Common use of Curriculum Specialists Clause in Contracts

Curriculum Specialists. 1. The Board may employ Curriculum Specialists to serve the teachers in the elementary (K-5) buildings in such areas as Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Math and to serve K-8 teachers in the areas of Art, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Gifted, Foreign Languages, and Physical Education. Curriculum Specialists shall be certified teachers, shall be highly qualified, shall be members of the PREA bargaining unit, and shall be paid on the basis of their placement on the appropriate lane and step of the professional compensation schedule. In addition, if a teacher is employed as a Curriculum Specialist either on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis by being given release time, he/she shall also receive an annual stipend in the applicable amount set forth in Appendix D. If a Curriculum Specialist is employed by the Board before and/or after the regular school year, he/she shall be paid at their daily rate of pay for each such day that he/she is so employed. No teacher shall be involuntarily assigned to work as a Curriculum Specialist. A teacher who is no longer assigned as a Curriculum Specialist will be assigned to a teaching position that is equivalent or similar to the teaching position previously held if the teacher is still determined to be qualified to hold such position.

Curriculum Specialists. 1. The Board may employ Curriculum Specialists to serve the teachers in the elementary (K-5) buildings in such areas as Science, Social Studies, Language Arts and Math and to serve K-8 teachers in the areas of Art, Instrumental Music, Vocal Music, Gifted, Foreign Languages, and Physical Education. Curriculum Specialists shall be certified teachers, shall be highly qualified, shall be members of the PREA bargaining unit, and shall be paid on the basis of their placement on the appropriate lane and step of the professional compensation schedule. In addition, if a teacher is employed as a Curriculum Specialist either on a full-time basis or on a part-time basis by being given release time, he/she shall also receive an annual stipend in the applicable amount set forth in Appendix D. B. If a Curriculum Specialist is employed by the Board before and/or after the regular school year, he/she shall be paid at their daily rate of pay for each such day that he/she is so employed. No teacher shall be involuntarily assigned to work as a Curriculum Specialist. A teacher who is no longer assigned as a Curriculum Specialist will be assigned to a teaching position that is equivalent or similar to the teaching position previously held if the teacher is still determined to be qualified to hold such position.