Class Size and Teaching Load. 1. No bargaining unit member shall be required to teach a split grade for more than one (1) year in a row.
2. In the area of K-6 classes there shall be no more than twenty-five (25) students. For the purposes of this Section "pupil" includes special education students mainstreamed into the regular classroom for more than half of the school day. Bargaining unit members in K-6 classes having more than twenty-five (25) students will be compensated at the rate of one hundred and ninety dollars ($190) per student per semester. Payment will be based on the end of the semester enrollment. Class size excess payment will be paid twice per year (first pay to be paid with the first regular paycheck in February, and the last to be paid with the last regular paycheck in June). The teacher affected is responsible for submitting a request for pay on a standard form developed by the Association and approved by the District Treasurer.
3. Every attempt shall be made to eliminate or reduce all extra duty (homeroom, bus duty, recess duty, etc.) and/or provide additional planning time for bargaining unit members who have the following teaching situations:
a. Split grades K-6.
b. Departmentalized 5-12 classes with more than six (6) classes, or one hundred and fifty (150) students, or more than four (4) preparations.
4. Priority for teacher aid assistance, if available, shall be given to bargaining unit members in the teaching situations listed above.
Class Size and Teaching Load. 1. A timely effort will be made to balance and achieve equality in class size and teacher workload within grade level and/or subject area within each building.
2. The number of pupils assigned to any unit or classroom by the Administration shall not exceed the capacity of the teaching facilities. If either the Association or a Teaching Staff Member believes that there is an imbalance or overload in either an individual class size, or the total teaching load of a Teaching Staff Member, the following procedure will be used:
a. The Association shall refer the problem in writing to the Building Principal for resolution.
b. If the alleged imbalance or overload is not resolved, the Association shall refer the problem to the Superintendent or his designee for resolution.
c. The Superintendent's resolution of the alleged imbalance or overload is final.
Class Size and Teaching Load. 110 The welfare of the pupils is the primary consideration in all school matters. Because pupil- teacher ratio is an important aspect of an effective educational program, the parties agree that efforts should be made to provide the optimum pupil-teacher ratio consistent with the program, physical facilities, research and best educational practices.
Class Size and Teaching Load. A. The Board and the Johnsburg Teachers' Organization recognize that class size has a direct bearing on effective teaching, and therefore is a key concern throughout the district. Accordingly, the Board agrees that it will make every reasonable effort to establish a reasonable class enrollment for each class. The Administration will thus aim to keep class size limited to 30 students with the exception of P.E. classes in which limits will be set at 45, with the further exception of organized playground P.E.
B. The Board of Education will insure that all K-5 teachers receive a minimum of 260 minutes of professional planning time per full five-day week, not including before the time students arrive and/or the time students are dismissed. For 6-12 teachers, planning time will be 225 minutes of professional planning time per full five-day week. For teachers in grades 6-12, there will be a daily professional planning time and an additional daily student assistance period (individual student tutoring, laboratory supervision, study hall supervision, parking lot or cafeteria supervision, or other academic support services).
C. Any teacher teaching a curriculum-based class that exceeds the standard teaching load at their school by more than 35 minutes per day will qualify to receive the overload stipend. Instructional staff not covered by this provision includes special education teachers, except where such special education teachers actually teach an overload self-contained class, counselors, and learning center directors. K-5 teachers teaching a fifteenth section shall receive one-half of the overload stipend each semester. In situations in which a teacher, who is teaching six (6) separate course preps or more and teaches more than one prep during an individual class period, the teacher shall be compensated at 2% of B-1. The criteria for qualification exclude all independent study situations.
D. Teachers without a master’s degree teaching an overload class shall receive a stipend of 8% of Step B-1 for each semester they instruct an overload class. Teachers in xxxx XX or beyond teaching an overload class shall receive a stipend of 8% of Step FG-1 for each semester they instruct an overload class.
Class Size and Teaching Load. 1. In recognition of the fact that the size of classes is a matter of mutual concern to both the Board of Education and the Association, it is agreed that the Association will appoint a committee to deal with this question on a continuing basis jointly with the Superintendent or such person(s) as the Superintendent may designate. The committee is to keep under study and to review class sizes in the schools and to make plans and recommendations with a view toward achieving class sizes that will make for maximum teaching effectiveness.
Class Size and Teaching Load. A. Because changing educational requirements dictate revision of tra ditional size to meet the needs of modern education, the following recommen dations shall be implemented in Roscoe Central School District whenever practical: Elementary:
