Shared Teacher. The term, "shared teacher," shall mean any teacher contracted by the School District and assigned duties in another school district.
Shared Teacher. This option will only apply in certain areas, where schools have chosen to share the costs of employing a teacher on a shared (cluster) basis as a resource for all. Typically, the teacher will be employed on the payroll of one of the schools, but a service level agreement or a protocol will need to be in place to ensure a fair distribution of the available teaching time. If the teacher is employed solely to cover the absence of other colleagues, the rarely cover limit on cover duties will not apply. It would be feasible to use the shared teacher to develop a bank of learning resources for other staff to draw on in the event of staff absence. Care should however be paid to the teacher’s professional development.
Shared Teacher. A Shared School Teacher is defined as a teacher who has a portion of their teaching load in the Middle School and a portion of their teaching load in the High School. There will not be a reduction of force due to the modification of school schedule and classification of teachers. The following describes the schedule of a Shared Teacher on all days except those with a modified schedule.
a. A Shared Teacher’s workday will be from 7:15-2:45.
b. A Shared Teacher will not have a Homeroom but may be assigned to provide coverage as needed.
c. A Shared Teacher will have five (5) assigned classes between the HS and MS schedules.
d. One daily duty-free lunch period for a minimum of 30 minutes.
e. One daily preparation period. A preparation period shall be defined as administrative time.
f. Shared teachers will not be assigned a duty period.
g. One daily resource period. This period shall be used for, but not limited to: extra help, parent/student conferences, committee work, mentoring, 504 meetings and IEP meetings. The administration may assign each teacher non-instructional duties during one (1) resource period each week. Assignments could include, but not be limited to: IEP meetings, 504 meetings, parent/guardian meetings. Administration will not schedule department, grade level, content team, or MS Academic team meetings during the resource periods. The resource period will be defined as administrative time.
h. Shared teachers will travel to the building that they are assigned in the afternoon during the opportunity supervision session or their Prep or Resource period.
i. Shared teachers will not be assigned an opportunity supervision on either A or B Day schedules.
j. Administration will be responsible for providing adequate coverage and/or allot for all contractual obligations during any period on days with a modified schedule.
k. Shared teachers will not be assigned morning or afternoon duty.
l. Sixth period assignments may be scheduled during the teacher’s resource period. Said teacher shall retain an assigned planning period pursuant to the appropriate provision of Article IV. If a sixth period assignment is scheduled during the teachers’ resource period, the teacher shall be compensated at the rate of $7,500 for a full year assignment. Said stipend shall be pensionable and may be pro-rated if the assignment is for less than a full year.
m. On days with a modified schedule, teachers will retain a prep, resource, and lunch period.
