From the Contract: Extra Time

Committees and other requirements outside of the contract day:

Teachers are entitled to “compensation in time” for any school function scheduled outside of the contract day. This includes the two parent/teacher conferences, the site open house, and/or the graduation/promotion ceremony (if one is held). If the activity is required (i.e. a required committee meeting) and extends beyond the contract day, teachers need to be compensated for their time.

ARTICLE VI

TEACHER WORK SCHEDULE

.1 TEACHING HOURS AND TEACHING LOADS

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Unless excused by the administrator, as part of their professional responsibilities, teachers shall attend no more than two required parent/teacher conferences, one site open house, and/or one 9 graduation/promotion each year.

When a school function is scheduled outside of the regular work day or contract year, there shall be compensation in time within that same school year.

Personal and Association business shall not be conducted during instructional time.

The building administration working with a committee of teachers, selected by the teachers and agreed to by the Principal, which is representative of the grade levels in the school will make reasonable efforts to reduce non-instructional duty time for teachers and to equalize non-instructional duties of the teachers.

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Individual Education Plan (IEP), Student Study Teams (SST), and Section 504 Plan meetings shall be held within the seven and one-half (7.5) hour workday, when possible. All mandatory attendees in attendance will remain for the entirety of the meetings. If an IEP, SST, or 504 meeting is held outside contract hours and extends more than 30 minutes beyond the contract day, all teacher attendees will be compensated $15.00 per hour for the full amount of time beyond the contract day.

Excluding voluntary work, pre-approved work beyond the contract day will be compensated according to the Supplementary Pay Schedule for Unclassified Positions.

The FAC is the one committee required under our contract. It is supposed to be made up of teachers who are elected by their peers to be on the committee, and the committee itself elects a chair and secretary.

ARTICLE XVII

FACULTY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

17-1-1 The purpose of the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) shall be to advise the Principal of school issues and concerns. FAC members shall consist of certified staff and be elected by certified staff in each school before the first student day of the school year. FAC members shall be representative of grade levels, departments and/or specialty areas as appropriate to the school. The newly elected FAC members shall meet as soon as possible after the election to select a chairperson and secretary.

17-1-2 The school’s principal and the FAC Chairperson shall mutually agree to a date for the first meeting, which shall be on or before September 30th of the school year. The principal and the FAC shall meet no less than once a month during the school year, unless both parties agree not to meet.

17-1-3 To improve education, the Faculty Advisory Committee shall seek objectives such as the following:

1. Improve the morale of the certified staff;

2. Apprise the principal of actual and potential problems involving the certified staff of the school;

3. Secure the maximum productive and constructive involvement of all members of the certified staff in the prime goals of the school, namely, the education of the students enrolled there;

4. Improve communications between the principal and members of the certified staff