8.1.1 All unit members in traditional and single-cycle schedule schools shall render 180 student instructional days of service, in addition to three (3) duty days and three (3) mandatory staff development days. (The three (3) mandatory staff development days increased the teachers’ salary schedule by 1.5% except for unit members listed in 8.1.1-A below). Annual salaries/calendars for unit members are not affected by differences in annual calendars. All school schedules must provide for at least a two-week winter recess and a one-week summer recess.
A. The work year for the term of this Agreement for task-oriented personnel indicated below shall be in accordance with the following:
1. Psychologists – 188 days (flexible duty schedule between July 1-June 30, as agreed between the unit member and his/her supervisor)
2. High School Counselors and High School Nurses – 201 Days
3. Intermediate and Continuation School Counselors/Intermediate School
Nurses/High School and Intermediate Librarians – 191days
4. High School Program Specialists – 196 days
5. District Librarian – 12 month position for a total of 224 days
6. Three days must be utilized as regular work days or staff development
as arranged between the unit member and his/her principal/supervisor
(applies to 8.1.1-A-2 through 8.1.1-A-5)
7. Intermediate and High School Community Day Teachers – 224 days
8. Additional days at their daily rate of pay may be agreed upon between
the unit member and his/her supervisor with a written memo to that
effect.
9. When additional days beyond those stated above are assigned and
compensatory time off is to be provided, such assignments and compensatory time off shall be by mutual agreement of the unit member and administrator with a written memo to that effect.
8.1.2 A joint committee of the Association and the District will develop the calendars
for the term of this Agreement no later than March 15 of the previous year except
by mutual agreement.
8.1.3 Change of Calendar
A. When the staff of a specific site or the District wishes to implement a calendar change to a different District-approved calendar, the following shall occur:
1. Representatives of all employees at a site and the administration shall analyze the impact of the proposed changes and develop written pros and cons.
2. All employees shall be presented the analysis and the pros and cons and given an opportunity to discuss and offer input.
3. A secret ballot (prepared by the District and the Association) vote shall be conducted among employees at a site.
4. District and Association representatives shall count the ballots. If 70% + 1 of the staff vote to change the calendar, the results of this vote and the parent input shall be submitted to Cabinet for review and considerations for approval.
5. If the Cabinet approves the site request to change the calendar, it shall be recommended to the Board for approval.
6. Parents shall be provided the same information and opportunity as stated in 8.1.3-A-1 through 8.1.3-A-3 above.
7. If the calendar changes are approved, transfer priority shall be given to unit members who will be adversely affected.
8.1.4 The specific dates for Open House, Back to School Night, and parent conferences shall be determined by the District. Alterations to these dates may be made by sites with mutual agreement between administration and a majority of site-assigned unit members. The site administration shall notify the District in writing no less than 20 duty days prior to the changes. The District shall, on a timely basis, forward a copy of all changes to the Association.
8.1.5 Prorated sick leave shall be provided for those unit members working beyond a regular contract as follows:
Days Contract |
Extended Sick Leave Earned |
1-2 |
.1 |
3-4 |
.2 |
5-6 |
.3 |
7-8 |
.4 |
9-10 |
.5 |
11-12 |
.6 |
13-14 |
.7 |
15-16 |
.8 |
17-18 |
.9 |
19-20 |
1.0 |
8.2.1 Each unit member shall have at least a 30 minute duty-free, uninterrupted lunch period exclusive of passing periods.
8.2.2 It is the intent of the District and the Association that unit members shall perform such professional responsibilities as necessary to meet the needs of the educational program of the District. All planning periods are intended to be used for teachers’ preparation and are considered to be a professional obligation which shall be met at the site or other District facility.
