ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities. B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association. C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements. D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association. E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school. F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available. G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System. H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership. I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival. J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program. L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required. M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route. N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association. O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent. P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement. Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils. R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15. S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees to furnish the Association or with those documents required by law to be made available for participation in inspection and copying pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law, based upon a specific written request for an item by the Association and further that the cost of copying any of its lawful activitiessuch information shall be paid for by the Association according to a fee schedule to be established by the Board.
B. The Association, upon advance request, shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including computers, typewriters, photocopying equipment, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof. The cost for this use will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official set by the Board meetingsaccording to a fee schedule. The Any dispute concerning costs assessable to the Association under this paragraph shall be resolved by the Association first paying any reasonable amount stated by the Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of and thereafter, if necessary, submitting such dispute for resolution by arbitration or any other procedure agreed to by the Associationparties.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose adequate use of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials a bulletin board in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredeach faculty lounge. The Association will shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the central office of the school district for Association notices.
D. The Association shall have the right to use the interschool mail facilities and school mail boxes provided, however, that school mail shall have priority. This is limited to distribute prepackaged mail only and labeled materialnot packages.
E. The President of the Association, and its office or his officer-designee, will be granted a total of five (5) days or equivalent annually for official Association business. Additional time may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent and/or his/her designee. Adequate prior notice on the request for leave form, except in case of emergency, shall be a designated stop on submitted to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery Superintendent’s office. Emergency situations shall be determined by mutual consent of interschool mail, so long as the Superintendent and Association office is on a regular routePresident.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers F. The Board shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to permit a faculty representative designated by the Association in this section will not be granted each building to any other teachers’ group perform his/her functions before school begins, after school ends, or organization during lunch period, as Association representative in the term enforcement of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members , except that such functions shall not interfere with the normal operations of the Association recognize that school equipmentdistrict, time, and materials are intended primarily for nor shall they interrupt instruction in any of the use of pupilsclassrooms in the building. These functions shall not conflict with any regular assigned duties.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Terms and Conditions of Employment, Terms and Conditions of Employment, Terms and Conditions of Employment
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be Upon request, the Board agrees to make available to the Association public records and documents of the Board. The Association shall receive all policies of the Board.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the Board and Association to participate in meetings during his/her Board-assigned responsibilities, he/she shall suffer no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason loss in compensation of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationtime.
C. The Representatives of the Flemington-Raritan Education Association, the Hunterdon County Educational Association, the New Jersey Educational Association, and the National Educational Association may request and shall be given have the privilege to transact official Association business on school property during the school day. It is understood this shall not conflict with a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsteacher's primary responsibility or assignment.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose use of displaying notices, circularsa bulletin board in each faculty lounge, and such material. Copies when not in use for regular school operations, any school equipment and/or facilities, with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies may use school mailboxes with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator. The Association will also have may use inter-school mail facilities for the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged purposes of informing employees about negotiations and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings contract maintenance matters with the prior annual approval of the Superintendent.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school facilities in accordance with the Board policy on "Use of School Facilities."
G. No instruction shall be provided students in the Flemington-Raritan District during the school day without certified personnel in attendance. Teachers in the Flemington-Raritan School District will be assigned to Board-approved after-school activities. If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, there are no qualified staff members, these positions may be staffed by outside personnel.
H. The Board agrees to furnish a tentative budget to the Association whenever it becomes available, prior to the public hearing.
I. The Board agrees not to negotiate concerning said employment in the negotiating unit, as defined in Article 1 of this section will not be granted to Agreement, with any organization other teachers’ group or organization during than the term Association for the duration of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her their membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her their school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her their arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or or, at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her their advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her their advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her their address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
15 S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the 3.1 The Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed transact official Association business on school district property at all reasonable times, provided that it does not interfere with or interrupt class or other normal school operations. Meeting rooms shall be made available for Association use as reasonably requested, without charge to the Association, except that the Board may make a reasonable charge when special service is required beyond normal operation. Prior arrangements are to be made with the building principal for use of meeting rooms other than classrooms in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systembuilding.
H. 3.2 The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment, including word processing and duplicating equipment, calculating machines, audiovisual equipment, and its office computers, subject to District policies, at reasonable times, when the same are not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for the repair of any damage to the equipment directly resulting from Association use.
3.3 The Association shall have the right to post notices of activities and matters of Association concern on member bulletin boards. Member mailboxes may be a designated stop on the interschool mail used for distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, Association communications so long as such communications are labeled as Association materials and contain the name of the authorizing Association member.
3.4 In order to carry out its duties as exclusive representative, the Association office is on a regular routeshall be entitled to all public, non-confidential information related to its role as the representative of the bargaining unit. The Association agrees to pay the District's reasonable costs of production of such information.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers 3.5 Upon request, an Association representative shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with speak for approximately five minutes at the approval conclusion of any faculty meeting.
3.6 Whenever a representative of the SuperintendentAssociation or other member is required by the District to participate during working hours in negotiations or grievance processing, the member shall suffer no loss in pay.
P. 3.7 Upon request, the Board, or its representative, shall grant up to ten days' leave without pay to the President of the Association or their representative each school year to conduct Association business. The rights and/or privileges granted District will bear the cost of the substitute teacher. With SEA approval, the District will pay the representative and invoice the Association for the salary and payroll costs of the Association representative on leave.
3.8 The Board may place on the agenda, which is to be mailed prior to each regular Board meeting, any matters brought to its consideration by the Association as long as those matters are made known to the Superintendent's office not later than ten days prior to said meeting.
3.9 Any member may elect deductions of membership dues in the Scappoose Education Association (SEA), Oregon Education Association (OEA), and National Education Association (NEA). Such authorizations shall continue in effect from year to year, unless revoked in writing to the Association as set forth in this section the Association’s membership agreement. Membership revocations will not be granted effective on October 1 following receipt of written notice to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term Association. Pursuant to such authorizations, the District shall deduct and remit monthly dues from the regular salary check of this Agreementthe employee each month. All such deductions shall be uniform throughout the school year.
Q. Officers and members of 3.10 Prior to the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedfirst Friday in October, the Association faculty representative shall furnish the Payroll Clerk a list of Association members authorizing the District to withhold NEA, OEA, and SEA dues and identify the dues to be deducted from each. The Association shall also notify the District when a bargaining unit member should no longer have dues deducted. The District shall enact dues deduction changes on the pay period following a notification. Dues deducted shall be provided transmitted to the Association and OEA within five (5) working days of deduction. Along with the dues transmissions, the District will provide a faculty listlist of bargaining unit employees indicating whether dues were deducted, including home addresses and telephone numbersif so, by September 15in what amounts.
S. 3.11 Within ten (10) days of the hire of a bargaining unit member, and then every one hundred twenty (120) days for the entire bargaining unit, The District shall provide to the SEA President, SEA Secretary, and to the OEA Membership Specialist an electronic database of each bargaining unit member that includes the employee ID, date of birth, first date of service, FTE, classification or title, PERS classification, worksite, position on the salary schedule, residential address, and personal phone number. If the member requests that the phone number be kept confidential, the District may withhold this information from the database provided to the OEA Membership Specialist.
3.12 The Superintendent and the Association officers and/or representatives President or designee shall meet once each month during the school year as a means of establishing ongoing communication and sharing of mutual concerns and interests.
3.13 The Association shall be permitted granted not less than thirty (30) minutes during the New Employee In- Service day to draw discuss union business with new eligible employees and complete union- related paperwork.
3.14 The Association will be granted not less than thirty (30) minutes during the work day during In- Service week at the beginning of the school year to hold a membership meeting.
3.15 With mutual agreement between the District and the Association, the Association will be granted the opportunity to provide professional development opportunities for bargaining unit members starting thirty (30) minutes prior to the end of the contract day after the conclusion of student contact.
3.16 The Association agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold the District harmless from employee or former-employee claims, orders, or judgments against the district concerning the dues deductions procedures outlined in this agreement. The Association’s obligations are contingent upon a total the district 1) giving the association notice, in writing of fiftyany claim; 2) and providing requested information to the Association and its designated counsel in defense of the claim. The Association’s obligation does not extend to criminal allegations or Unfair Labor Practice Claims brought against the District by the Association. In the event the District properly invokes this paragraph, the Association will provide the attorney to defend against the claim. In the event the District wishes to use its own attorney, the District will pay the fees and costs of said attorney.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association a register of employees within the recognition unit, and minutes of the Board of Education, as from time to time requested.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representative of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business with individual employees on school property after school hours and during school days, with the agenda approval of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsthe principal, provided this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association, its representatives, and committees, shall meet and conduct its business on non-school time, unless otherwise approved by the Administration. The privilege of use of any part of school building facilities and rooms shall be available governed by the needs of the educational program and use of the facility at the time of the request upon reasonable request authority and approval of the Board of Education as delegated to meet with representatives of the building principal or Superintendent. Any costs incurred above normal usage for maintenance, operation, or custodial care shall be borne by the Association.
E. The principal Association shall recognize that school facilities, equipment, and supplies, are the property of each the people in the district with legal custodial responsibility vested in the Board of Education. Legal accountability mandates that general use of school shall district property be available upon reasonable request expressed authorization by the Board of Association representatives Education, or as delegated by the Board to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolits administrative representatives.
F. The Association will be provided with the names Where available, and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere consistent with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at , and common practice, the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use have in each school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided building and bus garage the use of a bulletin board in each employee lounge and employees' dining room. In the above-listed locations where one board is available, the use shall be shared in common with the needs of the educational program, as mutually arrived at with the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialprincipal. Copies of all material to be posted on such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. for approval.
G. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon use the employee mail boxes for communication with its members, for the transaction of its business, with the limitation that such use does not interfere with the primary purpose of such facility.
H. The president of the Education Association, if he/she is a total high school teacher, shall be assigned no more than five teaching periods with no other assignments, with one period during the day left free for Association business. The period assigned for Association business shall not deprive the president of fiftya lunch period nor, where possible, a preparation period. Should the president be an elementary teacher, the president shall then be exempt from non-teaching duties and whenever possible, shall be excused from a special subject period one period per day for Association business.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations, agendas and minutes of all Board meetings, census data, names and addresses of all employees, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the employees and the students, together with information which may be no reprisals necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, the employee shall suffer no loss in pay and/or benefits.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , Camden County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Such representatives shall notify the agenda principal of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementstheir presence on school property as other visitors are expected to do.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. Use of the buildings shall be available upon reasonable request arranged according to meet with representatives of the AssociationBoard Policy.
E. The principal Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including duplicating equipment, and all types of each school audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall be available upon pay for the reasonable request cost of Association representatives all materials, supplies and equipment repair incident to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolsuch use.
F. The Association will shall have, in each school building, the use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and the employees’ dining room. The Association shall also be provided with assigned space on the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availablebulletin board in the central office for Association notices.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mail boxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any building principals or other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily administration. The Board assumes no responsibility for the use of pupilsdelivery.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedH. 1. In addition to meeting the requirements of Article 8, the President of the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15granted ninety (90) minutes per day to conduct Association business.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her their membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent appropriate administrator or supervisor shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her their school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available. Each quarter, the Association will be provided the names of teachers who retired during that quarter. The Association recognizes that the Board can only submit information actually provided by the employee.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office and identify themselves as an Association representative to the front office staff of the school upon his/her their arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal administrator of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or or, at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her their advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her their advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her their address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
15 S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyfifty (50) full days for use for Association business. Upon request of the president, a representative shall be released from professional duties for Association duties, with payments of substitutes, if necessary, borne by the Association. Notice of such absence shall be given as far in advance as reasonably possible to the employee’s immediate superior, but in no case shall the notice be less than 48 hours. No one may use more than five (5) consecutive days or more than ten (10) days in a school year under this Article. Any Association leave days remaining at the end of each year may be deducted from the amount HCEA pays to the Board for the Association president’s salary. The amount deducted for each day will be the difference between the daily substitute rate and the daily rate of the president.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyforty (40) full days for use for Association business. Upon request of the president, a representative shall be released from professional duties for Association duties, with payments of substitutes, if necessary, borne by the Association. Notice of such absence shall be given as far in advance as reasonably possible to the employee’s immediate superior, but in no case shall the notice be less than 48 hours. No one may use more than five (5) consecutive days under this policy. Any Association leave days remaining at the end of each year may be deducted from the amount HCEA pays to the Board for the Association president’s salary. The amount deducted for each day will be the difference between the daily substitute rate and the daily rate of the president.
T. In addition to paragraph S, the Association may designate a maximum of thirty-five (35) unit members to attend the annual corporate meeting of the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA).
1. The Association shall, ten (10) calendar days prior to the first day of the MSEA corporate meeting, submit a list of unit member names designated to attend said meeting to the Superintendent. His/her approval will not be necessary.
2. The Board shall allow the designated unit members not more than one (1) full duty day for such attendance, without loss of pay or any other benefit due them, per school year.
3. The Board and the Association agree that this section (Article 14, Section T) does not apply if schools are closed on the day that the annual corporate meeting of the Maryland State Education Association is held.
U. The Board of Education shall provide the Association with copies of all policy changes or directives issued by the Board or Central Office administrative personnel that affect wages, hours, or conditions of employment of teachers as a group.
V. The Board shall furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the system, including but not limited to: annual financial reports, names of certificated personnel, individual and teacher group health insurance premiums and experience figures, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and the students.
W. Association representatives and Board of Directors members shall be permitted to leave the school building immediately following student dismissal in those schools dismissing students at 3:15 or later for the purpose of attending scheduled Association meetings. Such early departure shall not exceed two (2) times per month.
X. The Association president shall have access to the sick leave bank when 15 days of Association-provided sick leave are exhausted.
Y. Teachers interested in terminating HCEA membership must submit a written withdrawal to the HCEA office no later than 4:00 pm August 31st to avoid membership costs the following year. If withdrawal of membership occurs after August 31st, full membership dues will be deducted by payroll.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business with individual teachers, association committee members, or employees on school property after school hours with the approval of the administration provided that it will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association not interfere with or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesinterrupt normal school operations.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsAssociation, its representatives, and committees, shall meet and conduct its business on non-school time unless otherwise approved by the administration. The privilege of use of any part of school building facilities and rooms shall be governed by the needs of the educational program and use of the facility at the time of request upon authority and approval of the Board will of Education as delegated to the building principal or Superintendent. Any costs incurred above normal usage for maintenance, operation, or custodial care shall be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of borne by the Association.
C. The Association may request shall recognize that school facilities, equipment and shall supplies are the property of the people in the District with legal custodial responsibility vested in the Board of Education. Legal accountability mandates that general use of School District property be given a place on upon expressed authorization by the agenda Board of all regular Education, or as delegated by the Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsto its administrative representatives.
D. The Superintendent shall be Where available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided and consistent with the names education program and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemconstant practice, the Association representative may visit schools and talk shall have in each school building the use of a designated area in each faculty lounge. In the above listed location, where one board is available, the use shall be shared in common with teachers, provided that the exercise needs of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in , as mutually arrived at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of with the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialprincipal. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will shared bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will for approval. Materials to be posted shall not be required. contain anything political or controversial.
E. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw use the teacher mailboxes and the school computer system for communication with its members, for the transaction of its business with the limitation that such does not interfere with the primary purpose of such facility. Copies of any material to be placed in mailboxes shall be given to the building principal for approval. Such material shall not contain anything political or controversial.
F. The Board retains the right to immediately cancel the provision of the sections dealing with "Bulletin Boards" and "Mailboxes" for any violation thereof.
G. All documents classified as public information and required by law to be given to the public shall be made available upon request to the Association within a total reasonable time of fiftytheir request concerning same. The cost of photocopying such document shall be imposed upon the Association with the discretion of the School Board.
H. One (1) Custodial and one (1) Secretarial Executive Committee Member may be excused at 3:00 p.m. one (1) day a month to attend Executive Meetings upon approval by the Superintendent.
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyforty
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Members of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association mutually scheduled by the parties to participate in meetings, conferences, or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesa grievance meeting during work hours, shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. Approval shall be required.
K. D. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings use of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be a bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for in staff workrooms and the Association, in an appropriate place staff dining room in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool mail facilities, school mailboxes and District email as it deems necessary and without the approval of the building principal or other members of the administration, as long as it pertains to distribute prepackaged Association business.
F. The Board recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative of the defined bargaining unit and labeled material, shall not grant representation rights to any other party or organization.
G. The Association shall have the right to use school office equipment usually available to teachers when such equipment is not in use. The Association and its office members of the bargaining unit shall reimburse the Board for supplies expended for Association or personal business.
H. Orientation programs for new teachers may be co-sponsored by the Board and LEA with the LEA obligated to assume such costs as may be mutually agreed upon in planning such programs.
I. Members of the Association shall be permitted to leave school at 3:30 PM for the purpose of attending Association meetings up to eight (8) times per year provided they have worked their contracted hours. They may be excused for two additional meetings at the discretion of their supervisors. They may attend ratification meetings.
J. The Association president and/or co-presidents will have a designated stop on daily release time of forty (40) continuous minutes at the interschool mail distribution route for delivery end of interschool mail, so long as the day to conduct Association business. If the Association office is on president and/or co- presidents is/are an elementary teacher, the same concept applies. Whenever possible, this Association period will be backed into a regular routeprep period.
N. No teacher K. Employees will not be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the AssociationAssociation or its affiliates.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board, subject to law and subject to its policies, agrees to furnish to the Vineland Education Association in response to a reasonable request such available information that may assist the Association and the Board in the determination of proper subject matter for negotiation.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representative of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association, he shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Subject to the approval of the Board, the Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on have the agenda of all regular Board right to use school buildings for Association meetings. No such meetings for brief reports and announcementsshall interfere with or interrupt normal school activities.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail facilities and school mail boxes subject to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the SuperintendentSuperintendent or his designee.
P. E. The rights and/or privileges granted Board shall grant leave with pay to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members President of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for as requested during his term of office subject to the use of pupilsSuperintendent’s approval. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedF. Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. the National Education Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt formal school operations. The Superintendent or other authorized individual shall receive notice of such Association business, which shall be subject to approval by the Superintendent or his designee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
G. The Board shall provide a total bank of fiftyten (10) Association business days per year, allocated five (5) Association business days for certificated personnel and five (5) Association business days for non-certificated personnel. Association business days for certificated and non-certificated personnel shall not be transferred between the two enumerated groups of personnel. Use of such Association business days shall be approved by the Superintendent or his designee. Association business days shall not be cumulative from year to year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There 3 SECTION 1. The City will be no reprisals provide the Association the use of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership reasonable space on the 4 bulletin boards located in the assembly room, lunch room, detective bureau, locker rooms 5 and satellite station for the purpose of posting material concerning, but not limited to, the 7 Association committee reports; (4) Association rulings or policy statements; (5) 8 Association recreational and social affairs; and (6) employee personal matters. No 9 material shall be posted which contains anything defamatory, scurrilous, matter 10 pertaining to candidacy for participation City of West Allis elective office and incumbents of such 11 offices, or anything reflecting in such manner upon the City or any of its lawful activitiesemployees. 12 Violation of this section shall be sufficient reason for removing the unauthorized posted 13 material by direction of the Chief of Police or designated representative. Any dispute as 14 to the exercise by the Chief of Police of this discretion shall be subject to the grievance 15 procedure.
B. The 16 SECTION 2. Not more than two (2) Association representatives will be provided granted time off, 17 without loss of pay, at any one (1) time to attend labor contract negotiation meetings with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings 18 the City, provided, such representatives are members of the AssociationAssociation negotiating 19 committee and the representative's shift assignment is at the same time that a labor 20 contract negotiation meeting is conducted.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. 21 SECTION 3. The Association shall be given allowed a place on total of seventy-two (72) hours 22 annually for members to attend Association conventions without loss of pay, provided 1 that such time off does not cause any employee to work overtime nor necessitate the agenda 2 payment of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membershipcall-in pay as set forth in Article 7, Sections 5 through 7.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program3 SECTION 4. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided be permitted the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationcourtroom, in an appropriate place in each school buildingassembly 4 room, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins training room or other identification of membership in suitable room at the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed police station to attend professional conduct business 5 meetings with subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges Chief of Police. No permission is granted 6 hereunder for on-duty personnel to attend Association meetings during duty hours, with 7 the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term exception of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members a maximum of four (4) officers of the Association recognize that school equipmentwho may attend such 8 meetings without loss of pay, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted but who must respond immediately to draw upon a total of fiftyany duty demands as
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyforty (40) full days for use for Association business. Upon request of the president, a representative shall be released from professional duties for Association duties, with payments of substitutes borne by the Association. Notice of such absence shall be given as far in advance as reasonably possible to the employee’s immediate superior, but in no case shall the notice be less than 48 hours. No one may use more than five (5) consecutive days under this policy. Any Association leave days remaining at the end of each year may be deducted from the amount HCEA pays to the Board for the Association president’s salary. The amount deducted for each day will be the difference between the daily substitute rate and the daily rate of the president.
T. In addition to paragraph S, the Association may designate a maximum of thirty-five (35) unit members to attend the annual corporate meeting of the Maryland State Education Association (MSEA).
1. The Association shall, ten (10) calendar days prior to the first day of the MSEA corporate meeting, submit a list of unit member names designated to attend said meeting to the Superintendent. His/her approval will not be necessary.
2. The Board shall allow the designated unit members not more than one (1) full duty day for such attendance, without loss of pay or any other benefit due them, per school year.
3. The Board and the Association agree that this section (Article XIV, Section T) does not apply if schools are closed on the day that the annual corporate meeting of the Maryland State Teachers’ Association is held.
U. The Board of Education shall provide the Association with copies of all policy changes or directives issued by the Board or Central Office administrative personnel that affect wages, hours, or conditions of employment of teachers as a group.
V. The Board shall furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the system, including but not limited to: annual financial reports, names of certificated personnel, individual and teacher group health insurance premiums and experience figures, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and the students.
W. Association representatives and Board of Directors members shall be permitted to leave the school building immediately following student dismissal in those schools dismissing students at 3:15 or later for the purpose of attending scheduled Association meetings. Such early departure shall not exceed two (2) times per month.
X. The Association president shall have access to the sick leave bank when 15 days of Association-provided sick leave are exhausted.
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Samples: Master Agreement, Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees subject to reasonable request, to make available to the Association information in the public domain which may be no reprisals necessary for the Association to fulfill its responsibilities as the majority representative.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings employee, at the request of the AssociationBoard, participates during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss of pay.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided prior to and/or after the use conclusion of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardpupil day. The principal of the building in question will requested shall be notified consulted in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and his or her permission shall be required.
K. D. The Association representative will Association, with the principal's approval, shall have the right to schedule meetings of use the teachers before or after school work days or facilities and equipment at any other reasonable times which do when such equipment is not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, otherwise in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requireduse. The Association will also shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use, and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof.
E. The Association shall have the right to use the interschool mail facilities and school mail boxes as it deems necessary with the approval of building principals or other members of the administration.
F. The Association shall be allowed to distribute prepackaged install a telephone at a mutually agreed upon location at its own expense.
G. The Board shall grant release time to the president of the Association and labeled materialthe president of the County Association during their terms of office in order that they may fulfill their responsibilities to the Association. A substitute must be employed, normal notifications procedures followed, and its office the pay of a substitute will be deducted.
H. The Board shall be a designated stop on grant release time of at least thirty (30) minutes per day to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery president of interschool mail, so long as the Association during his/her term of office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in order the he/she may fulfill the responsibilities to the Association.
O. Teachers I. The Board shall permit the scheduling of an additional release period for the president of the Association. The REA shall reimburse the Board for the cost of that period at double the class coverage rate. This reimbursement shall be allowed to attend professional meetings paid semiannually, no later than the end of the current fiscal year.
J. Implementation of additional release time for the president shall be in accordance with the approval following provisions:
1. This release time shall be scheduled within, and not beyond, the end of the Superintendentpupil day.
P. 2. This release time shall be continuous with the previously designated time allotment for the Association president. This previous allotment is scheduled to coincide with the end of the pupil day but does not extend beyond it.
3. The position created in order to implement release time for the Association president shall be posted and available to certificated staff, subject to the following conditions:
a. Under no condition is this position to be involuntarily assigned to a member of the bargaining unit.
b. If the posting procedure does not result in a successful applicant; the administration shall advertise the position outside the district via the news media.
c. In the event that the position continues to remain vacant; the admini- stration and the Association shall meet to discuss a course of action satisfactory to both parties.
K. The Association shall have the right to have a representative speak, make a presentation, or conduct business at the conclusion of any teachers' meeting scheduled after pupil dismissal, except that at the opening orientation day the Association shall be entitled to fifteen (15) minutes on the agenda for Association business.
L. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement, shall be granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, timeemployees, and materials are intended primarily for to no other organization to the use of pupilsextent legal.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time that information which is in public domain.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association, he shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Association and its representatives may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of use the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational programbuildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal superintendent of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and may grant approval for its use.
K. D. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also may have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment, at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the prior approval of the Superintendentprincipal.
P. E. The Association may purchase for its own use expendable office supplies and other materials from the Board’s supplies at the price paid by the Board.
F. The Association shall have the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and employees’ dining room. Consideration shall be given for Association notices to be posted in the central office on a bulletin board.
G. The Association may use inter-school mail facilities and school mailboxes with prior approval of the building principal.
H. All orientation programs for new employees may be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such costs as may be mutually agreed upon during the planning of such programs.
I. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and to no other employee organizations.
X. The Board of Education, when necessary, will instruct the superintendent to make the necessary time arrangements for the Board and the Association personnel to transact business at hand.
