TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end. A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedy. B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester. C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge. D. Telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use. E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation. F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar. G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home. H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965. I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation. 1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect: 2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report. 3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.). J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay. K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that: 1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district. 2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay. L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities within the financial constraints for both student and teacher is are desirable to insure ensure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers the Association and the BoardDistrict. It is also acknowledged The parties acknowledge that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring toward ensuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher . Both parties recognize that in order to be an effective teacher, one must accept the responsibility of management and control in the classroom as well as in the total school program. It is burdened with conditions realized by both parties that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention effective management of the Building Principal. If school requires the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association involvement and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea cooperation of affecting a remedyeach staff member.
B. The Superintendent or his designee District agrees to keep the schools equipped and maintained. The staff and building administrator will meet with representatives from periodically for the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no purpose of discussing the selection, use and acquisition of educational tools.
C. No later than the fifth (5th) first work day following the conclusion of each quarter if applicableweek, all classroom teachers must provide a copy of the previous week’s general lesson plans. The initial A copy of such plans must be on file in the principal's office.
D. No teacher shall be required to attend more than four staff meetings per school month. An agenda shall be provided to the staff on the school day prior to such meetings. In the event no agenda is provided, it is assumed that no regular meeting is to be held. All meetings shall be contiguous with the normal teacher workday and shall be no longer than one hour in length. Emergency meetings may be called at any time without the need for a published agenda to address urgent items which must be communicated directly to the staff and which cannot be adequately dealt with by memo. Emergency meetings will count as one of the four monthly meetings unless they occur after the fourth regular meeting, in which case they shall not be counted.
E. Times and locations of all meetings shall be mutually determined by administrators and building representatives.
F. Teachers shall either be excused from normal duty time assignments or provided with time during staff meetings to review elementary class sizes complete tasks related to the collection and summarization of detailed information requested by the administrators. When teachers are directed to assist with the initiation and maintenance of CA 60's (pupil records) they shall either be held within five (5) days excused from normal duty time assignments, provided with time during staff meetings, or utilize no more than one hour of time during Teacher Records day to complete such responsibilities. Teachers shall not be required to file report cards in the CA 60 file, attach student pictures to the CA 60 file, record the year-end attendance in the CA 60 file or write their names on the folder or yellow insert of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterCA 60 file.
C. G. The Board shall, whenever possible, District shall make available in on each school site, adequate lunchroom, restroom, adequate rest room and adequate lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which teacher use. Provision for such facilities shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungemade in all future buildings.
D. H. Telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable useuse in the teachers' lounge.
E. I. Adequate paved and lighted parking facilities shall be provided, maintained and identified for employee use during regular school hours.
J. Teachers shall report not be required to work under unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather or hazardous conditions, the teachers of or to perform tasks that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignmentendanger their health, safety or well-being. The parties recognize agree that "supervisory teachers" cleanliness of the buildings and facilities are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 essential to quality education and the health of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1the students and employees. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There A Health and Safety Committee shall be formed comprised of at least one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance daysHEA- appointed member from each building. Act of God days The Committee shall be included charged with development of a process for reporting unclean or unsafe conditions and incidents in instruction days. If buildings, as well as a school is closed to students system for constructionmonitoring follow up and resolution of such reports, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion shall include regular meetings of the Board of Education Committee to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of paymonitor ongoing progress.
K. Both parties mutually agree that The District agrees at all times to maintain a list of substitute teachers. Teachers shall be informed of telephone number(s) they share are to call to report pending absences. Teachers are to report the pending absence as early as possible. A teacher shall be required to report a primary objective pending absence no later than 60 minutes prior to his/her normal starting time. Teachers shall not be responsible for arranging for substitute teachers, but may do so voluntarily with the enhancement permission of student learning the building administrator.
L. In the event the predominant temperature in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety area of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in a classroom where the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration students and teachers within three days are located for instructional activities falls below 65 degrees, the administration will promptly make an effort to attempt have the temperature restored. In the event the temperature cannot be restored to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of at least 65 degrees by the beginning of the next school year all classes day, the administration will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted make an effort to equalize relocate the class loads across to an alternative place in the districtbuilding suitable for conducting the class if one is available.
