Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia
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establishing a longer instructional year for students or a longer work year for<br />
teachers as part <strong>of</strong> a school-based decision making process authorized by this<br />
Agreement. Each year the <strong>School</strong> <strong>District</strong> shall establish the school calendar<br />
listing the days designated as holidays.<br />
B. Workday<br />
1. <strong>Teachers</strong><br />
(a) The workday for teachers shall be seven (7) hours four (4) minutes including<br />
a thirty (30) minute, duty-free lunch in secondary schools and a forty-five<br />
(45) minute, duty-free lunch in elementary schools. The teacher work day may<br />
be scheduled between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Without increasing the total number<br />
<strong>of</strong> hours <strong>of</strong> work, nor reducing the total hours <strong>of</strong> instruction, the start and end<br />
times for teachers and students shall be set in individual schools. In this process,<br />
due consideration shall be afforded to the transportation requirements <strong>of</strong> the<br />
school.<br />
(b) In the elementary schools, the student day shall begin ten (10) minutes<br />
after the teacher day.<br />
(c) A school nurse shall have a regularly scheduled fifteen (15) minute break<br />
during the span <strong>of</strong> the working day.<br />
(1) Such fifteen (15) minute breaks shall not be used to shorten the workday<br />
or to extend the lunch period.<br />
(2) In a school where there is more than one (1) nurse, breaks shall be<br />
scheduled so that only one (1) nurse is on break at a time.<br />
(d) Lunch time for the school nurse shall be scheduled by the building Principal<br />
and shall be at the same time as that scheduled for other pr<strong>of</strong>essional<br />
employees in that building.<br />
2. Non-Teaching Assistants<br />
The workday for Non-Teaching Assistants shall be seven and one-quarter (7¼)<br />
hours not including a forty-five (45) minute, duty-free lunch. The workday shall<br />
be scheduled between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. However, in cases <strong>of</strong> emergencies,<br />
NTAs may be required to work up to thirty (30) minutes beyond the seven and<br />
one-quarter (7¼) hour work day without additional compensation.<br />
An emergency task is defined as one that is not a regular or recurring task, but<br />
rather one that arises unexpectedly and cannot be performed on a subsequent<br />
day and does not recur on a regular basis.<br />
3. Secretaries<br />
The regular work day for ten (10) month secretaries shall be seven and onequarter<br />
hours (7¼) including a thirty (30) minute, duty-free lunch and one (1)<br />
fifteen (15) minute break in the morning and one (1) fifteen (15) minute break<br />
in the afternoon.<br />
The regular work day for twelve (12) month secretaries shall be seven and<br />
one-half (7½) hours including a thirty (30) minute, duty-free lunch and one (1)<br />
fifteen (15) minute break in the morning and one (1) fifteen (15) minute break<br />
in the afternoon.<br />
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XVII. General Working Conditions
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