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Four days for teachers and nurses new to Nashua School District, and one day for
teachers and nurses experienced in the Nashua School District. These days shall be
immediately preceding the opening of the pupil school year to be used as pre-school
planning and organizing days, and for orientation.
Two (2) days during the school year may be used as parent and/or teacher conference
days for teaching personnel to schedule conferences with parents and/or other teachers
for the purpose of examining and discussing individual pupil progress; and/or may be
used for in-service work; and/or may be used as training days for the purpose of updating
and improving the professional skills of all teaching personnel. One of these days may be
used by first grade teachers for conferences required in lieu of report cards. If one of
these days is scheduled for parent conferences, the BOARD may at its discretion,
determine the time of day the conferences will be held except that in no instance shall the
hours so scheduled exceed the total hours required of a teacher on a-regular school day.
None of these days will be scheduled during the established school vacation periods.
Prior to the holding of such days, the Superintendent shall furnish the teachers with a
written schedule of proposed activities. In-service days for teachers shall be held on
Election Day and Presidents’ Day. Nurses shall have one (1) in-service day two (2) days
prior to the first pupil day of the school year, and one (1) in-service day on Election day.
In general, the in-school work year for teaching personnel will not exceed 184 work days.
The total number of days referred to in Section A is exclusive of days on which school is
closed as a result of weather or other emergency conditions.
Title | teachers may be obliged to make-up school days lost due to weather or other
emergency conditions. If schools are on a delayed opening or early closing, Title |
teachers, except for Title | nursery school teachers, shall work the same schedule as they
usually work and be paid for their normal work day except that they shall report to work
and/or leave work on the modified schedule.
A secondary guidance counselor(s) may be required to work up to an additional five days
at the discretion of the respective assistant superintendent. Such additional work days
shall be scheduled within ten week days immediately preceding the first day of the
teacher work year. Guidance counselor(s) from within the building where such additional
work is required who volunteer for such work will be assigned first, and then involuntary
assignments will be made as necessary. If involuntary assignments are necessary,
where possible, such assignments will be rotated from year to year among a building's
guidance personnel. Secondary guidance counselors will be paid at a per diem rate of
1/184th of their base annual salary for each additional day scheduled, or in the case of an
elementary guidance counselor, a portion thereof for work done with a minimum of three
hours pay.
School psychologists and speech language pathologists may be required to work ten
additional days, and will be paid at a per diem rate of 1/184th of their base annual salary
for each additional day worked.
B. School Calendar
1.
School Day
The Superintendent shall consult with the UNION in the development of the school
calendar prior to the presentation of said calendar to the BOARD for adoption. The
Superintendent shall make a reasonable effort to consult the Union at least one month
prior to said BOARD presentation.
Teachers shall not be scheduled to work the day prior to Thanksgiving.
The school calendar is determined each year by the BOARD in accordance with the
applicable law.
A. As a professional, teachers are expected to devote to their work the time necessary to accomplish
the task at hand.
B. The UNION agrees that a teacher's day is not necessarily coterminous with that of a pupil.
However, it shall be no less than that which is established for the pupils.
C. In general, teachers, other than school nurses, will be free to act with professional discretion
relative to the time of arrival at school in the morning or leaving of school in the afternoon.
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