DISTRICT ASSIGNED SPLIT CLASSES. When teachers are teaching a split class, the teacher(s) will be compensated for extra duties and preparation required or receive the equivalent in substitute release time. Two hours of Paraeducator time per day shall be provided for each split level class. In the event teachers are not provided with an integrated split grade level curriculum (except for math), teachers will not be required to teach two distinct grade levels of curriculum. PACE teachers teaching a split class who are teaching the district-approved curriculum in math and reading will be compensated for extra duties and preparation and will be provided paraeducator time two (2) hours per day. District Assigned Split Classes $900 per semester SDLT in buildings that have a split class or classes will make the determination about how science is taught, and if they decide on a “walk-to-science” model, they will use their decision matrix to ensure instructional staff are part of the design and scheduling. The district will provide professional development to assist teachers and ESPs tasked with teaching two grade levels An NSD toolbox will be created for each possible split combination (grade levels 1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5) that highlights the essential content and related curriculum for ELA, Math, and Science. The Science document will highlight the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) for the two grades, show overlap in those DCIs, and indicate which DCIs are unique to each grade level. Based on overlaps and unique emphases, the document will suggest key readings from the texts at each grade level, investigations from the kits at each grade level, and engineering projects from the district-adopted science materials from each level that the teacher of the split class could use. **First and second year teachers will not be assigned to teach split classes. Music, physical education, and library will be exclusions to these provisions. However, overload provisions for music, physical education, and library are applied when services exceed 28 45-minute sections per week per 1.0 FTE, excluding a minimum of 20 percent of administrative time for librarians. Overload pay of $525 per semester will occur when the number of sections exceeds 28 for music and physical education and 22 for Librarians. Any time assigned to the librarian with students in the library during recess, lunch, etc., shall be included as part of the minutes of contact time. Administrative time for librarians will be scheduled in blocks of at leas...
