Common use of JOB‐SHARE OR SHARED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT Clause in Contracts

JOB‐SHARE OR SHARED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. A. Job-sharing shall refer to two (2) unit members sharing one (1) teaching assignment. B. Two unit members may share a job share assignment for a minimum of one (1) year. C. Applications for a job-sharing assignment for the following school year shall be filed with the District no later than April l. D. Job Share Agreements shall not be denied except for just cause based on educationally-sound reasons and such reasons shall be reduced to writing upon the applicants request in the case of the denial of an application to participate in a job-sharing arrangement. Should the unit member believe that such reasons are not accurate or misrepresent the issues in question, the site administrator, representative(s) from the District administration, the unit member(s), and a representative(s) of the Association shall meet to discuss the reasons cited for the denial to determine their validity. Final decisions regarding job share shall rest with the District. E. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, job-sharing unit members’ wages, benefits, and paid leaves shall be prorated relative to the actual time worked. F. The health and welfare benefits may be divided up such that each employee receives fifty percent (50%) of the District contribution toward the benefit package of each job shared or the job sharers may divide the benefit package between themselves in a mutually agreeable manner. In no case will the District be required to contribute additional funding beyond what would have been contributed if the assignment was staffed by one teacher. G. Once the job-share contract has specified how the benefits are to be divided, that decision is binding and non-revocable for that school year. However, in no event shall the amount of health and welfare benefits for the job-sharers exceed the amount the District would have paid if the position had not been shared. H. Unit members participating in a job-share assignment shall receive service credit proportionately based on the unit member’s job share percentage, not to exceed one (1) full year total between job share partners. Evaluation for service credit advancement shall take place once per year, on July 1. I. Unit members entering into a job-sharing arrangement shall complete the Certificated Partnership Teaching Agreement mutually developed by the Association and the District. J. Upon the request of the two bargaining unit members, and the approval of the site administrator, a job-sharing assignment may be renewed provided the two unit members notify the District prior to April 1. In the event the two unit members fail to notify the District to continue the job-sharing assignment, or in the event the District does not approve the continuance of the assignment, the unit members shall be returned to full-time assignments. K. Any unit member who has been employed by the District in a teaching position for three (3) or more years shall be eligible to participate in job-sharing assignments L. In the event that one job-share participant fails to complete the school year in a job-sharing assignment or requests removal from the job-sharing partnership, it shall be the responsibility of the other job-sharing partner to return to full time employment until an acceptable replacement is secured or until the conclusion of that school year, whichever occurs first. It shall not be the responsibility of the District or the Association to secure job-share partners for those individuals who wish to establish a job-sharing partnership. That responsibility shall rest solely with the individual(s) who wish to enter into a job-sharing partnership. M. At the conclusion of a job-sharing assignment, if the certificated position still exists or is projected to exist, the partner teacher with the greatest District seniority (Article XII, A.1.a.b.

JOB‐SHARE OR SHARED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. A. Job-sharing Job‐sharing shall refer to two (2) unit members on regular contracts sharing one (1) teaching assignment. B. Two unit members may share a job share assignment for a minimum of one (1) year. C. Applications for a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment for the following school year shall be filed with the District no later than April l. D. Job Share Agreements shall not be denied except for just cause based on educationally-sound educationally‐sound reasons and such reasons shall be reduced to writing upon the applicants request in the case of the denial of an application to participate in a job-sharing job‐sharing arrangement. Should the unit member believe that such reasons are not accurate or misrepresent the issues in question, the site administrator, representative(s) from the District administration, the unit member(s), and a representative(s) of the Association shall meet to discuss the reasons cited for the denial to determine their validity. Final decisions regarding job share shall rest with the District. E. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, job-sharing job‐sharing unit members’ wages, benefits, and paid leaves shall be prorated relative to the actual time worked. F. The health and welfare benefits may be divided up such that each employee receives fifty percent (50%) of the District contribution toward the benefit package of each job shared or the job sharers may divide the benefit package between themselves in a mutually agreeable manner. In no case will the District be required to contribute additional funding beyond what would have been contributed if the assignment was staffed by one teacher. G. Once the job-share job‐share contract has specified how the benefits are to be divided, that decision is binding and non-revocable non‐revocable for that school year. However, in no event shall the amount of health and welfare benefits for the job-sharers job‐sharers exceed the amount the District would have paid if the position had not been shared. H. Unit members participating in a job-job share assignment shall receive advance one year of service credit proportionately based on if the unit member’s job share percentage, not to exceed one (1) full year total between job share partnersunit member works a minimum of 50% of the previous school year. Evaluation for service credit advancement shall take place once per year, on July 1. Job share unit members having worked less than 50% shall receive no service credit advancement nor can they accumulate advancement service credit by adding multiple years of job share work. I. Unit members entering into a job-sharing job‐sharing arrangement shall complete the Certificated Partnership Teaching Agreement mutually developed by the Association and the District. J. Upon the request of the two bargaining unit members, and the approval of the site administrator, a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment may be renewed provided the two unit members notify the District prior to April 1. In the event the two unit members fail to notify the District to continue the job-sharing job‐sharing assignment, or in the event the District does not approve the continuance of the assignment, the unit members shall be returned to full-time full‐time assignments. K. Any unit member who has been employed by the District in a teaching position for three (3) or more years Only permanent employees shall be eligible to participate in job-sharing job‐sharing assignments effective August 1, 2000. However, unit members who are already in established job‐share assignments as of August 1, 2000, and who are not permanent employees shall have the ability to continue in such job‐share assignments. L. In the event that one job-share job‐share participant fails to complete the school year in a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment or requests removal from the job-sharing job‐sharing partnership, it shall be the responsibility of the other job-sharing job‐sharing partner to return to full time employment until an acceptable replacement is secured or until the conclusion of that school year, whichever occurs first. It shall not be the responsibility of the District or the Association to secure job-share job‐share partners for those individuals who wish to establish a job-sharing job‐sharing partnership. That responsibility shall rest solely with the individual(s) who wish to enter into a job-sharing job‐sharing partnership. M. At the conclusion of a job-job sharing assignment, if the certificated position still exists or is projected to exist, the partner teacher with the greatest District seniority (Article XII, A.1.a.b.

