Section 1. Definition of Activities
Additional activities shall be those school activities carried out beyond the basic duty day obligation as mutually agreed by the teacher and the supervising administrator or as assigned by the School Board or its delegated agent.
Section 2. Pay for Additional Activities
Teachers shall be paid for additional activities mutually agreed to or assigned at the rates established in Appendixes B and C.
Section 3. Assignment to Additional Activities
Subd. 1. Additional activities whether extra-curricular, co-curricular or supervisory, assigned to a teacher shall not exceed a reasonable share of such assigned activities normally carried on at the building level.
Subd. 2. Teachers requesting a one-season leave from an assigned additional activity shall submit the request in writing to their building principal on or before February 1 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the leave is requested to be taken.
This type of leave shall only be approved once every five (5) years. The teacher on this leave agrees that they shall resume the duties of the additional activity for the season immediately following the leave. In the event that more than one teacher assigned to an additional activity in the same building applies for a leave for the same season, the leave will be approved for the teacher with the greatest seniority in the activity.
Subd. 3. The additional activities of extra duties, cafeteria duty, and summer recreation shall not be compulsory and will be paid at the rates established in Appendix B.
Section 4. Teaching Staff Meetings
The administration shall make reasonable effort to see that teaching staff meetings and required workshops shall be held during the hours of the duty day.
Section 5. PTA Meetings
PTA meetings should be recognized by members of the licensed teaching staff as a professional responsibility. Attendance at PTA meetings will not be mandatory. Licensed teachers will make a reasonable effort to attend the annual Fall Open House in their building. A licensed teacher, not able to attend the annual Fall Open House, will make a reasonable effort to inform the building administrator.