K. The Board shall provide two (2) duty-free periods each week for the Association President to permit conference with the Board Representative, to communicate with the administrators and to do any research work as long as it does not interfere with the educational process or with any employee while on duty. Said time shall be in addition to regular preparation and lunchtime as provided in this section will not Agreement. Additional time may be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during requested in writing by the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members President of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the conducting Association faculty representative business. The request shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses made to the superintendent and telephone numbers, by September 15he may grant the additional time at his discretion.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Pursuant to the Michigan Public Employment Regulations Act, the Board hereby agrees that every teacher employed by the Board shall have the right to freely organize, join and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining or negotiation and other lawful concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly elected body exercising governmental power under the laws of the State of Michigan, the Board undertakes and agrees that it will be no reprisals not directly or indirectly encourage or discourage or deprive or coerce any teacher in the enjoyment of any kind taken against any teacher solely rights conferred by reason the Act or other laws of his/her membership in Michigan or the Association or for participation in any Constitutions of its lawful activitiesMichigan and the United States.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings, providing that when special custodial service is required, the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office Board may make reasonable charge therefor. Scheduling of the building for meetings shall be a designated stop on subject to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long Superintendent's approval as is any organization within the Association office is on a regular routeschool district that desires to use said school buildings.
N. No teacher will C. School reproduction facilities, as provided in the teachers' lounge, may be prevented from wearing pins used for reproduction of Association materials at reasonable hours and when it does not conflict with use for educational or other identification purposes which have been permitted by the Board. Other facilities shall not be used for reproduction of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the Association materials without prior specific approval of the SuperintendentBoard or its authorized Agent. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use. The Board may withdraw permission for this use for good reason, such as abuse or violation of the conditions of this paragraph.
P. D. The rights Board shall provide a bulletin board to be placed in each teachers lounge for the dissemination of material and information by the teachers. Any vacancies in teaching positions and/or privileges granted extra curricular school duties will be posted in the teachers' lounges for seven (7) days. Any qualified teacher in the school system may present a written application for such vacancies to the Superintendent or other administrators as indicated on the posting.
E. The provisions of this Agreement shall be applied without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, disability unrelated to the ability to perform the duties of the position, or marital status. Membership in the Association in this section will shall not be granted denied to any other teachers’ group teacher because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, or organization during the term of this Agreementmarital status.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time, available information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespublic domain.
B. The Board agrees that the Association will shall have access to all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, together with the information which may be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsnecessary for the Association to process any grievance. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings shall provide such data in a reasonably prompt manner. In most cases, this shall not exceed two full work weeks from the date of the AssociationAssociation request.
C. The Whenever any representative of the Association may request and is required by the Superintendent to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance meetings, he/she shall be given a place on the agenda suffer no loss of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementspay.
D. The Superintendent shall Association and its representatives may be available permitted to use school buildings, at reasonable hours, for meetings upon reasonable request to meet with representatives prior notice and approval by the principal of the Associationschool in question.
E. The principal Association and its representatives may be permitted to use school facilities and office equipment upon prior notice and approval by the building principal, at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association will pay for the cost of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives all materials and supplies incident to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolsuch use and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof.
F. The Association will may be provided with permitted the names reasonable use of the inter-school mail facilities and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availablemail boxes.
G. The Association will have In the right event that a secretary is required to confer with the Board, or a committee of the Board, concerning any matter that could affect the continuation of the secretary in his/her position of employment, or could affect his/her terms and conditions of employment, then the secretary shall be given prior written notice stating the reasons for such meeting and shall be entitled to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by representative of the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systempresent to advise him/her during such a meeting.
H. The Association No material derogatory to an employee’s conduct, service, character, or personality shall be given placed in a place on personnel file unless the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers employee has had an opportunity to explain the function review such material and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon affix his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost signature to the Boardcopy to be filed with the express understanding that such signature in no way indicates agreement with the contents thereof. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will employee shall also have the right to use the interschool mail submit a written answer to distribute prepackaged and labeled such material, and its office said answer shall be a designated stop on attached to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routefile copy.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyA. Definition
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership The Board agrees to make available to the Association in response to timely and reasonable requests information in the Association public domain relevant to negotiations or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings grievance processing or that which could directly affect members of the Association.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is required by the Board to participate during working hours in grievance procedures or meetings, s(he) shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association may request and the National Education Association shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsschool property at reasonable times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations or be during any individually assigned work schedule.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall have the privilege of using school facilities for after school use with prior notification and approval of the Superintendent/Business Administrator. The Superintendent/Business Administrator will retain the right to regulate after school use of school facilities and will designate the time and place of meetings within the building so as not to interfere with other scheduled activities. The Association shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Associationresponsible for payment for extra janitorial service and service costs.
E. The principal of Association shall have in each school building use of an Association supplied bulletin board. Should the administration object to any posted material, the Association agrees, after being informed as unsuitable, that it shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating removed and subject to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolgrievance procedure.
F. The Association shall have the use of assigned school mailboxes. Placement will be provided with made by the names and addresses authorized representative of the Association or his/her designee. Materials placed in mailboxes shall bear the name of said representative or of the Association. A copy of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availablematerials placed in mailboxes shall be submitted to the building principal.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by Board and the Association which informs said teachers agree that during the Association life of this contract, no RIF (reduction in force) will take place without prior notification of the Association. If such RIF is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers necessary, it shall be done in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemaccordance with NJ Law. Any employee so dismissed will be placed on a recall list.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function Board will develop and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted forward to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during president each year a seniority list from the term official date of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members employment for all eligible employees as of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. I. A meeting to discuss concerns of such distinct nature that they are outside of the realm of resolution by an immediate supervisor and/or principal can be requested by an officer of the Association officers and/or representatives shall with the Superintendent/Business Administrator at a mutually agreeable time. The initiations of such a meeting would be permitted to draw upon a total keep organizational lines of fiftycommunication open, but it must be insured that organizational protocol and procedure is followed (e.g., the purpose cannot be to overstep organizational lines of authority of principals, supervisors or foremen).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There The Association may use school facilities and equipment including computers, copy machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times subject to the approval of the Building Principal. Such equipment is to be used by the Association for Xxxxxxx business only. All supplies used will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely provided and paid for by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesAssociation.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of Profits from vending machines in the staff dining room belong to the Association. If any additional vending machines are installed, they must be approved by the Board of Education.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place allocated meeting time on first in-service day of the agenda school year as scheduled by the Superintendent and with agreement of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsthe CEA President.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives professional development committee, on behalf of the Association, may submit recommendations to the Superintendent for in-service programs by June 1. Every effort shall be made by the administration to schedule at least one (1) Association suggestion for the coming school year.
E. The principal of each school Superintendent shall be available upon empowered by the Board to approve reasonable request release time for members of the Association representatives Executive Committee to discuss questions relating to the implementation engage in Association business which could not otherwise be completed outside of this Agreement in his/her schoolnormal school hours.
F. Children (Grades K-12) of full-time certified employees who do not reside in this school district may be admitted to school in the district without payment of tuition provided that:
1. The Association will employee applies for Choice status if applicable
2. The educational program of such children can be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availablewithin district facilities without requiring additional staffing or services.
G. The Association will have Board agrees that one hundred twenty (120) days prior to any formal Board action to consider subcontracting of non-teaching unit work shall discuss the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by matter fully with the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemand its representatives.
H. In the event of privatization of any non-teaching employee category (subcontracting), the Board shall abide by the following procedure:
1. The Board shall formally notify the Association of its intention to subcontract non-teaching unit work one hundred twenty (120) days prior to budget adoption or implementation of subcontracting services.
2. The Board shall provide the Association bid specifications for potential subcontracting.
I. The Board shall provide severance benefits as a result of subcontracting as follows:
1. The Board shall pay all affected non-teaching unit members full pay for all leave days credited to the employee’s account as permitted by law.
2. The Board shall provide that any employee who loses his or her position as a result of privatization shall be given a retained in his or her proper place on the agenda District seniority recall list for a period of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrivalthree (3) years.
J. The Association BOE shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for provide the Association, in an appropriate place excel file or similar delimited style format, the following information for all employees: name, job title, worksite location, home address, work, telephone numbers, date or hire. This information will be provided January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 or the closest business day as determined by the BOE calendar. The BOE is not required to collect data, but will report what is in each school building, the personnel system. The BOE is not responsible for the purpose accuracy of displaying notices, circularsthe data.
1. The Board and/or its agents, and such material. Copies members of all such material will be given the administration, shall not encourage negotiation unit members to resign or relinquish membership in the building principal, but his/her advance approval will Association and shall not be requiredencourage negotiations’ unit members to revoke authorization or the deduction of fees of the Association or its unified affiliates.
M. 2. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circularsBoard and/or its agents, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to members or the building principal and Superintendentadministration, but his/her advance approval will shall not be required. The Association will also have encourage or discourage an employee from joining or assisting the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeAssociation.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins 3. Should a negotiations’ unit member notify the Board or other identification of its agent that they wish to resign or relinquish membership in the Association.
O. Teachers , the Board shall be allowed require the member to attend professional meetings with the approval submit a dues termination form and provide a copy of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted same to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group association’s president or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, designees within (5) five calendar days of receiving the Association faculty representative form. Negotiations unit members may only resign or relinquish their membership or terminate dues deductions during the ten (10) calendar days following each anniversary date of the employee’s employment. A withdraw shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15take effect on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day after the anniversary date.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There The administration will furnish the Association president copies of the Board of Education minutes and annual audit after their approval at a regular Board meeting. All other available public information including census data, names, addresses and listed telephone numbers are available upon response to request. The Board shall provide existing data necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
A.1 The association president shall be no reprisals exempt from all lunch and bus duties, newspaper articles, hall bulletin boards, showcases, and committee meetings during his or her term of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason office. In addition, the president may have two (2) unassigned periods per week to conduct PTEA association business. In the event that a staff member requests the assistance of the president at a personnel meeting, the president will receive coverage for his/her membership in duties to attend the meeting.
A.2 If the association president is a high school teacher, the foregoing unassigned period shall be limited to the period of time after the end of the student school day.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or for participation any teacher is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations or grievance proceedings or to represent a member, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Provided further that said representatives shall indicate his/her presence at the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsmain office.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue privilege to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and he/she shall grant such permission provided there is no conflict with a previously scheduled meeting or normal school activities.
K. E. The Association representative will shall have the right privilege of using school facilities for Association business only. This shall include duplicating equipment and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use, provided the person has been previously approved by the administration to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programuse said equipment.
L. There will be F. The Association shall have the exclusive use of a bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredfaculty lounge.
M. G. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool mail school mailboxes as it deems necessary and without approval of building principals or other members of the administration. All Association communications deposited in the school mailboxes shall be considered privileged. Neither the Board nor the Administration assumes any responsibility for the distribution or comments of Association communications. The Association agrees to distribute prepackaged hold the Board harmless with regard to adverse reactions to any materials it distributes under this article.
H. The rights and labeled material, privileges of the Association and its office representatives as set forth in this agreement shall be a designated stop on granted only to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long Association in its capacity as the Association office is on exclusive representative of the teachers and to no other organization. The Board shall make available a regular routelounge and/or work study room for the teachers.
N. I. No teacher will shall be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the AssociationAssociation or its affiliates.
O. Teachers J. The parties agree that in lieu of payment of a per unit amount for items sold from the vending machines in the faculty rooms in all schools, the Board shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted pay to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term a quarterly amount of this AgreementONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS ($125.00) on September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any authorized representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any authorized or involved teacher participates during working hours in any negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings scheduled by the Committee or Administration, he shall suffer no loss of its lawful activitiespay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings allowed to use school buildings at reasonable hours for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachersmeetings, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified contacted at least forty-eight hours in advance of the time and place of all such meetings to assure that there are no conflicts with other planned activities. Standard procedures for use of school facilities will be followed for all meetings.
K. C. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationshall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, building the use of at least one appropriately placed bulletin board in each faculty lounge or designated area for the purpose of displaying posting official Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to signed by an authorized representative of the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredAssociation. The Association will also determine that which is appropriate for the bulletin board.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school mail boxes for the interschool purpose of “mailing” official Association notices. Copies of all materials to be “mailed” in the school mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office boxes shall be a designated stop signed by an authorized representative of the Association. The Association will determine that which is appropriate for the mailboxes.
E. The Association President shall be release from work responsibilities for the last three (3) hours of the work day, with the exception of days on which there are regularly scheduled faculty meetings or professional development activities. The President shall be relieved of all non-teaching duties during the interschool mail distribution route term of office. The Association shall reimburse the Methuen Public Schools for delivery the full cost of interschool mail, so long as the substitute.
F. The Committee agrees to provide office space to the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher in the amount of space available beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. Any utilities will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification the responsibility of membership in the Association. In the event that the Methuen School System needs space utilized by the Association, the Committee reserves the right to reclaim such space but will make every effort to relocate the office of the Association.
O. Teachers G. Association Days: Upon five (5) days prior notice, whenever practicable, the Association president and elected Association representatives, whom she designates, may use up to fifteen (15) days for attending MTA and/or NEA committees, conventions and conferences, in order to represent the Methuen Education Association at such meetings. No more than two (2) people may participate in any one conference or convention. Methuen Education Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of the substitutes.
H. Association Days: Upon five (5) days prior notice, teacher delegates to the MTA may request a day to attend the Annual Meeting of Delegates. The Methuen Education Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of the substitutes. No more than one delegate will be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval for each fifty members of the SuperintendentUnit A bargaining unit.
P. I. The rights and/or privileges granted Association will be provided with a copy of minutes of official Committee meetings (except minutes of executive session meetings) that are distributed to Committee members at official meetings as soon as possible after such meetings. A copy of the official agenda of the meeting, and any attached documents, will be mailed to the Association in this section will not be granted prior to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementsaid meeting.
Q. Officers and members J. At the beginning of the Association recognize that each school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedyear, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses list of the new teachers in the system and telephone numbers, by September 15a list of the distribution of teachers on the current salary schedule. A list of all teachers and their assignments shall be given to the Association at the beginning of each school year as soon as it is prepared for publication.
S. K. An updated seniority list will be provided to the Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total President by October 15th of fiftyeach year.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for Association meetings; provided approval has been granted by the Superintendent, which approval shall not be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesunreasonably withheld.
B. The Association will shall have the right to reasonable use of the school mailboxes and the interschool mail facilities.
C. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be provided with copies granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of minutes of public session official Board meetingsthe employees, and to no other organizations.
D. Bulletin Boards.
1. The Board will provide space on centrally located bulletin boards which will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings for the exclusive use of the Association.
C. 2. Materials to be posted on such bulletin boards will be delivered to designated Board offices by the Association two (2) days in advance of the proposed posting and include a requested date of posting and removal. The Association may request post:
a. Notice of Association meetings;
b. Notices concerning official Association business; and
c. Notices covering social and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsrecreational events.
D. The Superintendent shall 3. No materials will be available upon reasonable request posted which contain profane or obscene language, which is defamatory to meet with the Board or its representatives and employees, which is critical of or condemns the methods, policies, or practices of the AssociationBoard, or which constitutes election campaign material.
E. The principal of each school In the event that the Board or the parties schedule a disciplinary conference at which the employee is entitled to representation, or a grievance or negotiations proceeding at which the Association is entitled to representation, during the Association President’s scheduled work hours, then he shall be available upon reasonable request released from work without loss of Association representatives pay in order to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolattend such meetings.
F. The Association shall have up to ten (10) days of leave without loss of pay each year for the performance of Association business. The Association President shall give advance notice to the Board Secretary of when and by whom such leave will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availabletaken.
G. The Association will have Absence from work to attend the right annual NJEA Convention shall be granted as a professional day for up to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared six (6) unit members, as designated by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative President, for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place convention attendance on the agenda Thursday of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational programNJEA convention. The Association representative will check President must notify the Personnel Office of who the designated attendees are, in at the front office of the school upon writing, by October 15th. Each designated employee shall still be responsible to submit an Employee’s Absence Report form to his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue immediate supervisor prior to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not absence. Written proof of attendance must be required.
M. The Association will have the right submitted to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies Personnel Office by each employee within one (1) week of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeconvention attendance.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There As it applies to teachers/unit employees: The Board will make available to the Association upon a proper OPRA request public records of the Board. OPRA forms will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership readily available in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesSchool Business Administrator’s Office.
B. As it applies to teachers/unit employees: The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. Approval of the Superintendent shall be required before the said use for said meetings.
C. As it applies to teachers/unit employees: The Association shall have use of bulletin boards under the following conditions:
1. Pennsauken Campus:
a. Use of space on the bulletin board in the main office for the posting of general informational materials such use to be subject to the approval of the Principal of the Pennsauken Campus.
b. Use of posting facilities in each building, the type and location of which shall be established by agreement of the Association and Principal, provided that materials placed on said bulletin board shall not be derogatory of or in ridicule of any administrator or member of the Board will of Education. All materials shall be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of identified as approved by the Association.
C. The Association may request 2. Gloucester Township Campus:
a. Use of space on the bulletin board near the High School Principal’s Office for the posting of general informational materials subject to approval of the Principal of the Gloucester Township Campus.
b. Use of posting facilities in each building, the type and location of which shall be given a place established by agreement of the Association and the Principal, provided that materials placed on said posting facilities shall not be derogatory of or in ridicule of any administrator or member of the agenda Board of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent Education. All material shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of identified as approved by the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives D. As it applies to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in histeachers/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. unit employees: The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the their right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any appropriate Principal, or other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipmentadministration, time, and materials are intended primarily which use shall be for the ordinary day-to-day activities of the Association. The Board will assume no responsibility for the material therein placed. This use of pupilsshall apply to CAM/VOC business only.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool regular schedule of the inter-school mail service on days when such service is operating. Furthermore, the Association may use school mailboxes and email without administrative permission or review, providing such usage does not interfere with regular school purposes. The Association shall not use the rights granted in this Section to distribute prepackaged circulate materials advocating any sort of job action or related activity. The Association is of the knowledge that the Board owns all equipment and labeled materialreserves the right to retrieve all documents initiated on board owned equipment.
B. The Association shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of an available bulletin board in the faculty lounge, or a reasonable portion of a bulletin board if only one board exists in the faculty lounge in a given school.
C. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings, the person shall suffer no loss in pay. However, if negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings are scheduled outside of normal working hours the representative will not be eligible for any additional pay.
D. Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and its office the National Education Association shall be a designated stop permitted to transact official Association business on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mailschool property at all reasonable times, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeprovided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in E. The Association and its representatives shall have the Association.
O. Teachers right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Association shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with receive the approval of the Superintendentrelevant Principal, in writing. However, should the district incur any out-of-pocket expenses associated with this event the district shall be reimbursed for all expenses.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including computers, typewriters, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
G. The Board shall comply with employer obligations to provide information to the Association in this section will not be granted necessary to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementcarry out its negotiations and grievance handling responsibilities.
Q. Officers and 1. The Board agrees that, should it decide to subcontract or privatize the services of any group of support staff employees, all affected members of that group and the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials President shall receive written notice of the Board’s intentions at least 45 working days before such action takes place. “Working days” are intended primarily for the use of pupilsdefined as all week days.
R. Unless 2. The Board shall discuss with the Association its intention to permanently subcontract an entire unit sub-group’s work or a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedsignificant portion of a unit subgroup’s work prior to the Board’s final decision to subcontract. “Unit sub-group” is defined as one of the groups listed in Article 2A.
I. Effective September 1, 1997, the Association faculty representative President shall not be provided with assigned a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15duty period.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyA. TEACHERS
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to requests it deems reasonable from time to time various available information concerning the teachers’ interests which is in the area of public record, provided further the Board of Education is not obligated to prepare information in a form different than exists in the public record.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representative of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any teacher is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations or grievance proceedings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the Union County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsreasonable times provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right and privilege to have placed in request the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare use of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachersbuilding for meetings after or during lunch, provided that the exercise of this right will meetings do not interfere with the educational programnormal school operations. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association request shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost be made to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified CSA in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. . Permission shall be granted if the request does not conflict with the efficient operation of the school. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings use school facilities and equipment, if deemed possible and practicable by the CSA, excluding the Board Secretary’s and CSA’s office equipment. Where practical, the Association must provide one (1) day’s notice of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do intent to use the facilities. Notice is not disrupt required for use of the normal school programfaculty room.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for E. The Association shall have in the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, exclusive right to use and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to maintain the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredpresent bulletin board in the faculty lounge.
M. F. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes within reason.
G. The rights and privileges of the Association and its office representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, teachers and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsno other organization.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will 1. The Association and its duly authorized campus representatives may use College equipment, including typewriters, word processors, and personal computers, mimeographing machines, or duplicating equipment, calculators, and all types of audiovisual equipment. Such permission shall be granted provided the equipment and facilities are not otherwise in use, and when regular College procedures for using such equipment and building facilities have been followed. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and damage to said equipment through use.
2. Any representative of the Association required to participate in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings during work hours shall suffer no reprisals loss of pay, however, when possible, such activities shall be conducted outside of regular work hours.
3. The Association may post material concerning Association activities on designated bulletin boards according to reasonable policies that the College may establish for the posting of any kind taken against any teacher solely public materials. No information shall be posted on-campus except in these designated spaces. The material shall clearly state that it is posted by reason of his/her membership in the Association or and that the Association is solely responsible for participation its contents and all liability regarding such posting and publication thereof.
4. The Association's duly authorized campus representatives shall have the right to reasonable use of the College's internal mail distribution system for Association communications.
5. The Association shall have the right to purchase office supplies and other materials from the College suppliers at the price paid by the College, provided this practice is in any compliance with applicable law.
6. The College agrees to deduct dues for the Association from the wages of its lawful activitiesan employee covered by this Agreement, pursuant to the existing statute, as amended, provided:
A. A current written assignment executed by the employee is submitted to the College. The Association shall be responsible for the execution and submission of the forms to the College.
B. The Association College will deduct the current uniform dues from the pay of the employee(s) commencing ninety (90) days after the date of hire.
C. This deduction will be provided made twice per month.
D. If, during the life of this Agreement, there is any change in the rate of membership dues, the Association shall notify the College at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of such change.
E. The College will provide the Association on a monthly basis a list of all positions within the unit as well as a list of all newly hired employees whose titles fall within the unit.
F. The Association shall certify in writing, signed by the President of the Association and filed with copies the Contract Administrator, the gross amount of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings the dues for the ensuing year for a Unit Member; such gross amount being an annual sum in equal amount for each member of the Association.
C. G. The College shall deduct such annual dues from 24 paychecks in an equal amount, said equal amount being the annual dues divided by the 24 paychecks to be received by the member of the unit during the deduction period established by the College. Should an Association may request and member require a refund, it shall be given a place on the agenda responsibility of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request the employee to meet with representatives of obtain the appropriate refund directly from the Association.
E. X. The principal Association agrees to hold the College harmless and indemnify the College from all loss, including reasonable attorney's fees, from any and all actions or claims growing from or arising because of each school this deduction, including specifically, any claim by any member or members of the unit or anyone representing such member(s). The association shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating have full responsibility for the funds so withheld and remitted to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda or any member(s) of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to unit concerning any use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in expenditure thereof by the Association.
O. Teachers shall I. If a member of the unit has no earnings due, or in the event an amount is due to the Unit Member for any pay period after all other required or authorized withholdings have been taken, said amount being less than the Association dues to be allowed to attend professional meetings withheld for such period, no deduction for such pay period will be made by the College for such member. No catch-up withholdings will be made in subsequent pay periods.
J. Each Unit Member's payroll deduction authorization filed with the approval Contract Administrator as provided in Section 6A above shall remain in effect during the life of this Agreement unless revoked in writing by the Unit Member. The Unit Member may revoke this authorization providing written notice to the Contract Administrator.
7. Nothing contained within this Article shall diminish, negate, or abrogate the reservations made and contained in the Management Rights provisions of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of The Board shall make available to the Association any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsdomain regarding financial data. The Board will also make available information, which may be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings necessary for the Association to process any grievance.
B. Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is scheduled by the Board to participate during work hours in negotiations or grievance processing he/she shall suffer no loss in pay or leave time.
C. The Association and its representatives shall have the privilege of using the District buildings at reasonable hours for meetings with permission of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Where possible, at no expense to the Board, other sites used by employees will be made similarly available. If anyone other than Association members and/or representatives is involved, the Association may request be required to show proof of liability insurance and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsprovide appropriate security.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon have reasonable request to meet with representatives space on all existing bulletin Boards in areas used exclusively by employees in District buildings and where possible in other work sites.
E. Instructional staff members of the Association.
E. The principal ’s Executive Committee may be permitted to leave their buildings to conduct Association business during their non-assigned, non-contract periods and during the time that employees are required to stay in school following dismissal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request the students provided there is no disruption of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation instruction or supervision of this Agreement in his/her schoolpupils. This permission would not apply when staff meetings or conferences are scheduled.
F. The Association will be provided submit to the Superintendent prior to December 1st of each year its recommendations with respect to the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableschool calendar for the ensuing year.
G. The Association will shall have the right to have placed reasonable use of the inter-school mail facility and mailboxes under the control of the District and the Board will attempt to obtain similar privileges in all buildings where employees may be assigned. Other than routine announcements, the Superintendent’s packet for permission of the Chief School Administrator will be required unless all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers materials are in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemsealed envelopes.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the reasonable use of pupilsdata processing, typewriting, duplication, communications and audio-visual equipment subject to paying for any incurred costs.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will 1. The Association and its duly authorized campus representatives may use College equipment, including typewriters, word processors, and personal computers, mimeographing machines, or duplicating equipment, calculators, and all types of audiovisual equipment. Such permission shall be granted provided the equipment and facilities are not otherwise in use, and when regular College procedures for using such equipment and building facilities have been followed. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and damage to said equipment through use.
