STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act. (b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation. (c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework. (a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: University 32 Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down). (b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes. (c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02 (a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student (d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system. (e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of September 25 in a given year and September 25 and February 11 in a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively. 5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting. (b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director of Education and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding that school year, whenever possible. (c) The functions of the Committee shall be: (i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios; (ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-calls/supervision on a school- by- school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month; (iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year; (iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters; (v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model; (vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections; (vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto; (viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and (ix) To receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry. (x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives; (d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie. (e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal. (f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports. (g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports. (h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session. (i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) (a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25. (b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of: (i) 10% of the full- time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and (ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee. (c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement. (d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made. (e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises. (f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows: (i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee. (ii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and (iii) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting. (g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: Group A University 32 Group B Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of September 25 in a given year and September 25 and February 11 in a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director of Education and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and
(ix) To receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.
(ii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and
(iii) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: Group A University 32 Group B Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Credit Recovery 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of the 15th instructional day in September 25 in of a given school year and September 25 and February 11 the 10th instructional day in second semester for a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director Superintendent of Education Human Resources & Labour Relations and the Board Co- Co-Chairperson of the Committee not no later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the Board senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding preceding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-on- calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and;
(ix) To to receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.;
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(xi) to receive by September 30 of each school year: • Current Form 106 for each school • Current Form 107 for each school • Master Timetable for each school • A list of any open or unfilled positions • A list of any supernumeraries; and
(xii) to discuss proposals for changes to local school scheduling models.
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The the suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The the completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.,
(ii) to review the Student Success/Credit Recovery Statement of Principles as approved by SSSAC;
(iii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and;
(iiiiv) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting. Such notes will be made available to all staff and administration and the Co-Chairs of SSSAC;
(v) to submit the completed SSSAC Data Review by November 30 to the Board’s Senior Coordinator of Human Resources-Academic Services; and
(vi) to provide a copy of the school’s monthly on-call supervision tally report.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,, • Letters of Mutual Consent.
(h) By November 15th, the Board will provide an LSSAC day to facilitate the completion of the SSSAC Data Review.
(a) The LSSAC will review the Teaching Preference Forms before March 20th. The Teaching Preference Form will include:
(i) OCT qualifications;
(ii) subject areas in which the teacher has both interest and qualification;
(iii) subject areas in which the teacher has interest but no qualification.
(b) Each school principal shall establish a tentative staffing model in consultation with the LSSAC for the following year by April 15. The tentative staffing model shall include:
(i) the projected enrolment for the coming school year;
(ii) the allocation based on that enrolment;
(iii) the organization of the school based on the above;
(iv) any available positions;
(v) the names of any teachers who may be surplus to such model;
(vi) the tentative departmental assignments; and
(vii) the tentative headship model.
(c) This model shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Human Resources & Labour Relations for approval, after which it shall be forwarded to the Senior Manager, Human Resources-Academic Services by April 15 and the President of TSU upon request.
(d) For the purposes of being declared surplus to a secondary school, the following criteria shall be considered:
(i) the least number of years of experience of a teacher within the secondary school panel which shall be the length of time from the commencement of such teacher’s most recent employment in secondary schools/ workplaces;
(ii) the qualifications as registered on the teacher’s Certificate of Qualifications;
(iii) previous teaching experience in the available subject areas. In determining which of two or more teachers are to be declared surplus, the Board shall apply the criteria set out in (i), (ii) and (iii) in that order. In the event that two or more teachers are equal based on (i), (ii) and (iii) and neither volunteers to be declared surplus, the Board shall consider the relevant skills and competence of such teachers.
(e) All teachers who are surplus to such staffing models shall be informed in writing on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee by April 15 by the principal or superintendent of education.
(f) Any changes after April 15 in the tentative staffing model which cause change in the number and type of available positions or the number of surplus teachers will be reported promptly by the principal, as approved by the appropriate superintendent of
(g) Listings of tentative positions in the secondary panel will be sent to the superintendents of education, the President of the Toronto Secondary Unit, principals, and the Toronto Secondary Unit school representatives in accordance with Article 7.08.
5.07 On the recommendation of the LSSAC, each school may schedule a professional activity day to be the day following one of the Parent-Teacher Interview nights.
