Common use of Part-time and Job Share Levels of Responsibility Clause in Contracts

Part-time and Job Share Levels of Responsibility. The district and the Association both recognize that circumstances may exist wherein it is mutually desirable to provide for circumstances in which two employees share the duties and responsibilities of a single position. A. At the time a part-time teacher is hired, or when a shared-classroom assignment is established, or when a full-time teacher is reduced to part time, agreement shall be reached between part-time teachers and principals regarding attendance at faculty meetings, open houses, etc. B. Only current regular half-time or more (not temporary) employees shall be eligible for job sharing. If two employees wish to job share, they shall jointly submit a plan to the building principal by April 1 for the following school year. The plan submitted shall specify the specific curriculum and other responsibilities of each of the job share participants including teachers’ preference for half or full day job share arrangement. Job sharing will be granted annually upon the mutual agreement of the two employees, the building principal, and the Superintendent or his/her designee. If the job share arrangement is to be continued from one year to the next, a new plan must be submitted and approved each year. C. Job share participants shall, for the period of the job sharing assignment, retain the rights of their contracted FTE when the job share assignment is terminated. If both parties mutually agree to continue the job share position, the parties shall submit a new plan for approval to their principal and the district by April 1. D. In the event teachers who are participating in a job share demonstrate through performance or conduct that conflict exists between the teachers, and if the conflict cannot be resolved through the peer mediation process, the district reserves the right to discontinue the job share and reassign the teachers. E. Teachers who agree to job share with an NCEA officer will be restored to their former FTE and equivalent position at the end of the job share.

Part-time and Job Share Levels of Responsibility. The district and the Association both recognize that circumstances may exist wherein it is mutually desirable to provide for circumstances in which two employees share the duties and responsibilities of a single position. A. At the time a part-time teacher is hired, or when a shared-classroom assignment is established, or when a full-time teacher is reduced to part time, agreement shall be reached between part-time teachers and principals regarding attendance at faculty meetings, open houses, etc. B. Only current regular half-time or more (not temporary) employees shall be eligible for job sharing. If two employees wish to job share, they shall jointly submit a plan to the building principal by April 1 for the following school year. The plan submitted shall specify the specific curriculum and other responsibilities of each of the job share participants including teachers’ preference for half or full day job share arrangement. Job sharing will be granted annually upon the mutual agreement of the two employees, the building principal, and the Superintendent or his/her their designee. If the job share arrangement is to be continued from one year to the next, a new plan must be submitted and approved each year. C. Job share participants shall, for the period of the job sharing assignment, retain the rights of their contracted FTE when the job share assignment is terminated. If both parties mutually agree to continue the job share position, the parties shall submit a new plan for approval to their principal and the district by April 1. D. In the event teachers who are participating in a job share demonstrate through performance or conduct that conflict exists between the teachers, and if the conflict cannot be resolved through the peer mediation process, the district reserves the right to discontinue the job share and reassign the teachers. E. Teachers who agree to job share with an NCEA officer will be restored to their former FTE and equivalent position at the end of the job share.