2. Any representative of the Association required to participate in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings during work hours shall suffer no reprisals loss of pay, however, when possible, such activities shall be conducted outside of regular work hours.
3. The Association may post material concerning Association activities on designated bulletin boards according to reasonable policies that the College may establish for the posting of any kind taken against any teacher solely public materials. No information shall be posted on-campus except in these designated spaces. The material shall clearly state that it is posted by reason of his/her membership in the Association or and that the Association is solely responsible for participation its contents and all liability regarding such posting and publication thereof.
4. The Association's duly authorized campus representatives shall have the right to reasonable use of the College's internal mail distribution system for Association communications.
5. The Association shall have the right to purchase office supplies and other materials from the College suppliers at the price paid by the College, provided this practice is in any compliance with applicable law.
6. The College agrees to deduct dues for the Association from the wages of its lawful activitiesan employee covered by this Agreement, pursuant to the existing statute, as amended, provided:
A. A current written assignment executed by the employee is submitted to the College. The Association shall be responsible for the execution and submission of the forms to the College.
B. The Association College will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings deduct the current uniform dues from the pay of the Associationemployee(s) commencing ninety (90) days after the date of hire.
C. The Association may request and shall This deduction will be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsmade twice per month.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of If, during the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation life of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information Agreement, there is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed any change in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda rate of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemmembership dues, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that shall notify the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in College at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyleast sixty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any teacher is mutually scheduled by the Board and the Association to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meeting, he shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Said representatives shall notify the appropriate building principal (or sign in) upon arrival on the premises during school hours.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on its representatives have the agenda of right to use school buildings and premises at all regular Board meetings reasonable hours for brief reports and announcements.
D. meetings. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement notified in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified writing in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and shall initial said notification indicating approval.
K. D. The Association representative will has the right to use school equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, all types of audio-visual equipment, computers, printers, and related equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
E. All expenses of the Association in the conduct of its business and its organization shall be borne by the Association through its members unless otherwise provided within the Agreement.
F. The Association shall have the right to schedule meetings assist the Administration in the planning of the an orientation program for new teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will shall have the right to place have its representatives address the new teachers as part of the orientation program for new teachers. The Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all shall indicate the designated teachers who have accepted the responsibility of assisting new teachers during the new teachers’ mailboxes. Copies first year of all such material employment.
G. All communications from June 15th to August 31st regarding this Agreement will be given directed to the building principal President of the Association by certified return receipt mail. The Association shall assume the cost of the mailings.
H. If any employee represented by the Association does not become a member of the Association during any contract year (July 1 to June 30), he/she shall be required to pay a representation fee which shall be equal in amount to the regular membership dues, initiation fees and Superintendentassessments charged by the Association to its own members up to the maximum amount allowed by law (which is presently set at 85%).
1. During each membership year, but his/the Association will submit to the Board or its representative a list of those employees who have not become members of the Association for the current year. The Board shall deduct from the salaries of said employees the amount specified above and transmit the amount so deducted to the Association. It is understood that said deduction shall be done in as nearly as possible equal installments.
2. If an employee who is required to pay the representation fee terminates his or her advance approval will not be requiredemployment with the Board before the full fee has been paid, the Board shall deduct the balance owed form the last paycheck of said employee.
3. The Association will also have indemnify and hold the right to use Board harmless against any and all claims arising from the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeBoard’s conformance with this provision.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Professional Employees Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees that the Association or shall have access to all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, together with information which may be necessary for participation in the Association to process any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsgrievance. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings shall provide such data in a reasonably prompt manner. In most cases, this shall not exceed two full work weeks from the date of the AssociationAssociation request.
X. Xxxxxxxxx conferences, proceedings and negotiations shall normally be scheduled at times other than regular school hours. However, when the Board or its representatives require or agree to the attendance of any employee to participate in any such activity during regular working hours, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay for such time spent.
C. The Association officers and committees may request and shall conduct Association business during school hours provided that this in no way interferes with the normal operation of the schools. School facilities may be given a place on used for Association meetings provided that prior approval is obtained from the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsbuilding principal.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request Association agrees to meet with representatives reimburse the school district for the actual cost of supplies used, if such were purchased by the Associationschool district.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating Association, state and national representatives, will first report to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolprincipal and secure permission before visiting the school or meeting with individual teachers during school hours.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge or teachers' dining room. The Association shall also be assigned space on the central office bulletin board for posting material by prior approval of the purpose principal. The location of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialAssociation bulletin boards in faculty lounges or teachers' dining rooms shall be designated by the Association. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal.
G. 1. The Board shall grant a leave of absence without pay to the President of the Association for the succeeding school year, but providing a written request is made to the Superintendent of Schools no later than June 1st of the preceding school year.
2. a. Commencing on the September 1st after his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have election, the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members work day schedule of the Association recognize that President, who is a high school equipmentteacher, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless shall reflect a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedrelease from a duty period. In addition, the Association faculty representative unassigned period and the period during which duties could have been assigned absent the first sentence of this provision shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15scheduled either at the end of the normal work day or adjoining the teacher's lunch period.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There The Association and its committees shall be allowed the reasonable use of school buildings for meetings. Times and places of Association meetings shall be reserved with building principals or their offices. Association meetings will not be monitored.
B. Notices of meetings, social events, and matters of general information from the Michigan Education Association and the National Education Association may be posted in teachers' lounges or other mutually agreed upon areas and school offices. Reasonable use of office telephones for local calls and use of the inter-school mail service for Association business are also permitted.
C. The Association shall be credited with thirty-two (32) days to be used by 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 reprisals less than twenty-four (24) hours in advance of taking such days.
D. The Association may purchase any kind taken against any teacher solely number of additional days from the Board of Education for Association business at the cost of a regular substitute. It is agreed that the use of these days will not permit one individual's program to be excessively interrupted. Request for use of these days shall normally be made in writing to the Superintendent by reason the Association president at least twenty-four (24) hours before the day is to be used.
E. The Association will purchase up to three-fifths (3/5) of the time of the Association president, who shall be released from that portion of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any normal duties during his/her term of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsoffice. The Board will provide a replacement for the above portion of time to take over the president's normal duties during his/her term of office. The Association president will confine the Association business to purchased time.
F. Bargaining unit members will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings given the first opportunity to fill extra-curricular bargaining unit positions for which they are qualified. Extra-curricular positions unfilled by bargaining unit members will be offered to non- bargaining unit members. Positions filled by non-bargaining unit members will be posted upon vacancy.
G. The class sponsor positions (two at each grade level) at Center Line High School shall be filled by Center Line High School teachers. Teachers will be given the opportunity to volunteer for these positions. In the event that the positions are not filled by volunteers, the high school principal will make assignments based on a rotation system. The system to be established will be mutually agreed upon between the Center Line High School Administration and CLEA building representatives. If a mutually-agreed system cannot be achieved by the end of the Association.second week of school, the high school principal will establish the system. The rotating system will provide that no teacher will serve as class sponsor the second time before every teacher has served once.
C. H. The Association may request and Board agrees to accept no student teachers without the approval of the supervising teacher. Supervisory teachers of student teachers/interns shall be given a place on tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.assignments.
D. I. The Superintendent following provisions shall be available upon reasonable request applied to meet all requests for information regarding a teacher under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
1. Once the Board receives a FOIA request, the teacher and Association President shall be notified immediately and provided with representatives a copy of the Association.FOIA request.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable 2. As soon as possible and before the FOIA request of is granted, the administration will contact the teacher and/or Association representatives to discuss questions relating arrange for a review of the FOIA request and the documents requested.
3. The Board shall honor all exemptions to the implementation production of this Agreement documents contained in his/her school.Section 13 (1) of FOIA.
F. The Association 4. On any documents that may be released under a FOIA request, all exempt material must be re-dated.
5. On any documents that may be released under a FOIA request, all information exempted under the Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx Employee right to Know Act (MCL423.501) will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.removed.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided up to one-half (1/2) day during new teacher orientation to meet with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftynew teachers.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association the agenda and minutes of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason all public Board meetings and, upon reasonable requests from time to time, all available information concerning the educational program and the financial resources of histhe District including but not limited to; class size, number of specialists, annual financial reports and credits, census data, group teacher/her membership employees insurance premiums and all other data in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespublic domain.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use meetings. The Principal of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. Approval shall be required from the Building Principal which shall not unreasonably be withheld.
K. C. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment (excluding the Board Secretary and District Offices and equipment), including duplicating equipment, and its office all types of audiovisual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use, but providing that no equipment is to be removed from the school building where it is customarily stored. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof. Cost controls and hours of use are to be a designated stop on established by the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership administration in consultation with the Association.
O. Teachers D. All employees shall have available to them in the employee lounge, a bulletin board on which shall be allowed posted all notices affecting current and potential employment, to attend professional meetings with specifically include but not be limited to posting of job openings, work assignments, holidays, calendar, etc. The Association shall have the approval right to use a portion of this bulletin board for official business.
E. The rights and privileges of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to Association and its representatives as set forth in the Association in this section will Agreement shall not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during Associations as the term representative of this Agreementthe employee.
Q. Officers and members F. Whenever any representative of the Association recognize that is required by the Administration or the Board, to participate during hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings in connection with Lacey Township School System, he shall suffer no pay loss.
G. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school equipmentmail facilities, timee-mail and school mailboxes as it deems necessary, subject to the appropriate District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, and materials are intended primarily for the use approval of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number the School Principals, which approval shall not be distributedunreasonably withheld. Should the Association or any of its members violate any of the District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, or the approval of the School Principals, the Association faculty representative agrees to indemnify and hold the Board harmless from any and all claims, causes of action, damages, and judgments arising or resulting from the violation (s), including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the Board. Individual correspondence between an officer of the Association and an individual member shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15considered to be privileged.
S. H. The Association officers and/or representatives President shall be required to teach no more than the first three (3) periods of the day. Presidential office holders other than departmentalized staff shall be required to work no more than three- sevenths (3/7) of the normal working day excluding lunch. Such time shall be contiguous and in the A.M. to fulfill the duties of the position.
I. All beginning orientation programs for new employees shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association Officers will be introduced and will be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyconduct an Association orientation program (not to exceed thirty (30) minutes).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool regular schedule of the inter-school mail service on days when such service is operating. Furthermore, the Association may use school mailboxes and email without administrative permission or review, providing such usage does not interfere with regular school purposes. The Association shall not use the rights granted in this Section to distribute prepackaged circulate materials advocating any sort of job action or related activity. The Association is of the knowledge that the Board owns all equipment and labeled materialreserves the right to retrieve all documents initiated on board owned equipment.
B. The Association shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of an available bulletin board in the faculty lounge, or a reasonable portion of a bulletin board if only one board exists in the faculty lounge in a given school.
C. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings, the person shall suffer no loss in pay. However, if negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings are scheduled outside of normal working hours the representative will not be eligible for any additional pay.
D. Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and its office the National Education Association shall be a designated stop permitted to transact official Association business on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mailschool property at all reasonable times, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeprovided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in E. The Association and its representatives shall have the Association.
O. Teachers right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Association shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with receive the approval of the Superintendentrelevant Principal, in writing. However, should the district incur any out-of-pocket expenses associated with this event the district shall be reimbursed for all expenses.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment, including computers, typewriters, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
G. The Board shall comply with employer obligations to provide information to the Association in this section will not be granted necessary to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementcarry out its negotiations and grievance handling responsibilities.
Q. Officers and 1. The Board agrees that, should it decide to subcontract or privatize the services of any group of support staff employees, all affected members of that group and the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials President shall receive written notice of the Board’s intentions at least 45 working days before such action takes place. “Working days” are intended primarily for the use of pupilsdefined as all week days.
R. Unless 2. The Board shall discuss with the Association its intention to permanently subcontract an entire unit sub-group’s work or a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedsignificant portion of a unit subgroup’s work prior to the Board’s final decision to subcontract. “Unit sub-group” is defined as one of the groups listed in Article 2A.
I. Effective September 1, 1997, the Association faculty representative President shall not be provided with assigned a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15duty period.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee participates during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesmutually scheduled negotiations, grievance proceeding, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association will shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with copies or interrupt normal school operations.
C. Non-certified staff members of minutes this unit who are duly elected representatives of public session official the Association Executive Board meetings. The Board will and/or Representative Council shall be provided copies of minutes of public session permitted to attend not more than two (2) Association meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request Executive Board and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsRepresentative Council per month.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue permitted to use school buildings without cost charge at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use by making requests in accordance with usual practices of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such proposed meetings. The Superintendent of Schools shall be given a list of all Association officers.
K. E. The Association representative will have shall be permitted to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the right actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programsuch use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationF. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, the use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and teacher dining room. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the Central Office for the purpose of displaying Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not . Any Association notices to be requiredplaced on the bulletin board in the Central Office shall be approved by the Superintendent or the building principal.
M. G. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of building principals or other members of the administration. A copy of all communications to the general membership shall be furnished to the principals of the school at least one day before the placing of them in the inter-school mailing facilities, except in cases of emergency.
H. All orientation programs for new teachers shall be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such cost as may be mutually agreed upon during planning of such programs. To the extent prohibited by law, the Board shall not be expected to assume the cost of purely social events conducted as part of such orientation programs, nor shall the Association be expected to assume the cost of speakers, consultants, and services normally considered an appropriate, professional in-service training activity of the Board of Education.
I. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement in its entirely shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees covered by this Agreement, and to no other organizations.
X. The association president shall have guaranteed time off the last two(2) periods of the school day as necessary for association business. In addition, the President or President's designee shall have available five (5) days release time per year, aggregate, for Association business. Said days shall not be consecutive, except at the end of the year to complete Association business, and shall require three (3) days' written notice to the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to make available to the Association in
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsreasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal (or the person in charge) of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. Prior approval by the School Business Administrator shall be obtained. This decision shall be subject to the grievance procedure.
K. E. Orientation programs for new employees may be co- sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association assuming equally such costs as may be mutually agreed upon during the planning of such programs. The School Board shall not assume the cost of purely social events conducted as part of such orientation programs, nor shall the Association be expected to assume the cost of speakers, consultants, and services normally considered an appropriate professional in- service training activity of a board of education.
F. The Board of Education shall provide a method whereby the employees through their Association, the Superintendent, and a committee of the Board of Education shall jointly develop personnel policies for presentation to the Board.
G. The Board agrees to consult with the Association in the formation of the school calendar.
H. The Association representative will have may be placed on the right to schedule agenda of faculty meetings with the prior approval of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programbuilding administrator.
L. There will I. All vacancies and new positions inclusive of positions paying salary differentials shall be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved adequately posted in every school. All qualified employees shall be given an opportunity to make application for such position(s). All posting(s) must give the Associationindividual at least five (5) school days in which to respond to a posting, except in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialemergency. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but The superintendent or his/her advance approval will not designee shall reply in writing of receipt of said request within ten (10) days. Postings shall be requiredlisted on district web site, and school or district bulletin boards. The President of the Association shall receive a copy of all postings for this unit at the time of posting.
M. J. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and its office shall be a designated stop on all types of audio- visual equipment at
K. The Association reserves the interschool mail distribution route right for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed President and designee to attend professional meetings request to meet with the approval Administrators in charge of Human Resources and Staff Development periodically at the end of the Superintendentworkday without compensation.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees to furnish to the Association or for participation in any response to reasonable request from time to time all public information concerning the financial resources of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of the district, agendas and minutes of public session official all Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request , census data, individual and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports group employees health insurance premium and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the experience figures, names and addresses of all new teachers employees, and all retiring teachers as soon as such other information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs together with information which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall may be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order necessary for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare process any grievance or complaint.
B. Whenever any representative of the school systemAssociation or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties during work hours in negotiations or grievance procedures, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachershe shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Board of Education shall assist in maintaining clean, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. up to date faculty/employee rooms in each building.
D. The Association representative will check in at and its representatives may have the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue privilege to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided meetings, upon application for use of buildings through the use Superintendent of Schools. The Principal of the building concerned shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. E. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings may, with administrative permission, use school facilities and equipment, including computers, duplicating equipment, printers, and all types of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do audio-visual equipment, when such equipment is not disrupt the normal school programotherwise in use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationF. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose exclusive use of displaying notices, circulars, and such materiala specified area on a bulletin board in each faculty lounge. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator.
M. G. The Association will shall have the right privilege to place use the inter-school facilities and school mail boxes as it deems necessary and so long as it does not disrupt mail distribution for school purposes.
H. The above privileges may be withdrawn at the discretion of the Superintendent, if abused.
I. The rights and privileges of the Association notices, circulars, and other materials its representatives as set forth in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will this Agreement shall be given granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the teachers and to no other teacher organizations.
J. The Association shall be provided, without cost to it, adequate office space in a building principal at a location and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not of a description to be requiredmutually agreed upon. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings install a telephone in such office at its own expense, and pay for its operation. K The Board shall enter into no contract for instruction of students with groups or companies other than staff properly certified by the State of New Jersey with the approval exception of Community Education. L The Board of Education understands the necessity of release time for Association business. Concurrently, the Association understands the necessity to maintain instructional time. Toward that end, the president of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Audubon Education Association in this section will not be granted 135 minutes release time per week. Such time shall be in addition to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of regularly scheduled preparation time and lunch periods as provided in this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be Upon request, the Board agrees to make available to the Association public records and documents of the Board. The Association shall receive all policies of the Board.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the Board and Association to participate in meetings during his/her Board-assigned responsibilities, he/she shall suffer no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason loss in compensation of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationtime.
C. The Representatives of the Flemington-Raritan Education Association, the Hunterdon County Educational Association, the New Jersey Educational Association, and the National Educational Association may request and shall be given have the privilege to transact official Association business on school property during the school day. It is understood this shall not conflict with a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsteacher's primary responsibility or assignment.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose use of displaying notices, circularsa bulletin board in each faculty lounge, and such material. Copies when not in use for regular school operations, any school equipment and/or facilities, with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies may use school mailboxes with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator. The Association will also have may use inter-school mail facilities for the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged purposes of informing employees about negotiations and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings contract maintenance matters with the prior annual approval of the Superintendent.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school facilities in accordance with the Board policy on "Use of School Facilities."
G. No instruction shall be provided students in the Flemington-Raritan District during the school day without certified personnel in attendance. Teachers in the Flemington-Raritan School District will be assigned to Board-approved after-school activities. If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, there are no qualified staff members, these positions may be staffed by outside personnel.
H. The Board agrees to furnish a tentative budget to the Association whenever it becomes available, prior to the public hearing.
I. The Board agrees not to negotiate concerning said employment in the negotiating unit, as defined in Article 1 of this section will not be granted to Agreement, with any organization other teachers’ group or organization during than the term Association for the duration of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of J. It is understood that the Association recognize that school equipmentPresident is expected to work a regular work schedule. However, timeeach year the Superintendent will review the work schedule for the Association President, and materials are intended primarily will try to build into the schedule free time to be used for the Association business. This paragraph will sunset on June 30, 2010.
K. The Association will have use of pupilsroom 2L in RFIS for Association business, so long as this room is not needed for other district needs. This paragraph will sunset on June 30, 2010.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees that the Association or shall have access to all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, together with information which may be necessary for participation the Association to process any grievance. The Board shall provide such data in any a reasonably prompt manner. In most cases, this shall not exceed two full work weeks from the date of its lawful activitiesthe Association request.
B. The Association will Grievance conferences, proceedings and negotiations shall normally be provided with copies scheduled at times other than regular school hours. However, when the Board or its representatives require or agree to the attendance of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationany employee to participate in any such activity during regular working hours, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay for such time spent.
C. The Association officers and committees may request and shall conduct Association business during school hours provided that this in no way interferes with the normal operation of the schools. School facilities may be given a place on used for Association meetings provided that prior approval is obtained from the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsbuilding principal.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request Association agrees to meet with representatives reimburse the school district for the actual cost of supplies used, if such were purchased by the Associationschool district.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating Association, state and national representatives, will first report to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolprincipal and secure permission before visiting the school or meeting with individual teachers during school hours.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge or teachers' dining room. The Association shall also be assigned space on the central office bulletin board for posting material by prior approval of the purpose principal. The location of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialAssociation bulletin boards in faculty lounges or teachers' dining rooms shall be designated by the Association. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal.
G. 1. The Board shall grant a leave of absence without pay to the President of the Association for the succeeding school year, but providing a written request is made to the Superintendent of Schools no later than June 1st of the preceding school year.
2. a. Commencing on the September 1st after his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have election, the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members work day schedule of the Association recognize that President, who is a high school equipmentteacher, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless shall reflect a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedrelease from a duty period. In addition, the Association faculty representative unassigned period and the period during which duties could have been assigned absent the first sentence of this provision shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15scheduled either at the end of the normal work day or adjoining the teacher's lunch period.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business with individual teachers or employees on school property after school hours provided that prior approval is obtained from the school principal on each occasion, and that it will be no reprisals not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Ocean County Vocational Board of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.Education O . C . V . T . E . A . 13 - May- 10 2010-2013 Contract
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsAssociation, its representatives, and committees, shall meet and conduct its business on non- school time unless otherwise approved by the administration. The privilege of use of any part of school building facilities and rooms shall be governed by the needs of the educational program and use of the facility at the time of the request upon authority and approval of the Board will of Education as delegated to the building principal or Superintendent. Any costs incurred above normal usage for maintenance, operation, or custodial care shall be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of borne by the Association.
C. The Association may request shall recognize that school facilities, equipment and shall supplies are the property of the people in the District with legal custodial responsibility vested in the Board of Education. Legal accountability mandates that general use of School District property be given a place on upon expressed authorization by the agenda Board of all regular Education, or as delegated by the Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsto its administrative representatives.
D. The Superintendent shall be Where available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided and consistent with the names education program and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemconstant practice, the Association representative may visit schools and talk shall have in each school building the use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge. In the above listed location, where one board is available, the use shall be shared in common with teachers, provided that the exercise needs of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in , as mutually arrived at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of with the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialprincipal. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will for approval. Materials to be posted shall not be required. contain anything political or controversial.
E. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw use the teacher mailboxes and the school computer system for communication with its members, for the transaction of its business with the limitation that such does not interfere with the primary purpose of such facility. Copies of all material to be placed in mailboxes shall be given to the building principal for approval. Such material shall not contain anything political or controversial.
F. The Board retains the right to immediately cancel the provision of the sections dealing with "Bulletin Boards" and "Mailboxes" for any violation thereof.
G. All documents classified as public information and required by law to be given to the public shall be made available upon request to the Association within a total reasonable time of fiftytheir request concerning same. The cost of photocopying such document shall be imposed upon the Association with the discretion of the School Board.
H. One (1) Custodial and one (1) Secretarial Executive Committee Member may be excused at 3:00
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsSection 1. The Board will be provided copies agrees to make available to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time all available information concerning the educational programs and the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to: class size, number of specialists, annual financial reports and audits, register of certificated personnel, tentative budgetary requirements and allocations, agendas and minutes of public session meetings all Board meetings, census data, individual and group administrator health insurance premiums and experience figures, names of all administrators, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the administrators, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievances or complaint. Regarding such requests for information: they shall be made by advance written notice to the Secretary of the Board; they shall not interfere with normal office procedure of the Board of Education; no records shall leave the Board of Education offices; and the expense of duplicating any data shall be borne by the Association.
C. The Section 2. Whenever any representative of the Association may request and or any administrator participates during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings, he/she shall be given a place on the agenda suffer no loss of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementspay.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives Section 3. Representatives of the Association, the Xxxxxx County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business in school buildings or on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations and provided that a one
(1) week notice be given to the Superintendent and approval be obtained from the Board.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. Section 4. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will its representatives shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet use school buildings at all reasonable hours for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, meetings provided that the exercise of this right will shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations, and provided that a one (1) week written notice be given through the educational programSuperintendent and approval obtained from the Board President or Vice President. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the chief school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use administrator of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified two (2) days in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and permission shall not be unreasonably withheld.
K. Section 5. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment if not otherwise in use, excluding copy machines. The Association shall pay for the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programreasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use and damage to said equipment through use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for Section 6. The Association shall have the Association, in an appropriate place right to purchase expendable office supplies and other materials from the Board’s suppliers at the price paid by the Board subject to the suppliers’ approval.
Section 7. The Association shall have in each school building, building the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and teacher’s room. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the central office for Association notices. The location of the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialAssociation bulletin boards in each room shall be reasonably designated by the Association. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principalsupervisor, but his/her advance not approval will not shall be required.
M. Section 8. The Association will shall have the right to place Association noticesuse, circularswithin reason, the inter- school mail facilities and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal school mail boxes as it deems necessary and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendentbuildings’ principals or other members of the administration and that approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. This provision is inapplicable to bulk mail.
P. Section 9. The Board shall grant leave with pay to the President of the Association or another officer designated by him during his term of office. Said combined leaves are not to exceed ten (10) days in a single school year. The purpose of such leave is to attend conferences and conventions of N.E.A. and N.J.E.A. and other meetings important to the Xxxxxx County Area Vocational Technical Education Association business and educational goals for the Xxxxxx County Schools of Technology. Additional leave may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent, upon written request stating the reason for additional leave.
Section 10. The Association shall be invited to reasonably participate in all orientation programs for new administrators as required.
Section 11. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted to the Association in this section will not be granted as the exclusive representative of the administrators and to any no other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementorganization.
Q. Officers and members Section 12. The Association, through its President at his home address, shall receive advance written notice of the full agenda for:
a. The Board of Education’s monthly public meetings at least three (3) days in advance; said agenda is subject to last minute changes;
b. Negotiation meetings of the Association recognize that school equipmentand the Board, timeor between their respective representatives, and materials are intended primarily for if the use of pupilsBoard calls such meetings.
