Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

the Office of Management Services shall only be made
on a school-by-school basis where the need exists to
accommodate bus schedules. No teacher shall be
deprived of at least a thirty (30) minute uninterrupted
duty-free lunch period. The thirty (30) minutes before
classes and fifteen (15) minutes after classes provided in
Article 204.01 will normally be changed to forty-five
(45) minutes before classes and fifteen (15) minutes after
classes in elementary schools with a one-hour lunch period
established as a result of this provision.
Article 205
Building Staff Meetings
205.01 All teachers assigned to a school building will be
required to attend two (2) regular building-level staff/inservice
meetings per month if called by the principal of
that school. In-service meetings tied to the early release
of students shall not count as one (1) of these two (2)
meetings. In-service meetings will include topics related
to multicultural education. Except in the case of emergency,
or as provided below, such required staff/in-service
meetings will not extend beyond forty-five (45) minutes
after the teacher’s scheduled workday.
205.02 In addition to the regular building-level staff/inservice
meetings, the principal, in consultation with the
Association Building Council, may schedule two (2)
forty-five (45) minute building level staff meetings per
month and/or extend one (1) required building-level
staff/in-service meeting per month a maximum of thirty
(30) minutes beyond the limitations in 205.01 above for
purposes of staff development. Attendance at such additional
meetings or extensionwillbevoluntary unless a
majority of the staff has voted by secret ballot to require
attendance at a particular meeting. In the case of such
meeting, at which attendance is required, the Association
Building Council shall assist the principal in developing
the program and agenda.
205.03 Announcements concerning Association activities
may be madebytheAssociation’s faculty representative
at the conclusion of staff meetings.
205.04 Regular building-level staff/in-service meetings will
normally be scheduled on Mondays. If, due to unusual
circumstances, there is a need to hold a meeting on a different
day, the staff will be advised as far in advance as is
practical and reasonable. Except in the case of emergency,
theprincipal shall not schedule building-level staff/inservice
meetings in the afternoon of the first Thursday of
each month during the regular school year.
205.05 Theprincipal shall designate one full day at the
beginning of the school year as being for the teacher’s
ownprofessional utilization at his/her assigned building.
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