendance at faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, curriculum meetings, ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, ~~PLC~~ etc., during the balance of the work time during such duty days scheduled within the student year. ~~Such meetings shall be scheduled to be completed prior to lunch.~~ On duty days, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted ~~one-~~one hour lunch period. 5. District level in-service provided on the professional development day shall be jointly developed by the district and the Union. The building principal shall seek staff input in developing in-service to be conducted at the school site level on the professional development day. The parties shall endeavor to ensure that the professional development activities are relevant to the ~~employee’s~~ employees job assignment. Except for specific prior approval by the principal, the use of personal leave shall not be permitted on the professional development day. On the professional development day, teachers shall be given an uninterrupted ~~one-~~one hour lunch period. 6. In the case of job categories in which the established working year exceeds the basic contract period, compensation will be made as provided in Article 26 - Compensation and the salary schedule. 7. Nothing herein shall abridge the right of the Board to establish a different contract period when allowed by law, provided that before implementation of the new contract year the Board will, upon request, bargain with the Union with respect to any impact on the wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment of the affected employees. B. Teachers will be assigned appropriate starting and dismissal times by the School Board. The regularly scheduled work day of elementary teachers shall not exceed 7 hours. The work day of secondary teachers shall not exceed 7 1/2 hours, except as provided herein. It is recognized that while the work day for elementary teachers is ½ hour less than the work day for middle school and high school teachers, elementary teachers, in addition to classroom instruction, engage in a large amount of parental contact and paperwork. Elementary Day for Classroom Teachers – 7 ½ Hours 300 ~~Minutes~~ minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) ~~20 minutes of recess~~ 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time 45 35 minutes continuous ~~duty-~~duty free planning within the student day (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes duty free planning time outside the student day (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 ½ hours will include ~~preschool~~ pre-school and ~~postschool time.~~ post-school time Middle School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time High School Day for Classroom Teachers - 7 1/2 Hours 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of uninterrupted lunch time Duty free planning equivalent to one class period The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include student class change time and pre-school and post-school ~~time.~~ time Alternative Education ~~Sites~~ Sites/Virtual Schools 300 minutes of instruction (Daily average for the week) 30 minutes of lunch time (any change to the current way the lunch is scheduled will be done with input from the staff) 50 minutes of planning (Daily average for the week) The remainder of the 7 1/2 hours will include pre-school and post-school time. District Virtual Education Program/Online Learning Program (VOL) – Teachers employed as Volusia Online Learning teachers shall be entitled to all rights and privileges guaranteed within the Collective Bargaining Agreement unless specifically modified within this section. Daily hours will not exceed 7.5 hours Standard work hours for online teachers are between 6:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Alternative work schedules outside for the aforementioned hours will require administrative approval. Work hours shall be documented using an electronic calendar, identifying blocks of time labeled as “work hours,” “lunch,” and “planning.” Calendars will be shared with administration. 30 minutes uninterrupted lunch shall be provided daily. 325 minutes of planning time will be provided each week. Evening availability: • Minimum of two (2) hours per week • Such time does not need to be consecutive • May be available beginning at 4:00 p.m. Bargaining unit members may be required to report to the worksite on a rotating or intermittent basis. If not part of a rotation, a 24-hour notice to report will be provided, except in case of an emergency. A virtual teacher may be allowed to work from home, with the agreement of both the administrator and the teacher. Teacher work hours on required report days are 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Initial school registration and Focus enrollment of students will not be the responsibility of VOL instructional staff. C. Employees whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is less than the full time equivalent but greater than half shall be entitled to a pro-rated uninterrupted ~~lunch and a pro-rated planning period~~lunch. ~~Teachers~~ Only teachers whose scheduled ~~workday~~ work day is the full seven hours (7) or ~~seven-~~ seven and ~~one-~~one half hour (7 1/2) ~~workday~~work day, whichever is appropriate based upon the position, shall be entitled to the ~~duty-~~duty free planning time during the student day as described in this article. The District will give reasonable consideration for non-classroom work when scheduling teachers less than full-time. The work week for non-classroom teachers at school sites shall include not less than 325 minutes of non-instructional time, excluding lunch. This time is not required to be continuous. D. Uninterrupted lunch time shall not include assisting students in the lunch line. E. Consistent with Section 1012.22 (1)(h), Florida Statutes, the purpose of planning time is to allow classroom teachers time for planning during which they will not be directly responsible for student supervision. During such time, a building principal has the discretion to require the teacher to participate in meetings as may be necessary. However, teachers shall not be required by the building principal to attend ~~in-service~~ inservice meetings, grade level meetings, department meetings or curriculum meetings during their planning time more than once per week, except in cases of emergency. This meeting shall be confined to PLC/curriculum meeting, or grade level/department meeting. Four additional meetings during planning time per month may be scheduled for an IEP, section 504 or PST meeting except in months where there are less than 14 workdays, shall be limited to two (2) such meetings. The administration will continue its ongoing efforts in collaboration with the teachers to reduce paperwork required of teachers. If a principal believes it will be necessary to have teachers give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~FCAT or the PSAT, the principal shall first seek volunteers from the teaching staff with an appropriate schedule. If there are an insufficient number of volunteers, then the principal may designate the teachers who will be required to give up their planning time. Teachers called upon to give up their planning time during the administration of ~~statewide standardized testing~~ FCAT or the PSAT shall ~~receive their hourly~~ have the choice of receiving either an equivalent amount of time off on a duty day, or compensation at a rate of ~~pay~~ $15 per hour, rounded to the nearest quarter hour. During SY 2022-23, the Union and District shall collaborate to determine if modifications to the current use of planning time could result in better outcomes for teachers, students, and the district. This work shall not result in any loss in teacher directed planning time, unless the committee recommendation includes this outcome, but could result in the use of different structures or methods of providing daily planning time. Collaboration will take the form of a ten (10) person committee comprised of five bargaining unit members appointed by the union; five members appointed by the superintendent. The recommended option approved by the committee will serve as a starting point for negotiations for FY 23-24. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and without additional compensation. F. For as long as the middle schools continue to have a professional service period, that professional service period will be used for team planning, parent conferences, faculty meetings as described in paragraph “G.” below, and other staff meetings. Reasonable efforts will be made to limit the number of meetings scheduled by the principal during the professional service period, and to allow teachers time on a daily basis prior to the student day to be used at the teacher’s discretion. G. Teachers may be required to attend school related general faculty meetings, school department meetings, grade level meetings, and/or parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, to last no longer than one (1) hour, without additional compensation. No teacher shall be required to attend more than ~~two~~ one of the meetings above per ~~month~~ week outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, except in cases of emergency where ~~the~~ one required after school ~~meetings have~~ meeting has already been conducted ~~for~~ during the ~~month. Any month with less than 14 workdays shall be limited to no more than one after school meeting absent an emergency~~week. Attendance at all other meetings beyond the regular ~~workday~~ work day for which compensation is not paid shall be at the option of the individual teacher, except attendance shall be required at one Open House annually, or as otherwise provided in this contract. Faculty meetings may also be used to deliver ~~in-service~~ inservice education. The building principal shall endeavor to ensure that such ~~in-service~~ inservice is applicable to the entire staff. Except in emergency cases, a written agenda should be made available to those who will be attending prior to the beginning of any faculty meeting. For elementary and high schools, all faculty meetings, except on Duty Days, shall begin no later than 15 minutes after the student dismissal time. Faculty meetings at the middle school level will be conducted one hour and ten minutes prior to the start of the student day, except that such meetings may be conducted after the work day where the practice at the school is to do so or when circumstances arise that are outside of the principal’s control necessitating an after school meeting. For every week in which a teacher is not required to attend a faculty meeting, grade level meeting, department meeting, in-service meeting or curriculum meeting outside of the regular ~~workday~~work day, the ~~principal~~ Principal shall have the discretion to require the teacher to attend parent conferences outside of the regular ~~workday~~ work day without additional compensation. H. ~~During the following weeks, no mandatory meetings or trainings shall be allowed during planning or after school with the exception of the IEP, 504, or PST meetings mentioned in E above:~~ The week of open house, and the week grades are due (when grades are due on a Monday, it will be the week prior), except in cases of emergency. Additionally, on the week when interim grades are due, PLCs may be held on Thursday. The principal Principal shall endeavor to minimize the number of meetings to be held during or after the end of the regular workday, except when additional compensation is to be paid for such meetings. When possible, the building principal shall consider the use of email to communicate with teachers. I. Teachers shall be notified ~~electronically or in writing~~ of all meetings 24 hours in advance, except in cases of emergency. ~~Such notice shal~~An additional exception may be made for student/parent situations requiring immediate attention. In such cases, the administration shall speak with the teacher in private about the issues prior to the start of the meeting. J. As much as practicable, non-teaching duties shall not be performed by teachers. These non-teaching duties include collecting money (except as in Section M of this Article); supervising cafeterias and buses; delivering books; taking inventories; distributing supplies; duplicating instructional materials; similar clerical and/or custodial duties. When supervisory needs are not met by teacher volunteers, and supervision of corridors, rest rooms, stairways and other areas is warranted as determined by the Principal, it will be assigned on a scheduled rotating basis. Prior to the implementation of a rotation of duties under this paragraph, the Principal shall discuss the plan with the faculty (during pre-planning if the rotation is to begin at the start of the year, or at a faculty meeting during the year if the rotation is to be implemented during the year). In lieu of performing duties on a scheduled rotating basis, a faculty may, with the approval of the principal, select an alternative plan for the faculty to provide such student supervision. The faculty shall vote by secret ballot on such plan, and the currently identified VTO ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or other building representative appointed by VTO shall conduct the voting. To waive this provision, eighty percent (80%) of the faculty must agree. K. Specific planning time, apart from student contact hours and travel time, will be provided to all itinerant classroom teachers. L. Teachers shall not be required to collect general instructional fees of a school-wide nature beyond the second week of school. M. Teacher attendance at sales presentations will be optional. N. Teachers shall not be required temporarily to perform administrative duties (out of the bargaining unit) above grade without appropriate compensation. O. Employees may engage in the private tutoring of students for profit, provided the following conditions exist: 1. The teacher is not on duty status. 2. The tutoring does not take place on school property or use district curriculum resources without permission of the principal. 3. The teacher shall refrain from tutoring students enrolled in his instructional class. P. The workday for district level bargaining unit members shall be seven and one half hours, including a half hour paid lunch. With the agreement of the supervisor, an employee may extend his or her workday to 8 hours for the purpose of having a one hour lunch, with one half hour of lunch being unpaid. District level bargaining unit members will have, in the course of the week, 325 minutes of non-instructional time. This time is not required to be continuous. Q. Early Release Days - Early release days for students will be scheduled as follows. 1. On early release days, the student day shall be shortened by 60 minutes. 2. A schedule for early release days will be provided prior to the start of each school year, with Wednesday being the day of the week in which early release will be given and identify Wednesdays in which no early release days will be scheduled for testing and/or substantially related accountability or instructional purpose for a total of up to 5 weeks in a school year. In

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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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