R. Unless Section 13. The Board shall provide the Association, wherein an Association president is employed, with adequate office space, desk and telephone at a teacher requests that his/her address location and phone number not of a description to be distributed, mutually agreed upon.
Section 14. The Board and the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15agree to answer each other’s written inquiries.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted Section 15. The Board agrees to draw upon a total deduct 85 percent of fiftythe usual union dues for non-members excluding those not covered under the recognition clause.
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Samples: Administrative Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any authorized representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any authorized or involved teacher participates during working hours in any negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings scheduled by the Committee or Administration, he/she shall suffer no loss of its lawful activitiespay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings allowed to use school buildings at reasonable hours for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachersmeetings, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified contacted at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the time and place of all such meetings to assure that there are no conflicts with other planned activities. Standard procedures for use of school facilities will be followed for all meetings.
K. C. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationshall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, building the use of at least one appropriately placed bulletin board in each faculty lounge or designated area for the purpose of displaying posting official Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to signed by an authorized representative of the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredAssociation. The Association will also determine that which is appropriate for the bulletin board.
D. The Association shall have the right to use school mailboxes for the interschool mail purpose of “mailing” official Association notices. Copies of all materials to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office be “mailed” in the school mailboxes shall be a designated stop signed by an authorized representative of the Association. The Association will determine that which is appropriate for the mailboxes.
E. The Association President shall be release from work responsibilities for the last three (3) hours of the work day, with the exception of days on which there are regularly scheduled faculty meetings or professional development activities. The President shall be relieved of all non-teaching duties during the interschool mail distribution route term of office. The Association shall reimburse the Methuen Public Schools for delivery the full cost of interschool mail, so long as the substitute.
F. The Committee agrees to provide office space to the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher in the amount of space available beginning with the 1999-2000 school year. Any utilities will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification the responsibility of membership in the Association. In the event that the Methuen School System needs space utilized by the Association, the Committee reserves the right to reclaim such space but will make every effort to relocate the office of the Association.
O. Teachers G. Association Days: Upon five (5) days prior notice, whenever practicable, the Association president and elected Association representatives, whom he/she designates, may use up to fifteen (15) days for attending MTA and/or NEA committees, conventions and conferences, in order to represent the Methuen Education Association at such meetings. No more than two (2) people may participate in any one conference or convention. Methuen Education Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of the substitutes.
H. Association Days: Upon five (5) days prior notice, teacher delegates to the MTA may request a day to attend the Annual Meeting of Delegates. The Methuen Education Association shall reimburse the District for the cost of the substitutes. No more than one delegate will be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval for each fifty members of the SuperintendentUnit A bargaining unit.
P. I. The rights and/or privileges granted Association will be provided with a copy of minutes of official Committee meetings (except minutes of executive session meetings) that are distributed to Committee members at official meetings as soon as possible after such meetings. A copy of the official agenda of the meeting, and any attached documents, will be mailed to the Association in this section will not be granted prior to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementsaid meeting.
Q. Officers and members J. At the beginning of the Association recognize that each school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedyear, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses list of the new teachers in the system and telephone numbers, by September 15a list of the distribution of teachers on the current salary schedule. A list of all teachers and their assignments shall be given to the Association at the beginning of each school year as soon as it is prepared for publication.
S. K. An updated seniority list will be provided to the Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total President by October 15th of fiftyeach year.
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. 1. In order for the Association to properly administer this agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association will have access to all school buildings and to all teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program.
2. The Board will, upon written request, provide the Association with any documents which will assist it in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and the students together with any other available information which may be necessary for the Association to formulate programs or process grievances under this agreement.
3. The Association may use school facilities and equipment including word processors, photocopying machines and other duplicating equipment, machines, and audio-visual equipment at reasonable times. The cost of the supplies and/or usage charges shall be paid by the Association.
4. There will be no reprisals one (1) bulletin board of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason appropriate size reserved for the Association in each school building for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and other such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal but his/her membership advance approval will not be required.
5. The Association may have the privilege of placing notices, circulars, and other material in all teachers' mailboxes. In addition, Association representatives shall be able to use the Board’s electronic communications systems for Association business. All Association communication will be identified as a communication from the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association and will be provided comply with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingspolicies and procedures. The Board will be provided copies held harmless in the case of minutes of public session meetings of computer or system interruptions or interruptions in access to the Associationelectronic communication system.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. 6. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses school assignments of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableupon request from the Association.
G. 7. The Association will may have the right to have placed privilege of placing in the Superintendent’s 's packet for to all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association Association, which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx Worcester County Public School Systemschool system.
H. 8. The Association shall be given a place on granted ten (10) days leave for use by the agenda President of the orientation program for new teachers Association to explain attend professional meetings. A substitute will be employed by the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order Board for the Association President while on leave. The ten (10) days must consist of ten (10) whole days or any combination of whole and half days whose sum is ten (10) whole days. The building principal shall be notified at least one week in advance, if possible, of the day leave is to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers be taken unless an emergency situation exists. Whenever possible, considering staff allocations, student course requirements and the welfare limited flexibility of an elementary teacher's schedule, the WCTA President will be granted an additional nonteaching period daily for Association business. If the additional planning period cannot be scheduled, the principal will give the reasons in writing to the WCTA President. If the teacher is not satisfied, an appeal will be made to the Superintendent whose decision will be final. If the Association President is an elementary teacher, nonteaching duties will not be assigned and this time will be available for Association business.
9. The President of the Association may designate one teacher per month to represent the Association at the regular monthly Board meeting with the expense being borne by the Board. Representatives will be selected from a different school systemeach month, a given school being used only once per year.
10. In conjunction with the Maryland State Teachers' Convention, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, Board will grant no more than two (2) teachers one (1) day each per year to attend committee meetings where their attendance is pertinent. Substitute funds for these teachers will be provided that by the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational programBoard.
11. The Association representative will check in at President and the front office Superintendent of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association Schools shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, meet on a monthly basis for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies discussing mutual concerns of all such material will be given the educational programs of the Worcester County Public Schools.
a. Subject to the building principalterms and conditions of this agreement and to the provisions of the Education Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, it shall be the exclusive function of the Board and the Superintendent of Schools to determine the mission of the county public education system and to operate the affairs and direct the personnel of the system in all aspects, including but his/her advance approval will not limited to the standard of service to be required.
M. The Association will have offered; the efficiency of administration, the methods, means and personnel by which such operations are to be conducted; the right to place Association noticesdiscipline; and to take whatever action and issue rules, circularspolicies and procedures, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies regulations necessary to carry out the mission of all such material will be given the county public education system for which they are responsible and which is entrusted to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredthem.
12. The Association will also have be given the right opportunity to use meet with new teachers at the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routeannual new teacher orientation.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees to furnish or make available to the Association or for participation in any President one copy of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of Board minutes of public session official Board meetingsmeetings and a synopsis of the audit report. The Board will deliver a copy of the proposed agenda for public Board meetings if and when copies thereof are delivered to Board members, provided that nothing herein contained shall be provided copies construed to preclude the Board from conducting business not on the proposed agenda or from amending, altering, or changing such agenda. The Board agrees that if it amends or alters the proposed agenda prior to the time fixed for the public meeting, every effort will be made to notify the Association President of minutes such changes therein. The Board agrees to make available to the President of public session meetings the Association and/or a designated representative, for inspection and/or copying in response to reasonable requests from time to time, annual financial reports and audits, names and addresses of all certificated personnel and such other information, as is neither privileged nor the work product of the Board or administration, which would assist the Association in developing programs.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring that such negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, be scheduled during working hours.
C. Any District-wide committee formed by the Board containing parents and students and dealing with the educational program shall have two Association representatives, one from each school; any such committee dealing with a single school shall have one Association representative from that school.
D. Representatives of the Association.
C. The Association may request , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association, shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that such activity shall not interfere with nor interrupt normal school operations, and provided that such representatives check in at the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of building principal’s office when entering the Associationbuilding.
E. The principal of each Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school shall be available buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings, upon reasonable request of Association representatives notice to discuss questions relating to and approval by the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolBoard Secretary, or a designee, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld.
F. The Association will shall have the right to use such typewriters, copiers and duplicating equipment, computers and related equipment, media technology and related equipment, access to the Internet, etc., as may be provided with in each school upon reasonable notice to and approval by the names building principal or a designee, which approval shall not be withheld unless such equipment as is desired is in use, or about to be used for other authorized purposes. The approval may be revoked if the equipment is required for school use after the Association has begun using it. Such equipment shall be operated only by members of the Association experienced in its use, and addresses the Association shall bear full financial responsibility for its misuse or damage while so being used. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all new teachers materials and all retiring teachers as soon as supplies incidental to such information is availableuse.
G. The Association will have shall have, in each school building, the right to have placed exclusive use of a bulletin board in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared each lounge and dining room, provided that no materials shall be displayed thereon unless it has first been signed or initialed by the president of the Association which informs said teachers or any officer thereof designated by the President. The signing or initialing of any such materials by an Association officer shall not be construed to mean that the Association is recognized as or its officers endorse or subscribe to any of the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers opinions expressed or positions espoused in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemsuch materials.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled materialschool mail boxes as it deems necessary and without the approval of building principals or other members of the administration, provided that the amount of such use shall be reasonable and not burden the facilities, and its office that the Board’s clerical staff shall not be used. It is understood and agreed that this right does not include sending unstamped mail relating to Association organizing and business through the inter-school mail facilities in violation of the Private Express statutes (18 U.S.C. 1693-1699 and 39 U.S.C. 601-606). The District’s email system may also be used by the Association on the same basis as the inter-school mail facilities and shall be a designated stop on subject to the interschool mail distribution route District’s Internet use policy. The Association understands that correspondence sent in this manner is not confidential.
I. During an orientation program for delivery new employees, scheduled by the Board, the Association shall be allocated one
(1) hour during the time when such employees are required to attend school for the purpose of interschool mailconducting Association programs of any kind to which such new employees will be invited. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to require such programs sponsored by the Association during its allotted time, and the Board shall not require, nor shall the Board discourage, attendance, however.
J. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this agreement shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and to no other organization purporting to represent employees in the unit for collective bargaining purposes.
K. The President shall have unrestricted use of the school day other than during an assigned homeroom period, supervision period, preparation and teaching periods, provided only that the President shall not during the course of any activity disturb, distract, disrupt or interfere with the performance of their duties by other members of the unit. In addition, the principal shall release the President or Vice President of the Association from his/her supervision period and homeroom duties for the purpose of permitting him/her to perform his/her duties as President or Vice President of the Association if and for so long as there are other teachers available to whom the Association office is on a regular routehomeroom and supervision period responsibilities can be assigned , provided that only one of the two officers above shall be entitled to such release time during any given time.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers L. The Board shall be allowed grant up to attend professional meetings five days’ leave with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted pay to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members President of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use purpose of pupilsattending Association business.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, if reasonable, or otherwise to make available for inspection, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all available information concerning the financial resources of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason the district, including but not limited to: annual financial reports and audits, register of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any certificated personnel, notices of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of special meetings, and minutes of public session official all Public Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the , census data, names and addresses of all new teachers, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and their students, together with information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint, provided that the Board shall not be required to furnish any information under this Paragraph which is not public information or which is confidential or the work product of the Board or Administration.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he shall suffer no loss in pay, provided that nothing herein shall be construed to require that such negotiations, grievance proceedings, conference or meetings be scheduled during working hours.
C. Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all retiring teachers as soon as reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations or regular teacher assignments and such information representatives have checked in with the Principal of the building.
D. The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings, subject to the provisions of the Board's "Rules for Use and Rental of Facilities and Equipment", provided, however, that the Association shall not be required to furnish insurance certificates, shall not be denied use of the facilities unless there is availablea conflict with other scheduled events, shall make its application to the Secretary of the Board, rather than to the Board, and such application shall be determined by the Board's Secretary after consultation with the building Principal, that the Association shall not be required to pay for a custodian if their meeting occurs when the custodian is ordinarily on the premises, and that the Board or its agents will not unnecessarily interfere with Association meetings.
E. The Association shall have the right to use school typewriters, mimeographing machines, duplicating equipment, calculating machines and audio-visual equipment when such equipment is not otherwise in use or about to be used. The
F. The Association shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge or employee dining room. No approval shall be required of the material to be posted on such bulletin boards.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter- school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mail boxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of building Principals or other members of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted Administration, provided that no Board personnel shall be required to assist the Association in this section will use of such boxes of facilities, and the Association shall not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementoverburden such inter- school facilities.
Q. Officers and members of H. During any orientation program for new employees scheduled by the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedBoard, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15allocated one hour for the purpose of conducting Association programs of any kind to which the new employees may be invited. The Board shall not discourage attendance at such programs.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for Association meetings; provided approval has been granted by the Superintendent after filing of a building application form, which approval shall not be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in unreasonably withheld. Furthermore, the Association shall have the right to use school equipment, including word processors, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio- visual equipment at times which will not interfere with the operation of school or central office business. The Association shall furnish all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for participation in any repairs necessitated as a result of its lawful activitiessaid use.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose exclusive use of displaying noticesa bulletin board. This board shall be in either the faculty lounge or teacher's dining room. The location of the Association bulletin board shall be where presently located and if a board is present in both rooms, circularsthe Association shall have the option of deciding which board it shall use. As new buildings are erected, and the Association shall advise the Superintendent as to where it wishes its board. The costs of such materialboards shall be borne by the Board. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no approval will not shall be required.
M. C. The Association will shall have the right to place Association noticesreasonable use of the district e-mail subject to Board policy and regulation, circulars, school mail boxes and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail facilities.
D. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to distribute prepackaged and labeled materialthe Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and its to no other organization.
E. The President of the Association, during his term of office, shall be relieved from any extra duties; study hall, corridor duty, lunch or playground duty, pre-school or post-school duties such as bus or parking duty or detention. Annually, the Association shall certify to the Superintendent of Schools the name of the President of the Association by July 1. If it becomes necessary to change the President of the Association because of illness, death, or change of employment, the person designated to fill the vacated office shall be a designated stop on granted the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long above as the Association office is on a regular routesoon as feasible.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to F. Whenever any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members representatives of the Association recognize that school equipmentparticipate in meetings mutually convened during working hours, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use they shall suffer no loss of pupilspay.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of The Board shall make available to the Association any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsdomain regarding financial data. The Board will also make available information, which may be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings necessary for the Association to process any grievance.
B. Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is scheduled by the Board to participate during work hours in negotiations or grievance processing he/she shall suffer no loss in pay or leave time.
C. The Association and its representatives shall have the privilege of using the District buildings at reasonable hours for meetings with permission of the Superintendent or his/her designee. Where possible, at no expense to the Board, other sites used by employees will be made similarly available. If anyone other than Association members and/or representatives is involved, the Association may request be required to show proof of liability insurance and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsprovide appropriate security.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon have reasonable request to meet with representatives space on all existing bulletin Boards in areas used exclusively by employees in District buildings and where possible in other work sites.
E. Instructional staff members of the Association.
E. The principal 's Executive Committee may be permitted to leave their buildings to conduct Association business during their non-assigned, non- contract periods and during the time that employees are required to stay in school following dismissal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request the students provided there is no disruption of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation instruction or supervision of this Agreement in his/her schoolpupils. This permission would not apply when staff meetings or conferences are scheduled.
F. The Association will be provided submit to the Superintendent prior to December 1st of each year its recommendations with respect to the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableschool calendar for the ensuing year.
G. The Association will shall have the right to have placed reasonable use of the inter-school mail facility and mailboxes under the control of the District and the Board will attempt to obtain similar privileges in all buildings where employees may be assigned. Other than routine announcements, the Superintendent’s packet for permission of the Chief School Administrator will be required unless all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers materials are in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemsealed envelopes.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the reasonable use of pupilsdata processing, typewriting, duplication, communications and audio-visual equipment subject to paying for any incurred costs.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to make available to the Association, upon request, information required by the Association in developing accurate and realistic programs. Said information shall be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the form of existing public information and additional existing budgetary and financial material and data. Names and addresses of new personnel shall be made available to the Association or for participation in any the purposes of its lawful activitiesmailing, informing and roster construction. A comprehensive list of total existing personnel shall be made available with the appropriate guide step level for the purpose of proposal calculation only.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Whenever any member - representative of the AssociationWVEA or any teacher - is mutually scheduled by both parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Association may request and Representatives of the WVEA shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on school property after approval of said use by the agenda School Superintendent and subject to conditions and regulations as set by the Wallkill Valley Board of all regular Board meetings Education. Notification of said intended use shall be submitted to the Superintendent at least one week prior thereto (except in cases of an Association declared emergency) whereupon the permission for brief reports and announcementssaid use shall not be unreasonably withheld.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available have the privilege of reasonable use of office equipment such as typewriters, photocopiers, computers, and calculating machines, upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of request, in such locations and at such times as set by the AssociationAdministration provided the Association pays for any damage it is responsible for.
E. The principal Association shall have the right to purchase expendable office supplies and other materials from the Board of each school shall be available upon reasonable request Education at the price paid by the Board provided the Association pays for supplies in advance and that supplies are on hand in sufficient quantities to meet the educational needs of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided shall share with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableAdministration a bulletin board for official business in the faculty lounge.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on school mailboxes with the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a provision that this does not interfere with regular routeschool business.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in X. Xx Association representative may speak at all faculty meetings upon the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval request of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members representative after conclusion of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsregular meeting.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, or conferences and meetings related to same, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Representatives of parent organizations (e.g., the New Jersey Education Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the National Education Association) may transact business on school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings property with the approval of the Superintendent. Approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such transactions shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
P. C. The rights and/or privileges Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to its use.
D. All opening of school orientation programs for new teachers shall be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such costs as may be actually agreed upon during planning of such programs.
E. The Board shall provide a total of twelve (12) days per school year of released time for the Mahwah Education Association president, officers, and committee persons to perform functions as Association representatives. Of the twelve (12) days, the president shall take no more than five (5) days of released time and each other officer or committee member shall take no more than three (3) days per person. The person applying for said leave shall notify his/her immediate superior two (2) days in advance and shall be granted released time as set forth in this Article.
F. At least thirty (30) days prior to any official Board action which will cause a reduction in force of covered employees to occur, the Board shall notify the Association, in writing, of said impending action. The Association shall have the right, within the notification period and prior to said official action by the Board, to make its views known, in writing, to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this AgreementBoard.
Q. Officers and members G. In the event of privatization, at least three (3) months prior notice will be given to unit members.
H. Each building administrator shall, upon the request of the Association recognize that school equipmentcommittee or the principal, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use meet with a building committee of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, staff appointed by the Association faculty representative to review and recommend practices on student discipline in that school building. Said meeting shall be provided scheduled within fifteen (15) days of the initial request. All recommended practices shall be consistent with the policy of the Mahwah Public Schools. In the event there is a faculty listdisagreement concerning any of the practices on discipline between the building administrator and the committee, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15each may present its position to the Superintendent whose decision on the matter shall be final.
S. I. The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, information which may be necessary for the Association officers to process any complaints, grievances, and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftynegotiations.
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Samples: Employment Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her their membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. C. The Superintendent appropriate administrator or supervisor shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. D. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her their school.
F. E. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available. Each quarter, the Association will be provided the names of teachers who retired during that quarter. The Association recognizes that the Board can only submit information actually provided by the employee.
G. F. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx Howard County Public School System.
H. G. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. H. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office and identify themselves as an Association representative to the front office staff of the school upon his/her their arrival.
J. I. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal administrator of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. J. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or or, at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. K. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her their advance approval will not be required.
M. L. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her their advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. M. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. N. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. O. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. P. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Q. Unless a teacher requests that his/her their address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. R. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyfifty (50) full days for use for Association business. Upon request of the president, a representative shall be released from professional duties for Association duties, with payments of substitutes, if necessary, borne by the Association. Notice of such absence shall be given as far in advance as reasonably possible to the employee’s immediate superior, but in no case shall the notice be less than 48 hours. No one may use more than five (5) consecutive days or more than ten (10) days in a school year under this Article. Any Association leave days remaining at the end of each year may be deducted from the amount HCEA pays to the Board for the Association president’s salary. The amount deducted for each day will be the difference between the daily substitute rate and the daily rate of the president.
S. In addition to paragraph S, the Association may designate a maximum of thirty-five (35) unit members to attend the annual Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) convention.
1. The Association shall, ten (10) calendar days prior to the first day of the MSEA convention, submit a list of unit member names designated to attend said meeting to the Superintendent. Their approval will not be necessary.
2. The Board shall allow the designated unit members not more than one (1) full duty day for such attendance, without loss of pay or any other benefit due them, per school year.
3. The Board and the Association agree that this section (Article 14, Section T) does not apply if schools are closed on the day that the convention Maryland State Education Association is held.
T. The Board of Education shall provide the Association with copies of all policy changes or directives issued by the Board or Central Office administrative personnel that affect wages, hours, or conditions of employment of teachers as a group. The Board shall provide the Association written notification of any change to a position description (for positions covered under this agreement) as soon as reasonably possible. This language is not subject to the grievance process.
U. The Board shall furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time available information concerning the financial resources of the system, including but not limited to: annual financial reports, names of teachers, individual and teacher group health insurance premiums and experience figures, and such other information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and the students as well as informed proposals during the course of negotiations.
V. Association representatives and Board of Directors members shall be permitted to leave the school building immediately following student dismissal in those schools dismissing students at 3:15 or later for the purpose of attending scheduled Association meetings. Such early departure shall not exceed two (2) times per month.
W. The Association president shall have access to the sick leave bank when 15 days of Association- provided sick leave are exhausted.
X. Teachers interested in terminating HCEA membership must submit a written withdrawal to the HCEA office. If the written request is not received during the withdrawal window, on or before September 15th, membership costs will be collected for the entire year. If a withdrawal of membership occurs after September 15th, full membership dues will be deducted by payroll for that year unless there are insufficient funds in the employee’s final paycheck, then HCEA will be responsible for collecting any balance that remains outstanding.
Y. The Association and the Board agree that it is mutually advantageous to have Association bargaining units represented on HCPSS Board policy groups and committees.
Z. The parties will study the feasibility of negotiating provisions under which HCEA employees that implement employee benefits in the contractual agreement (i.e.., sick leave bank, family crisis leave, Help A Child, etc.…) will be considered employees under the HCPSS plan document and be eligible to participate in the HCPSS health insurance.
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Samples: Master Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Representatives of the Association and its affiliates will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in permitted to transact official Association business on school property at reasonable times, provided that this business shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations and is outside the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesstudent school day. Both the building principal and Superintendent shall be notified whenever practical.
B. The Association will shall have the right to use school buildings for meetings at all reasonable hours provided that this shall not interfere with normal school operations. Such use shall be provided in accordance with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsRSU5’s established procedures. The Board will be provided copies Association agrees to assume costs of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationcustodial services and police services whenever such services are required.
C. The Whenever any representative of the Association may request and or any educator is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during work hours in negotiations, grievance meetings, conferences or other meetings, he/she shall be given a place on the agenda suffer no loss of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementspay.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon reasonable request have the right to meet with representatives of the Associationuse school mailboxes and inter-school mail provided such use does not result in any additional expense to RSU5.
E. The Association shall have, in each building, the right to use a bulletin board in each faculty room. The Association shall have the right to the use of a bulletin board in the Superintendent’s Office for Association notices. The building principal of each school or Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolnotified whenever practical.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will shall have the right to have placed make reasonable use of school equipment, including photocopiers and computers, at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall reimburse RSU5 for the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by cost of supplies. Such use shall be subject to school board policy.
X. Annually the Board shall grant two (2) days leave with pay to the Association which informs said teachers President or his/her designee, provided that the Association is recognized as President notifies the exclusive negotiating representative Superintendent at least five (5) days in advance and the Association reimburses RSU5 for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemcost of any substitute needed. This leave shall be limited to Association business.
H. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, educators and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsto no other organizations.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association a register of employees within the recognition unit, and minutes of the Board of Education, as from time to time requested.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representative of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business with individual employees on school property after school hours and during school days, with the agenda approval of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsthe principal, provided this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association, its representatives, and committees, shall meet and conduct its business on non-school time, unless otherwise approved by the Administration. The privilege of use of any part of school building facilities and rooms shall be available governed by the needs of the educational program and use of the facility at the time of the request upon reasonable request authority and approval of the Board of Education as delegated to meet with representatives of the building principal or Superintendent. Any costs incurred above normal usage for maintenance, operation, or custodial care shall be borne by the Association.
E. The principal Association shall recognize that school facilities, equipment, and supplies, are the property of each the people in the district with legal custodial responsibility vested in the Board of Education. Legal accountability mandates that general use of school shall district property be available upon reasonable request expressed authorization by the Board of Association representatives Education, or as delegated by the Board to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolits administrative representatives.
F. The Association will be provided with the names Where available, and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere consistent with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at , and common practice, the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use have in each school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided building and bus garage the use of a bulletin board in each employee lounge and employees' dining room. In the above-listed locations where one board is available, the use shall be shared in common with the needs of the educational program, as mutually arrived at with the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialprincipal. Copies of all material to be posted on such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. for approval.
G. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon use the employee mail boxes for communication with its members, for the transaction of its business, with the limitation that such use does not interfere with the primary purpose of such facility.