8.2.3 The instructional day for unit members shall conform with the required minutes provided in Education Code, Section 46201. Additional minutes per year (listed in the chart below by level) shall be used as provided for in 8.2.3.B and 8.2.3.E, and any minutes not used for these purposes shall be automatically used for instruction::
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GRADES 1, 2, 3, 4, AND 5: |
1200 MINUTES PER YEAR |
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GRADES 6, 7, AND 8: |
2000 MINUTES PER YEAR |
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GRADES 9, 10, 11, AND 12: |
300 MINUTES PER YEAR |
The flexible duty day for each unit member, excluding the duty-free lunch, shall include the instructional day for each unit member as well as all those times when the unit member's presence is required for staff meetings, site functions (limited to the following: parent conferences, committee work, evaluation of student performance, open house, and back-to-school night), with the stipulations listed below:
A. Unit members shall not be required to supervise students during routine daily student arrivals/departures, or recesses/non instructional breaks (before, during, or after school).
B. Unit members teaching High School shall be required to attend staff meetings, faculty meetings, department meetings, site functions, and other administratively-called meetings no more than two hours per month, excluding minimum day at waivered schools. This limitation does not include staff development, in-services, curriculum meetings, or other called meetings which shall be paid at their appropriate factors as listed in Article VII of this CBA unless they are taken from the additional instructional minutes per year.
C. No administratively-called meetings shall take place either voluntarily or involuntarily on Tuesdays.
D. The unit member shall be responsible for meeting all duties (as defined in this Article), whether required by the site administration or the State of California, relevant to their assignments. The unit member's flexible duty day shall be completed when their responsibilities have been met.
E. Elementary and Intermediate schools shall have one modified day per week which shall be used for staff/faculty meetings, department meetings, grade level meetings, collaboration, professional learning communities, staff development activities, in-services, and curriculum meetings. Two (2) meetings per month shall be Administratively driven, and shall be limited to no more than one (1) hour per meeting. The remaining collaboration meetings shall be directed by classroom teachers, and shall be limited to no more than one (1) hour per meeting.
1. Agendas for all collaboration meetings shall be developed through a committee comprised of administrators and classroom teachers using a three (3) teachers to one (1) administrator ratio. The committee shall include an elected SAEA representative or designee appointed by the SAEA President.
2. Establishment of the number of modified days and the day of the week and calculation of flex minutes to be used for instruction and non-instruction shall be agreed upon by SAEA and the District no later than May 30th of each year.
3. No meetings shall take place during the weeks of Parent Conferences, Back to School Night, or Open House Night.
8.2.4. When any certificated employee is supervising a regular teacher’s class (i.e. music, art, physical education, counselors, etc.), the regular teacher shall be free to pursue professional duties elsewhere on-site or at other District facilities.
8.2.5 The flexible duty day will be adjusted when night or weekend activities require attendance, or when tasks assignments substantially extend the work day and/or work week. Back to School, Open House, and other school-wide parent-teacher meetings (other than PTAs and PTOs) are included in these activities. Alternative flexible duty day schedules may be made by unit members at the affected sites.
A. School Site Councils shall set their own schedules and are not subject to limitations of Article VIII.
8.2.6 The flexible duty day for unit members whose primary responsibilities are task-oriented shall normally be seven and one-half (7 ½) hours per day on site excluding lunch. Site is defined as: assigned location where tasks require work to be performed. With site administrator approval and when students are not present on site, task-oriented unit members may complete their responsibilities at a location other than their site(s) if they have the necessary materials and equipment to enable them to do so. Examples: computers, Internet connections, software, telephones, access to student lists, and specific information.
A. The unit members included under this section are: Counselors, Librarians/Media Specialists, Nurses, Psychologists, Project Assistants, Outreach Consultants, and other unit members assigned duties other than instructing students.
8.2.7 Required service rendered for student activities that extend one hour after the close of the normal instructional day for the large majority of unit members at that site shall be paid in accordance with wage rates in Article VII for that period of time beyond one-hour after the close of the normal instructional day. Planning periods are considered “instruction” under this Section.
8.2.8 Each unit member shall daily indicate that he/she has reported for and left from duty. The method is to be determined by the site administrator with input from the staff.
A. Unless otherwise directed or approved, on in-service, staff development, or other duty days when assigned students are not in attendance, unit members shall be expected to report to their work assignment or their assigned location no later than they would report if regular classes were in session with assigned students.
