Approved/Unapproved Activities

At least 60% of hours must involve student contact. Activities must be face to face or live via a virtual platform.

• Serving in teacher externships
• Serving as a mentor or cooperating teacher for new teachers for which the teacher does not already receive compensation
• Mentoring students in a formal or informal capacity
• Providing high quality tutoring or additional learning opportunities to students
• Assisting students with postsecondary education preparation including, but not limited to, teaching an ACT or SAT preparation course or assisting students with completing college or career school admission or financial assistance applications
• Receiving additional teacher training or certification outside of that offered by the school district (i.e. National Board Certification)
• Other (with a description of how this teacher’s responsibility or voluntary effort directly and obviously relates to the improvement of programs and services for students as outlined in the District School Improvement Plan, Curriculum Development Plan, Professional Development Plan, Missouri School Improvement Program or instructional improvement).
  • Intervention-based clubs (reading, math)
  • SPARK courses/Online courses
  • Home visits
  • Binder/locker organization sessions after school
  • Webinars, complete the 3-2-1 assignment in SPARK
  • PDC meetings
  • Virtual/Physical Conferences and/or Workshops outside of school hours
  • CPI training
  • Book Study Discussions and Leading (reading time does not count)
  • Student-Centered Club sponsorship: Book Clubs, STEM Clubs, Hobby Clubs
  • Family/Student Outreach: Title 1 Reading Nights, Family Literacy Nights, Transition Fair, A Sporting Chance, Judging Student Contests 

• Work towards advanced degrees
• Participation in district-wide PD days (contracted time)
• Student trips/chaperoned trips
• Meet the Teacher/Orientation/PT Conferences
• Movie Nights, Dances, Carnivals
• Building Social Committees/Events
• Safe Schools Videos/District Compliance/training Videos
• Painting classrooms
• School beautification projects
• Community activities that do not include students
• Community activities that include students but are not directly and obviously related to instruction
• Taking tickets, time keeping, score keeping, attending school functions
• Any fund raisers or concession stand activities (PTO carnivals, PTO craft fairs, balltournaments, book orders, etc.)
• Attending Board of Education meetings (unless attending to make a report for an approved committee)
• Any activity that is part of the educator’s regular contracted day
• Any activity for which the educator receives compensation, regardless of the source of that compensation
• College classes in administration (exception: class required for another program; ex.curriculum development)
• Any Church affiliated activity
• Any activity related to scouting or other non-academic activities
• Tutoring cannot include open gym, study hall, detention, and/or any activity for which a teacher receives a stipend
• IEP meetings
• Writing lesson plans or instructional units, which are part of a teacher’s regular responsibility to implement the district’s curriculum and to design appropriate learning experiences for students in his/her classroom or team