Labor Management Joint Training Sessions. We have had a partnership for over 90 years. This language advances that partnership and recognizes the shared commitment between the Saint Xxxx Federation of Educators and the Saint Xxxx Public Schools to work together more effectively and efficiently to increase student achievement. Both organizations believe a partnership will be beneficial for the children, families, and educators in Saint Xxxx, for the greater community, and for both organizations. A partnership between Saint Xxxx Public Schools and Saint Xxxx Federation of Educators is based on mutual strength, agreed and defined goals, strong communication, accountability, and shared potential. To further these goals, the parties agree to hold, twice per year, joint union and management training sessions. The purpose of these trainings is to build positive working relationships that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our work, in the place where it matters most—the classrooms in our school buildings. The topics may include, but not be limited to: • leadership skills; • effective problem solving; • identifying areas where stewards and principals can partner (budget details, implementing new laws, testing procedures); • contract language (i.e. election to work agreements, peer assistance and review, workload clarification); • fundamentals of the Teacher Tenure Act and Just Cause; • the improvement plan process; • the grievance process; • member rights to union representation; and • effective strategies to address racial disparities and close achievement gaps Individuals that will be required to attend are SPFE stewards, principals, human resource personnel, and supervisors of Educational Assistant and School and Community Support Professionals. The trainings will be a maximum of two hours in length and will be jointly developed by the SPFE staff and SPPS staff. These trainings will be held outside of the regular school day. In a ratification year, one of these two training obligations can be satisfied by a joint presentation of the final agreement to the above-mentioned individuals.
Labor Management Joint Training Sessions. Xxxxxxx had a partnership for over 90 years. This language advances that partnership and recognizes the shared commitment between the Saint Xxxx Federation of Teachers and the Saint Xxxx Public Schools to work together more effectively and efficiently to increase student achievement. Both organizations believe a partnership will be beneficial for the children, families, and educators in Saint Xxxx, for the greater community, and for both organizations. A partnership between Saint Xxxx Public Schools and Saint Xxxx Federation of Teachers is based on mutual strength, agreed and defined goals, strong communication, accountability, and shared potential. To further these goals, the parties agree to hold, twice per year, joint union and management training sessions. The purpose of these trainings is to build positive working relationships that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our work, in the place where it matters most—the classrooms in our school buildings. The topics may include, but not be limited to: Individuals that will be required to attend are SPFT stewards, principals, human resource personnel, and supervisors of Educational Assistant and School and Community Support Professionals. The trainings will be a maximum of two hours in length and will be jointly developed by the SPFT staff and SPPS staff. These trainings will be held outside of the regular school day. In a ratification year, one of these two training obligations can be satisfied by a joint presentation of the final agreement to the above-mentioned individuals.
Labor Management Joint Training Sessions. Members of the Saint Xxxx Federation of Teachers and the Saint Xxxx Public Schools have had a partnership for over 90 years. This language advances that partnership and recognizes the shared commitment between the Saint Xxxx Federation of Teachers and the Saint Xxxx Public Schools to work together more effectively and efficiently to increase student achievement. Both organizations believe a partnership will be beneficial for the children, families, and educators in Saint Xxxx, for the greater community, and for both organizations. A partnership between Saint Xxxx Public Schools and Saint Xxxx Federation of Teachers is based on mutual strength, agreed and defined goals, strong communication, accountability, and shared potential. To further these goals, the parties agree to hold, twice per year, joint union and management training sessions. The purpose of these trainings is to build positive working relationships that increase the effectiveness and efficiency of our work, in the place where it matters most—the classrooms in our school buildings. The topics may include, but not be limited to: Individuals that will be required to attend are SPFT stewards, principals, human resource personnel, and supervisors of Educational Assistant and School and Community Support Professionals. The trainings will be maximum of two hours in length and will be jointly developed by the SPFT staff and SPPS staff. These trainings will be held outside of the regular school day. In a ratification year, one of these two training obligations can be satisfied by a joint presentation of the final agreement to the above-mentioned individuals. District administration will work with school principals to establish a schedule that provides for the rotation of the use of carts and portable classrooms by teachers. The intent being to limit the use of a cart by each teacher to no more than two years. However, it is recognized that exigent circumstances may arise where a teacher may be assigned a cart for more than one year, or a portable classroom for more than two years, or where a teacher volunteers.