X. The president of the Education Association, if he/she is a total high school teacher, shall be assigned no more than five teaching periods with no other assignments, with one period during the day left free for Association business. The period assigned for Association business shall not deprive the president of fiftya lunch period nor, where possible, a preparation period. Should the president be an elementary teacher, the president shall then be exempt from non-teaching duties and whenever possible, shall be excused from a special subject period one period per day for Association business.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Pursuant to Chapter 123, Public Laws 1974, the Board hereby agrees that every employee of the Board shall have the right to freely organize and join the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective negotiations and other concerted activities for mutual aid and protection. As a duly selected body exercising governmental power under color of law of the State of New Jersey, the Board undertakes and agrees that it shall not directly or indirectly discourage or deprive or coerce any employee in the enjoyment of any kind taken rights conferred by Chapter 123, Public Law 1974 or other laws of New Jersey or the Constitutions of New Jersey and the United States; that it shall not discriminate against any teacher solely employee with respect to hours, wages, or any terms or conditions of employment by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for and its affiliates, his/her participation in any activities of the Association and its lawful activitiesaffiliates, collective negotiations with the Board, or his/her institution of any grievance, complaint or proceeding under this agreement or otherwise with respect to any terms or conditions of employment.
B. The Association will Nothing contained herein shall be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsconstrued to deny or restrict to any employee such rights as he/she may have under New Jersey School Laws or other applicable laws and regulations. The Board will rights granted to employees hereunder shall be deemed to be in addition to those provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationelsewhere.
C. The Association may request and No employee shall be given a place on the agenda disciplined, reprimanded, reduced in rank, reduced in compensation or deprived of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsany form of salary increment or increase, terminated, deprived of any form of occupational advantage or benefit without just cause. Any such action shall be subject to arbitration pursuant to NJSA 34:13A-29.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request Whenever any employee is required to meet with representatives appear before the Board or any committee or member thereof concerning any matter which could adversely affect the continuation of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement that employee in his/her schooloffice, position or employment or the salary or any increments pertaining thereto, then he/she shall be given prior written notice of the reasons for such meeting or interview and shall be entitled to have a representative of the Association present to advise and represent him/her during such meeting or interview. Any suspension of an employee pending charges shall be with pay pending final determination of the same. If the charge is dismissed the person shall be reinstated immediately with full pay as of the time of such suspension as stated in Title 18:A:6-14.
E. Representatives of the Association shall be permitted to meet with members of the bargaining unit on school property on non-work time provided that these representatives identify themselves to the office of the Superintendent upon their arrival on school property and, provided further, that discussions between representatives and the members of the unit in no way interrupts normal work operations.
F. The Association will be provided with may use school conference rooms during non-work hours for the names and addresses purpose of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. conducting Association Meetings. The Association will have shall secure permission for use of the right room from the Superintendent prior to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. its utilization. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program responsible for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost expense incurred due to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingskeeping a facility open.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever representatives of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association are mutually scheduled by the parties hereto to participate during working hours in conferences, meetings or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations respecting the Collective Bargaining Agreement, they will suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Representatives of the AssociationAssociation shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified one week in advance of the time and place of Association meetings which require the use of school facilities which are normally available to be used by other in-school or out-of- school groups. Notification can be waived by the Superintendent. The Principal of the building in question shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such other Association general membership meetings.
K. D. All orientation programs for new staff shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association officers will be introduced and will be permitted to conduct an Association orientation program.
E. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and all types of the teachers before or after school work days or audio-visual equipment at any other times which do reasonable times, when such equipment is not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, otherwise in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requireduse. The Association will also shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
F. The Association shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of the Superintendentbuilding principals or other members of the administration. The Association shall notify the Superintendent in writing of the names of its officers (and one additional employee on each floor who shall have access to school mailboxes).
P. G. The Board will provide for a reasonable amount of bulletin board space for use by the Association. These bulletin boards will be located where employees covered by this contract frequent, with the exception of classrooms.
H. The Superintendent shall inform the Association of the names and job titles of all new unit employees. New employees shall be given information which allows them to meet on a voluntary basis with Association representatives.
I. Any unit member who attends the annual N.J.E.A. Convention may do so without loss of compensation pursuant to the terms of N.J.S.A. 18A:31.
J. The rights and/or and privileges granted herein will be granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementexclusively.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. Section 6.01 The employer agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests, available information of a public nature.
Section 6.02 The Association and its representatives shall have the privilege to use school buildings, at times other than the regular school day, providing such meetings do not conflict with other school activities. Requests for use of a building shall be submitted, in writing, to the principal or supervisor in advance (three-(3) days' notice except for an emergency). There shall be no rental fee charges; however, assessment shall be made by the school directors in accordance with school policy to pay police, custodial, and other expenses required to protect and put area(s) in order.
Section 6.03 The Association shall have the privilege to use school facilities and equipment, including computers and copying equipment, when same is not otherwise being used. Any such use must first be scheduled, as to equipment desired to be used and time of use, with personnel of the school business office; and only qualified persons will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely permitted to operate the equipment with payment for supplies, and if required, for the operator to be made by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. Section 6.04 The Association may request and shall be given a place on use the agenda of all regular Board meetings teacher's mailbox for brief reports and announcementscommunication to teachers.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request Section 6.05 Subject to meet with three (3)-days’ notice to the immediate supervisor, the president, or delegated representatives of the Association, shall be granted leave to attend official association meetings for a period not to exceed a total of seven (7) school days per school year. No more than two (2) delegates shall be absent on any one day. Any such leave shall be subject to loss of substitute’s pay should a substitute be hired for any day of absence.
E. The principal of Section 6.06 One (1) bulletin board per faculty room in each school building shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating allotted to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. Association; if there is no faculty room as such, the building head or principal shall designate similar space for posting association information. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have administration reserves the right to have placed use of said bulletin board for notices and information pertaining to the faculty.
Section 6.07 The employer agrees that all employees who are presently members of the Central Columbia Education Association shall be subject to the “Maintenance of Membership" provision as defined in Article III, Subsection (18) of the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared Employee Relations Act-Act 195.
Section 6.08 The Board agrees to deduct dues from the salaries of members of the Central Columbia Education Association after receiving proper written authorization from the employee.
a. Dues shall be unified membership in:
1. Central Columbia Education Association,
2. Pennsylvania State Education Association, and
3. National Education Association.
b. Deductions shall be made in as nearly equal monthly installments as possible during the school year.
c. Total amounts so deducted will be transmitted by check to the Central Columbia Education Association monthly.
d. The Board shall rely on any written authorization submitted by the Association which informs said teachers and shall not be required to make any investigation with respect to the accuracy thereof, and shall be indemnified and saved harmless by the Association with respect to any act that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers Board may do or refrain from doing in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational programreliance upon such authorization. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have reserves the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programfile a grievance to enforce this provision.
L. There Section 6.09 Copies of school board policies will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place placed in each school buildingprincipal’s office, on the district webpage and in the office the superintendent. Each copy will be updated as changes, additions and/or deletions occur.
Section 6.10 The Board of School Directors may grant an unpaid leave of absence of up to one (1) year to any professional employee, upon application of that employee, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and serving as an officer of the State or National Education Association or its staff. Any such material. Copies of all such material will leave must be given applied for at least sixty (60) days prior to the building principalbeginning of a school year. Such leave shall begin with and terminate with that school year. The employee on leave shall furnish a letter designating intentions of returning to the school district at least thirty (30) days before the termination of said school year. No sick leave shall be granted for that year, but his/her advance approval will nor shall the employee be granted a position on a salary scale which would place them on a salary scale as though they had been employed by the district. Formerly accumulated sick leave shall not be requiredforfeited.
M. Section 6.11 Should this provision be deemed lawful, each nonmember of the bargaining unit represented by the Association shall be required to pay a fair share fee as provided for by Act 84 of 1988. The school district and the Association will have the right agree to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in comply with all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies provisions of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredsaid law. The Association will also have agrees to extend to all nonmembers the right opportunity to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in join the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to make available to the Association upon request:
1. Information required by the Association in developing accurate and realistic programs. Said information shall be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the form of existing public information and additional existing budgetary and financial material and data. Names and addresses of new personnel shall be made available to the Association or for participation in any the purpose of its lawful activitiesmailing, informing, and roster construction. A comprehensive list of total existing personnel shall be made available with the appropriate compensation/guide step level for the purpose of proposal calculation only.
B. 2. Whenever any member-representative of the Association is mutually scheduled by both parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss of pay.
3. Representatives of the Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property after approval of said use by the School Superintendent and subject to conditions and regulations set by the Franklin Board of Education. Notification of said intended use shall be submitted to the Superintendent at least one week nor more than three (3) weeks prior thereto (except in cases of an Association-declared emergency), whereupon the permission for said use shall not be unreasonably withheld. FEA meetings shall not commence prior to 2:50 p.m. except in case of an emergency.
4. Office equipment sufficient to facilitate the clerical functions of the Association may be provided by the Board upon request and at such times set by the Administration but in no event during school hours. The Association will shall have the privilege of reasonable use of office equipment, such as computers, copy machines, and facsimile machines upon request, in such locations and at such times as set by the Administration provided the Association pays for any damages it is responsible for as well as long distance phone charges it incurs.
5. The Association shall have the right to purchase in advance expendable office supplies and other materials from the Board of Education at a price paid by the Board provided that these supplies are on hand in sufficient quantities to meet the education needs of the school.
6. The Association shall be provided with copies of minutes of public session a bulletin board for official Board meetings. The Board will business in the faculty lounge which shall be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of maintained by the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. 7. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, and its office school mail boxes with the provision that this does not interfere with regular school business.
8. Association representatives may speak at all faculty meetings upon request of the representative after conclusion of the regular meeting.
B. Any available position which can be filled by a member of the bargaining unit shall be posted in the public schools with a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in copy to the Association.
O. Teachers C. Any Board policy that affects the FEA members shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted furnished to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this AgreementFEA.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees subject to reasonable request, to make available to the Association information in the public domain which may be no reprisals necessary for the Association to fulfill its responsibilities as the majority representative.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings employee, at the request of the AssociationBoard, participates during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss of pay.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided prior to and/or after the use conclusion of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardpupil day. The principal of the building in question will requested shall be notified consulted in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings and his or her permission shall be required.
K. D. The Association representative will Association, with the principal's approval, shall have the right to schedule meetings of use the teachers before or after school work days or facilities and equipment at any other reasonable times which do when such equipment is not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, otherwise in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requireduse. The Association will also shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use, and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof.
E. The Association shall have the right to use the interschool mail facilities and school mail boxes as it deems necessary with the approval of building principals or other members of the administration.
F. The Association shall be allowed to distribute prepackaged install a telephone at a mutually agreed upon location at its own expense.
G. The Board shall grant release time to the president of the Association and labeled materialthe president of the County Association during their terms of office in order that they may fulfill their responsibilities to the Association. A substitute must be employed, normal notifications procedures followed, and its office the pay of a substitute will be deducted.
X. The Board shall be a designated stop on grant release time of at least thirty (30) minutes per day to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery president of interschool mail, so long as the Association during his/her term of office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in order the he/she may fulfill the responsibilities to the Association.
O. Teachers I. The Board shall permit the scheduling of an additional release period for the president of the Association. The REA shall reimburse the Board for the cost of that period at double the class coverage rate. This reimbursement shall be allowed to attend professional meetings paid semiannually, no later than the end of the current fiscal year.
J. Implementation of additional release time for the president shall be in accordance with the approval following provisions:
1. This release time shall be scheduled within, and not beyond, the end of the Superintendentpupil day.
P. 2. This release time shall be continuous with the previously designated time allotment for the Association president. This previous allotment is scheduled to coincide with the end of the pupil day but does not extend beyond it.
3. The position created in order to implement release time for the Association president shall be posted and available to certificated staff, subject to the following conditions:
a. Under no condition is this position to be involuntarily assigned to a member of the bargaining unit.
b. If the posting procedure does not result in a successful applicant; the administration shall advertise the position outside the district via the news media.
c. In the event that the position continues to remain vacant; the admini- stration and the Association shall meet to discuss a course of action satisfactory to both parties.
K. The Association shall have the right to have a representative speak, make a presentation, or conduct business at the conclusion of any teachers' meeting scheduled after pupil dismissal, except that at the opening orientation day the Association shall be entitled to fifteen (15) minutes on the agenda for Association business.
L. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement, shall be granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, timeemployees, and materials are intended primarily for to no other organization to the use of pupilsextent legal.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board and the Association shall present relevant data, exchange points of view, and make proposals and counterproposals. The Board shall make available to the Association for inspection all pertinent records, data and information of the Egg Harbor Township School District that falls within public domain, which is reasonably required by the Association to carry out its duty of representation in negotiations and grievances.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representatives of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is usually scheduled by the parties to participate during the working hours in any negotiations or grievance proceedings, he shall suffer no loss of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationpay.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on have the agenda right to use school facilities at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Association shall file the appropriate “Use of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsFacilities Request” form with the Superintendent’s office at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the request.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed use school facilities and equipment, including technological equipment, and all types of audio-visual equipment at rea- sonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in the Superintendent’s packet use. The Association shall furnish materials and supplies for all new teachers a letter prepared such use. A list shall be developed by the Association which informs said teachers that and submitted to the Superintendent to identify the authorized representatives of the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers utilizing equipment in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.accordance with this
H. E. The Association shall be given a place on have in each building the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the exclusive use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal a portion of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be a bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, employee lounge and such materialemployees’ dining room. Copies of all material to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not shall be required. The Board reserves the right to post communications to employees on said bulletin board.
F. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail facilities and school mail as it deems necessary for Association business. The Association will indemnify and hold the Board harmless against any and all claims and liabilities arising out of the Association’s use of inter-school mails.
G. The Association shall have the privilege of maintaining a file cabinet in the office or classroom of each officer of the Association. The cabinets shall not be used as bulletin boards.
H. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to distribute prepackaged and labeled materialthe Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and its office to no other organization.
I. The Board shall be provide up to six (6) days a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route year for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification officers and representatives for the purpose of membership in conducting Association business. Such specific days must have the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the advance approval of the SuperintendentSuperintendent who may disapprove the number of persons requesting leave at any one time, based upon the operational needs of the school system, or may disapprove if the activity is of questionable legality.
P. J. The rights and/or privileges granted to Board shall release the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization Grievance Chairperson, if a teacher, of non teaching duty assignments during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the term of office. The Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyPresident
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of agrees to furnish to the Association.:
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on 1. An electronic copy of the agenda of all regular public Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsas soon as possible preceding the meeting. In case of agenda changes or emergencies, the Board will notify the Association president.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives 2. By September 30th of the Associationcontract year a current roster of employees (as of September 1st).
E. The principal 3. By September 30th of each school shall be available upon reasonable request the contract year one (1) copy of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new employees.
4. The Board agrees to make available to the Association such other public information requested by the Association that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed, and constructive programs on behalf of the teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availabletheir students.
G. B. The Association will and its representatives shall have the right to have placed in use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. Permission of the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by school building principal or the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemdesignee shall be required. Such permission shall not be withheld unreasonably.
H. C. The Association shall have access to use school facilities and equipment including typewriters, word processors, duplication equipment, calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. No equipment shall be given a place on removed from school property without approval by the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational programbuilding principal or designee. The Association representative will check in at the front office pay for any damage incurred, loss, or theft of the school upon his/her arrivalborrowed property. Such permission shall not be withheld unreasonably.
J. D. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationhave, in an appropriate place in each school building, for space on the purpose bulletin board in each staff lounge. The location of displaying notices, circulars, Association bulletin board space in each staff lounge shall be agreed upon mutually by the Association and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not . Materials to be requiredposted shall be in good taste.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mail boxes as it deems necessary. Permission of the building principal or a designee shall be required. Such permission shall not be withheld unreasonably.
F. The rights and privileges of the Association and its office representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted as the exclusive representative of the employees and to any no other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementcomparable employee organizations.
Q. Officers and members G. Whenever any representative of the Association recognize that or any employee participates during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings scheduled at the Superintendent’s discretion the employee shall suffer no loss in pay.
H. 1. The following Association personnel shall be released from all non-teaching duties during the school equipmentyear: President, timeGrievance Chairperson, and materials are intended primarily for Negotiations Chairperson. Chief Association Representatives in the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address high school and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative middle school shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses released from one non-instructional duty period each day and telephone numbers, by September 15shall have no homeroom or be assigned other duty during homeroom.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees to furnish to the Association or for participation in any response to reasonable requests from time to time:
1. For negotiation purposes, the total cost of its lawful activitiesthe current instructional salaries.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of 2. Other pertinent information at a reasonable time or when available, such as:
a. Audit
b. Personnel Roster indicating salary guide step and degree
c. Tentative budget as approved by the County Superintendent
d. Agendas and approved minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies
e. Census data related to school enrollments
f. Directory of minutes of public session meetings of Personnel (names and addresses)
B. As has been practice, the AssociationAssociation may use bulletin boards and interschool mail facilities and school mailboxes.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on will participate actively in the agenda planning of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsthe orientation program.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he will suffer no loss of pay.
E. The principal Representatives of each school the Association shall be available upon permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of times, provided that this Agreement in his/her schoolshall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment including typewriters, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and its all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use and pay the cost of repairing any damage to equipment caused by their negligence.
G. Whenever the Association desires to use any of the school buildings, it shall request permission for such use. The Principal shall grant the permission sought, provided that the use by the Association does not conflict with any other scheduled activity and provided further, that in connection with said use no additional costs are incurred by the Board.
H. The Board agrees to extend the assistance of the Board Office to the Association in connection with the purchase of expendable office shall be a designated stop on supplies by the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long Association and such other materials as the Association office is may require from the Board’s suppliers. Nothing herein contained, however, shall be construed as an obligation on a regular route.
N. No teacher the part of the Board, or assurance on the part of the Board, that the suppliers will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in agree to sell to the Association.
O. Teachers I. The Association President or designated representative shall be allowed granted no more than two days absence per school year, with pay, to attend professional meetings with to official Association business which cannot be accomplished during non-school hours. A statement from the approval Association President of the Superintendentgeneral nature of the business and that it meets this criteria shall be provided to the Superintendent through the Principal, using the “Request for Approval of Anticipated Absence” form for professional purposes.
P. J. The rights and/or privileges granted Board agrees to the establishment of a representation fee for employees who choose not to join the Park Ridge Education Association. The representation fee will be 85% of the total unified dues established by the Association for the individual school year for that employee. The Association by December 1 or each year will provide the Board a list of those employees required to pay the representation fee. The Board will deduct from the salaries of the employees referred to in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term full amount of this Agreementyearly representation fee in equal installments beginning the first paycheck in January and through the June paycheck.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests: a register of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership certi1cated personnel; tentative budgetary requirements and allocations, when feasible in the Association or for participation in any opinion of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of the Board; agendas and minutes of all public session official Board board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request ; census data; and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableteachers.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. B. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda provided with one (1) copy of the orientation program for new teachers to explain currently approved budget no later than one
(1) week after it is placed on 1le in the function and benefits of membershipBoard Secretary’s o ce.
I. In order for C. Whenever, by agreement of the Board and the Association, any representative of the Association or any teacher is scheduled to properly fulfill this Agreement for participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he or she shall suIer no loss in pay.
D. Representatives of the benefit of all teachers Association, the Somerset County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, the National Education Association, and the welfare of the school systeminsurance programs, mutual fund programs, and other such agencies from which the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teacherswould like to obtain information, shall be permitted to transact o cial Association business, other than meetings referred to in Paragraph E below, on school property at all reasonable times, provided that the exercise of this right will shall not interfere with the educational programwith, or interrupt, normal school operations. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in Before transacting any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of business, all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given representatives shall report to the building principalPrincipal’s o ce, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredin accordance with established procedures.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also its representatives shall have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings school buildings at all reasonable hours with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association shall have the right to use the school facilities and equipment, including copy machines, other duplicating equipment, calculators, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
G. The Association shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the central o ce for Association meeting notices. The Association and the building Principals shall mutually agree upon the location of Association bulletin boards in each room. Copies of all posted materials on such bulletin boards shall be given to the Association in this section will not building Principal, but no approval shall be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementrequired.
Q. Officers H. The Association shall have the right to use the inter- and intra-school mailboxes for distribution of materials to teachers without the approval of building principals or members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for Administration. I At the use discretion of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedthe building Principal, the President of the Association faculty representative shall may be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15allowed to leave his or her respective building immediately following bus dismissal for purposes of conducting Association business.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to make available, in the Board of Education Office, minutes of the regular and special meetings, a copy of the yearly audit, salary information for unit members and a copy of all policies of the Board.
B. Whenever any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason representative of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any unit member is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Representatives of the Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere or interrupt any normal school or Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsoperations.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association and Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue privilege to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times during regular custodial hours for meetings. All meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost must conclude prior to the Board10 PM. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the areas to be used, and the time and place of all such meetingsmeetings so there will be no scheduling conflicts. The Association agrees to follow and adhere to the Board policy on facility usage.
K. E. The Association representative will have may place materials into a unit member’s mailbox, without the right to schedule meetings prior use of the teachers before inter-school mail system, if those materials relate to Association business only. If not of a confidential labor relations nature the Association will provide a copy of the material to the Superintendent.
F. The Board shall provide a bulletin board in the staff lounge in each school which the Association shall use. The Association shall refrain from posting or after school work days or displaying any materials at any other times which do not disrupt the normal location of school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialproperty. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, principals but his/her advance no approval will not shall be required.
M. G. The Association will have President of the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but TEA or his/her advance approval will not designee shall be requiredpermitted three (3) release days to conduct Association business.
H. The President of the Association may have a telephone in his/her classroom to be used for association business. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged telephone may be used before school, after school, during preparation-conference time and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher lunch time. All expenses will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in paid by the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all available information concerning: the financial reports, audits, register of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of certificated personnel, agendas, minutes of all open public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request , and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the census data (names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableAssociation members). The term “representative” used herein shall apply to any employee(s) representing the bargaining unit.
G. B. Whenever any representatives of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, the employee shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. Representatives of the Association, the Monmouth County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official association business on school property at all reasonable times after regular school hours or during regular school hours with the approval of the principal or the designee.
D. The Association will and its representatives shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will . Prior approval shall be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to required by the building principal. In case of an evening meeting or workshop involving outside groups named in (C) above, but his/her advance approval all such organizations will not be requiredcomplete the necessary forms required by the Board for the use of school facilities.
M. The E. With prior approval of the principal, the Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment including typewriters, copy machines, computers and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall supply all materials and supplies necessary to such use. It shall be the interschool obligation of the Association to provide qualified, adequately trained personnel to operate the equipment. The Association shall be held responsible for any damage to the equipment. The Association shall submit to the Board Secretary copies of receipts for materials and supplies used in equipment referred to above.
F. The Board will provide space for a bulletin board. The Association shall have the right to install a bulletin board for its exclusive use in staff lounges and staff work rooms.
G. The Association shall have the right to use inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities, school mail boxes and labeled material, electronic mail. The exception that there shall be no bulk mailing.
H. The rights and privileges of the Association and its office representatives as set forth in the agreement may be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees and to no other organization.
I. The President and Grievance Chairperson of the Association shall not be scheduled for homeroom or duty periods, but will be given this time for Association business. The President and Grievance Chairperson of the Association will receive one (1) period of released time, per day, so as to conduct Association business. This period will be in addition to other duty free periods as stated above.
J. Professional days for representatives of the Association to attend state and national conferences and conventions may be taken under Article 35 - Paragraph “B”.
K. No employee shall be disciplined or reprimanded without just cause. Any such action asserted by the Board, or any agent or representative thereof, shall be subject to the grievance procedure herein set forth. Any criticism of an employee by a designated stop on supervisor/administrator shall be made in confidence and not in the interschool mail distribution route presence of teachers, parents, students, other employees, or a public gathering. The Association and the Board agree that any discipline towards any member of the association shall be progressive in nature and corrective in its action.
L. Whenever any employee is required to appear before the Superintendent, the Board or any committee or member thereof concerning any matter which could adversely affect the continuation of that employee in the office, position or employment, or the salary or any increments pertaining thereto, then the employee shall be given prior notice of the reasons for delivery such meeting or interview and shall be entitled to have a representative of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routepresent to advise and represent him or her during such meeting or interview.
N. M. No teacher will employee shall be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the AssociationAssociation or its affiliates (NEA, NJEA, MCEA, WTEA).
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee participates during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesmutually scheduled negotiations, grievance proceeding, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association will shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with copies or interrupt normal school operations.
C. Non-certified staff members of minutes this unit who are duly elected representatives of public session official the Association Executive Board meetings. The Board will and/or Representative Council shall be provided copies of minutes of public session permitted to attend not more than two (2) Association meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request Executive Board and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsRepresentative Council per month.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue permitted to use school buildings without cost charge at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use by making requests in accordance with usual practices of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such proposed meetings. The Superintendent of Schools shall be given a list of all Association officers.
K. E. The Association representative will have shall be permitted to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the right actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programsuch use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationF. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, the use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and teacher dining room. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the Central Office for the purpose of displaying Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not . Any Association notices to be requiredplaced on the bulletin board in the Central Office shall be approved by the Superintendent or the building principal.
M. G. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of building principals or other members of the administration. A copy of all communications to the general membership shall be furnished to the principals of the school at least one day before the placing of them in the inter-school mailing facilities, except in cases of emergency.
H. All orientation programs for new teachers shall be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such cost as may be mutually agreed upon during planning of such programs. To the extent prohibited by law, the Board shall not be expected to assume the cost of purely social events conducted as part of such orientation programs, nor shall the Association be expected to assume the cost of speakers, consultants, and services normally considered an appropriate, professional in-service training activity of the Board of Education.
I. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement in its entirely shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees covered by this Agreement, and to no other organizations.