5.08 (a) By May 30, teachers will be informed of their tentative departmental assignments for the following school year. Teachers will be informed immediately of changes to these tentative departmental assignments. Departmental assignments are to be developed in consultation with the LSSAC.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: University 32 Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Credit Recovery 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of the 15th instructional day in September 25 in of a given school year and September 25 and February 11 the 10th instructional day in second semester for a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Co- Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director Superintendent of Education Human Resources & Labour Relations and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not no later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the Board senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding preceding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-on- calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and;
(ix) To to receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.;
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(xi) to receive by September 30 of each school year: • Current Form 106 for each school • Current Form 107 for each school • Master Timetable for each school • A list of any open or unfilled positions • A list of any supernumeraries;
(xii) to discuss proposals for changes to local school scheduling models;
(xiii) to act as the LSSAC for day e-learning;
(xiv) to act as the LSSAC for all non-school-based teachers; and
(xv) to take consensus notes of each meeting.
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 fifteen (15) days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 twenty (20) school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by the third (3rd) Monday in September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of twotwo (2)), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from the third (3rd) Monday in to the second (2nd) Friday in September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The the suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The the completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee, • the exceeding of class caps, and • the scheduling of all students into classes.
(ii) to review the Student Success/Credit Recovery Statement of Principles as approved by SSSAC;
(iii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first (1st) week of October, and for semestered schools, the first (1st) week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and;
(iiiiv) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 ten (10) days after the meeting. Such notes will be made available to all staff and administration and the Co-Chairs of SSSAC;
(v) to submit the completed SSSAC Data Review by November 30 to the Board’s Senior Coordinator of Human Resources-Academic Services; and
(vi) to provide a copy of the school’s monthly on-call supervision tally report.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two (2) working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,, • Letters of Mutual Consent.
(h) By November 15th, the Board will provide an LSSAC day to facilitate the completion of the SSSAC Data Review.
(a) The LSSAC will review the Teaching Preference Forms before March 20th. The Teaching Preference Form will include:
(i) OCT qualifications;
(ii) subject areas in which the teacher has both interest and qualification;
(iii) subject areas in which the teacher has interest but no qualification.
(b) Each school principal shall establish a tentative staffing model in consultation with the LSSAC for the following year by April 15. The tentative staffing model shall include:
(i) the projected enrolment for the coming school year;
(ii) the allocation based on that enrolment;
(iii) the organization of the school based on the above;
(iv) any available positions;
(v) the names of any teachers who may be surplus to such model;
(vi) the tentative departmental assignments; and
(vii) the tentative headship model.
(c) This model shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Human Resources & Labour Relations for approval, after which it shall be forwarded to the Senior Manager, Human Resources-Academic Services by April 15 and the President of TSU upon request.
(d) For the purposes of being declared surplus to a secondary school, the following criteria shall be considered:
(i) the least number of years of experience of a teacher within the secondary school panel which shall be the length of time from the commencement of such teacher’s most recent employment in secondary schools/workplaces;
(ii) the qualifications as registered on the teacher’s Certificate of Qualifications;
(iii) previous teaching experience in the available subject areas. In determining which of two or more teachers are to be declared surplus, the Board shall apply the criteria set out in (i), (ii) and (iii) in that order. In the event that two (2) or more teachers are equal based on (i), (ii) and (iii) and neither volunteers to be declared surplus, the Board shall consider the relevant skills and competence of such teachers.
(e) All teachers who are surplus to such staffing models shall be informed in writing on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee by April 15 by the principal or superintendent of education.
(f) Any changes after April 15 in the tentative staffing model which cause change in the number and type of available positions or the number of surplus teachers will be reported promptly by the principal, as approved by the appropriate superintendent of education, to the Human Resources Department. Any teacher declared surplus after April 15 shall be informed forthwith in writing by the principal or superintendent of education of such status on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.
(g) Listings of tentative positions in the secondary panel will be sent to the superintendents of education, the President of the Toronto Secondary Unit, principals, and the Toronto Secondary Unit school representatives in accordance with Article 7.08.
5.07 On the recommendation of the LSSAC, each school may schedule a professional activity day to be the day following one of the Parent-Teacher Interview nights.
