7.02 a) Work Day
The school day shall be five (5) hours and thirty (30) minutes, not including the mid day intermission (lunch period).
The teachers’ work day shall be from ten (10) minutes prior to the opening of the school day, to the close of the school day.
For teachers on bus supervision duty, the teachers’ work day shall be from twenty (20) minutes prior to the opening of the school day, to when the students are either transported from the school grounds or safely placed in the care of an appropriate authority. Supervisory duties shall be provided by teachers and other staff on a rotational basis. In the event of an early school day closing, the teachers’ work day shall end at that school day’s closing time.
7.02 b) Preparation Time
Within the instructional day the Employer shall provide a minimum of two hundred and eighty (280) minutes of preparation time for each full time teacher per 6 day cycle, excluding recess and the mid day intermission (lunch). Preparation time shall be scheduled in blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes. Part time teachers shall be provided preparation time on a pro rata basis based on their percentage of contract.
Preparation time may be scheduled in blocks of twenty five (25) minutes, when the total preparation time per 6 day cycle exceeds the minimum time requirement by a mutually agreed upon amount. Such scheduled preparation periods shall be included into the calculation of total preparation time.
Preparation time in the nursery-kindergarten teaching area shall be a minimum of 180 (one hundred eighty) minutes per 6 day cycle. Nursery-kindergarten scheduling shall facilitate one 30 (thirty) minute preparation period per day. The teachers’ work day shall be from 10 (ten) minutes prior to the opening of the nursery-kindergarten instructional day, to the close of the nursery-kindergarten instructional day. Bus supervisory duty shall be provided by the teachers in only their teaching area; bus supervisory duty shall be part of their instructional obligations.
7.02 c) Mid day Intermission
An uninterrupted lunch period (mid day intermission) of 45 minutes shall be provided to each teacher between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
An uninterrupted lunch period (mid day intermission) of less than 45 minutes may be provided to a teacher(s), between the hours of 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., when the reduced time is scheduled into that day’s preparation time. Such preparation periods shall be understood as containing a lunch component; the lunch component shall not be included into the calculation of total preparation time.