Article 13 “Working Hours and Work Load” of the EACC_CCPS Negotiated Agreement for more information.
Early Dismissal Days
- There will be ten early dismissal days in the school calendar.
- Six of the early dismissal days will be self-directed planning time and no mandatory meetings will be scheduled during that time.
- Four of the early dismissal days will be for structured collaborative planning. (Article 13.J.2)
Teacher In-Service Days
The school calendar typically contains one summer pre-service date, one fall date, and one winter date for teacher training. One half (3.5 hours) of the pre-service date will be used by the Office of Teaching and Learning to provide professional development and the other half (3.5 hours) will be allocated for teacher collaborative planning. The full day on the fall date will be allocated for school-based professional development/structured collaborative planning meetings at the principal’s discretion. One half (3.5 hours) of the winter date will be allocated for professional learning facilitated by the Office of Teaching and Learning and the remainder of the day (3.5 hours) will be allocated for teacher report card preparation. On years when the calendar provides for a second full-day in-service date in the fall, one half (3.5 hours) of this time will be allocated to the Office of Teaching and Learning to facilitate teacher professional development and the remainder of the day (3.5 hours) will be allocated for structured teacher collaborative planning.
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Where possible, department heads and team leaders should have additional time for planning and carrying out their other duties.
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The Board will provide class coverage for teacher participation in IEP meetings when the teacher is required to attend. Employees will not be required to attend IEP meetings during their self-directed planning and duty-free lunch.
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Employees with more than five (5) years of teaching experience in Charles County who have received no unsatisfactory ratings in any category of their two (2) most recent evaluations may substitute a professional development plan for one (1) in-service day. Such plan must be approved by the school principal. The plan must address the individual growth needs of the employee and be submitted not later than ten (10) workdays prior to the scheduled in-service day.
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All Unit I school based employees, will have the equivalent of two full employee workdays, which may be allocated as two (2) full days or one (1) full day and two half days of self-directed time at the start of the new school year so that they may adequately prepare for the arrival of students. Half days can be broken into no less than 3.5-hour blocks of time. No meetings will be held during the two (2) days of designated time for such preparation.
H.1.) Report Card Preparation —
a) Quarters 1, 2 and 3:
A minimum of two (2) hours shall be provided at the end of each marking period for the purpose of report card preparation. At the end of the second quarter, one-half of the teacher workday will be devoted to report card preparation and other end of the semester activities at the individual teacher’s direction. No other events or meetings will be scheduled during this time.
The end of the marking period will be at least one day before the day designated for employee report card preparation time as described above.
Employees will not be required to export grades sooner than the end of the workday on the day after the designated planning time.
Employees who submit all necessary report card information by the designated deadline will not be required to submit report card corrections until the end of the next workday after receiving edit suggestions from administration.
b) Quarter 4:
Teachers will be provided at least four hours to complete final grades. Final grades will be due no sooner than the day before the final day of school for students. Senior grades for the 4th quarter will be completed following the guidelines and due dates set by central office in relation to seniors’ last day of school. Two hours will be allotted for report card preparation. Final senior grades will be due no sooner than the end of this designated planning time.
c) Special area teachers will not be required to submit their grades any earlier than the regular education teachers.