Common use of ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AND/OR SCHOOLS Clause in Contracts

ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS AND/OR SCHOOLS. 34.1 This Article applies to bargaining unit members in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools as well as bargaining unit members employed in any new Alternative Programs and/or Schools and not otherwise excluded by Article 2 – Recognition. 34.2 No bargaining unit member in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools shall have the authority to evaluate, hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote discharge, assign, reward, or discipline other unit members in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools, or the responsibility to assign work to and direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing functions, the exercise of that authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment. 34.3 Bargaining unit members who teach on an hourly basis in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools shall be paid the District’s established hourly rate of pay for work assigned beyond their regular workday. However, assignment of additional teaching hours in the assigned program shall be paid the unit member’s hourly rate of pay on the Alternative Programs and/or Schools Salary Schedule. (Appendix D) 34.4 Bargaining unit members who teach on an hourly basis in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools of the District shall be included under the full force and effect of the Articles of this Agreement listed below. All other contractual rights and benefits assigned to bargaining unit members in the Alternative Programs and/or Schools are embodied in the subsequent Sections in this Article. Article 1 Agreement Article 2 Recognition