8.2.9 The site administrator shall determine the beginning and ending time for unit members included in 8.2.2 and 8.2.6-A. Flexible starting and ending times may be made by the principal for the convenience of individual unit members if the needs of the District continue to be served.
8.2.10 Kindergarten and Special Education Preschool teachers shall not be required to be in direct contact with students beyond 300 minutes.
8.2.11 Duties may not be assigned during the common preparation period in intermediate schools unless volunteers are first sought and unless such assignments are made on an equitable basis with other staff.
8.3.1 Reasonableness shall prevail in calling required meetings and extending meetings (including Department meetings) beyond one hour after the end of the instructional day for the majority unit members on that site. Whenever possible, reasonable efforts will be made to end meetings and activities involving unit members before dark.
8.3.2 An extended meeting/activity is one which extends beyond the ending of the flexible duty day prescribed for the large majority of unit members on that site.
8.3.3 The following would not be considered applicable to provisions under 8.3.1
A. Meetings or activities for which remuneration is being paid for the general responsibilities (i.e. coaching, department chair meetings, band and choral activities).
B. Any meetings or activities not called by the administrator or District personnel.
C. Voluntary attendance at meetings and activities.
8.3.4 Regular Education- Fourth and fifth grade teachers shall be provided an on-site release day each trimester for report card preparation, parent-teacher conferences, or preparation for their academic program. The schedule for release days shall be determined by the principal and the teachers involved.
8.3.5 The utilization of new instructional models shall not be required of unit members assigned to special education positions until the District has provided appropriate training regarding the use of such models and necessary materials.
8.4.1 Three professional growth days shall be mandatory attendance days. If a unit member is absent on a scheduled professional growth day, he/she shall attend an available District-scheduled make-up day/time or attend another school’s staff development day/time with the approval of both site principals/supervisors. If the unit member’s site principal does not approve a request to attend a particular site’s make-up session, the site principal, upon requests, shall provide a reason for non-approval. Attendance verifications shall be provided to unit members upon request. Failure to attend any mandatory professional growth day shall result in deducting, in the last paycheck, one day’s pay for each day missed.
8.4.2 Unit members beginning paid service after the start of the student school year shall attend professional growth days as follows:
| Beginning paid service during the 1st trimester |
= 3 mandatory days |
| Beginning paid service during the 2nd trimester |
= 2 mandatory days |
| Beginning paid service during the 3rd trimester |
= 1 mandatory day |
8.4.3 The resulting increase to the Teacher Salary Schedule (Article VIII: 8.1.1) shall continue unless the state allowance for buy-back days is reduced or discontinued. If so, the salary schedule increase shall be reduced or discontinued accordingly, and the work year shall also be reduced accordingly.
8.4.4 Stipends and other compensation based on the Teacher Salary Schedule shall be computed on the schedule without the professional growth increase. The District shall make a “stipend calculation salary schedule” available to unit members.
8.4.5 Unit members and administrators at each site shall develop the staff development calendar prior to the end of the school year. Such site calendar shall be posted at the site with a copy to each site unit member and a copy sent to Human Resources. The Human Resources Department shall provide a copy to the Association in a timely manner.
8.4.6 Staff development shall be based with State and District guidelines. One of the three (3) days may be District directed.
8.4.7 Unit members selected to present at in-services shall receive staff development credit for the hours of their presentation and shall receive a stipend for preparation equal to Factor F – one hour preparation per each hour of presentation.
8.4.8 Make-up Days
A. A preliminary calendar of make-up days/times shall be available at the District Curriculum and Staff Development Office and on the District Web Site prior to the end of the first semester. Updated make-up times and dates shall be made available and provided to the Association in a timely manner. Information regarding signing-up for make-up sessions shall also be available at the District Curriculum and Staff Development Office.
B. District and Association representatives shall meet for at least one meeting before January 1 to consult regarding the subjects, dates, and times for District provided make-up days.
C. The District shall provide the Association the names of the unit members needing make-up days by March 1 of each year. Attendance at make-days is the unit member’s responsibility.
