Common use of WORKING HOURS/CONDITIONS Clause in Contracts

WORKING HOURS/CONDITIONS. A. The Board specifically reserves the right to schedule the work day, the work week, and the work year in accordance with program needs. Nothing in this Article shall be construed as a guarantee of a specific number of working hours per day or per week or as a limitation upon the Board’s right to schedule additional hours. B. Employees shall normally report to work fifteen (15) minutes prior to their students’ start time (defined as the time students must be present and in their seats), and leave fifteen minutes after their students’ end time (defined as the time students are dismissed from their seats at the end of the school day), unless otherwise scheduled or otherwise directed by their respective special education supervisor. C. Regular daily working hours shall begin not earlier than 7 a.m. and end not later than 7 p.m. The Board reserves the right to change schedules when program or transportation needs require it. In this event, a minimum of three (3) working days notice will be given. D. Employees who are scheduled to work at least five (5) hours daily will be allowed one, ten (10) minute paid work break daily. Employees working at least seven (7) hours per day will be considered full time and will be allowed a second ten (10) minute paid daily work break. Work breaks will be scheduled by the special education supervisor, taking into consideration program needs. Work breaks may not be combined and shall not be cumulative. E. The work day for those bargaining unit members scheduled to work at least seven (7) hours daily shall include a lunch period of thirty (30) minutes duration to be scheduled by the special education supervisor between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day. Where the bargaining unit member is required to remain in their assigned facility for purposes of responding to work requirements during the lunch period, the thirty (30) minute interval shall be paid at the bargaining unit member's regular rate. During this interval Teacher Assistants are subject to primary direction by the teacher to whom they are assigned but also remain under the general supervisory authority of the administration. Where the bargaining unit member is not required to respond to work requirements and remains in their assigned facility during the lunch period, the thirty (30) minute interval shall be unpaid. F. Scheduled days and hours of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities, such as inclement weather, fire, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions (as defined by city, county, or state health authorities) will be rescheduled as necessary to ensure instruction as prescribed by Michigan law. Employees shall be excused from reporting for school on those days and hours which are cancelled due to the above conditions. Employees will receive their regular hourly rate for days and hours that are cancelled but shall work on the rescheduled days and hours with no additional compensation except that employees who, with administrative approval, worked on cancelled days shall be paid for work performed on rescheduled days if they are required to work those days. If school is cancelled, due to the above conditions, after buses have departed to pick up pupils, employees may be required to report and remain for all or a portion of their regularly scheduled hours and shall be paid for time worked as well as for any rescheduled days/hours attributable to the cancellation of student instruction time on that day. The parties agree that this contract provision has been negotiated to comply with the provisions of the Revised School Code and the State School Aid Act to ensure that the District will incur no loss of state aid. Further, the parties recognize the District's obligation to comply with requirements set forth by the State Board of Education respecting the number of "student instruction" days and hours, as defined by that agency. In addition to any requirements of either the Revised School Code and/or the State School Aid Act to receive full state aid, the parties agree to reschedule lost days and hours of student instruction (attributable to the above conditions) to ensure the minimum number of instructional days and hours required by the Department of Education for both regular school year and extended programs (e.g. 230 day programs). Employees will follow the inclement weather cancellation and make-up schedule of the K-12 or ISD facility where their assigned office is located. Each employee shall be notified of his/her "assigned" office, for inclement weather purposes, at the beginning of the school year. G. At the discretion of the administration, bargaining unit members may be required to attend professional and other in-service meetings which are scheduled outside of regular work hours or on days when students are not in attendance. Bargaining unit members required to attend such meetings will be paid at their regular rate. Bargaining unit members will be required to attend meetings scheduled during regular working hours as directed. The Board shall seek to provide changes to Board Policy to all bargaining unit members via email as soon as practicable. H. Bargaining unit members will be scheduled to work on all student days in their program of assignment, whether that program is directly operated by CISD, a constituent school district, or another entity with which CISD contracts to provide paraprofessional and instructional support services. Paraprofessionals will be scheduled to work on all teacher obligation days designated on the CISD calendar, whether or not students are in attendance. Teacher Assistants/Job Coaches will likewise be scheduled to work on all teacher obligation days designated on the CISD calendar with the exception of: (1) parent/teacher conference days which are not designated, in advance, as either optional or mandatory work days; or