5.08 (a) By May 30, teachers will be informed of their tentative departmental assignments for the following school year. Teachers will be informed immediately of changes to these tentative departmental assignments. Departmental assignments are to be developed in consultation with the LSSAC.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: Group A University 32 Group B Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Credit Recovery 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of the 15th instructional day in September 25 in of a given school year and September 25 and February 11 the 10th instructional day in second semester for a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Co- Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director Superintendent of Education Human Resources & Labour Relations and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not no later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the Board senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding preceding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-on- calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and;
(ix) To to receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.;
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(xi) to receive by September 30 of each school year: • Current Form 106 for each school • Current Form 107 for each school • Master Timetable for each school • A list of any open or unfilled positions • A list of any supernumeraries; and
(xii) to discuss proposals for changes to local school scheduling models.
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The the suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The the completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.,
(ii) to review the Student Success/Credit Recovery Statement of Principles as approved by SSSAC;
(iii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and;
(iiiiv) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting. Such notes will be made available to all staff and administration and the Co-Chairs of SSSAC;
(v) to submit the completed SSSAC Data Review by November 30 to the Board’s Senior Coordinator of Human Resources-Academic Services; and
(vi) to provide a copy of the school’s monthly on-call supervision tally report.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,, • Letters of Mutual Consent.
(h) By November 15th, the Board will provide an LSSAC day to facilitate the completion of the SSSAC Data Review.
(a) The LSSAC will review the Teaching Preference Forms before March 20th. The Teaching Preference Form will include:
(i) OCT qualifications;
(ii) subject areas in which the teacher has both interest and qualification;
(iii) subject areas in which the teacher has interest but no qualification.
(b) Each school principal shall establish a tentative staffing model in consultation with the LSSAC for the following year by April 15. The tentative staffing model shall include:
(i) the projected enrolment for the coming school year;
(ii) the allocation based on that enrolment;
(iii) the organization of the school based on the above;
(iv) any available positions;
(v) the names of any teachers who may be surplus to such model;
(vi) the tentative departmental assignments; and
(vii) the tentative headship model.
(c) This model shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Human Resources & Labour Relations for approval, after which it shall be forwarded to the Senior Manager, Human Resources-Academic Services by April 15 and the President of TSU upon request.
(d) For the purposes of being declared surplus to a secondary school, the following criteria shall be considered:
(i) the least number of years of experience of a teacher within the secondary school panel which shall be the length of time from the commencement of such teacher’s most recent employment in secondary schools/ workplaces;
(ii) the qualifications as registered on the teacher’s Certificate of Qualifications;
(iii) previous teaching experience in the available subject areas. In determining which of two or more teachers are to be declared surplus, the Board shall apply the criteria set out in (i), (ii) and (iii) in that order. In the event that two or more teachers are equal based on (i), (ii) and (iii) and neither volunteers to be declared surplus, the Board shall consider the relevant skills and competence of such teachers.
(e) All teachers who are surplus to such staffing models shall be informed in writing on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee by April 15 by the principal or superintendent of education.
(f) Any changes after April 15 in the tentative staffing model which cause change in the number and type of available positions or the number of surplus teachers will be reported promptly by the principal, as approved by the appropriate superintendent of education, to the Human Resources Department. Any teacher declared surplus after April 15 shall be
(g) Listings of tentative positions in the secondary panel will be sent to the superintendents of education, the President of the Toronto Secondary Unit, principals, and the Toronto Secondary Unit school representatives in accordance with Article 7.08.
5.07 On the recommendation of the LSSAC, each school may schedule a professional activity day to be the day following one of the Parent-Teacher Interview nights.
5.08 (a) By May 30, teachers will be informed of their tentative departmental assignments for the following school year. Teachers will be informed immediately of changes to these tentative departmental assignments. Departmental assignments are to be developed in consultation with the LSSAC.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: Group A University 32 Group B Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Credit Recovery 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of the 15th instructional day in September 25 in of a given school year and September 25 and February 11 the 10th instructional day in second semester for a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Co- Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director Superintendent of Education Human Resources & Labour Relations and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not no later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the Board senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding preceding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-on- calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and;
(ix) To to receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.;
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(xi) to receive by September 30 of each school year: • Current Form 106 for each school • Current Form 107 for each school • Master Timetable for each school • A list of any open or unfilled positions • A list of any supernumeraries;
(xii) to discuss proposals for changes to local school scheduling models;
(xiii) to act as the LSSAC for day e-learning;
(xiv) to act as the LSSAC for all non-school-based teachers; and
(xv) to take consensus notes of each meeting.
