In accordance with Colorado law, teacher pupil instruction/contact time is defined as time when pupils are actively engaged in the education process and by law includes parent-teacher conferences, staff in-service programs and closings necessary for student health, safety or welfare.
I. Active Engagement in the Educational Process
The Board defines "actively engaged in the educational process" as time when students are working toward achieving educational objectives, including student wellness under the supervision of a licensed teacher, including:
Adoption Date: September 30, 2005
Last Revised: August 03, 2020
- Classroom instruction time
- Individual student work time while at school, including advisement, study hall and library research
- School-related field trips
- Independent study insofar as such study is allowed under district policy
- Assemblies
- Passing periods between classes, and from class to lunch
- Recess time
- Remote learning implemented as a result of public health and safety measures on either a full or part-time basis
- Remote learning provided through the District's online learning schools approved by the Colorado Department of Education
- Lunch
- Time students spend before school waiting for classes to begin and time after the last class of the day, including waiting for the bus
- Teacher preparation time
- Presence during in-person instruction;
- Completion of assignments at home;
- Logging into an online learning platform to access instruction;
- Logging into the online student portal to access information and materials and/or communicate with a teacher;
- Logging into the student email system to communicate with a teacher and/or obtain information and materials;
- Logging into an online collaborative platform to access information and materials;
- Meeting virtually with a teacher during office hours;
- Signing an online form attesting that assignments were completed at home;
- Demonstration of learning by the student; and
- Completion of attendance log entries in the District's student information system.
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