/SEI Endorsement. Whereas the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has adopted regulations that require that all core academic teachers of English Language Learners (XXXx), and building administrators who supervise such teachers, must earn a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Teacher or Administrator Endorsement by July 1, 2016, and whereas it is the responsibility of each such teacher or administrator to earn such Endorsement, the following agreement has been reached. Any FREA member who is employed in the Fall River Public Schools during 2012-2013, or who becomes employed by the Fall River Public Schools prior to July 1, 2016, and who earns the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement by July 1, 2016 while employed by the Fall River Public Schools shall receive three (3) Fall River Increment Credits that may be utilized toward advancement on any and all lanes of the FREA’s Salary Schedule (Appendix A). The parties expressly agree that the three (3) Fall River Increment Credits earned for the SEI Endorsement constitute graduate credits. No other compensation will be sought or given for obtaining this Endorsement. In the event that all training slots are not taken, and as long as the following is allowed by DESE, the Superintendent or his designee shall notify all FREA members in writing that additional slots are available at no cost to any FREA member interested in taking the training, including non- core academic members. In the event that the DESE issues additional SEI/RETE:: professional development and training guidelines beyond those that exist as of the date of this Agreement, the FREA and the School Committee shall enter into negotiations concerning any such guidelines.
/SEI Endorsement. Teachers will be granted credit towards lane changes for course work required by the district for SEI endorsement. Three increment credits (45 hours which will be done outside of the school day) will be granted if the teacher has not paid tuition to a college or university to award the credits, but has successfully completed the required coursework.
