Teacher Contract - Coventry Public Schools

video cameras, videotapes, tape players and recorders, overhead projectors, and transparencies,
etc. The Committee shall make every effort to maintain all such equipment in full working
condition at all times.
4-8.6. Computers with Internet access and photocopy machines shall be available in
each school for the use of teachers preparing instructional materials.
4-8.7. The necessary books, supplies and equipment to run a classroom shall be
available in each classroom on the first day of school insofar as the materials have
been received from companies supplying them.
4-8.8. Where practical, teachers shall be provided ample, off-street parking area for their
automobiles.
4-8.9. In all new construction and/or renovations to present schools, teachers shall be
provided a special lunch area and, when this is not a regular lunchroom, facilities
for warming, refrigeration, and storing food shall be provided.
4-8.10. Each teacher shall be provided with a suitable desk, chair, file cabinet and
adequate space for storing materials safely.
4-9. Scholarship Standards
4-9.1. The marks of a teacher entered in the pupil’s record represent his/her evaluative
judgment of the pupil’s work. The teacher shall be considered to be expert in evaluating the work
of the student and his/her integrity in marking the pupil shall be respected. The mark given by
the teacher shall not be changed by another person unless by joint agreement of the teacher and
his/her immediate supervisor.
4-9.2. The Administrator will not set any limit on the number of pupils who pass or fail.
Nothing in this agreement is intended to limit, however, the right of administration to establish
expectations for teachers to address the needs of identified subgroups.
4-10. Interruptions
Classroom interruptions are to be permitted only in case of an emergency.
4-11. Curriculum and Textbook Selection
4-11.1. Teachers and curriculum coordinators shall receive notice when a curriculum
committee of textbook selection is to be established. Teachers will be solicited to submit
recommendations in their area of instruction.
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