Association Leaves. 1. The Board will provide the Association President or their designee with forty (40) days of paid release time during the course of the school year in order to conduct Association Business. The Association shall reimburse the Board for the cost of any substitute required as the result of any such released time which exceeds forty (40) days during the course of the school year.
2. The following provisions were not bargained and have been included for informational purposes only:
a. Because of the many responsibilities imposed on the President of the Association, and in order to enhance the quality of instruction in the classes taught by him or her and maintain continuity, the Board will provide the building to which the President is assigned with a full-time aide who is also a certified substitute teacher.
b. The building principal and the President will work out a mutually agreed upon schedule for the use of the aide.
c. The presence of this aide will not be used to justify absences in excess of those authorized by the terms of this Agreement.
Association Leaves. Release time, without loss of pay, equal to one (1) day per month shall be granted the Association president or his/her designated representative for conducting president business during working hours.
Association Leaves. The Board shall grant, upon the request of the President of the Association, leave without loss of pay or leave days for administrators to attend meetings of the Association or organizations with which it may be affiliated. These days shall not exceed three (3) days per school year in grand total.
Association Leaves. The Association will be granted twenty-two and a half (22 1/2) days of released time for the President of the Association or his/her designees to conduct business directly related to the operation of the Association. The Association shall have the right to send one (1) delegate per 100 Association members to the IEA and/or NEA Representative Assembly each year. The President shall give reasonable advance notice to the Superintendent, normally not less than two (2) weeks, of the need to use said Association leave days to attend Association meetings outside the District. The Association shall reimburse the District for the full cost of a substitute, if one is retained.
Association Leaves. At the beginning of every school year the Association shall be provided up to four (4) days of paid leave to be used by the teachers who are officers or agents of the Association. Such use to be at the discretion of the Association. The Association agrees to notify the Board no less than one week in advance of taking such leave.
Association Leaves. For the term of this agreement (2010-11 through 2011-12) Association leaves shall be as follows:
Association Leaves. At the beginning of every school year the Association shall be credited with seven (7) days to be used by teachers for professional development at the discretion of the Association. The Association may purchase seven (7) additional days per year at the cost incurred by the District.
Association Leaves. Upon written request to the Human Resources Department or designee at least twelve (12) employment days in advance, leave of absence with pay shall be granted to staff members who are official delegates to the annual convention of the Illinois Education Association, provided such leave shall not exceed a total of fifteen (15) days for all such delegates.
Association Leaves. 4.4.1 The Association shall be granted a combined total of seventy (70) days (each day defined as individual employee’s regular work day) leave per year with pay to attend conferences, conventions, workshops, and other meetings of the local, State, and/or National Association, provided that no member shall take more than ten (10) days total per year nor more than five (5) consecutive days for any one conference, except that the President shall be eligible to take up to twenty (20) days per year. Prior notification of absence for Association business must be made by the Association to the District. Separate arrangements will be made with the immediate supervisor to deal with work coverage during their absence and/or make up of the work missed. The Association President shall determine which members will be allowed to use Association leave.
4.4.2 In recognition of a RESP member holding an elected position within WEA that requires full time release from duties with the Renton School District, it is agreed that:
1. The released time shall be for no more than two (2) years.
2. Any changes requested in the amount of release time should be mutually agreed upon between the Union and the District.
3. The employee will retain, but not accrue, seniority within the unit.
4. The employee will have rights to return to a position for which they are qualified at the same RESP level the employee was at prior to taking the WEA leadership position. If there is no available position for which they are qualified at that RESP level upon the employee’s return, the employee will be placed in a position at the next highest RESP level for which they are qualified. If the employee is placed at a lower RESP level, the employee will have a right to any position for which they are qualified at their original RESP level for up to one (1) year following return from leave.
