Common use of Internal Sabbaticals for Employees Serving in Designated Bilingual and Special Education Classrooms Clause in Contracts

Internal Sabbaticals for Employees Serving in Designated Bilingual and Special Education Classrooms. 1. The District will provide for granting internal sabbaticals to teach in a non- bilingual or regular education classroom to a limited number of permanent employees who have served full-time for a least six (6) consecutive years in designated bilingual or special education classrooms. Applications must be received by February 1, and will be accepted from those teachers who are not on an improvement plan. 2. By July 1 of each year the District shall provide for internal sabbaticals for as many as 4 full-time permanent employees serving in designated bilingual classrooms and as many as 2 full-time permanent teachers serving in designated special education classrooms. 3. Employees who qualify as described in paragraph (1) above may apply for an internal sabbatical for one complete school year. A second consecutive year shall be considered upon the request of the teacher. Original requests and requests for the one-year extension must be received by Human Resource Services not later than February 1. 4. At any time following the conclusion of the period of the internal sabbatical, and based upon the current needs of the District, the employee will expect and may be required to be reassigned to a designated bilingual or special education classroom as appropriate. The employee will not expect to be reassigned to the position or site to which he or she was assigned immediately prior to the internal sabbatical. 5. Employees who apply for the limited number of internal sabbaticals will be selected based upon identifiable, reasonable, educationally related factors. 6. Any request for an internal sabbatical which has not been granted by July 1 will be considered null and void and the employee must reapply by February 1 of the subsequent school year. This provision in no way diminishes the District’s intent to grant such sabbaticals up to the level described above, but acknowledges the time required to secure appropriate replacement staff.

Internal Sabbaticals for Employees Serving in Designated Bilingual and Special Education Classrooms. 1. The District will provide for granting internal sabbaticals to teach in a non- bilingual or regular education classroom to a limited number of permanent employees who have served full-time for a least six (6) consecutive years in designated bilingual or special education classrooms. Applications must be received by February 1, and will be accepted from those teachers who are not on an improvement plan. 2. By July 1 of each year the District shall provide for internal sabbaticals for as many as 4 full-time permanent employees serving in designated bilingual classrooms and as many as 2 full-time permanent teachers serving in designated special education classrooms. 3. Employees who qualify as described in paragraph (1) above may apply for an internal sabbatical for one complete school year. A second consecutive year shall be considered upon the request of the teacher. Original requests and requests for the one-year extension must be received by Human Resource Personnel Services not later than February 1. 4. At any time following the conclusion of the period of the internal sabbatical, and based upon the current needs of the District, the employee will expect and may be required to be reassigned to a designated bilingual or special education classroom as appropriate. The employee will not expect to be reassigned to the position or site to which he or she was assigned immediately prior to the internal sabbatical. 5. Employees who apply for the limited number of internal sabbaticals will be selected based upon identifiable, reasonable, educationally related factors. 6. Any request for an internal sabbatical which has not been granted by July 1 will be considered null and void and the employee must reapply by February 1 of the subsequent school year. This provision in no way diminishes the District’s 's intent to grant such sabbaticals up to the level described above, but acknowledges the time required to secure appropriate replacement staff.