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SECTION 1TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTMIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS’ POLICY HANDBOOKS AND MANUALSM-DCPS handbooks and policy manuals are available online at www.dadeschools.net/employees/laborcontracts orin the office of your program administrator. Certain other documents such as Policies and Regulations ofMiami-Dade County Public Schools, Labor Relations Notebook, etc., are available in the principal’s officeand online. You may arrange with your supervising administrator for a suitable time to review thesedocuments if necessary.EMPLOYEE WORKDAYFor payroll purposes, all full-time employees must sign in daily upon arrival when they report to work signout when leaving the center. Under NO circumstances is any employee allowed to make changes onthe payroll sheet. The teaching day for all full-time instructors is seven hours and twenty minutes. Inaccordance with the M-DCPS/UTD Contract, five hours of this time is spent with students in directinstructional activities. Forty minutes are allowed for lunch/dinner; the remaining portion of the workday isspent in planning and preparation.UTD CONTRACT, ARTICLE XX, Section 3 - Workday - Item C “In the case of late arrival or earlydeparture from the work location, an employee present more than one-fourth and less than three-fourths ofthe workday is considered as having worked one-half day; and an employee present three-fourths or moreof the workday is considered as having worked a full day, upon prior notification and approval by theprincipal or the supervising administrator where no principal exists.”BREAK, LUNCH AND DINNER PERIODSAll break and lunch/dinner periods are established at the beginning of the school year. All instructors mustadhere to their schedules. Instructors and post-secondary students are permitted to leave the campus forlunch or dinner but must return by the end of the allocated time.LEAVING THE PREMISES DURING SCHOOL HOURSFull-time employees may leave the work location during the hours they are not directly responsible forstudents, provided prior authorization has been given by the principal or his designee. Before leaving, theemployee must initial out on the “SIGN OUT SHEET” kept in your respective payroll area. When initialingout, instructors should indicate the time they leave and their destination. They must also initial in andindicate the time they return.PLANNING/PREPARATION DAYSThe majority of time during teacher planning/preparation days is to be used by the teacher for instructionalplanning, recording of grades, and/or instructional activities. The principal or immediate supervisor willassist teachers in utilizing planning days by providing materials and other instructional data whenrequested. Days designated on the school calendar as planning/preparation days, pre/post planning days1-2