.ARTICLE III
3.0 DEFINTIONS

3.1 “Unit Member:” – Unless otherwise clearly indicated by the context, shall mean any person employed by the District in a position or classification which is included within the recognized negotiating unit described in Article II (Recognition).

3.2 “Duty Day:” – Any day on which unit members are to provide services in accordance with the hours of work stipulated herein.

3.3 “Teacher Day:” – Any duty day when students are required to be in attendance.

3.4 “Instructional Day:” – The actual time spent instructing students.

3.5 “Evaluations:” – The document produced as a result of formal observations and conferences as required by the Stull Bill during the course of one school year.

3.6 “Standard(s):” – When used with a Capital “S” shall refer to the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP).

3.7 “Daily Rate of Pay:” – Determined by dividing the annual contract salary by the number of duty days.

3.8 “Hourly Rate of Pay:” – Determined by multiplying the annual contract salary (class/step and stipend(s)) by .000905 (factor E - 7.6.8-A).

3.9 Personal pronouns herein are for language convenience and do not reflect gender.

3.10 Whenever there is a reference in the Agreement to Division Superintendent, it means the appropriate superintendent in charge of the following divisions:

• Business Curriculum and Instruction
• Facilities
• Human Resources
• Operations
• Personnel

3.11 For purposes of defining full-time for the Academic Performance Index (API), full-time shall be in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

3.12 “Extended Day Teacher” – A teacher who teaches an additional class period beyond the number of class periods required in a “regular” teacher’s schedule at that school’s site.