ARTICLE
FOUR
HOURS
A.
Work Year
The
work year for employees in the bargaining unit will begin on the Thursday
preceding Labor Day and will end at the conclusion of the regular school year in
June.
Employees
assigned to programs which start at the beginning of the school year will report
for professional days on the Thursday and
Friday preceding Labor Day, and on Brooklyn-Queens day and will be paid at their
regular rates. Part of the time on the days before Labor Day will be allotted to
classroom preparation. The Tuesday following Labor Day shall be an instructional
day. Other employees will report for orientation and work on the day the program
to which they are assigned starts, and will be paid at their regular rates.
B.
Hours of Work
The
workday of paraprofessionals shall be 6 hours and 20 minutes inclusive of a
duty-free lunch period equal to that of teachers in the school.
The
parties agree, effective February, 2006,
to extend the paraprofessional work day in “non Extended Time
Schools” by an additional 37 ˝ minutes per day, Monday through Thursday
following student dismissal. Friday’s
work schedule will be 6 hours and 20 minutes.
The 37 ˝ minutes of the extended four (4) days per week shall be
used for tutorials, test preparation and/or small group instruction. In
single session schools, the day will start no earlier than
Multi-session
schools that cannot utilize the additional time in this manner due to space
or scheduling limitations will have a 6 hour 50 minute day.
In
District 75 buildings and District 75 self-contained classes in other school
sites, the school day will be 6 hours and 50 minutes unless the principal
and chapter leader agree to schedule the time as set forth in paragraph 2
above. Non-District 75 self
contained classrooms shall have either a 6 hour and 50 minute day, a 6 hour
and 57 ˝ minute day Monday through Thursday and 6 hour and 20 minute day on
Friday, or the time shall be utilized as set forth in paragraph 2 above.
On
professional development days, the school day shall be 6 hours and 50
minutes.
C.
Holidays and Vacations
Employees
in the bargaining unit will be paid for all school vacations and holidays and
all other regular school days on which the schools are closed for special
observance or emergencies pursuant to action of the Chancellor or community
superintendent, including the winter and spring school recesses.