Common use of Staff Complement Clause in Contracts

Staff Complement. (a) The minimum base number of teachers (excluding Special Education, ESL, Continuing Education, Grove School and Alternative Attendance Programs) for staffing purposes shall be generated according to the “Credit Corrected Model” for staffing, jointly agreed between the Union and the Board in the Staff Allocation Committee. Upon agreement between the Union and the Board, the “Credit Corrected Model” will be amended from time to time to reflect changes in funding for staffing. For the purposes of staffing in grades 9 to 12 (excluding E-Learning credit courses), the board shall allocate a minimum staffing complement to achieve a maximum average class size consistent with prevailing class size regulations or 23 in the absence of such regulations. 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 (b) Subject to changes in the funding formula, the minimum base number of teachers shall include a minimum of one and one-tenth (1.1) Library teachers for each thousand (1,000) students, and two and six-tenths (2.6) Guidance teachers for each thousand (1,000) students. (c) In addition to the base number of teachers generated in L9.03 (a), the following are generated for the system: (i) The Special Education and ESL complements will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs and available funding from those line items in the funding formula with a base number of 123 FTE Special Education and 9.5 FTE ESL teachers for 2008/2009, which will be adjusted annually in relation to Special Education and ESL enrolment. The number of Academic Resource teachers generated according to the formula provided by the Special Education department shall be the base number utilized in each school. (ii) Relief periods for food school site administration will be in addition to the staff generated in L9.03 (a) above and will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs (iii) Two (2) department heads at Continuing Education, five (5) department heads at Grove and one (1) department head at Alternative Attendance, with additional staff based on system needs and available funding, on the understanding that these positions exist only as long as they are self-funded (iv) Teachers for new ministry initiatives, where funded. (d) System-wide staffing generation will be rounded to the nearest full or 0.5 FTE. (e) No teacher shall be declared redundant during the school year in order to achieve complement. (f) Should the staff complement on October 31 be below the number generated, the Board agrees to promptly advertise and hire sufficient qualified permanent teachers to satisfy this provision.

Staff Complement. (a) The minimum base number of teachers (excluding Special Education, ESL, computer site administration, food school operation, Durham Virtual Campus, Continuing Education, Grove School and Alternative Attendance Programs) for staffing purposes shall be generated according to the “Credit Corrected Model” for staffing, jointly agreed between the Union and the Board in the Staff Allocation Committee. Upon agreement between the Union and the Board, the “Credit Corrected Model” will be amended from time to time to reflect changes in funding for staffing. For the purposes of staffing in grades 9 to 12 (excluding E-Learning credit courses), the board shall allocate a minimum staffing complement to achieve a maximum average class size consistent with prevailing class size regulations or 23 in the absence of such regulations. 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. (b) Subject to changes in the funding formula, the minimum base number of teachers shall include a minimum of one and one-tenth tenth (1.1) Library teachers for each thousand (1,000) students, and two and six-tenths (2.6) Guidance teachers for each thousand (1,000) students. (c) In addition to the base number of teachers generated in L9.03 9.03 (a), the following are generated for the system: (i) The Special Education and ESL complements will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs and available funding from those line items in the funding formula with a base number of 123 FTE Special Education and 9.5 FTE ESL teachers for 2008/2009, which will be adjusted annually in relation to Special Education and ESL enrolment. The number of Academic Resource teachers generated according to the formula provided by the Special Education department shall be the base number utilized in each school. (ii) Relief periods for computer site administration and food school site administration operation will be in addition to the staff generated in L9.03 9.03 (a) above and will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs. (iii) Two Nine (29) department heads at Continuing Education, five (5) department heads at Grove and one (1) department head at Alternative Attendance, with additional staff based on system needs and available funding, on the understanding that these positions exist only as long as they are self-funded. (iv) Teachers for new ministry initiatives, where funded. (d) System-wide staffing generation will be rounded to the nearest full or 0.5 FTE. (e) No teacher shall be declared redundant during the school year in order to achieve complement. (f) Should the staff complement on October 31 be below the number generated, the Board agrees to promptly advertise and hire sufficient qualified permanent teachers to satisfy this provision.

Staff Complement. (a) The minimum base number of teachers (excluding Special Education, ESL, computer site administration, food school operation, Durham Virtual Campus, Continuing Education, Grove School and Alternative Attendance Programs) for staffing purposes shall be generated according to the “Credit Corrected Model” for staffing, jointly agreed between the Union and the Board in the Staff Allocation Committee. Upon agreement between the Union and the Board, the “Credit Corrected Model” will be amended from time to time to reflect changes in funding for staffing. For the purposes of staffing in grades 9 to 12 (excluding E-Learning credit courses), the board shall allocate a minimum staffing complement to achieve a maximum average class size consistent with prevailing class size regulations or 23 in the absence of such regulations. 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. (b) Subject to changes in the funding formula, the minimum base number of teachers shall include a minimum of one and one-tenth (1.1) Library teachers for each thousand (1,000) students, and two and six-tenths (2.6) Guidance teachers for each thousand (1,000) students. (c) In addition to the base number of teachers generated in L9.03 (a), the following are generated for the system: (i) The Special Education and ESL complements will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs and available funding from those line items in the funding formula with a base number of 123 FTE Special Education and 9.5 FTE ESL teachers for 2008/2009, which will be adjusted annually in relation to Special Education and ESL enrolment. The number of Academic Resource teachers generated according to the formula provided by the Special Education department shall be the base number utilized in each school. (ii) Relief periods for computer site administration and food school site administration operation will be in addition to the staff generated in L9.03 (a) above and will be determined by the Staff Allocation Committee based on system needs. (iii) Two Nine (29) department heads at Continuing Education, five (5) department heads at Grove and one (1) department head at Alternative Attendance, with additional staff based on system needs and available funding, on the understanding that these positions exist only as long as they are self-self- funded. (iv) Teachers for new ministry initiatives, where funded. (d) System-wide staffing generation will be rounded to the nearest full or 0.5 FTE. (e) No teacher shall be declared redundant during the school year in order to achieve complement. (f) Should the staff complement on October 31 be below the number generated, the Board agrees to promptly advertise and hire sufficient qualified permanent teachers to satisfy this provision.