2023-2024 Academic Calendar
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Staff FAQ
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How will this impact the length of the school day for teachers?
The teacher day will be extended to align with the increase in instruction time for students. The non-instructional day has flexibility in structure, and will be shorter to accommodate the longer instructional days.
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How will this impact the length of the school year for teachers?
Teachers would report on Monday, July 31st through Friday, May 31st. This calendar would not bring teachers back earlier, but would extend the contract slightly later in May. In addition, professional development days which were previously stacked at the beginning of the year would be lessened and the remaining days are allocated to Mondays.
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What will the non-instructional look like for teachers?
The non-instructional day would be either a professional development day or a staff work day. The proposed calendar has one PD day per month and the remaining are work days or holidays. This is also flexible in that there may less but there will not be more than one designated as PD.
Teachers are paid by contracted days, therefore teachers would still work all 5 days unless it is a designated national holiday (MLK, President's Day, Columbus Day, etc) or a non-working holiday designated by GISD.
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How would this affect hourly/auxiliary workers that are directly related to student services (child nutrition, bus drivers, paraprofessionals)?
We are currently working through the specifics related to these positions. The intent is to reduce/eliminate any financial impact on GISD staff.
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What are the options for staff who need childcare on the days when there is no school?
Teachers will need to plan accordingly like they currently do for days that are scheduled student holidays. The current calendar has 17 staff PD or work days when the students are not in school and staff would need to find childcare. The proposed 23-24 calendar includes 31 staff PD or work days when the students are not in school.
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What are the retention rates for the 1,600 schools that currently have a 4-day week?
Superintendents have shared the overwhelming improvement of teacher morale and retention.
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Would teachers lose their daily conference periods and all conferences held on the non-instructional day?
Teachers will not lose their daily conference period. In fact, this schedule change will open up those time periods even more because any additional meetings (ARDS, PLC, etc) will be held on the non-instructional day as often as possible.
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Assuming not every 5th day would be professional development, how can we ensure that staff are held accountable for their work time on those days?
District and campus administration would clearly outline the expectations and schedules for all campus staff on the staff work days to ensure effectiveness of their time. The work days will not be “free” days.
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How will the number of days we get for personal and sick days be affected?
These days would not affected.
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How would a 4 day school week affect the HB4545 tutorial requirements?
The HB4545 requirements will be met on remediation days.
