Larry Baker
VTA President 2009  - 2010

 

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Memorandum of Understanding

Between the

Vacaville Teachers Association

And the

Vacaville Unified School District

 

 

Concerning 2010-11 Elementary Preparation Time.

 

The Vacaville Teachers Association and the Vacaville Unified School District hereby do mutually agree to the following language which describes the temporary practices and procedures for the duration and application of elementary preparation time (Article 4.1.5).

This Memorandum of Understanding goes into effect July 1, 2010 and sunsets June 30, 2011.  Previous contract language will be in effect beginning July 1, 2011.

Prep time is unencumbered and duty free with the exception of IEPs, CSTs, Action Team, etc.  Reasonable effort will be made not to schedule these meetings during a teacher’s prep time. 

Before and after instruction prep time

 

At each site, K–6 teachers can choose between two options for their M, T, Th, F (flex days) duty day prep times:

         Forty (40) minutes within the duty day and before student day/Fifteen (15) minutes after                   student day within the duty day, or

         Fifteen (15) minutes within the duty day and before student day/Forty (40) minutes after                   student day within the duty day.

Teachers shall commit to one option prior to the start of the year and adhere to it.

At each site, Wednesday duty days and minimum day duty days will be the same for all teachers.  On Wednesdays, there shall be thirty (30) minutes of prep time prior to the student day and within the duty day.   In addition, there shall be a minimum of one hundred thirty (130) minutes, after the student day and within the duty day, of prep time every two (2) Wednesdays.  The Wednesday collaboration meeting shall begin after the prep time and shall conclude within the time remaining in the duty day.  Meeting time shall not exceed one (1) hour on any Wednesday and not exceed ninety (90) minutes every two (2) Wednesdays.

Collaborative Wednesday meetings may be scheduled from August 25^th to May 25^th.  There will be no collaborative meeting on November 10^th due to parent conferences.  Work for collaborative meeting time shall be adjusted so it can easily be accomplished during the time period  

Lunch/prep time

 

During the lunch prep period, teachers may be offered to supervise fifteen (15) minutes of the lunch prep time as their adjunct duty (total of 32 times/8 hours).  Teachers will not be responsible for planning, coordinating, or grading the activities they supervise.  Administrators, substitutes, and noon supervisors will also provide supervision.

Teachers will have the students complete an accounting of activities done by students during the 15 minute lunch prep. It will be done by individual students or whole classes after the lunch time period is over. Administration will provide the necessary forms for individual students or whole classes to complete.  Forms will be submitted to administration as required for accounting purposes. 

Kindergarten

 

Kindergarten teachers shall also be accommodated by article 4.1.5.1.

            Each full time unit member assigned to a non-combination Kindergarten class shall have forty-five (45) consecutive minutes of preparation per day and shall support and assist in other (primary grade – Education Code 46118) classrooms with small groups of students for the remainder of the instructional day.  The site administrator and the involved Kindergarten unit member(s) shall meet   and confer to determine said unit member’s placement based upon school and students’ needs and the unit member’s expertise.

  

Grades 1-6 Prep assemblies

 

There shall be one (1), forty (40) minute assembly per week for grades 1-3. 

There shall be one (1), sixty (60) minute assembly per week for grades 4-6. 

There shall be no assemblies during the first or last week of school, or during the two (2) full parent conference weeks. 

A schedule of assemblies will be provided in advance, in order to ensure predictable assembly prep time for teachers.

Prep time assemblies will be planned and supervised by the administration.

Prior to the 40/60 minute assembly, teachers will be responsible to escort and seat their students at the assembly.  Following the 40/60 minute assembly teachers shall return and escort their students back to the classroom, if necessary. Teachers shall not be responsible for planning, presenting, or grading assembly curriculum.

The 40/60 minute prep assembly shall be unencumbered prep time.                    

Other

 

 

If the additional hour of monthly meeting time (2010-11 Contract Article 4.2.1) is to be assigned on a flex day, one week’s advance notification shall be given so all teachers can be on a Wednesday duty day schedule on the day of the meeting.

Attachments (two pages) concerning a schedule template and language beginning July 1, 2011.