Common use of Interactive Distance Learning Clause in Contracts

Interactive Distance Learning. If the Board elects to participate in programs utilizing interactive distance learning (IDL), the following shall apply: A. No teacher shall lose his/her job or have his/her hours reduced as a result of the implementation of IDL. B. Assignment of teachers to IDL courses must be mutually agreed to by the teacher and the principal at the originating site. C. The originating district shall determine the course of study for each IDL course offered. Each IDL teacher shall be responsible for the content, material selection, instruction, testing, and evaluation of students in the originating and receiving sites. D. Course offerings with the North Royalton City School District as the originating site shall be limited to: (1) courses that are not in the existing curriculum, or (2) courses in the existing curriculum that are not being offered due to insufficient student enrollment. It is the preference of the North Royalton City School District to offer courses as regular courses instead of IDL courses. Subject to the limitations contained elsewhere in this Article, the North Royalton City School District reserves the right to extend regular curriculum classes through IDL to remote sites. E. Behavior, discipline, and supervision of students at IDL remote sites shall be the responsibility of the remote site district, with input from the IDL teacher. F. IDL teachers shall be responsible for setting up and using the equipment according to training guidelines. Installation and major maintenance of IDL equipment shall be the responsibility of the originating district and shall be done in a timely manner. G. Video of an IDL course may be used for make-up work for all students enrolled in that IDL course. Remote sites are responsible for their students' make-up work. H. Video of IDL courses are the property of the originating site district. If the originating site teacher requests it within five (5) days of the presentation, he/she shall receive a copy of his/her presentation at no cost. I. The evaluation of a teacher who teaches an IDL course(s) shall be in accordance with the evaluation process contained in this Agreement. All observations/evaluations shall require the physical presence of the evaluator. No observations or evaluations of IDL presentations for the purpose of professional improvement or renewal or non-renewal of the teacher's contract shall be done or conducted by electronic means. During a teacher's first year of teaching an IDL course, observations and/or evaluations of the teacher's IDL teaching shall have no adverse effect on the teacher's employment status with the Board. This provision has no bearing on the evaluation of the teacher's other classes. J. The class size of an IDL course shall be based upon the appropriate number of students for the specific learning activity and shall be small enough to allow for full two-way interactive participation. Because of the technology involved and because not all students are on site, total class size, including students at the originating site and those at the remote sites, shall not exceed twenty-five (25) students per teacher in no more than one (1) originating and three (3) remote locations unless there is agreement of the originating site teacher. Students at the remote sites shall not exceed the number of stations. K. Each IDL teacher shall prepare and video in advance a minimum of two lecture-type (non-interactive) class presentations to be used in the event of the absence of the IDL teacher. L. If the North Royalton City School District is the originating site district, each teacher who is teaching a full-year IDL course shall have compensation equal to five percent (5%) of the BA base salary for the first year he/she teachers on the IDL network. The compensation shall be pro-rated for IDL courses that are not a full year in length. However, if a higher rate of compensation is agreed to in the next Agreement, any IDL teacher who taught an IDL course under this Article shall receive in a lump sum the difference between the higher rate and the compensation specified in this provision. M. Initial and on-going training regarding IDL shall be made available to each teacher who will be teaching an IDL course. Each teacher participating in NRPDC-approved training outside the normal school day/school year shall be granted appropriate PDUs/CEUs or compensation at .0007 of the BA base salary, at the teacher's option. N. If an IDL teacher presents an IDL course outside of the normal school day, his/her teaching schedule shall be adjusted so that the teacher works no more than the regular contracted daily time. If an IDL teacher presents an IDL course outside of the normal school year, he/she shall be compensated at a pro rata amount of his/her normal daily rate of pay. If an evening school course is offered through IDL technology, the provisions of Article 42 shall apply. O. An originating site district teacher who may be required to use his/her personal automobile to travel between sites or to other meetings regarding IDL shall be reimbursed according to the provisions of Article 33 of this Agreement. P. An originating site district teacher who may be required to use his/her personal automobile to travel between sites or to other meetings regarding IDL shall be reimbursed according to the provisions of Article 33 of this Agreement.

