Middle School/High School. During the first five (5) days of classes, or during the first five (5) days of classes not commencing at the start of the school year, the BOARD shall equalize like classes scheduled during the same period to the extent possible and consistent with sound educational practices. New enrollments will be distributed to the extent possible and consistent with sound educational practices so as not to imbalance class size.
Middle School/High School. When there is an excess of teachers in the Middle School or the High School, the building administrator will survey the affected staff to ascertain if a teacher is interested in a voluntary transfer.
a) If there are no transfers forthcoming, the Superintendent shall then arrange for an involuntary transfer.
b) When determining which teacher shall be first involuntarily transferred from the affected building, the deciding factor shall be seniority, provided the program from which the affected teacher was assigned can be maintained by a teacher from the projected building staff in accordance with bumping criteria listed in ARTICLE III, Section 14 Subsection D. 2 b. In the event a program cannot be maintained, then tests set forth above will be applied to the teacher with the next least amount of seniority.
c) In the event that teachers have equal seniority, building seniority shall be the deciding factor.
Middle School/High School. 1) In the Middle School and High School, the members of each department shall meet with the appropriate administrator to discuss their teaching preferences and assignments and to attempt to cooperatively determine such for the next school year. In those departments where assignments cannot be agreed to cooperatively, the administrator shall make the final tentative assignment.
a) The building administrator shall make supervisory assignments each year according to requests made in (B.1) above except when it is administratively impossible or the teacher does not meet the criteria established for such assignment. Whenever possible these assignments will be alternated among teachers.
b) It is further understood that teachers who receive supervisory assignments shall be expected to supervise the program, children, and lay personnel involved. However, the teacher shall not be responsible for the actions of lay personnel.
c) In the High School a ratio of one supervisory person per hundred students shall be maintained for study hall and lunch duty unless additional teachers over and above a building's allocation would have to be hired in order to conform with this provision.
d) Any teacher who requests but does not receive such a supervisory assignment shall have the reasons placed in writing, at his/her request, after s/he has discussed such request with the appropriate administrator.
2) No teacher in the Middle School or High School shall be assigned to teach outside his/her area of certification.
3) No Middle School or High School teacher’s assignment shall contain more than three (3) separate preparations not shall any such teacher have more than three (3) consecutive periods of assigned classroom responsibility unless:
a) A teacher suggests to the building administrator that s/he be assigned to more than three (3).
b) It can be shown that compliance with this provision would mean a curtailment of the educational program which could not otherwise be avoided.
c) A teacher would not have the required number of assignments.
4) The number of different rooms to which a teacher is assigned shall be held to the absolute minimum which is educationally sound and administratively possible.
Middle School/High School. If a unit member has any class that is designated for "lower class size,” his/her remaining TPCR shall be prorated.
Middle School/High School. A. The teacher’s day in the middle school and high school shall consist of six (6) hours and 48 minutes. Each class period will be 41 minutes. If the District desires to establish 42-minute period, within the confines of the six (6) hours and 48 minutes, it shall have the right to reopen this Agreement on this subject and negotiate the issue with the Congress. Effective July 1, 2001 the Middle School and High School days shall increase to seven (7) hours.
B. Homeroom periods may be extended, with no single period shortened on a regular basis.
C. Teachers at the middle school and high school will have the following schedule:
Middle School/High School a. Bus duty in the Middle School and High School will be equitably divided among all teachers but excluding content coordinators, nurses, and guidance counselors.
b. It is agreed that the district will strive to keep the number of study halls to a minimum.
c. Teachers without a full schedule may be assigned office coverage/duties during their unscheduled time.
Middle School/High School. A. A teacher in grades 6-12 shall be assigned a maximum of one hundred sixty-five (165) students per day, subject to any applicable overload payment provided in Article 25. Except as provided below, such teachers shall have a maximum of three
Middle School/High School. For a secondary teacher the compensation amount will be calculated by using the number of periods taught each semester per day as the numerator and the denominator will be the total number of student periods per day, minus one (1). For example, a teacher at the middle school or high school (six period student day) teaching three periods per day will be paid on a 3/5ths or 60% contract that semester. Using this formula and method of calculation will then include compensation for a pro- rated preparation period automatically.
Middle School/High School. A. A teacher in grades 7-12 shall be assigned a maximum of 165 students per day, subject to any applicable overload payment provided in Article 17 below. Except as provided below, such teachers shall have a maximum of three (3) preparations within a curriculum area per day except in self-contained classrooms. Teachers assigned to teach in two or more curriculum areas will be assigned a maximum of three (3) preparations. Teacher preparations will be assigned in the best interests of the students and teacher.
1. Foreign language and special teachers (such as art, music, industrial arts, business education and physical education) may be assigned up to four (4) preparations per day.
2. Academic teachers who teach a fourth preparation with the prior written agreement of the Senior Director of Curriculum Instruction will be entitled to a $1,500 per year stipend, payable at the end of the school year.
3. Special circumstances regarding preparations that are not directly addressed or resolved by reference to this paragraph (16.2) shall be finally determined, on a case by case basis, by the Assistant Superintendent for Learning.
B. A teaching preparation is defined as a grade level or a different subject within a curriculum area. To the extent possible, teaching preparations will be cooperatively planned by the principal and faculty members in each department and, to the extent possible, the number of preparations will be equalized among the members of the department. However, the building principal and coordinator will make the final decision on assignment of preparations.
C. Every teacher is to teach six (6) periods on a seven (7) period day with a regular program. No teacher will have more than six (6) classes per day or an equivalent load, if teaching on a modular program or eight (8) period day. Every teacher shall be guaranteed the equivalent of one preparation period per day.
D. The assignment of homerooms and other non-classroom duty, such as cafeteria duty, shall be done in an equitable manner within each building.
Middle School/High School. During the first five (5) days of classes, or during the first five (5) days of classes not commencing at the start of the school year, the BOARD shall equalize like classes scheduled during the same period to the extent possible and consistent with sound educational practices. New enrollments will be distributed to the extent possible and consistent with sound educational practices so as not to imbalance class size.
I. Multi-Age Classes
1. Whenever a teacher is assigned to teach an elementary self-contained class composed of students from two consecutive grade levels, the number of students in that class shall be limited to twenty-five (25).
2. Placement of Students in split classes will be done in accordance with Article V, Section 5, of this Agreement.