J. The association president shall have guaranteed time off the last two(2) periods of the school day as necessary for association business. In addition, the President or President's designee shall have available five (5) days release time per year, aggregate, for Association business. Said days shall not be consecutive, except at the end of the year to complete Association business, and shall require three (3) days' written notice to the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Augusta Education Association and the Augusta Board of Education recognize the need for continuing professional improvement and agree to cooperatively strive towards this goal. The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to a reasonable and specific request, all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, including but not limited to annual financial reports and audits, register of certified personnel, agendas and meetings of all association members. The Association President shall be no reprisals given due notice by the Secretary of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason the Board of his/her membership Education in regard to all meetings of the Association or Board of Education. It is the intent of this statement to include all committee meetings for participation in any which written notices have been distributed to Board members. AEA representation shall be permitted at Board of its lawful activitiesEducation committee meetings at the discretion of the respective committee chairpersons.
B. The Association will business shall be permitted to be transacted on school property provided with copies such transaction does not infringe upon the work responsibilities of minutes staff members, nor upon normal operations. Association communications shall be transacted through the faculty representative, or in the absence of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationsuch person, a teacher.
C. The Association may request and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided meetings, subject to approval by the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will question. Such request shall be notified made in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsproposed use, on forms found in the policy manual of the Board of Education.
K. D. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, copying or other duplicating equipment, calculating machines and all types of audio-visual equipment, subject to approval of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do supervisor in charge of the equipment requested and when such equipment is not disrupt otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the normal school programreasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place E. The Association shall have in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, use a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requireddining room. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool bulletin board in the central office for Association notices.
F. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, and its office school mail boxes as it deems necessary provided it does not conflict with or hinder the normal use of such facilities.
G. The opening day workshop(s) program for staff members shall be a designated stop on co-sponsored activity by the interschool mail distribution route for delivery Board of interschool mailEducation, so long Administration, and AEA. The AEA will be obligated to assume a share of costs, as mutually agreed during the Association office is on a regular routeplanning of such program(s).
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers H. Release time with pay shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not President or the Vice President(s) for up to three (3) days for the purpose of investigating or adjudicating a formal grievance. Additional time, as necessary, may be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during by the term Superintendent of this AgreementSchools.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to provide SOMEA with the name and position of each employee within each of the buildings in the District and in addition thereto any information to which the public is entitled by law. The President of SOMEA shall be no reprisals informed of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason and all vacancies and the filling of his/her membership in same. As soon as it is known, the Association or for participation in any Board shall advise SOMEA of its lawful activitiesthe names of all non-tenured employees who are not to be re-employed.
B. The Association will be provided with copies Whenever any employee participates during working hours in grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings called by Board representatives, he/she shall suffer no loss of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationpay.
C. The Association may request SOMEA and its representatives shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue permitted to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use meetings, subject to approval of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but hisexcept that SOMEA shall be responsible for all costs attendant to the use of school facilities at any time when custodians are not ordinarily on duty. In every instance of SOMEA use of the building, the building principal will be made aware of the starting and closing times of the meeting and the spaces to be used before he/her advance approval will not be requiredshe gives approval. SOMEA representatives may leave twenty minutes after pupils are dismissed on days when SOMEA meetings are held, it being understood, however, that this shall apply to only one such meeting for each month.
M. The Association will have X. XXXXX shall be granted space for posting notices in the right to place Association notices, circulars, school office and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxesthe teachers room of each school. Copies One copy of all such material will each item posted shall be given made available to the building principal and Superintendent, but central office. The specific location for posting notices will be approved by the building principal.
E. SOMEA shall be permitted the privilege of placing materials in school mailboxes. The "building principal shall receive a copy of each item placed in the mailboxes. All materials distributed by SOMEA shall carry SOMEA identification.
F. A telephone will be installed for the President of SOMEA to be placed in an appropriate position within his/her advance approval classroom/office/workspace so as not to disturb the ongoing educational program, cost of calls to be borne by SOMEA.
G. The Board will not schedule a brief presentation by SOMEA at the annual orientation program for new employees. A part of the orientation day program will be required. set aside for those new employees who wish to visit and confer with SOMEA officers or representatives.
X. The Association Superintendent will also be available to all employees "upon request and reasonable notice" after the Building Principal and/or Director of Human Resources have been pursued.
I. Representatives of SOMEA, the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled materialNew Jersey Education Association, and its office the National Education Association shall be a designated stop permitted to transact official business on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings school properly at all reasonable times with the approval of the Superintendentemployees' supervisor, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal operations.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to J. In connection with any changes or modifications in the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization terms and conditions of employment during the term hereof, the parties agree to be bound by the provisions of N.J.S.A. 34:13A-5.3.
K. The Board agrees to provide SOMEA with a mailbox in each building.
L. The language of this Agreement.
Q. Officers agreement represents the full and members complete understanding of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for parties on all subjects which have been the use subject of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative negotiations. Neither party shall be provided with a faculty listrequired to negotiate over any issue contained herein during the life of the agreement. Where any issue or practice is not addressed in this agreement, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15past practice shall prevail.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesnegotiations, grievance proceedings, or conferences and meetings related to same, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Representatives of parent organizations (e.g., the New Jersey Education Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the National Education Association) may transact business on school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings property with the approval of the Superintendent. Approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. Such transactions shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
P. C. The rights and/or privileges Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to its use.
D. All opening of school orientation programs for new teachers shall be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such costs as may be actually agreed upon during planning of such programs.
E. The Board shall provide a total of twelve (12) days per school year of released time for the Mahwah Education Association president, officers, and committee persons to perform functions as Association representatives. Of the twelve (12) days, the president shall take no more than five (5) days of released time and each other officer or committee member shall take no more than three (3) days per person. The person applying for said leave shall notify his/her immediate superior two (2) days in advance and shall be granted released time as set forth in this Article.
F. At least thirty (30) days prior to any official Board action which will cause a reduction in force of covered employees to occur, the Board shall notify the Association, in writing, of said impending action. The Association shall have the right, within the notification period and prior to said official action by the Board, to make its views known, in writing, to the Board.
G. Each building administrator shall, upon the request of the Association committee or the principal, meet with a building committee of his/her staff appointed by the Association to review and recommend practices on student discipline in that school building. Said meeting shall be scheduled within fifteen (15) days of the initial request. All recommended practices shall be consistent with the policy of the Mahwah Public Schools. In the event there is a disagreement concerning any of the practices on discipline between the building administrator and the committee, each may present its position to the Superintendent whose decision on the matter shall be final.
H. The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all available information that shall assist the Association in this section will not developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs, together with information which may be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of necessary for the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsto process any grievance or complaint.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Employment Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time all available public information that shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed and constructive programs on behalf of the employees together with information which may be no reprisals necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the GTSPA and the Board of Education to participate during working hours in any negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, he shall suffer no loss of its lawful activitiespay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. , The Association may request and New Jersey Education Association, shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on school property provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Said representatives shall make the agenda Superintendent or appropriate non-instructional supervisor aware of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementstheir presence in the building.
D. The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings upon application for use of buildings through the Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the AssociationSchools.
E. The principal of Association shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of a specified area on a bulletin board. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the central office for Association notices. Copies of all materials to be posted on such bulletin boards shall be available upon reasonable request signed by an officer or senior representative of Association representatives to discuss questions relating the GTSPA, given to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolBuilding Administrator, and approval shall be required.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged inter-school communications as it deems necessary and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the upon approval of the SuperintendentSuperintendent of Schools.
P. G. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted as the exclusive representative of the employees, and to any no other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementemployee organization.
Q. Officers H. The Associations shall have the right to contact the vendor to obtain expendable office supplies and members of other materials from the Board's suppliers at the price paid by the Board.
I. The Personnel Office will supply the Association recognize that school equipmentwith the names, time, position and materials location of all new employees covered by this agreement as they are intended primarily for approved by the use Board of pupilsEducation.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Association Release Time
1. The President of the Association shall be entitled to a full-time leave of absence for the duration of the President’s term without loss of benefits, salary step or scale. The President will be no reprisals assigned a home school
2. The President of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or shall be permitted access to school buildings to conduct Association business.
3. The Association shall reimburse the Board for participation in any one-fifth (1/5) the cost of its lawful activitiesthe President’s salary.
4. The Association may, at it discretion, reimburse the Board for additional release time for Association Leadership.
5. If legislation is enacted that impacts the current method of determining the employer's retirement contribution paid by the Maine State Retirement System pertaining to a educator who is on a leave of absence pursuant to this section, then the Board agrees to reopen this Section A to negotiate the impact of said legislative change.
B. The Board agrees to furnish to the President of the Association will be provided with electronic copies of the following:
1. The annual school department final budget and audit within a reasonable period of time after their availability.
2. The agendas with supporting information and minutes of all official public session official Board meetings.
3. Any reports of the Superintendent or others to the Board, if such reports are officially released to the public news media by either the Superintendent or the Board.
C. The Board agrees to furnish to the President of the Association at her/his written request:
1. School census data, when available.
2. Any other readily available non-confidential data to assist the Association in the fulfillment of its professional responsibilities.
3. The Board agrees to prepare and make available in each building an annual register of School Department personnel. The Board will be provided provide electronic copies to the Association. Educators on an as-needed basis may request a copy from the Human Resources Department.
4. The Board agrees to furnish the Association with electronic copies of minutes all Board policies and administrative or accounting bulletins within a reasonable period of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementstime after their availability.
D. The Superintendent Whenever any representative of the Association or any educator is scheduled by the Board, or approved by the Superintendent, to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, she/he shall be available upon reasonable request suffer no loss in pay.
E. Except as provided in Section D above, no educator shall engage in any Association activity during the time she/he is assigned to meet with teaching or any other duty provided that representatives of the Association.
E. The , the Maine Education Association and the National Education Association shall be permitted to confer with educators on school property at all times, when this does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operation and after informing the appropriate principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives her/his intention to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolconfer.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will its representatives shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will be notified in Upon reasonable advance notice of the time and place of all such meetings, the principal shall permit the holding of such meetings except in cases when previously scheduled for another event. The Association shall reimburse the Board for any extra labor costs required for such meetings.
K. G. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings make reasonable use of school equipment, such as typewriters, computers, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio-visual equipment at reasonable times and when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall reimburse the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt Board for the normal school programreasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
L. There H. The Board shall permit the use of faculty lounge bulletin boards by the Association for the posting of notices relating to Association business.
I. The Association will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved involved in designing and implementing orientation programs for new educators.
J. The Association may make recommendations for the Association, in an appropriate place in school calendar each school building, year. The Board or its designee shall meet and consult with the Association for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies providing meaningful input from educators into the development of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredsubsequent year calendar.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to K. If at any other teachers’ group or organization time during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members contract the Board shall contract or subcontract out any services performed by the educators hereunder, the Board agrees that any educator whose duties may thereby be reduced or terminated shall be considered for employment by such contractor or subcontractor provided that such contractor or subcontractor agrees in such contract or subcontract to permit such consideration. Upon the completion or termination of the Association recognize contract or subcontract, the Board agrees that school equipment, time, any such educator who has been in the continuous employment of such contractor during the entire term of such contract or subcontract shall be reinstated in a teaching position and materials are intended primarily for the use purpose of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that hisdetermining been continuously employed by the Board while she/her address and phone number not be distributedhe was working for said contractor or subcontractor. Whenever contract conditions permit or should the Board develop its own contract, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15will have an opportunity to bid to provide services as outlined under the conditions of said contract specifications.
S. L. The Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted may use the inter-school mail and delivery system provided that the Association agrees to draw upon a total of fiftyhold the Board harmless pertaining to the Association's obligation to comply with the U.S. Postal Service rules and regulations concerning such use. The Association may use the e-mail system to the extent that it does not interfere with school business and consistent with the Board’s policy and rules on employee computer and internet uses (GCSA and GCSA-R).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There 3 SECTION 1. The City will be no reprisals provide the Association the use of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership reasonable space on the 4 bulletin boards located in the assembly room, lunch room, detective bureau, locker rooms 5 and satellite station for the purpose of posting material concerning, but not limited to, the 7 Association committee reports; (4) Association rulings or policy statements; (5) 8 Association recreational and social affairs; and (6) employee personal matters. No 9 material shall be posted which contains anything defamatory, scurrilous, matter 10 pertaining to candidacy for participation City of West Allis elective office and incumbents of such 11 offices, or anything reflecting in such manner upon the City or any of its lawful activitiesemployees. 12 Violation of this section shall be sufficient reason for removing the unauthorized posted 13 material by direction of the Chief of Police or designated representative. Any dispute as 14 to the exercise by the Chief of Police of this discretion shall be subject to the grievance 15 procedure.
B. The 16 SECTION 2. Not more than two (2) Association representatives will be provided granted time off, 17 without loss of pay, at any one time to attend labor contract negotiation meetings with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings the 18 City, provided, such representatives are members of the AssociationAssociation negotiating 19 committee and the representative's shift assignment is at the same time that a labor 20 contract negotiation meeting is conducted.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. 21 SECTION 3. The Association shall be given allowed a place on total of seventy-two (72) hours 22 annually for members to attend Association conventions without loss of pay, provided 1 that such time off does not cause any employee to work overtime nor necessitate the agenda 2 payment of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function call-in pay as set forth in Article VII, Sections 5 and benefits of membership6.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program3 SECTION 4. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided be permitted the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationcourtroom, in an appropriate place in each school buildingassembly 4 room, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins training room or other identification of membership in suitable room at the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed police station to attend professional conduct business 5 meetings with subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges Chief of Police. No permission is granted 6 hereunder for on-duty personnel to attend Association meetings during duty hours, with 7 the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term exception of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members a maximum of four (4) officers of the Association recognize that school equipmentwho may attend such 8 meetings without loss of pay, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted but who must respond immediately to draw upon a total of fiftyany duty demands as
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for Association meetings; provided approval has been granted by the Superintendent after filing of a building application form, which approval shall not be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in unreasonably withheld. Furthermore, the Association shall have the right to use school equipment, including word processors, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio-visual equipment at times which will not interfere with the operation of school or central office business. The Association shall furnish all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for participation in any repairs necessitated as a result of its lawful activitiessaid use.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose exclusive use of displaying noticesa bulletin board. This board shall be in either the faculty lounge or teacher's dining room. The location of the Association bulletin board shall be where presently located and if a board is present in both rooms, circularsthe Association shall have the option of deciding which board it shall use. As new buildings are erected, and the Association shall advise the Superintendent as to where it wishes its board. The costs of such materialboards shall be borne by the Board. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no approval will not shall be required.
M. C. The Association will shall have the right to place reasonable use of the school mail boxes and the interschool mail facilities.
D. The rights and privileges of the Association notices, circularsand its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and to no other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies organization.
E. The President of all the Association, during his term of office, shall be relieved from any extra duties; study hall, corridor duty, lunch or playground duty, pre-school or post-school duties such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredas bus or parking duty or detention. The Association will also have shall certify to the right Superintendent of Schools the name of the President of the Association by July 1, 2003 (2004,2005). If it becomes necessary to use change the interschool mail President of the Association because of illness, death, or change of employment, the person designated to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its fill the vacated office shall be a designated stop on granted the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long above as the Association office is on a regular routesoon as feasible.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to F. Whenever any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members representatives of the Association recognize that school equipmentparticipate in meetings mutually convened during working hours, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use they shall suffer no loss of pupilspay.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for Association meetings; provided approval has been granted by the Superintendent after filing of a building application form, which approval shall not be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in unreasonably withheld. Furthermore, the Association shall have the right to use school equipment, including word processors, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio- visual equipment at times which will not interfere with the operation of school or central office business. The Association shall furnish all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for participation in any repairs necessitated as a result of its lawful activitiessaid use.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose exclusive use of displaying noticesa bulletin board. This bulletin board shall be in either the faculty lounge or teacher's dining room. The location of the Association bulletin board shall be where presently located and if a bulletin board is present in both rooms, circularsthe Association shall have the option of deciding which board it shall use. As new buildings are erected, and the Association shall advise the Superintendent as to where it wishes its bulletin board. The costs of such materialbulletin boards shall be borne by the Board. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no approval will not shall be required.
M. C. The Association will shall have the right to place Association noticesreasonable use of the district e-mail subject to Board policy and regulation, circulars, school mail boxes and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail facilities.
D. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to distribute prepackaged and labeled materialthe Association as the exclusive representative of the employees, and its to no other organization.
E. The President of the Association, during his term of office, shall be relieved from any extra duties; study hall, corridor duty, lunch or playground duty, pre-school or post-school duties such as bus or parking duty or detention. Annually, the Association shall certify to the Superintendent of Schools the name of the President of the Association by July 1. If it becomes necessary to change the President of the Association because of illness, death, or change of employment, the person designated to fill the vacated office shall be a designated stop on granted the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long above as the Association office is on a regular routesoon as feasible.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to F. Whenever any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members representatives of the Association recognize that school equipmentparticipate in meetings mutually convened during working hours, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use they shall suffer no loss of pupilspay.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests and upon sufficient notice, data which is in the public domain and which the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesrequires to carry on intelligent and informed bargaining.
B. The Association will be provided with copies shall have, in each faculty lounge, the exclusive use of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationa bulletin board.
C. The Association may request shall have the right to use the interschool mail facilities, district email system, and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsschool mailboxes as it deems necessary.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations and provided that the permission of the Building Principal has been secured.
E. The principal of each school Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use meetings. The approval of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal Principal of the building in question will shall be notified secured in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. F. On or about the last day of each month, beginning with the month this Agreement becomes effective, the Board will submit to the Association a list of all employees who began their employment in a bargaining unit position during the preceding thirty (30) day period. The Association representative list will have the right to schedule meetings include names, job titles and dates of employment for all such employees.
G. School Calendar - Teachers
1. The calendar for teachers employed for one (1) year on a ten
2. The calendar for new teachers and those teachers hired after January 1 of the teachers before or after preceding school work year, who are employed on a ten month basis, shall not exceed 189 days or at any other times which do (not disrupt the normal school program.including two
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material3. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval Employees will not be required.required to make up those days on which school has been closed due to inclement weather, provided the
M. 4. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies last scheduled day of all such material will be given school prior to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have commencement of the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office winter recess shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route half day for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routestudents and staff in accordance with each school’s four (4) hour instructional day schedule.
N. No teacher 5. The last scheduled day of school prior to summer recess will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership a half day for staff and a half day for students in the Associationaccordance with each school’s four (4) hour instructional day schedule.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted 6. In addition to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedforegoing, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted Board may schedule up to draw upon a total of fiftyten
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business with individual teachers, association committee members, or employees on school property after school hours with the approval of the administration provided that it will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association not interfere with or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesinterrupt normal school operations.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsAssociation, its representatives, and committees, shall meet and conduct its business on non-school time unless otherwise approved by the administration. The privilege of use of any part of school building facilities and rooms shall be governed by the needs of the educational program and use of the facility at the time of request upon authority and approval of the Board will of Education as delegated to the building principal or Superintendent. Any costs incurred above normal usage for maintenance, operation, or custodial care shall be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of borne by the Association.
C. The Association may request shall recognize that school facilities, equipment and shall supplies are the property of the people in the District with legal custodial responsibility vested in the Board of Education. Legal accountability mandates that general use of School District property be given a place on upon expressed authorization by the agenda Board of all regular Education, or as delegated by the Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsto its administrative representatives.
D. The Superintendent shall be Where available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided and consistent with the names education program and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemconstant practice, the Association representative may visit schools and talk shall have in each school building the use of a designated area in each faculty lounge. In the above listed location, where one board is available, the use shall be shared in common with teachers, provided that the exercise needs of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in , as mutually arrived at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of with the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialprincipal. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will for approval. Materials to be posted shall not be required. contain anything political or controversial.
E. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw use the teacher mailboxes and the school computer system for communication with its members, for the transaction of its business with the limitation that such does not interfere with the primary purpose of such facility. Copies of any material to be placed in mailboxes shall be given to the building principal for approval. Such material shall not contain anything political or controversial.
F. The Board retains the right to immediately cancel the provision of the sections dealing with "Bulletin Boards" and "Mailboxes" for any violation thereof.
G. All documents classified as public information and required by law to be given to the public shall be made available upon request to the Association within a total reasonable time of fiftytheir request concerning same. The cost of photocopying such document shall be imposed upon the Association with the discretion of the School Board.
H. One (1) Custodial and one (1) Secretarial Executive Committee Member may be excused at 3:00 p.m. one (1) day a month to attend Executive Meetings upon approval by the Superintendent.
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Samples: Memorandum of Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will 1. The Association and its duly authorized campus representatives may use College equipment, including typewriters, word processors, and personal computers, ITV classroom and fax machines or duplicating equipment, calculators, and all types of audiovisual equipment. Such permission shall be granted provided the equipment and facilities are not otherwise in use and when regular College procedures for using such equipment and building facilities have been followed. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and damage to said equipment through use.
2. Any representative of the Association required to participate in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences or meetings during work hours shall suffer no reprisals loss of pay; however, when possible, such activities shall be conducted outside of regular work hours.
3. The Association may post material concerning Association activities on designated bulletin boards according to reasonable policies, which the College may establish for the posting of any kind taken against any teacher solely public materials. No information shall be posted on-campus except in these designated spaces. The material shall clearly state that it is posted by reason of his/her membership in the Association or and that the Association is solely responsible for participation its contents and all liability regarding such posting and publication thereof.
4. The Association’s duly authorized campus representatives shall have the right to reasonable use of the College’s internal mail distribution system for Association communications.
5. The Association shall have the right to purchase office supplies and other materials from the College suppliers at the price paid by the College, provided this practice is in any compliance with applicable law.
6. The College agrees to deduct dues for the Association from the wages of its lawful activitiesan employee covered by this Agreement, pursuant to the existing statute, as amended, provided:
A. A current written assignment executed by the employee is submitted to the College. The Association shall be responsible for the execution and submission of the forms to the College.
B. The College will deduct the current uniform dues from the pay of the employee(s) commencing ninety (90) days after the date of hire.
C. The College shall deduct annual dues in 20 equal payments over 10 months until dues are paid in full for the year. Should an Association member require a refund, it shall be the responsibility of the employee to obtain the appropriate refund directly from the Association.
D. If, during the life of this Agreement, there is any change in the rate of membership dues, the Association shall notify the College at least sixty (60) days prior to the effective date of such change.
E. The College will provide the Association on a semester basis a list of all positions within the unit as well as a list of all newly hired employees whose titles fall within the unit.
F. Upon request, the President of the Association or his/her designee shall be provided with copies access to all Unit Members’ schedules from appropriate administrators as soon as practical after the third week of minutes each semester.
G. The Association shall certify in writing, signed by the President of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies the Association and filed with the Contract Administrator, the gross amount of minutes of public session meetings the dues for the ensuing year for a Unit Member; such gross amount being an annual sum in an equal amount for each member of the Association.
C. H. The Association may request agrees to hold the College harmless and indemnify the College from all loss, including reasonable attorney’s fees, from any and all actions or claims growing from or arising because of this deduction, including specifically, any claim by any member or members of the unit or anyone representing such member(s). The Association shall be given a place on have full responsibility for the agenda funds so withheld and remitted to the Association or any member(s) of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the unit concerning any use or expenditure thereof by the Association.
E. The principal I. If a member of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating the unit has no earnings due, or in the event an amount is due to the implementation Unit Member for any pay period after all other required or authorized withholdings have been taken, said amount being less than the Association dues to be withheld for such period, no deduction for such pay period will be made by the College for such member. No catch-up withholdings will be made in subsequent pay periods.
J. Each Unit Member’s payroll deduction authorization filed with the Contract Administrator as provided in Section 6A above shall remain in effect during the life of this Agreement unless revoked in his/her schoolwriting by the Unit Member. The member may revoke this authorization by providing written notice to the Contract Administrator.
F. 7. The Association will cost of publication of this Agreement shall be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared borne equally by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function College and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers 8. All Professional Association executive officers shall be allowed receive release time in order for them to attend carry out the duties of their office in an effective and professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendentmanner.
P. A. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers President and members Vice President of the Association recognize that school equipmentshall each receive six (6) credits release time per semester, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftytwelve (12) credits per officer annually.
B. The Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and Recording Secretary of the Association shall each receive three (3) credits release time per semester, for a total of six (6) credits per office annually.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership permitted to transact official Association business on school property, provided the Association complies with the provisions as outlined in the Association or for participation in any Board's Administrative Regulation No. 1330 regarding use of its lawful activitiesfacilities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board and its representatives shall have the privilege to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Board principal or superintendent shall be notified in advance of the intended time and place of such meeting. Prior approval of the superintendent or principal must be obtained. Approval will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationgranted unless normal school operations are affected.
C. The Association may request use school facilities and equipment, at reasonable times within the school building, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall be given a place on pay for the agenda reasonable cost of all regular Board meetings for brief reports materials and announcementssupplies incident to such use.
D. The Superintendent Association shall have the privilege to purchase expendable office supplies and other materials from the Board's suppliers at the price paid by the Board if other bid stipulations are met, and subject to approval of the superintendent.
E. Representatives designated in writing by the Association shall have the privilege to use the inter-school mail facilities and school mail boxes insofar as the normal operation of the school is not affected.
F. The Board shall grant short term leave with pay to the president of the Association or his designee for Association business during his term in office with approval of the superintendent.
G. The Association shall have access to information prepared for or available to the general public, including annual financial audits, register of certificated personnel, and names and addresses of all personnel. A copy of official agenda and minutes of public Board meetings will be available upon reasonable request given to meet with representatives the president of the Association.
E. X. Whenever any representative of the Association participates in negotiations, grievance proceedings, arbitration proceedings, or other contract disputes, and these meetings are scheduled during working hours by mutual agreement between representatives of the Association and the Board, s/he shall suffer no loss of pay.