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 fifteen (15) days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 twenty (20) school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Student Achievement, Catholic Education & Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by the third (3rd) Monday in September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of twotwo (2)), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from the third (3rd) Monday in to the second (2nd) Friday in September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The the suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The the completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee, • the exceeding of class caps, and • the scheduling of all students into classes.
(ii) to review the Student Success/Credit Recovery Statement of Principles as approved by SSSAC;
(iii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first (1st) week of October, and for semestered schools, the first (1st) week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and;
(iiiiv) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 ten (10) days after the meeting. Such notes will be made available to all staff and administration and the Co-Chairs of SSSAC;
(v) to submit the completed SSSAC Data Review by November 30 to the Board’s Senior Coordinator of Human Resources-Academic Services; and
(vi) to provide a copy of the school’s monthly on-call supervision tally report.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two (2) working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,, • Letters of Mutual Consent.
(h) By November 15th, the Board will provide an LSSAC day to facilitate the completion of the SSSAC Data Review.
(a) The LSSAC will review the Teaching Preference Forms before March 20th. The Teaching Preference Form will include:
(i) OCT qualifications;
(ii) subject areas in which the teacher has both interest and qualification;
(iii) subject areas in which the teacher has interest but no qualification.
(b) Each school principal shall establish a tentative staffing model in consultation with the LSSAC for the following year by April 15. The tentative staffing model shall include:
(i) the projected enrolment for the coming school year;
(ii) the allocation based on that enrolment;
(iii) the organization of the school based on the above;
(iv) any available positions;
(v) the names of any teachers who may be surplus to such model;
(vi) the tentative departmental assignments; and
(vii) the tentative headship model.
(c) This model shall be forwarded to the Superintendent of Human Resources & Labour Relations for approval, after which it shall be forwarded to the Senior Manager, Human Resources-Academic Services by April 15 and the President of TSU upon request.
(d) For the purposes of being declared surplus to a secondary school, the following criteria shall be considered:
(i) the least number of years of experience of a teacher within the secondary school panel which shall be the length of time from the commencement of such teacher’s most recent employment in secondary schools/workplaces;
(ii) the qualifications as registered on the teacher’s Certificate of Qualifications;
(iii) previous teaching experience in the available subject areas. In determining which of two or more teachers are to be declared surplus, the Board shall apply the criteria set out in (i), (ii) and (iii) in that order. In the event that two (2) or more teachers are equal based on (i), (ii) and (iii) and neither volunteers to be declared surplus, the Board shall consider the relevant skills and competence of such teachers.
(e) All teachers who are surplus to such staffing models shall be informed in writing on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee by April 15 by the principal or superintendent of education.
(f) Any changes after April 15 in the tentative staffing model which cause change in the number and type of available positions or the number of surplus teachers will be reported promptly by the principal, as approved by the appropriate superintendent of education, to the Human Resources Department. Any teacher declared surplus after April 15 shall be informed forthwith in writing by the principal or superintendent of education of such status on the form(s) developed by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.
(g) Listings of tentative positions in the secondary panel will be sent to the superintendents of education, the President of the Toronto Secondary Unit, principals, and the Toronto Secondary Unit school representatives in accordance with Article 7.08.
5.07 On the recommendation of the LSSAC, each school may schedule a professional activity day to be the day following one of the Parent-Teacher Interview nights.
5.08 (a) By May 30, teachers will be informed of their tentative departmental assignments for the following school year. Teachers will be informed immediately of changes to these tentative departmental assignments. Departmental assignments are to be developed in consultation with the LSSAC.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: University 32 Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: Group A two (2) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of September 25 in a given year and September 25 and February 11 in a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director of Education and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-calls/supervision on a school- by- school-by-school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and
(ix) To receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.
(ii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and
(iii) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,
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Samples: Collective Agreement
STAFF ALLOCATION. (a) 5.01 The Board shall ensure that the average size of its secondary school classes, in the aggregate, meets the requirements under the Education Act.