JOB‐SHARE OR SHARED EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT. A. Job-sharing Job‐sharing shall refer to two (2) unit members sharing one (1) teaching assignment. B. Two unit members may share a job share assignment for a minimum of one (1) year. C. Applications for a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment for the following school year shall be filed with the District no later than April l. D. Job Share Agreements shall not be denied except for just cause based on educationally-sound educationally‐sound reasons and such reasons shall be reduced to writing upon the applicants request in the case of the denial of an application to participate in a job-sharing job‐sharing arrangement. Should the unit member believe that such reasons are not accurate or misrepresent the issues in question, the site administrator, representative(s) from the District administration, the unit member(s), and a representative(s) of the Association shall meet to discuss the reasons cited for the denial to determine their validity. Final decisions regarding job share shall rest with the District. E. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, job-sharing job‐sharing unit members’ wages, benefits, and paid leaves shall be prorated relative to the actual time worked. F. The health and welfare benefits may be divided up such that each employee receives fifty percent (50%) of the District contribution toward the benefit package of each job shared or the job sharers may divide the benefit package between themselves in a mutually agreeable manner. In no case will the District be required to contribute additional funding beyond what would have been contributed if the assignment was staffed by one teacher. G. Once the job-share job‐share contract has specified how the benefits are to be divided, that decision is binding and non-revocable non‐revocable for that school year. However, in no event shall the amount of health and welfare benefits for the job-sharers job‐sharers exceed the amount the District would have paid if the position had not been shared. H. Unit members participating in a job-share job‐share assignment shall receive service credit proportionately based on the unit member’s job share percentage, not to exceed one (1) full year total between job share partners. Evaluation for service credit advancement shall take place once per year, on July 1. I. Unit members entering into a job-sharing job‐sharing arrangement shall complete the Certificated Partnership Teaching Agreement mutually developed by the Association and the District. J. Upon the request of the two bargaining unit members, and the approval of the site administrator, a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment may be renewed provided the two unit members notify the District prior to April 1. In the event the two unit members fail to notify the District to continue the job-sharing job‐sharing assignment, or in the event the District does not approve the continuance of the assignment, the unit members shall be returned to full-time full‐time assignments. K. Any unit member who has been employed by the District in a teaching position for three (3) or more years shall be eligible to participate in job-sharing job‐sharing assignments L. In the event that one job-share job‐share participant fails to complete the school year in a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment or requests removal from the job-sharing job‐sharing partnership, it shall be the responsibility of the other job-sharing job‐sharing partner to return to full time employment until an acceptable replacement is secured or until the conclusion of that school year, whichever occurs first. It shall not be the responsibility of the District or the Association to secure job-share job‐share partners for those individuals who wish to establish a job-sharing job‐sharing partnership. That responsibility shall rest solely with the individual(s) who wish to enter into a job-sharing job‐sharing partnership. M. At the conclusion of a job-sharing job‐sharing assignment, if the certificated position still exists or is projected to exist, the partner teacher with the greatest District seniority (Article XII, A.1.a.b.