I. The principal of each school Association President shall be available upon reasonable request relieved of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in one (1) supervisory period per day during his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementoffice.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Association Release Time
1. The President of the Association shall be entitled to a full-time leave of absence for the duration of the President’s term without loss of benefits, salary step or scale. The President will be no reprisals assigned a home school
2. The President of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association shall be permitted access to school buildings to conduct Association business except during regular work hours or upon request of the Administration.
3. The Association shall reimburse the Committee for participation in any four-fifths (4/5) the cost of its lawful activitiesthe President’s salary.
4. The Association may, at it discretion, reimburse the Committee for additional release time for Association Leadership.
5. If legislation is enacted that impacts the current method of determining the employer's retirement contribution paid by the Maine State Retirement System pertaining to a teacher who is on a leave of absence pursuant to this section, then the School Committee agrees to reopen this Section A to negotiate the impact of said legislative change.
B. The Committee agrees to furnish to the President of the Association will be provided with six (6) copies of the following:
1. The annual school department final budget and audit within a reasonable period of time after their availability.
2. The agendas with supporting information and minutes of all official public session official Board committee meetings.
3. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Any reports of the AssociationSuperintendent or others to the Committee, if such reports are officially released to the public news media by either the Superintendent or the Committee.
C. The Committee agrees to furnish to the President of the Association at her/his written request:
1. School census data, when available.
2. Any other readily available non-confidential data to assist the Association in the fulfillment of its professional responsibilities.
3. The Committee agrees to prepare and make available in each building an annual register of School Department personnel. The Committee will provide twenty (20) copies to the Association. Teachers on an as-needed basis may request and shall be given a place on copy from the agenda Human Resources Department.
4. The Committee agrees to furnish the Association with copies of all regular Board meetings for brief reports School Committee policies and announcementsadministrative or accounting bulletins within a reasonable period of time after their availability.
D. The Superintendent Whenever any representative of the Association or any teacher is scheduled by the Committee, or approved by the Superintendent, to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, she/he shall be available upon reasonable request suffer no loss in pay.
E. Except as provided in Section D above, no teacher shall engage in any Association activity during the time she/he is assigned to meet with teaching or any other duty provided that representatives of the Association.
E. The , the Maine Education Association and the National Education Association shall be permitted to confer with teachers on school property at all times, when this does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operation and after informing the appropriate principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives her/his intention to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolconfer.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will its representatives shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will be notified in Upon reasonable advance notice of the time and place of all such meetings, the principal shall permit the holding of such meetings except in cases when previously scheduled for another event. The Association shall reimburse the Committee for any extra labor costs required for such meetings.
G. The Association shall have the right to make reasonable use of school equipment, such as typewriters, computers, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and audio-visual equipment at reasonable times and when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall reimburse the Committee for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
H. The Committee shall permit the use of faculty lounge bulletin boards by the Association for the posting of notices relating to Association business.
I. The Association shall have the right to have one telephone installed in one school building, such telephone to be located in the office of a department head or such other location as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties. All costs for such installation and operating charges are to be borne by the Association.
J. The Association may recommend orientation programs for new teachers.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved may make recommendations for the Association, in an appropriate place in school calendar each school building, year. The Committee or its designee shall meet and consult with the Association for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies providing meaningful input from teachers into the development of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredsubsequent year calendar.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to L. If at any other teachers’ group or organization time during the term of this Agreementcontract the Committee shall contract or subcontract out any services performed by the teachers hereunder, the Committee agrees that any teacher whose duties may thereby be reduced or terminated shall be considered for employment by such contractor or subcontractor provided that such contractor or subcontractor agrees in such contract or subcontract to permit such consideration. Upon the completion or termination of the contract or subcontract, the Committee agrees that any such teacher who has been in the continuous employment of such contractor during the entire term of such contract or subcontract shall be reinstated in a teaching position and for the purpose of determining been continuously employed by the Committee while she/he was working for said contractor or subcontractor. Whenever contract conditions permit or should the Committee develop its own contract, the Association will have an opportunity to bid to provide services as outlined under the conditions of said contract specifications.
M. Up to three (3) teachers will be appointed by the PEA President to annually serve on the Portland Public Schools Budget Advisory Task Force.
N. The Association may use the inter-school mail and delivery system provided that the Association agrees to hold the Committee harmless pertaining to the Association's obligation to comply with the U.S. Postal Service rules and regulations concerning such use. The Association may use the e-mail system to the extent that it does not interfere with school business and consistent with the Committee’s policy and rules on employee computer and internet uses (GCSA and GCSA-R).
O. The Committee and the Association acknowledge that teachers should be involved collaboratively with administrators, staff, students, parents and community members to clarify decision-making at the building and district level.
P. The Association shall be given the opportunity to submit names to serve on interview committees for administrative vacancies. One of the named teachers shall be appointed to the interview committee.
Q. Officers and members of Immediate supervisors will provide an opportunity for two teachers from the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily grade level or impact area to serve on interview committees for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyvacancies.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be Upon request, the Board agrees to make available to the Association public records and documents of the Board. The Association shall receive all policies of the Board.
B. Whenever any representative of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the Board and Association to participate in meetings during his/her Board-assigned responsibilities, he/she shall suffer no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason loss in compensation of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationtime.
C. The Representatives of the Flemington-Raritan Education Association, the Hunterdon County Educational Association, the New Jersey Educational Association, and the National Educational Association may request and shall be given have the privilege to transact official Association business on school property during the school day. It is understood this shall not conflict with a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsteacher's primary responsibility or assignment.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose use of displaying notices, circularsa bulletin board in each faculty lounge, and such material. Copies when not in use for regular school operations, any school equipment and/or facilities, with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator.
M. E. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies may use school mail boxes with prior annual approval of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requiredadministrator. The Association will also have may use inter-school mail facilities for the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged purposes of informing employees about negotiations and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings contract maintenance matters with the prior annual approval of the Superintendent.
P. F. The rights and/or privileges granted Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school facilities in accordance with the Board policy on "Use of School Facilities."
G. No instruction shall be provided students in the Flemington-Raritan District during the school day without certified personnel in attendance. Teachers in the Flemington- Raritan School District will be assigned to Board-approved after-school activities. If, in the opinion of the Superintendent, there are no qualified staff members, these positions may be staffed by outside personnel.
X. The Board agrees to furnish a tentative budget to the Association whenever it becomes available, prior to the public hearing.
I. The Board agrees not to negotiate concerning said employment in the negotiating unit, as defined in Article 1 of this section will not be granted to Agreement, with any organization other teachers’ group or organization during than the term Association for the duration of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in 5:1 The Board agrees to furnish to the Association or for participation in any a current roster of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies certified personnel (as of September 1), which shall include area of certification and degree held, one (1) copy of agendas and make available the minutes of all public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies , one (1) copy of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers unit members and all retiring teachers as soon as to make available to the Associations such other public information is availablethat shall assist the Association in developing intelligent, accurate, informed, and construction programs on behalf of the unit members and their students.
G. 5:2 The Association will and its representatives shall have the right to have placed in use of school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. Permission of the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemschool building principal or his designee shall be required. Such permission shall not be withheld unreasonably.
H. 5:3 Whenever, by mutual consent of the parties, any member of the unit defined in ARTICLE 1 participates during working hours in negotiations, or grievance proceedings, he or she shall suffer no loss in pay.
5:4 The Association shall be given a place on have the agenda use of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function school facilities and benefits equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemaudio-visual equipment at reasonable times, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will when such equipment is not interfere with the educational programotherwise in use. The Association representative will check in at shall pay for the front office reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use. Prior approval of the school upon his/her arrivalappropriate administrator shall be obtained.
J. 5:5 The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided have the use of the building inter-school mail facilities and school mailboxes. However, prior approval of the appropriate administrator shall not result be obtained.
5:6 The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in any additional cost this Agreement shall be granted only to the Board. Association as the exclusive representative of the Unit Members listed in Article I, and to no other similar organization.
5:7 The principal Association shall have the privilege of continuing to use a bulletin board with prior permission of the building in question will administrator to post the materials; such permission shall not be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsunreasonably withheld.
K. 5:8 The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office President shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed released one period per week to attend professional meetings with the to association duties upon approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees to furnish to the Association or for participation within a reasonable time, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, any of its lawful activitiesavailable public information.
B. The Association will be provided with copies shall have, in each school building, the exclusive use of minutes a bulletin board in each faculty lounge or teacher's dining room or suitable location.
C. Whenever any representative of public session official Board the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conference, or meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings , s/he shall suffer no loss in pay.
D. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , Middlesex County Association, the New Jersey Education Association may request and the National Education Association shall be given a place authorized by the building Principal to transact official Association business on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent school property, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operation which determination shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of made by the Associationbuilding Principal.
E. The principal Association and its representatives shall have the privilege to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Principal of each school the building in question shall be available upon reasonable request authorized to resolve any conflicts which may arise in the use of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolany particular rooms.
F. The Association, upon approval of the building Principal, or Assistant Principal, or in the absence of both, the Superintendent of Schools, shall have the privilege to use school facilities and equipment including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use or needed for school purposes. The Association will be provided with shall pay for the names and addresses reasonable cost of all new teachers materials and supplies incident to such use. The Association shall be responsible for all retiring teachers as soon as costs for damages and/or loss of equipment resulting from Association use. The denial of the use of such information is availableequipment should not be for the purpose of interrupting the Association activities.
G. The Association will shall have the right privilege to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized use inter-school mail facilities and school mailboxes as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemit deems necessary and so long as it does not interfere with school purposes.
H. The Association shall be given provided with a place on the agenda list of all new hires prior to the orientation program for program. The Association, or its designee, may address the new teachers to explain hires during the function and benefits of membershiporientation program.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue be responsible for acquainting its members with the provisions of this Agreement, and shall be responsible for the adherence to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use provisions of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and Agreement by its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization members during the term life of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of The Board shall make available to the Association any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsdomain regarding financial data. The Board will also make available information which may be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings necessary for the Association to process any grievance.
B. Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is scheduled by the Board to participate during work hours in negotiations he shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Representatives of the Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsreasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon have reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Associationspace on all existing bulletin boards in areas used exclusively by employees.
E. The President and teacher members of the Association’s Executive Committee may be permitted to leave their buildings to conduct Association business during their preparation period and during the time that teachers are required to stay in school following dismissal of the students with the permission of the principal or his designee and the approval of the principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives the building to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolwhich they are going. This permission would not apply when teachers` meetings or parent conferences are scheduled.
F. The Association will be provided submit to the Superintendent prior to December 1st of each year its recommendations with respect to the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableschool calendar for the ensuring year.
G. At the orientation programs operated by the Board of Education for new teachers, up to one-half (1/2) hour shall be set aside for the presentation of the Association program.
H. The Board shall grant two 1:45 p.m. dismissals to all unit members for Association meetings. Dates for the meetings will be decided by the Association and the District Administrator with the approval of the Board. Any bargaining unit member who has not completed his or her scheduled work shift shall return to duty at the end of the meeting and finish his or her required time.
I. The Association will shall have the right to have placed in reasonable use of the Superintendent’s packet inter-school mail facility and school mailboxes. Except for routine announcements all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association other materials shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrivalsealed envelopes.
J. The Association shall continue have the right to reasonable use of a word processor, copier, and an audio visual unit, subject to paying for any incurred costs.
K. The Association President or his designated representative shall have the right to utilize up to five (5) working days to conduct Association business. These days shall not be taken contiguous to holiday or vacation periods and the Association shall reimburse the Board for the cost of substitutes utilized on said days. Notification of the use of such days shall be made directly to the Superintendent five (5) days in advance except in case of emergency.
L. The Association and its representatives may be permitted to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings . Application for use of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office facilities shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routefiled according to Board policy.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee is mutually scheduled by the Board and the Association to participate during working hours in any negotiations or grievance procedures, he shall suffer no loss of its lawful activitiespay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Representatives of the AssociationAssociation shall be permitted, with the knowledge and reasonable consent of the Principal, to transact official Association business on school property provided that this shall not interfere with nor interrupt normal school operations.
C. The Association may request and shall have the exclusive right to use school buildings for meetings, provided, however, that the approval of the principal is obtained for the use of the buildings in advance which shall not be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsunreasonably withheld.
D. The Superintendent Association shall have the right to use the school facilities and equipment, including but not limited to, typewriters, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audio visual aids and equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment shall be available upon reasonable request subject to meet with representatives the prior approval of the Associationprincipal in which the facilities and/or equipment is to be used. If the principal refuses to grant the permission that decision may be appealed to the Board of Education which decision shall be final. When permission is granted the Association shall pay for the reasonable costs of all materials and supplies incident to such use.
E. The principal of each Association shall have the right to use the inter-school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives mail facilities and school mail boxes to discuss questions relating distribute materials to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolteachers exclusively.
F. The Association will be provided with shall have in each building or worksite the names use of a bulletin board in lounges, dining rooms, and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. other appropriate areas. The Association shall also be given a place assigned adequate space on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved in the District’s central office for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other any materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will posted shall be given to the building principal and Superintendentprior to posting.
G. At the conclusion of a general or building/system-wide faculty meeting, but histhe Association may meet to discuss pertinent business.
H. The Board shall grant three (3) days leave per year with pay to the President or other officer of the Association in order to attend to Association business at the local, county, state or national levels. Such days may be taken singularly or in combination.
I. The Superintendent shall exercise his best efforts to assign a duty period the last period of the day to the Association President to permit him/her advance approval will not be required. The to attend to Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routebusiness.
N. No teacher J. Each year, the Superintendent and his staff will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification provide new staff orientation programs with the aid of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers K. The Association shall be allowed provided, without cost to attend professional meetings with the approval it, adequate space in a school to store and maintain current files of the SuperintendentAssociation.
P. L. Nothing contained herein shall be considered to deny or restrict any employee or the Association of the rights they may have under New Jersey School Laws, State and Federal Laws, and the Constitution of the United States.
M. In response to requests of the Association, reasonable as to time, quantity and availability, the Board agrees to furnish or make available public information as to:
1. Class size;
2. The rights and/or privileges granted tentative budget as submitted to the Association in this section will not be granted County Superintendent;
3. Superintendent's agenda for public Board meetings, as furnished to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.public;
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty4. Board minutes;
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in The Board agrees that the Association or shall have access to all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, together with information which may be necessary for participation the Association to process any grievance. The Board shall provide such data in any a reasonably prompt manner. In most cases, this shall not exceed two full workweeks from the date of its lawful activitiesthe Association request.
B. The Association will Grievance conferences, proceedings and negotiations shall normally be provided with copies scheduled at times other than regular school hours. However, when the Board or its representatives require or agree to the attendance of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationany employee to participate in any such activity during regular working hours, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay for such time spent.
C. The Association officers and committees may request and shall conduct Association business during school hours provided that this in no way interferes with the normal operation of the schools. School facilities may be given a place on used for Association meetings provided that prior approval is obtained from the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsbuilding principal.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request Association agrees to meet with representatives reimburse the school district for the actual cost of supplies used, if such were purchased by the Associationschool district.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating Association, state and national representatives, will first report to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolprincipal and secure permission before visiting the school or meeting with individual teachers during school hours.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school systemhave, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge or teachers' dining room. The Association shall also be assigned space on the central office bulletin board for posting material by prior approval of the purpose principal. The location of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialAssociation bulletin boards in faculty lounges or teachers' dining rooms shall be designated by the Association. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal.
G. 1. The Board shall grant a leave of absence without pay to the President of the Association for the succeeding school year, but providing a written request is made to the Superintendent of Schools no later than June 1st of the preceding school year.
2. a. Commencing on the September 1st after his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have election, the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members work day schedule of the Association recognize that President, who is a high school equipmentteacher, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless shall reflect a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributedrelease from a duty period. In addition, the Association faculty representative unassigned period and the period during which duties could have been assigned absent the first sentence of this provision shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15scheduled either at the end of the normal work day or adjoining the teacher's lunch period.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association the agenda and minutes of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason all public Board meetings and, upon reasonable requests from time to time, all available infor- mation concerning the educational program and the financial resources of histhe District including but not limited to; class size, number of specialists, annual financial reports and credits, census data, group teacher/her membership employees insurance premiums and all other data in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespublic domain.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings Principal of the Association.building shall be notified in
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment (ex- cluding the Board Secretary and District Offices and equipment), including duplicat- ing equipment, and its office all types of audiovisual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use, but providing that no equipment is to be removed from the school building where it is customarily stored. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof. Cost controls and hours of use are to be a designated stop on estab- lished by the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership administration in consultation with the Association.
O. Teachers D. All employees shall have available to them in the employee lounge, a bulletin board on which shall be allowed posted all notices affecting current and potential employment, to attend professional meetings with specifically include but not be limited to posting of job openings, work assignments, holidays, calendar, etc. The Association shall have the approval right to use a portion of this bul- letin board for official business.
E. The rights and privileges of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to Association and its representatives as set forth in the Association in this section will Agreement shall not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during Associations as the term representative of this Agreementthe employee.
Q. Officers and members F. Whenever any representative of the Association recognize that is required by the Administration or the Board, to participate during hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, confer- ences or meetings in connection with Lacey Township School System, he shall suffer no pay loss.
G. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school equipmentmail facilities, timee-mail and school mailboxes as it deems necessary, subject to the appropriate District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, and materials are intended primarily for the use approval of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number the School Prin- cipals, which approval shall not be distributedunreasonably withheld. Should the Association or any of its members violate any of the District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, or the approval of the School Principals, the Association faculty representative agrees to indemnify and hold the Board harmless from any and all claims, causes of action, dam- ages, and judgments arising or resulting from the violation (s), including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the Board. Individual correspondence between an officer of the Association and an individual member shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15considered to be privileged.
S. H. The Association officers and/or representatives President shall be required to teach no more than the first three (3) periods of the day. Presidential office holders other than departmentalized staff shall be required to work no more than three- sevenths (3/7) of the normal working day excluding lunch. Such time shall be contiguous and, in the A.M., to fulfill the duties of the position.
I. All beginning orientation programs for new employees shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association Officers will be in- troduced and will be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyconduct an Association orientation program (not to exceed thirty (30) minutes).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of The Board shall make available to the Association any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsdomain regarding financial data. The Board will also make available information which may be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings necessary for the Association to process any grievance.
B. Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is scheduled by the Board to participate during work hours in negotiations he shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Representatives of the Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsreasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon have reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Associationspace on all existing bulletin boards in areas used exclusively by employees.
E. The President and members of the Association’s Executive Committee may be permitted to leave their buildings to conduct Association business during their preparation period or break time and during the time that members are required to stay in school following dismissal of the students with the permission of the principal or his designee and the approval of the principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives the building to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolwhich they are going. This permission would not apply when staff meetings or parent conferences are scheduled.
F. The Association will be provided submit to the Superintendent prior to December 1st of each year its recommendations with respect to the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableschool calendar for the ensuing year.
G. At the orientation programs operated by the Board of Education for new teachers, up to one-half (1/2) hour shall be set aside for the presentation of the Association program.
H. The Board shall grant one (1) 1:45 p.m. dismissal to all unit members for the purpose of ratification. The date for the meeting will be decided by the Association and the District Administrator with the approval of the Board. Any bargaining unit member who has not completed his or her scheduled work shift shall return to duty at the end of the meeting and finish his or her required time.
I. The Association will shall have the right to have placed reasonable use of the inter-school mail facility and school mailboxes. Except for routine announcements all other materials shall be in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers sealed envelopes. There shall be a letter prepared by dedicated E-mail address provided to the Association which informs said teachers that linked to the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrivalDistrict’s server.
J. The Association shall continue have the right to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in a computer system, copier, fax, and an audio-visual unit, subject to paying for any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsincurred costs.
K. The Association President or his/her designated representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings of utilize up to five (5) working days to conduct Association business. These days shall not be taken contiguous to holiday or vacation periods and the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt Association shall reimburse the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved Board for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose cost of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialsubstitutes utilized on said days. Copies Notification of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative such days shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted made directly to draw upon a total of fiftythe Superintendent five
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all available information concerning: the financial reports, audits, register of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of certificated personnel, agendas, minutes of all open public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request , and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the census data (names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableAssociation members). The term “representative” used herein shall apply to any employee(s) representing the bargaining unit.
G. B. Whenever any representatives of the Association or any employee is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conferences, or meetings, the employee shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. Representatives of the Association, the Monmouth County Education Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association shall be permitted to transact official association business on school property at all reasonable times after regular school hours or during regular school hours with the approval of the principal or the designee.
D. The Association will and its representatives shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will . Prior approval shall be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to required by the building principal. In case of an evening meeting or workshop involving outside groups named in (C) above, but his/her advance approval all such organizations will not be requiredcomplete the necessary forms required by the Board for the use of school facilities.
M. The E. With prior approval of the principal, the Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use school facilities and equipment including typewriters, copy machines, computers and all types of audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall supply all materials and supplies necessary to such use. It shall be the interschool obligation of the Association to provide qualified, adequately trained personnel to operate the equipment. The Association shall be held responsible for any damage to the equipment. The Association shall submit to the Board Secretary copies of receipts for materials and supplies used in equipment referred to above.
F. The Association shall have the right to install a bulletin board for its exclusive use in staff lounges and staff work rooms.
G. The Association shall have the right to use inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities, school mail boxes and labeled material, electronic mail. The exception that there shall be no bulk mailing.
H. The rights and privileges of the Association and its office representatives as set forth in the agreement may be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees and to no other organization.
I. The President and Grievance Chairperson of the Association shall not be scheduled for homeroom or duty periods, but will be given this time for Association business. The President and Grievance Chairperson of the Association will receive one (1) period of released time, per day, so as to conduct Association business. This period will be in addition to other duty free periods as stated above.
J. Professional days for representatives of the Association to attend state and national conferences and conventions may be taken under Article 32 - Paragraph “B”.
K. No employee shall be disciplined or reprimanded without just cause. Any such action asserted by the Board, or any agent or representative thereof, shall be subject to the grievance procedure herein set forth. Any criticism of an employee by a designated stop on supervisor/administrator shall be made in confidence and not in the interschool mail distribution route presence of teachers, parents, students, other employees, or a public gathering. The Association and the Board agree that any discipline towards any member of the association shall be progressive in nature and corrective in its action.
L. Whenever any employee is required to appear before the Superintendent, the Board or any committee or member thereof concerning any matter which could adversely affect the continuation of that employee in the office, position or employment, or the salary or any increments pertaining thereto, then the employee shall be given prior notice of the reasons for delivery such meeting or interview and shall be entitled to have a representative of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routepresent to advise and represent him or her during such meeting or interview.
N. M. No teacher will employee shall be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the AssociationAssociation or its affiliates (NEA, NJEA, MCEA, WTEA).
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time, specific available information in the public domain, including any information which may be necessary for the Association to process any grievance or for participation in any of its lawful activitiescomplaint.
B. The Board agrees to furnish the Association will be provided with copies all policy changes affecting the educational process within ten (10) days of minutes policy ratification.
C. Whenever any representative of public session official Board the Association or any member is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, conference or meetings. The Board will be provided copies , he/she shall suffer no loss of minutes of public session meetings pay.
D. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports school property with appropriate prior administrative approval and announcements.
D. The Superintendent provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Such approval shall not be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Associationunreasonably withheld.
E. The principal of each school Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of use the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in buildings at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified at least two (2) school days in advance of the time and place of all such meetings, and his/her approval shall be required. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
K. F. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings have its qualified personnel use school facilities and equipment, including computers, typewriters, mimeographing machines, other - duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audiovisual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use, and shall be responsible for any of the teachers before equipment. This right shall not extend to the Office of the Board Secretary or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programOffice of Superintendent of Schools.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationG. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each lounge to be maintained by the Association. The Association shall also be assigned available space on the bulletin board in the central office for the purpose of displaying Association meeting notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no posting approval will not shall be required.
M. H. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop school mail boxes on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with business without the approval of building principals or other members of the Superintendentadministration; however, a copy of any and all materials so distributed must be simultaneously sent to building principals. The Association is not responsible for individuals using mail boxes without the Association's knowledge.
P. I. All orientation programs for new staff shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association officers will be introduced and will be permitted to conduct an Association orientation program.
J. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in ARTICLE 4 of this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsmembers covered by this Agreement under Recognition ARTICLE.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings1. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of agrees that the Association.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use Principal of the building shall not result involved be given reasonable advance written notice, or in any additional cost to the Boardcase of emergent circumstances, reasonable advance oral notice, and provided there is no conflict with school operations.
2. The principal Officers of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings transact official business on school property at reasonable times provided this does not interfere with school operation.
3. It is agreed that one (1) day each month, said date to be specified by the President of the Association, shall be designated as the regular monthly meeting day of the Association. Insofar as possible, no activities (other than scheduled interscholastic activities) after regular school hours requiring the presence of teachers before will be scheduled that will conflict with the time of said meeting.
4. The Association shall have the right to make reasonable use of school facilities and equipment including office machines and audio visual equipment for Association purposes when such facilities and equipment are not in use for educational purposes. The Association agrees to pay for the cost of materials and supplies incidental to such use at the rate paid by the Board and for any repairs necessitated by such use.
5. The Association shall have the right to make reasonable use of the inter-school mail system for distribution of Association materials provided this does not interfere with school operations. The building Principal shall be made aware of such use.
6. The Association shall have the right to use the bulletin board in the Teachers' room, faculty lounge, and the Teachers' dining room. The location and size of such bulletin boards shall be agreed upon with the respective building Principal. Copies of all materials to be posted on such bulletin boards shall be given to the building Principal.