(b) A secondary school’s Average Daily Enrolment in “Dual Credit” courses shall be included in the calculation of the number of secondary teaching positions required in the Board pursuant to this collective agreement and/or any class-size regulation.
(c) The Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee will be engaged in the allocation of the additional staffing as per the Provincial Discussion Table framework.
(a) The following are the maximum class loadings for the staff of secondary schools: University 32 Applied 24 Academic 29 Open 26 University/College 28 Applied 24 Open 26 College 28 ESL 20 Group C Group D Essential Skills 15 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B) 26 Workplace Preparation 15 Co-op (A/B/C) 20 GLE 15 Technological Studies using Industrial Equipment 20 (however, Group C maximum will take effect, if applicable;) Multi-grade or multi-level: the average of the caps above for the courses that constitute the class. (rounded down).20
(b) The total enrolment of the teacher’s classes in each semester/term shall not exceed the sum of the maxima for such classes.
(c) In recognition of the complexity of timetabling or other circumstances which may arise from time to time, some classes may exceed the maximum class loadings; however, no class may exceed the designated loading as per 5.02
(a) as follows: , Group A two three (23) students Group B one (1) student Group C one (1) student
(d) Every attempt shall be made by the principal in consultation with the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee to limit the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings to 8% of such classes in each school; however, the number of classes which exceed the maximum class loadings shall not exceed 8% of all the classes in the system.
(e) Where any discrepancy from the above requirement exists as of September 25 in a given year and September 25 and February 11 in a semestered school, the Local School Staffing Advisory Committee shall meet and make recommendations to resolve the discrepancy by September 30 or February 18 respectively.
5.03 A statistical report of class sizes for individual secondary schools shall be reviewed at a meeting between the principal and the teachers of each school to be held no later than the first week of October and for semestered schools, the first week of March. Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee
(a) There shall be established a Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee (the “Committee”) composed of three (3) representatives of the Teachers appointed by the Unit Executive of OECTA and three (3) representatives of the Board. The representatives of the Teachers and of the Board shall each nominate one of their number as a Co-Chairperson. During each school year two (2) teacher members of the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee shall be given paid leave of absence for five (5) days for the purpose of consulting with the principals and the Local School Staffing Advis ory Advisory Committees. Such teachers shall be appointed by OECTA but shall not be teachers who are afforded any other paid leaves of absence during such year unless approved by the Director of Education. Such teachers shall be accountable for a daily work schedule to the Committee and any change in such schedule shall be reported promptly to the Board. Such changes shall also be reported at the next Staff Allocation Committee meeting.
(b) The name of each teacher member of the Committee for a school year shall be forwarded to the Director of Education and the Board Co- Chairperson of the Committee not later than the June 30 preceding that school year, whenever possible. The name and position of each of the senior administrative officials of the Committee shall be forwarded to the Teachers’ Co-Chairperson of the Committee no later than the June 30 preceeding preceding that school year, whenever possible.
(c) The functions of the Committee shall be:
(i) to discuss and recommend changes in the existing staffing and department head model ratios;
(ii) to recommend methods of allocating staff to the schools including the development, implementation and monitoring of the teacher workload and on-callsoncalls/supervision on a school- by- school-by school basis. The Board shall provide the Unit President wtih with monthly reports, in a consistent format, of the on calls oncalls and supervisions assigned in each school, within five (5) working days of the close of the month;
(iii) to monitor the application of staff allocation; this shall be done on or before September 20 and February 22 of each year;
(iv) to assist in resolving class loading matters;
(v) to receive staffing status reports as determined or developed from time to time by SSSAC from the chairperson of each Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) by October 5 and by February 20 if the school is a secondary school on a semestered schedule. The SSSAC shall also receive by April 20 a copy of each school’s tentative staffing model;; and
(vi) to develop an interim Board wide staffing model based on the current school year’s staffing model adjusted for enrolment projections;.
(vii) to in-service annually Principals and Teacher Representatives, with regard to the staffing procedures of the Collective Agreement and the established procedures thereto;.
(viii) to review the LSSAC responsibilities chart in Appendix M; and
(ix) To receive a copy of all reports and grant estimates submitted to the Ministry of Education within five (5) days of submission to the Ministry.
(x) to receive and consider intended Board Policy and procedure changes and the implementation of new program initiatives;Q.
