5.1       The District agrees that the work year for Members of the Bargaining Unit (with the exception of 5.4) shall not exceed 183 days exclusive of Saturdays and Sundays. 

5.2       The District agrees that Members of the Bargaining Unit will not be required to teach more than one hundred eighty (180) instructional days during any school year. 

5.3       The District recognizes that any increase or decrease in the instructional time per workday is negotiable.

5.4       A counselor will have 193 day work year.  A counsellor will work the normal schedule, plus ten (10) additional days in the fiscal year.  A 193 day counselor will be paid on the yearly salary schedule times 1.0547 rounded to the nearest dollar (Refer to Articles 1.1.1, 1.1.2). 

5.5      STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAYS

5.5.1   A participant is designated as a “classroom teacher” (certificated teacher who has students assigned for at least one period a day for instructional purposes) and must be present for the full staff development day.

5.5.2   Staff development will be scheduled annually on up to three full, mutually acceptable days outside of the normal duty days described in section 5.1 above by the association and the District.

5.5.2.1Participants must sign in for each staff development day.  Participants

            must sign-in prior to the beginning of each session, morning and

            afternoon.  Sign-in sheets will be available fifteen (15) minutes prior to

            each session’s start time.

5.5.3   This article will be reopened annually to determine the staff days the next school year.

      5.5.4   Compensation for one full day of staff development under the SB1193 Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform Program shall be 85 percent of per diem.

5.5.5   If the SB1193 Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform Program ceases funding staff development this article will be held in abeyance and reopened for negotiations.

5.5.6   If the SB1193 Instructional Time and Staff Development Reform Program changes the funding level by more than $5.00 this article will be reopened for negotiations on restitution only (Article 5.5.4).