7. The Board agrees to furnish to the Association through the Superintendent, or after school work days otherwise to make available to it, any and all information which is a matter of public record.
8. The Association agrees that none of the foregoing rights and privileges granted to the Association shall be used or at employed in connection with any other times form of strike which do not disrupt would involve the suspension of, or the interference with, the normal school program.
L. There will 9. The Association President shall not be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but assigned any additional duties beyond his/her advance approval will not be requiredregular teaching assignments.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable request from time to time, specific available information in the public domain, including any information which may be no reprisals necessary for the Association to process any grievance or complaint.
B. Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any member is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during working hours in any negotiations, grievance proceedings, conference or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss of its lawful activitiespay.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings C. Representatives of the Association.
C. The , the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports school property with appropriate prior administrative approval and announcementsprovided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of use the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in buildings at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified at least two (2) school days in advance of the time and place of all such meetings, and his/her approval shall be required. Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
K. E. The Association representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings have its qualified personnel use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, mimeographing machines, other - duplicating equipment, calculating machines, and all types of audiovisual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use, and shall be responsible for any of the teachers before equipment. This right shall not extend to the Office of the Board Secretary or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programOffice of Superintendent of Schools.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationF. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, the exclusive use of a bulletin board in each lounge to be maintained by the Association. The Association- shall also be assigned available space on the bulletin board In the central office for the purpose of displaying Association' meeting notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no posting approval will not shall be required.
M. G. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop school mail boxes on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with business without the approval of building principals or other members of the Superintendentadministration; however, a copy of any and all materials so distributed must be simultaneously sent to building principals. The Association is not responsible for individuals using mail boxes without the Association’s knowledge.
P. H. All orientation programs for new staff shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association officers will be introduced and will be permitted to conduct an Association orientation program.
I. The rights and/or and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in ARTICLE 4 of this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsmembers covered by this Agreement under Recognition ARTICLE.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will The Xxxxxxxx Township Education Association shall have the privilege to use a school building at all reasonable hours for meetings. The Administration shall be no reprisals notified in advance, in writing, of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason the time and requested location of his/her membership all such meetings. The Administration's approval must be obtained in the Association or for participation in any advance of its lawful activitiessuch meetings.
B. Association officers, committees, representatives and members will not conduct business during work hours without specific authorization from the Superintendent. This shall not preclude a meeting held during the employee's duty-free period. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingspresident may use unassigned time prior to the students’ school day and after student dismissal for association business. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings County or Regional, State and National Association representative(s) shall secure the permission of the AssociationSuperintendent before visiting a work location or meeting with an employee(s) during work hours.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place allocated meeting time on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsfirst day in service immediately before the lunch break; or at some other time acceptable to the Superintendent.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in reasonable use of the Superintendent’s packet inter-school mail facilities and school mailboxes with the prior knowledge of the building principal for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. dissemination of appropriate material. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool district's e-mail in accordance with the Board's Acceptable Use Policy. The Association will indemnify and hold the Board harmless against liabilities arising out of the Association's use of inter-school mail and the use of the district's e-mail system.
E. The Association shall have permission to distribute prepackaged use school equipment, subject to administrative approval and labeled materialas long as such equipment remains in the same school building, including: all types of duplicating equipment, computers, and its office shall all types of audiovisual equipment at a reasonable time when such equipment is not otherwise in use. Such equipment is to be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as used by the Association office is on for Xxxxxxxx Township School business only. The Association shall pay for the cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use, and for any repairs necessitated as a regular routeresult thereof.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification F. The Association shall have the right to provide and install a bulletin board in the faculty lounge of membership in each building for the exclusive use of the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval G. Whenever any representative of the SuperintendentAssociation or any employee acting as a representative of the Association participates during working hours at the request of the Board of Education in negotiations, mediation sessions, fact-finding sessions or grievance proceedings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay. The Board is in no way obligated by this provision to pay for the services of Association representatives who are not employees of the Xxxxxxxx Township School District.
P. H. The rights and/or privileges granted Board agrees to furnish the Association, in response to reasonable requests, copies of all material distributed to the public through the Superintendent of Schools. The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term president one (1) copy of this Agreement.
Q. Officers each Board meeting agenda and members one (1) copy of the Association recognize that school equipmentBoard Meeting minutes, timefor each building, and materials within three (3) days after the minutes are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, approved. The Board shall provide the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15copies of all new or revised Board policies within ten (10) days of final approval.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There 3 SECTION 1. The City will be no reprisals provide the Association the use of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership reasonable space on the 4 bulletin boards located in the assembly room, lunch room, detective bureau, locker rooms 5 and satellite station for the purpose of posting material concerning, but not limited to, the 7 Association committee reports; (4) Association rulings or policy statements; (5) 8 Association recreational and social affairs; and (6) employee personal matters. No 9 material shall be posted which contains anything defamatory, scurrilous, matter 10 pertaining to candidacy for participation City of West Allis elective office and incumbents of such 11 offices, or anything reflecting in such manner upon the City or any of its lawful activitiesemployees. 12 Violation of this section shall be sufficient reason for removing the unauthorized posted 13 material by direction of the Chief of Police or designated representative. Any dispute as 14 to the exercise by the Chief of Police of this discretion shall be subject to the grievance 15 procedure.
B. The 16 SECTION 2. Not more than two (2) Association representatives will be provided granted time off, 17 without loss of pay, at any one time to attend labor contract negotiation meetings with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings the 18 City, provided, such representatives are members of the AssociationAssociation negotiating 19 committee and the representative's shift assignment is at the same time that a labor 20 contract negotiation meeting is conducted.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. 21 SECTION 3. The Association shall be given allowed a place on total of seventy-two (72) hours 22 annually for members to attend Association conventions without loss of pay, provided 1 that such time off does not cause any employee to work overtime nor necessitate the agenda 2 payment of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membershipcall-in pay as set forth in Article 7, Sections 5 through 7.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program3 SECTION 4. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided be permitted the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationcourtroom, in an appropriate place in each school buildingassembly 4 room, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins training room or other identification of membership in suitable room at the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed police station to attend professional conduct business 5 meetings with subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges Chief of Police. No permission is granted 6 hereunder for on-duty personnel to attend Association meetings during duty hours, with 7 the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term exception of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members a maximum of four (4) officers of the Association recognize that school equipmentwho may attend such 8 meetings without loss of pay, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted but who must respond immediately to draw upon a total of fiftyany duty demands as
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Representatives of the Association and its affiliates will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in permitted to transact official Association business on school property at reasonable times, provided that this business shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Both the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesbuilding principal and Superintendent shall be notified whenever practical.
B. The Association will shall have the right to use school buildings for meetings at all reasonable hours provided that this shall not interfere with normal school operations. Such use shall be provided in accordance with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsRSU5's established procedures. The Board will be provided copies Association agrees to assume costs of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationcustodial services and police services whenever such services are required.
C. The Whenever any representative of the Association may request and or any educator is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate during work hours in negotiations, grievance meetings, conferences or other meetings, they shall be given a place on the agenda suffer no loss of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementspay.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon reasonable request have the right to meet with representatives of the Associationuse school mailboxes and inter-school mail provided such use does not result in any additional expense to RSU5.
E. The principal of Association shall have, in each school building, the right to use a bulletin board in each faculty room. The Association shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating have the right to the implementation use of this Agreement a bulletin board in his/her schoolthe Superintendent's Office for Association notices.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will shall have the right to have placed make reasonable use of school equipment, including photocopiers and computers, at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall reimburse RSU5 for the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by cost of supplies. Such use shall be subject to school board policy.
G. Annually the Board shall grant two (2) days leave with pay to the Association which informs said teachers President or their designee, provided that the Association is recognized as President notifies the exclusive negotiating representative Superintendent at least five (5) days in advance and the Association reimburses RSU5 for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systemcost of any substitute needed. This leave shall be limited to Association business.
H. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during as the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members exclusive representative of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, educators and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupilsto no other organizations.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals The Board agrees to furnish to the Association the agenda and minutes of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason all public Board meetings and, upon reasonable requests from time to time, all available infor- mation concerning the educational program and the financial resources of histhe District including but not limited to; class size, number of specialists, annual financial reports and credits, census data, group teacher/her membership employees insurance premiums and all other data in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespublic domain.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of and its representatives shall have the Association.right to use school buildings
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment (ex- cluding the Board Secretary and District Offices and equipment), including duplicat- ing equipment, and its office all types of audiovisual equipment at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use, but providing that no equipment is to be removed from the school building where it is customarily stored. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incidental to such use and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof. Cost controls and hours of use are to be a designated stop on estab- lished by the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership administration in consultation with the Association.
O. Teachers D. All employees shall have available to them in the employee lounge, a bulletin board on which shall be allowed posted all notices affecting current and potential employment, to attend professional meetings with specifically include but not be limited to posting of job openings, work assignments, holidays, calendar, etc. The Association shall have the approval right to use a portion of this bul- letin board for official business.
E. The rights and privileges of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to Association and its representatives as set forth in the Association in this section will Agreement shall not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during Associations as the term representative of this Agreementthe employee.
Q. Officers and members F. Whenever any representative of the Association recognize that is required by the Administration or the Board, to participate during hours in negotiations, grievance proceedings, confer- ences or meetings in connection with Lacey Township School System, he shall suffer no pay loss.
G. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school equipmentmail facilities, timee-mail and school mailboxes as it deems necessary, subject to the appropriate District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, and materials are intended primarily for the use approval of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number the School Prin- cipals, which approval shall not be distributedunreasonably withheld. Should the Association or any of its members violate any of the District Regulations, District Policies, Statutes of the State of New Jersey, Administrative Code of the State of New Jersey, all other state and/or federal laws, or the approval of the School Principals, the Association faculty representative agrees to indemnify and hold the Board harmless from any and all claims, causes of action, dam- ages, and judgments arising or resulting from the violation (s), including but not limited to reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred by the Board. Individual correspondence between an officer of the Association and an individual member shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15considered to be privileged.
S. H. The Association officers and/or representatives President shall be required to teach no more than the first three (3) periods of the day. Presidential office holders other than departmentalized staff shall be required to work no more than three- sevenths (3/7) of the normal working day excluding lunch. Such time shall be contiguous and in the A.M. to fulfill the duties of the position.
I. All beginning orientation programs for new employees shall provide a time at the end of the compulsory part of the program where the Association Officers will be in- troduced and will be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyconduct an Association orientation program (not to exceed thirty (30) minutes).
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals Whenever any representative of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership in the Association or for participation any employee participates during working hours in any of its lawful activitiesmutually scheduled negotiations, grievance proceeding, conferences, or meetings, he/she shall suffer no loss in pay.
B. The Representatives of the Association, the New Jersey Education Association, and the National Education Association will shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with copies or interrupt normal school operations.
C. Non-certified staff members of minutes this unit who are duly elected representatives of public session official the Association Executive Board meetings. The Board will and/or Representative Council shall be provided copies of minutes of public session permitted to attend not more than two (2) Association meetings of the Association.
C. The Association may request Executive Board and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsRepresentative Council per month.
D. The Superintendent Association and its representatives shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue permitted to use school buildings without cost charge at all reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use by making requests in accordance with usual practices of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such proposed meetings.
K. E. The Association representative will have shall be permitted to use school facilities and equipment, including typewriters, duplicating equipment, calculating machines, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the right actual cost of all materials and supplies incident to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school programsuch use.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the AssociationF. The Association shall have, in an appropriate place in each school building, the use of a bulletin board in each faculty lounge and teacher dining room. The Association shall also be assigned adequate space on the bulletin board in the central office for the purpose of displaying Association notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all materials to be posted on such material will bulletin boards shall be given to the building principal, but his/her advance no approval will not shall be required.
M. G. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also shall have the right to use the interschool inter-school mail to distribute prepackaged facilities and labeled material, school mailboxes as it deems necessary and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with without the approval of building principals or other members of the administration. A copy of all communications to the general membership shall be furnished to the principals of the school before, or concurrently with, the placing of them in the inter-school mailing facilities.
H. All orientation programs for new teachers shall be co-sponsored by the Board and the Association with the Association obligated to assume only such cost as may be mutually agreed upon during planning of such programs. To the extent prohibited by law, the Board shall not be expected to assume the cost of purely social events conducted as part of such orientation programs, nor shall the Association be expected to assume the cost of speakers, consultants, and services normally considered an appropriate, professional in-service training activity of the Board of Education.
I. The rights and privileges of the Association and its representatives as set forth in this Agreement shall be granted only to the Association as the exclusive representative of the employees covered by this Agreement, and
J. The association president shall have guaranteed time off the last two(2) periods of the school day as necessary for association business. In addition, the President or President's designee shall have available five (5) days release time per year, aggregate, for Association business. Said days shall not be consecutive, except at the end of the year to complete Association business, and shall require three (3) days' written notice to the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership The Board agrees to furnish to the Association in response to reasonable requests from time to time, available information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespublic domain.
B. The Board agrees that the Association will shall have access to all available information concerning the financial resources of the district, together with the information which may be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsnecessary for the Association to process any grievance. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings shall provide such data in a reasonably prompt manner. In most cases, this shall not exceed two full work weeks from the date of the AssociationAssociation request.
C. The Whenever any representative of the Association may request and is required by the Superintendent to participate during working hours in negotiations, grievance meetings, he/she shall be given a place on the agenda suffer no loss of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementspay.
D. The Superintendent shall Association and its representatives may be available permitted to use school buildings, at reasonable hours, for meetings upon reasonable request to meet with representatives prior notice and approval by the principal of the Associationschool in question.
E. The principal Association and its representatives may be permitted to use school facilities and office equipment upon prior notice and approval by the building principal, at reasonable times, when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association will pay for the cost of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives all materials and supplies incident to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolsuch use and for any repairs necessitated as a result thereof.
F. The Association will may be provided permitted the reasonable use of the inter-school mail facilities and mail boxes.
X. In the event that a secretary is required to confer with the names Board, or a committee of the Board, concerning any matter that could affect the continuation of the secretary in his/her position of employment, or could affect his/her terms and addresses conditions of all new teachers employment, then the secretary shall be given prior written notice stating the reasons for such meeting and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right shall be entitled to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by representative of the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School Systempresent to advise him/her during such a meeting.
H. The Association No material derogatory to an employee’s conduct, service, character, or personality shall be given placed in a place on personnel file unless the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers employee has had an opportunity to explain the function review such material and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon affix his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost signature to the Boardcopy to be filed with the express understanding that such signature in no way indicates agreement with the contents thereof. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will employee shall also have the right to use the interschool mail submit a written answer to distribute prepackaged and labeled such material, and its office said answer shall be a designated stop on attached to the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular routefile copy.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyA. Definition
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will be no reprisals of The Board shall make available to the Association any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason of his/her membership information in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetingsdomain regarding financial data. The Board will also make available information which may be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings necessary for the Association to process any grievance.
B. Whenever any representative of the AssociationAssociation or any employee is scheduled by the Board to participate during work hours in negotiations he shall suffer no loss in pay.
C. The Representatives of the Association may request and shall be given a place permitted to transact official Association business on the agenda of school property at all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsreasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon have reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Associationspace on all existing bulletin boards in areas used exclusively by employees.
E. The President and teacher members of the Association’s Executive Committee may be permitted to leave their buildings to conduct Association business during their preparation period and during the time that teachers are required to stay in school following dismissal of the students with the permission of the principal or his designee and the approval of the principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives the building to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolwhich they are going. This permission would not apply when teachers` meetings or parent conferences are scheduled.
F. The Association will be provided submit to the Superintendent prior to December 1st of each year its recommendations with respect to the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableschool calendar for the ensuing year.
G. At the orientation programs operated by the Board of Education for new teachers, up to one-half (1/2) hour shall be set aside for the presentation of the Association program.
H. The Board shall grant one (1) 1:45 p.m. dismissal to all unit members for Association meetings. The date for the meeting will be decided by the Association and the District Administrator with the approval of the Board. Any bargaining unit member who has not completed his or her scheduled work shift shall return to duty at the end of the meeting and finish his or her required time.
I. The Association will shall have the right to have placed in reasonable use of the Superintendent’s packet inter-school mail facility and school mailboxes. Except for routine announcements all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association other materials shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrivalsealed envelopes.
J. The Association shall continue have the right to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in a word processor, copier, and an audio visual unit, subject to paying for any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetingsincurred costs.
K. The Association President or his/her designated representative will shall have the right to schedule meetings of utilize up to five (5) working days to conduct Association business. These days shall not be taken contiguous to holiday or vacation periods and the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt Association shall reimburse the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved Board for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose cost of displaying notices, circulars, and such materialsubstitutes utilized on said days. Copies Notification of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative such days shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted made directly to draw upon a total of fiftythe Superintendent five
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will Representatives of the Association and the New Jersey Education Association shall be no reprisals permitted entry to school property at reasonable times for the purpose of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason necessary Association activities, provided that it shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. In the event that the representative involved is also an employee of the Board, release from his/her membership in regularly assigned duties shall be permitted so long as it will not interfere with the orderly operation of the school district. Release will be without pay unless said release is agreed to by a supervisor or the administration. No work involving the internal operation of the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiesshall be performed by Board employees during working hours.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings at reasonable hours for meetings. The Board will Association shall submit a “Use of Property Request” form through the superintendent’s office in advance. Approval shall be granted providing that there are no conflicts with the school schedules, and provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationthat it does not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged school facilities and labeled materialequipment including typewriters, computers, mailboxes, and duplicating equipment at reasonable times when such equipment is not otherwise in use. The Association shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use, as well as, the cost of repairs made necessary by such use.
D. The rights and privileges of the Association and its office representatives, as set forth in this Agreement, shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted as the exclusive representative of the employees and to no other organization representing any other teachers’ group portion of the unit or organization during potential member of the term of this Agreementunit.
Q. Officers E. The Board understands the necessity of a reasonable amount of release time for Association business, and members the Association understands the necessity to maintain instructional time. With that in mind, designated officers or representatives of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for may schedule release time on an as-needed basis with the use mutual agreement of pupilsthe appropriate administrator.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There Whenever the President or Vice President of the Association is mutually scheduled by the parties to participate, during working hours, in negotiations or grievance proceedings, the Board will accommodate their work schedule to enable them to participate in the negotiation sessions and they will suffer no loss in pay provided they notify their supervisors at least 2 days in advance of the needed schedule accommodation. In the event that alternative schedules for the two mandatory Association negotiation team members can not be arranged for a particular negotiation session, the particular negotiation session will be rescheduled. The Association will provide to the Superintendent the names and, if possible, the work schedule of the President and the Vice President of the Association no reprisals later than June 1 of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason each year.
B. Representatives of the Associations shall be permitted, with his/her membership in supervisor’s prior approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) to transact official Association business on school property at reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations or interfere with the Association or for participation in any performance of its lawful activities.
B. The Association will be provided with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings of the Associationtheir employment-related duties.
C. The Association may request and shall be given a place on the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcements.
D. The Superintendent shall be available upon reasonable request to meet with representatives of the Association.
E. The principal of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her school.
F. The Association will be provided its representatives, with the names and addresses of all new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is available.
G. The Association will site administrator’s prior approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers use a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost building at reasonable times hours for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Boardmeetings. The principal of the building in question will shall be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings. Reasonable costs associated with such use, if any, shall be paid by the Association to the Board.
K. D. The Association representative will shall have the right right, with the site administrator’s prior approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after use school work days or at any facilities and equipment including computer, copy machines, other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Associationduplicating equipment, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circularscalculating machines, and ordinary audiovisual equipment that does not require specialized training or support to operate at reasonable times when such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will equipment is not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials otherwise in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be requireduse. The Association will also shall pay for the reasonable cost of all materials and supplies incident to such use and for any repairs necessitated as a result of its misuse of District property.
E. The Association, with prior site administrator’s approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) shall have in each building or work site the shared and reasonable use of a bulletin board dedicated to staff in staff lounges and staff dining rooms.
F. The Association, having given prior notice to the site administrator, shall have the right to use the interschool school mail boxes but not to distribute prepackaged and labeled materialuse the internal mail delivery system. The Association shall not use the services of the District clerical staff to place Association materials in the staff mailboxes.
G. The Association President shall request of the Superintendent, and its office shall be on behalf of himself/herself or a designated stop on officer/committee chair, reasonable time to address association investigations which the interschool mail distribution route President/designee cannot accommodate during non-work hours.
H. The Board shall allow all representatives designated by the Association to leave their work stations 20 minutes after the last school dismisses for delivery one meeting in May and one meeting in September in order to attend GESPA meetings. The meetings will be held after the close of interschool mail, the normal school day. The Association will notify the building principal at least two weeks prior to the date of the scheduled meeting. Any member who attends the meeting may be required to make up the time spent at the meeting so long as the Association office make-up time is on a regular routeassigned within 15 calendar days without additional compensation.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification I. The rights and privileges of membership the Association and its representatives as set forth in the Association.
O. Teachers this Agreement shall be allowed to attend professional meetings with the approval of the Superintendent.
P. The rights and/or privileges granted only to the Association in this section will not be granted as the exclusive representative of the employees and to any no other teachers’ group or organization during the term of this Agreementorganizations.
Q. Officers and members of J. The Superintendent shall accommodate requests by the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily President for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that President to alter his/her address and phone number not work schedule to allow him/her reasonable time to attend state conferences or meetings. The President may be distributed, required to make up the Association faculty representative shall be provided with work time missed as a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15result of such absences from his work-related duties within 30 work days without additional compensation.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fifty
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
ASSOCIATION RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES. A. There will Representatives of the Pennsylvania State Education Association and the National Education Association may be no reprisals permitted to meet with an officer of any kind taken against any teacher solely by reason the Association on school property during regular school hours provided:
1. They report to the office of the Building Principal;
2. Such meetings do not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations;
3. Such meetings take place on or during the Association Officer's duty free lunch period or his/her membership in the Association or for participation in any of its lawful activitiespreparation period.
B. The Association will may be permitted to use school equipment such as typewriters, mimeograph machines, other duplicating equipment, but not supplies, and audio-visual equipment at reasonable times, provided such equipment is not in use for other purposes, with copies of minutes of public session official Board meetings. The Board will be provided copies of minutes of public session meetings prior approval of the Associationprincipal of the school.
C. The Association and its representatives shall have the right to use school buildings after regular school hours, provided that this time shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations and with prior approval of the Superintendent of Schools. Evening meetings may request and shall be given a place on arranged provided additional janitorial fees, if any, are reimbursed to the agenda of all regular Board meetings for brief reports and announcementsdistrict.
D. The Superintendent Association shall be available upon reasonable request have the right to meet use the inter-school mail facilities and school mailboxes with representatives prior approval of the Associationprincipal.
E. The principal School programs funded in part or in whole by the School District or by other outside agencies should, whenever feasible, be staffed by the professional members of each school shall be available upon reasonable request of Association representatives to discuss questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement in his/her schoolSchool District.
F. The Association will be provided with granted and scheduled at least thirty (30) minutes of the names and addresses of all program for the orientation day for new teachers and all retiring teachers as soon as such information is availableor on the opening in-service day.
G. The Association will have the right to have placed in the Superintendent’s packet for all new teachers a letter prepared by the Association which informs said teachers that the Association is recognized as the exclusive negotiating representative for all teachers in the Xxxxxx County Public School System.
H. The Association shall be given a place on the agenda of the orientation program for new teachers to explain the function and benefits of membership.
I. In order for the Association to properly fulfill this Agreement for the benefit of all teachers and the welfare of the school system, the Association representative may visit schools and talk with teachers, provided that the exercise of this right will not interfere with the educational program. The Association representative will check in at the front office of the school upon his/her arrival.
J. The Association shall continue to use school buildings without cost at reasonable times for meetings provided the use of the building shall not result in any additional cost to the Board. The principal of the building in question will be notified in advance of the time and place of all such meetings.
K. The Association representative will have the right to schedule meetings of the teachers before or after school work days or at any other times which do not disrupt the normal school program.
L. There will be bulletin board space of appropriate size reserved for the Association, in an appropriate place in each school building, for the purpose of displaying notices, circulars, and such material. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal, but his/her advance approval will not be required.
M. The Association will have the right to place Association notices, circulars, and other materials in all teachers’ mailboxes. Copies of all such material will be given to the building principal and Superintendent, but his/her advance approval will not be required. The Association will also have the right to use the interschool mail to distribute prepackaged bulletin boards in every school office and labeled material, and its office shall be a designated stop on the interschool mail distribution route for delivery of interschool mail, so long as the Association office is on a regular route.
N. No teacher will be prevented from wearing pins or other identification of membership in the Association.
O. Teachers shall be allowed to attend professional meetings faculty lounge with the prior approval of the SuperintendentSuperintendent or Building Principal.
P. H. Designees of the Association will be granted leave for an aggregate total of ten (10) non-cumulative school days per school year without loss of pay or benefits for the purpose of attending PSEA or NEA conferences, conventions or other PSEA or NEA meetings directly related to the welfare of the Association. Additional school days may be approved by the Board in its Discretion. Expenses incurred by the District for such leaves of absence shall be borne by the Association, limited to the cost of substitutes employed to cover the absence(s).
I. The rights and/or privileges granted Board agrees to furnish to the Association in this section will not be granted to any other teachers’ group or organization during one copy of new policies affecting the term of this Agreement.
Q. Officers and members of the Association recognize that school equipment, time, and materials are intended primarily for the use of pupils.
R. Unless a teacher requests that his/her address and phone number not be distributed, the Association faculty representative shall be provided with a faculty list, including home addresses and telephone numbers, by September 15.
S. Association officers and/or representatives shall be permitted to draw upon a total of fiftyAssociation
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