(d) The Committee shall be convened by the Board Co- Co-Chairperson not later than October 10 in each school year. Thereafter the Committee shall meet within 15 days of a request therefore by either Co-Chairperson. An agenda for each meeting shall be prepared prior thereto by the Co-Chairperson. Meetings following the October meeting shall be chaired by the Teachers’ nominee as Co- Co-Chairperson and thereafter alternatively by the Board’s nominee and the Teachers’ nominee. No Co- Co-Chairperson shall have a second or casting vote in the event of a tie.
(e) Representatives on the Committee of either the Teachers or the Board may at any Committee meeting submit one or more proposals to change the existing Board wide staffing ratios. Such proposals shall be discussed at such meeting. All recommendations should be determined by consensus. If consensus cannot be obtained by January 15th, the representatives who had not initiated the proposal shall be permitted 20 school days to examine the proposal. Thereafter a further meeting of the Committee shall be called to develop a report concerning the proposal. If the Board and Teacher representatives on the Committee do not agree on the disposition of the proposal, such representatives shall prepare and table at a Committee meeting separate reports on the proposal.
(f) Any reports on any proposals to change any existing staffing ratios emanating from any meetings of the Committee referred to in (e) shall be included in the public agenda of the next meeting of the Director’s Council of the Board which takes place no earlier than one week after the meeting of the Committee at which such reports were tabled. A representative from the Teachers on the Committee may speak to such reports.
(g) After such meeting of the Director’s Council such reports shall be included on the agenda of the next meeting of the Board’s Human Resources Committee along with any recommendations from the Director. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports.
(h) Following such meeting of the Human Resources Committee, such reports shall be included on the Agenda of the next Board meeting within the report of the Human Resources Committee for the particular month. A Teachers’ representative from the Committee may speak to such reports whether the Board is meeting in public or private session.
(i) The Board Co-Chairperson shall inform the Teacher Co-Chairperson of the disposition of the reports after each meeting of the Director’s Council, the Human Resources Committee and the Board. Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC)
(a) A Local School Staffing Advisory Committee (LSSAC) shall be established in every school by September 15 of each school year and shall hold its first meeting by September 25.
(b) The Committee (LSSAC) shall consist of:
(i) 10% of the full- full-time equivalent teachers, rounded to the nearest whole number (a minimum of two), as elected by the teaching staff, plus the OECTA Teacher Representative; and
(ii) the principal, and any vice principals of the school. The Principal and the Teacher representative shall be co-chairpersons of the committee.
(c) The term of office of this committee (LSSAC) shall be from September 15 to September 14 of the following school year. If any of the teacher representatives resign from the committee or leave the school prior to the end of the school year, the staff shall elect a replacement.
(d) The committee shall be convened by the Principal no later than September 25 in a school year. Thereafter, the committee shall meet at least five (5) times per year, not less than two (2) times per semester/term or within five (5) days notice given by either co-chair. Meetings following the initial meeting shall be chaired alternately by the OECTA Teacher representative and the Principal. There will be an opportunity for LSSAC members to give input to the Principal before the Principal’s decision is made.
(e) An agenda and back up material shall be prepared by the co-chairpersons and provided to the members of the committee at least two (2) working days in advance of any meeting unless an emergency situation arises.
(f) The duties of the LSSAC shall be as follows:
(i) to advise the principal regarding: • the school staffing priorities, • the development of the tentative staffing model for the following school year, • resolution of difficulties arising out of staffing assignments, • The suggestions or requests of any teacher(s) who make submissions to the committee regarding the above, and • The completion of reports requested from time to time by the Secondary School Staff Allocation Committee.
(ii) to report at a meeting of the full teaching staff of the school no later than Friday of the first week of October, and for semestered schools, the first week of March, and on a regular basis but not less than twice a term or twice a semester; and
(iii) to keep notes of all proceedings of the LSSAC and to distribute such notes to all committee members within 10 days after the meeting.
(g) The Co-chair shall be given the following current information not less than two working days prior to the first meeting of the newly elected LSSAC in accordance with 5.05(a): • The master schedule for all teachers, including all assignments and class sizes for the school year, • Current Form 106, • Current Form 107, • Department Head Model, • Supervision Assignments,five
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Samples: Collective Agreement
