Common use of CONTRACT DEFINITIONS Clause in Contracts

CONTRACT DEFINITIONS. Administrator – professional employees hired by the Southeast Kansas Interlocal Number 637 Board on an administrator’s contract Association - Southeast Kansas Interlocal Education Association, affiliated with the Kansas National Education Association and the National Education Association Bargaining Unit - shall include all persons, except administrators, employed by the Board in a position requiring a certificate/license issued by the State Board or employed in a professional, educational, or instructional capacity including, but not necessarily limited to, teachers, school social workers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, school psychologists, speech language pathologists, audiologists, interpreters, and school nurses. Board - Board of Directors of Southeast Kansas Interlocal Number 637 Days - except where indicated otherwise, shall mean days staff are required to be on duty. Director - Director of Southeast Kansas Interlocal Number 637 Interlocal - Southeast Kansas Interlocal Number 637 Near Relative - spouse, siblings, parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren of the professional employee; children, parents, siblings and grandparents of the professional employee’s spouse. This includes relationships established through marriage or adoption. Opening - a vacancy created through resignation or death of a professional employee, leave of absence, transfer of a professional employee to another position, creation of a new position/program and/or redefining of position(s). Principal – professional employees hired by the Board on a building administrator’s contract. Seniority – certified/licensed full-time professional employees having continuous contracts with the Interlocal and the Southeast Kansas Special Education Cooperative for the highest number of years regardless of assignments. Standing committee - committees that comply with the guidelines found on the Standing Committee form contained in the Appendix Teacher or Professional Employee - shall be used interchangeably and shall mean all persons defined in the bargaining unit.