6.1 Duty Day

      6.1.1   A Member of the Bargaining Unit shall be assigned a workday of not more than six (6) hours and thirty-five (35) minutes exclusive of lunch.

      6.1.2   A Member of the Bargaining Unit shall have a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch.

      6.1.3   A Member of the Bargaining Unit with at least one half (.5) FTE regularly scheduled classes shall be assigned a conference/preparation period equal in length to their class period.

      6.1.4   A Member of the Bargaining Unit shall be consulted when assigned more than three (3) different preparations (different subjects, different levels, different grades) within the duty day. 

6.2 Adjunct Duty Time

      In addition to the above duty hours, the administration may require an amount not to exceed twenty-four (24) clock hours per school year per Member of the Bargaining Unit for staff and department meetings, school site(s) back-to-school / open house meeting, student activity supervision, and other required time outside the duty day.  A portion of these hours may be served as unpaid period substituting at the prior mutual agreement between a site administrator and a Member of the Bargaining Unit.  (One (1) period of substituting is equal to one (1) clock hour.)

6.3 Substituting During the Regular Duty Day

      If a Member of the Bargaining Unit with regularly scheduled classes is requested to substitute during the regular duty day, the following will occur:

      6.3.1   A Members of the Bargaining Unit will be asked to substitute only if no other daily substitute on that campus is available or in the case of an emergency.

      6.3.2   A Member of the Bargaining Unit who substitutes during their conference/preparation period will be compensated at his/her per diem rate (see Article 3.4.1).

6.3.3     If it is absolutely necessary for Counselors or Teachers on Assignment to substitute in a classroom, he/she will be compensated at his/her hourly per diem rate.

6.4  Collaboration Time

6.4.1    In order to provide bargaining unit members sufficient time to work       collaboratively with their colleagues on instructional issues, up to ninety minutes, shall be set aside during the normal duty day for structured collaboration time, without altering instructional minutes weekly, duty day, prep time during conference/preparation period, before and/or after school prep time.  Collaboration time shall be for Small Learning Communities etc.

The Agenda for these sessions shall be developed on a quarterly basis by two-thirds vote of the Bargaining Unit Members at each site.

Agendas, attendance records and minutes shall be turned into the principal within five working days of each session.

6.4.2     By two-thirds (2/3) secret ballet vote the bargaining unit members on a site, the bargaining unit members may use a session for a specific site driven purpose.

6.4.3     The agenda for three of the sessions during each school year shall be established by the district.

6.4.4     The District shall implement up to the number of minutes/hours available yearly for collaboration time, above the required teaching minutes for students without infringing upon any article in the Collective Bargaining Agreement. [i.e. If a school had 26 hours over and above the required student minutes per Ed. Code, then the district shall only be allowed to implement 26 hours of collaboration time equally at all sites.  The intent of both parties is to implement collaboration time equally district wide.]