Teaching a Sixth Class. A teacher may voluntarily teach a sixth class for additional compensation to be computed by dividing his/her base salary by five (5) for a full year's service. Such extra period assignments will be offered by seniority within the department. If such an assignment is for one semester, the compensation shall be based on the semester as a percentage of the total number of instructional days for the year. In the event that a sixth class assignment is created after the beginning of a semester, the compensation of the teacher who volunteers to accept such an assignment shall be prorated accordingly and include an additional three (3) days of daily-rate pay for preparation time.
Teaching a Sixth Class. The parties agree that as a matter of policy, increasing a unit member’s work assignment above 1.0 FTE is not a preferred solution to a staffing problem if any other reasonable solution is available. This is particularly true if the result of increasing a unit member’s FTE above 1.0 would result in the unit member having more than one assignment within the same department at the same time. With consultation with FEA, there may be instances that a reasonable solution is determined as early as May of the previous school year. Furthermore, absent extraordinary circumstances as agreed to after consultation with FEA, no unit member shall be assigned to duties greater than 1.2
Teaching a Sixth Class. Middle School (Unified Arts Teachers)
