Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

XVIII. Working Conditions of Teachers
out of the Extended Year Program (Summer Academy) assignment in their home
school by no later than April 1st. In the event that this occurs, vacancies in the
Extended Year Program (Summer Academy) will be offered to other teachers
in accordance with summer program seniority and certification provisions. All
Teachers working in the Extended Year Program (Summer Academy) shall be
paid at their regular hourly rate. If leveling is required, teachers not regularly
appointed to the school shall be leveled pursuant to Summer Program leveling
procedures.
D. Duties
1. All other non-teaching duties and emergency assignments within a school
shall be shared among all teachers, except kindergarten teachers, on an equitable
basis.
2. Teachers shall be in their classrooms at the contractual time and remain
with their students until all students are safely dismissed.
3. Elementary school teachers shall not be required to perform yard duty
before the start of the student day.
4. Elementary school teachers shall not be required to perform recess
duties.
5. Except as provided herein, teachers, therapists, psychologists and nurses
shall not be required during the course of the school year to participate in more
than two (2) activities scheduled to begin before or after the teacher workday.
6. The Principal shall consult with the Building Committee concerning the
date of any meeting to be scheduled outside the regular teacher workday at
which the attendance of teachers is required.
7. The fact that a teacher in a middle-senior high school teaches in the middle
school division of that school shall not disqualify him/her from appointment to
a position or task (other than a regular teaching position) in that school.
8. Nurses shall be given forty-eight (48) hours notice of a required meeting
except in case of an emergency.
9. Nurses shall not be required to transport audiometers or other equipment
weighing more than fifteen (15) pounds to and from their respective schools. A
nurse may be required to transport such audiometers or other such equipment
weighing fifteen (15) pounds or less during the school year, no more than a
number of times equal to the number of schools to which the nurse is assigned.
Where, on any occasion, a nurse requests assistance in the transportation (of an
audiometer) for good cause, such nurse shall make a request to the Principal for
assistance, which request shall not be unreasonably denied.
10. The assignment of kindergarten teachers during the registration period
shall not interfere with the schedule established by the school for the interviewing
of parents and registering of kindergarten children.
11. There shall be five (5) meeting free interview days for all kindergarten
teachers at the beginning of each school year.
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