Instruction Day

L17.03

• Effective September 1, 2005, the instructional day shall be no more than three hundred (300) minutes. The instructional day shall be deemed to commence with the start of opening exercises or the start of instruction, whichever comes first, and to end with the students’ dismissal from school for the day exclusive of lunch/nutrition breaks and recess break(s).

The Education Act stipulates that teachers are to be at their school site 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the instructional day (Reg 298, Sect 20(d)).  A member’s workday ends with the end of the instructional day.  All requests outside the instructional day are voluntary, except the monthly staff meeting.