However, it is expected that, as a minimum all teachers, other than school nurses, will be in their
respective classrooms or performing supervisory or instructionally related activities fifteen (15)
minutes prior to the beginning of the pupil school day and ten (10) minutes after the close of the
pupil school day. The Principal may require sufficient teachers, other than school nurses, not to
exceed 1/3 of the staff on any day on an equitable rotating basis to be on duty to supervise
students a daily total of forty (40) minutes, the distribution of said time prior to the beginning of the
pupil school day and after the close of the pupil school day to be at the discretion of the Principal.
The yearly total shall not exceed 5400 minutes. A tentative schedule of such duties will be
provided to each teacher at the beginning of each semester.
As part of their professional responsibility, teachers and nurses will attend department and other
professional staff meetings designed to provide meaningful professional growth or to clarify school
business. Said meetings shall not exceed fifteen (15) meetings per year, excluding meetings held
on school days when pupils are dismissed early. Advance notice of such meetings shall be
provided at least 48 hours prior to the meeting except in cases of emergencies. The limitation of
fifteen (15) meetings does not apply to the faculty of a new school occurring fifteen (15) calendar
months before the projected opening date and through its first year of operation or to the faculty of
a school during the fifteen (15) calendar months preceding an evaluation by an accreditation team.
For the express purpose of training, for development and implementation of new curriculum as
defined in (A), (B), (C) and (D) below, teachers may be required to attend up to five meetings per
year.
(A) A curriculum implemented throughout the District;
(B) A curriculum implemented across the three middle schools and/or the high
school either throughout the school and/or the department;
(C) A curriculum implemented at the elementary level only;
(D) A pilot curriculum which may impact only one school, grade level, and/or
department.
Teachers other than school counselors will be expected to attend up to four (4) evening meetings
per year, and school counselors will be expected to attend up to five (5) meetings per year.
In addition, a teacher, when needed, may be required to attend Special Education Team and 504
Team staffings which extend beyond the conclusion of the teacher's school day as described in
Article 8:2 C, D and E. No additional compensation shall be paid for attendance at the first two
such staffings occurring within a given school year. A teacher who is required to attend more than
two such staffings per school year shall be paid at the rate of $35 per hour for each hour of
attendance which commences after the teacher’s contractual school day as described in Article
8:2 C and D. For the purposes of payment, the time begins at the conclusion of the teacher's
contractual day.
Teachers, other than school nurses, shall be granted a duty-free lunch period equivalent in time to
that granted to the students for lunch. Teachers, other than school nurses, shall be free to leave
the school provided they sign in and out at the school office. At the elementary school level where
mid-day breaks are normally inclusive of both lunch and recess, on days of inclement weather and
when the Principal does not permit outdoor recess, the Principal may require sufficient teachers to
report twenty (20) minutes early to assist the monitors, except that the number shall not exceed 1/3
of the staff on any day and teachers will be rotated on an equitable basis.
The on-site work day for secondary teachers, other than school nurses, will be seven (7) hours and
eight (8) minutes and the on-site work day for elementary teachers, other than school nurses, will
be six (6) hours and fifty (50) minutes except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or by past
practice.
The regular work day for school nurses shall be the regular pupil school day plus 30 minutes. The
building principal shall establish a regular work schedule for each nurse distributing the 30 minutes
prior to the beginning of the pupil school day and after the close of the pupil school day at the
principal's discretion (this may include the assignment to a duty to supervise students). However,
nurses shall make themselves available at the request of the building principal, for emergencies
and conferences which may, on occasion, extend beyond the afore-described workday. Except in
cases of emergency, 48-hours notice shall be given to nurses of times when they are expected to
be available beyond the afore-described workday.
No school nurse shall be required to work when a school day is cancelled due to inclement
weather or other emergencies. If the pupil school day is abbreviated by action of the District on an
unscheduled basis due to an emergency, and a school nurse is specifically released from work
before the conclusion of the nurse's normal work day, the school nurse will be paid the nurse's
normal daily wage, regardless of the number of hours actually worked.
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