Classroom Assistants. 1. When no certificated/licensed substitute is available to replace a teacher, this sequence of options should be followed:
a. Employ a substitute classroom assistant and notify the building principal.
b. In a single-unit building, when no certificated/licensed teacher or certificated/licensed substitute is available and the building administrator is not available, then a certificated/licensed teacher from a multi-unit building may be reassigned to cover the absence. A substitute classroom assistant will be employed to replace the reassigned teacher.
c. If no substitute teacher is available, or a teacher leaves the classroom for at least two (2) consecutive hours, the classroom assistant who is solely responsible for following the lesson plan in the absence of the teacher shall be paid a $40.00 daily stipend. The request for stipend payment must be submitted to the Treasurer’s Office within 30 days of the event and no later than ten (10) days after the last school day for students in the district to which the employee is assigned. Failure to do so shall forfeit the employee’s right to payment. A certificated/licensed substitute holding a four-year college degree may request to have his/her name placed on the TCESC Governing Board approved substitute list for both classroom teachers and classroom assistants. Due to his/her qualifications, he/she shall be solely responsible for following the lesson plan in the absence of the teacher and shall be paid at the substitute teacher rate. No stipend shall be paid to the classroom assistant. If this individual is in the classroom due to the absence of a classroom assistant, he/she shall be paid at the substitute classroom assistant rate. If an individual who is on both the certified and classified substitute lists is assigned the responsibilities of the classroom assistant, the designated classroom assistant will be assigned the duties of the classroom teacher and will receive the above-mentioned stipend.
d. If more than one classroom assistant is assigned to a special class/learning center or classroom, the supervisor shall annually designate the classroom assistant who would assume the lesson plan responsibility in the absence of a certified/licensed substitute and who would receive the stipend. The Supervisor generally will consider length of the employee work day and current assignment (but not exclusively) when making the designation. This designation would occur no later than the first day of class for each ac...
Classroom Assistants. For elementary grades beginning October 1st of each year, a regular class which has thirty (30) or more students assigned to it for more than ten consecutive days will have an assistant assigned to it on a full time basis. The assistant will remain with the classroom teacher throughout the day unless the principal determines the resource teacher for that class needs assistance. The assistant may be reassigned only when the class drops below thirty (30) students for more than ten consecutive days. Upon a teacher's request, an assistant will not be assigned to the classroom. Where IEP students, exclusive of speech and language students, comprise 30% or more of a class roster of at least twenty-five (25) students, a classroom assistant will be provided.
Classroom Assistants. 12:2.1 Classroom assistants shall be evaluated at least once each school year in accordance with policies of the Board.
12:2.2 Prior to the annual evaluation conference, the assistant may request the presence of the teacher in charge of the assistant during the evaluation conference.
12:2.3 A classroom assistant shall be required to sign an evaluation form, after the conference with the express understanding that such signature does not necessarily indicate agreement with the contents thereof. No classroom assistant shall be asked to sign a blank or incomplete evaluation form.
12:2.4 A classroom assistant shall be given a copy of any class visit or evaluation report prepared by his/her evaluators at least one (1) day before any conference to discuss it and no more than ten (10) school days following the scheduled observation. No such report shall be submitted to the central office, placed in
Classroom Assistants. 12:2.1 Classroom assistants shall be evaluated at least once each school year in accordance with policies of the Board.
12:2.2 Prior to the annual evaluation conference, the assistant may request the presence of the teacher in charge of the assistant during the evaluation conference.
12:2.3 A classroom assistant shall be required to sign an evaluation form, after the conference with the express understanding that such signature does not necessarily indicate agreement with the contents thereof. No classroom assistant shall be asked to sign a blank or incomplete evaluation form.
12:2.4 A classroom assistant shall be given a hard copy of any class visit, evaluation report or videotape prepared by his/her evaluators at least one (1) day before any conference to discuss it and no more than ten (10) school days following the scheduled observation. No such report shall be submitted to the central office, placed in the assistant’s
12:2.4(a) There shall be only two (2) copies of any videotape prepared by the evaluators of an Assistant in connection with an observation/evaluation of an Assistant (the “Assistant Videotape”). The Assistant’s immediate supervisor shall keep one (1) copy of the Assistant Videotape in a secure location and the Assistant shall receive one (1) copy. The Association shall be informed of the location of the copy of the Assistant Videotape maintained by the Assistant’s immediate supervisor.
12:2.4(b) The administration shall not voluntarily share the video tape with any party not affiliated with the District and it may only be used by the District for the purpose of evaluation. The Assistant Videotape shall be no less than a twenty (20) minute observation of the Assistant.
Classroom Assistants. For elementary grades beginning October 1st of each year, a regular class which has thirty-two