Interactive Distance Learning. If the Board elects to participate in programs utilizing interactive distance learning 1. The purpose of Interactive Distance Learning (IDL)) is to provide additional educational opportunities for children attending the Monroeville Local School District. IDL will be used to supplement and enhance the curriculum. The IDL project shall not reduce the total number of bargaining unit members employed, nor shall the following shall apply: A. No teacher shall lose his/her job or have his/her hours worked by an individual bargaining unit member be reduced as a result of the implementation and use of telecommunications via IDL. B. Assignment 2. Staff members shall be notified when course offerings for IDL are being considered per the posting provisions of teachers the collective bargaining agreement. Decisions regarding the filing of the assignments will be made by the administration in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement. However, no teacher will be selected for an IDL assignment unless he/she notifies the superintendent in writing that he/she is interested in teaching an IDL course that has been posted. 3. Assignments to the IDL courses must shall be mutually agreed to made on a yearly or semester basis and shall be by mutual agreement of the teacher and the principal at the originating site. C. The originating district shall determine the course of study for each IDL course offered. Each IDL teacher shall be responsible for the content, material selection, instruction, testing, and evaluation of students in the originating and receiving sites. D. Course offerings with the North Royalton City School District as the originating site shall be limited to: (1) courses that are not in the existing curriculum, or (2) courses in the existing curriculum that are not being offered due to insufficient student enrollment. It is the preference of the North Royalton City School District to offer courses as regular courses instead of IDL courses. Subject to the limitations contained elsewhere in this Article, the North Royalton City School District reserves the right to extend regular curriculum classes through IDL to remote sites. E. Behavior, discipline, and supervision of students at IDL remote sites shall be the responsibility of the remote site district, with input from the IDL teacher. F. IDL teachers shall be responsible for setting up and using the equipment according to training guidelines. Installation and major maintenance of IDL equipment shall be the responsibility of the originating district and shall be done in a timely manner. G. Video of an IDL course may be used for make-up work for all students enrolled in that IDL course. Remote sites are responsible for their students' make-up work. H. Video of IDL courses are the property of the originating site district. If Assignment of a teacher to an IDL course will not adversely impact the originating site teacher requests it within five (5) days workload, class sizes, and teaching schedule of another member of the presentation, he/she shall receive a copy of his/her presentation at no costbargaining unit. I. 4. The evaluation of a teacher who teaches an teachers of IDL course(s) courses shall be in accordance with the evaluation process contained in this Agreementthe local collective bargaining agreement of the originating site district. All observationsevaluations/evaluations observations shall require the physical presence of the evaluator. No observations or evaluations of IDL presentations for the purpose of professional improvement or renewal or non-renewal of the teacher's contract shall be done or conducted by electronic means. During a teacher's first year of teaching an IDL course, observations and/or evaluations of the teacher's IDL teaching shall have no adverse effect on the teacher's employment status with the Board. This provision has no bearing on the evaluation of the teacher's other classes. J. The class 5. Class size of an IDL course shall be based upon the appropriate number of students for the specific learning activity and shall be small enough to allow for full two-way interactive participation. Because of the technology involved and because not all students are on site, total Total class sizesizes, including students at the originating site and those at the remote sites, shall not exceed twenty-five thirty (2530) students per teacher in no MTA bargaining unit member per class when Monroeville is the originating site and shall involve students from not more than one (1) originating and three (3) remote locations unless there is agreement locations, except by mutual consent of the originating site teacher. Students at the remote sites shall not exceed the number of stationsbargaining unit member. K. Each IDL teacher shall prepare and video in advance a minimum of two lecture-type (non-interactive) class presentations to be used in the event of the absence of the IDL teacher. L. If the North Royalton City School District is the originating site district, each teacher who is teaching a full-year IDL course shall have compensation equal to five percent (5%) of the BA base salary for the first year he/she teachers on the IDL network6. The compensation shall be pro-rated for IDL courses that are not a full year in length. However, if a higher rate of compensation is agreed to in the next Agreement, any IDL teacher who taught an IDL course under this Article shall receive in a lump sum the difference between the higher rate and the compensation specified in this provision. M. Initial and on-going training regarding IDL shall be made available to each teacher who will be teaching an IDL course. Each teacher participating in NRPDC-approved training outside the normal school day/school year shall be granted appropriate PDUs/CEUs or compensation at .0007 of the BA base salary, at the teacher's option. N. If an IDL teacher presents an IDL course outside of the normal school day, his/her teaching schedule shall be adjusted so that the teacher works no more than the regular contracted daily time. If an IDL teacher presents an IDL course outside of the normal school year, he/she shall be compensated at a pro rata amount of his/her normal daily rate of pay. If an evening school course is offered through IDL technology, the provisions of Article 42 shall apply. O. An originating Originating site district teacher who teachers who, from time to time, may be required to use his/her their personal automobile automobiles to travel between sites to training or to other meetings regarding IDL shall be reimbursed according for their mileage. 7. An IDL class may be televised for demonstration purposes by mutual consent of the teacher and the originating site district. Videotapes of IDL classes may be used for other purposes only by mutual consent of the teacher and the originating site district. 8. All IDL students will sign and adhere to a student conduct contract and be subject to the provisions discipline as stipulated on the contract. Behavior, discipline, and supervision of Article 33 IDL students at remote sites will be the responsibility of this Agreement. P. An originating the remote site district district. If a teacher who is assigned classroom supervision at a remote site, such assignment shall be in lieu of a classroom or other assignment. By mutual agreement, however, a teacher may be required assigned to use supervise remote site students during the time he/she is performing his/her personal automobile to travel between sites or to other meetings regarding regularly assigned duties. 9. No IDL broadcast shall be reimbursed according provided to the provisions of Article 33 of this Agreementa school district where teachers are conducting a legal strike.