2M. The District shall allocate a sum of $1,750 to each building in which general education classroom teachers are required to administer one-on-one assessments to all students they are required to evaluate. Class sizes for grades 7-12 The funds shall be allocated in excess a manner agreed upon by a committee of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, the affected teachers and the parties mutually agree building principal to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that provide instructional time coverage in the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon classroom while the financial resources available to teacher administers the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day assessments.
N. Teachers shall not be counted for purposes required to administer medications to students on a regular basis. In the case of this languagean emergency or under special circumstances, teachers may be required to administer medications if proper procedures are in place and the teacher has been appropriately trained. Proper procedures include compliance with applicable laws, as well as school district policies and protocol. Training shall be provided by a qualified medical professional, the school nurse, or other qualified individual, in a setting and time frame appropriate to the degree of difficulty and level of skills required to effectively administer the medication in question. In addition to training, complete written directions shall also be provided to any teacher trained to administer medication. In the event a teacher feels s/he has not been appropriately trained or that proper procedures are not in place, the teacher shall report such concern to the immediate supervisor, who shall take appropriate measures as determined by the supervisor as soon as reasonably possible to address the concerns. Teachers who are required to administer medications shall do so in the presence of another trained adult or adult witness if no trained adult is available. Medications, such as narcotics, shall be administered only in compliance with all laws governing such administration.
O. When an overload arises a teacher becomes aware of and is brought has concerns regarding the administration of medication to any student who will be participating in a planned field trip, the teacher shall bring the concerns to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected immediate supervisor. The supervisor will consider the concerns brought forward by the Superintendent teacher and make a decision regarding the Association. The remedy may includeprovision of appropriate support, but is not limited to if any, during the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional payfield trip.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge.
D. Telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. X. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. Teachers are encouraged to be creative and innovative within the classroom insofar as the purposes of the curriculum are being fulfilled in a professional manner. It is understood that professional, legal and social standards must be observed within the context of a public school.
B. Outside the classroom, when a teacher speaks or writes as a citizen, she/he shall be free from institutional censorship and discipline. It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to make it clear that he/she speaks or writes as an individual and not in behalf of the district.
C. No materials gathered by means of any electronic communications device shall be admissible as evidence in any action against an employee. This does not preclude the gathering of this information based on reasonable cause or substantiated charges.
D. If an employee, acting under the rights granted in this Agreement (specifically excluding activities covered in B, above) or within the scope of Board policy, is subjected to court action with respect to exercise of those rights, the Board agrees to support such employee and to defend the contract provisions.
E. Any complaint by a parent directed against a teacher shall be called to the attention of the teacher if the complaint is considered serious enough to result in a written record and/or to become the basis for the disciplinary action against such teacher.
F. Disciplinary interviews will be considered in private. An affected teacher will, however, have the right, in all instances, to request the presence of a Union designated representative at said interview, and when such a request is made, the interview will not proceed until the representative is in attendance. The Board shall have a similar right to include a representative of its choice at such a meeting.
G. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that since the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that teach, the organization of the school year and the school day should shall be directed at toward insuring that the energy activities of the teacher is primarily teachers are utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class H. Class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes maximums shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge.
D. Telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree thatfollows:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
Kindergarten 26 pupils 2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirableGrades 1 - 5 28 pupils 3. Grades 6 - 8 30 pupils, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both partiesif possible, howeverphysical education, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mentalband, emotionalchoir, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.study skills excluded
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TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and suggested pupil - teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the ratio as set forth in Schedule "A" represents a goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty SCHEDULE A SUGGESTED MAXIMUMS 1. Elementary Classrooms Regular 25 pupils Split 23 pupils 2. Secondary English ) Social Studies ) Mathematics ) 25 pupils Science ) Language ) Business ) Computers/Keyboarding 30 pupils Industrial Arts & Consumer Ed 20 pupils Drafting 25 pupils Music (not to include performance groups such as band and responsibility of the teacher is to teach chorus) 40 pupils Physical Education & Health 40 pupils
B. When practicable and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principalpossible, the teacher, the Association Board shall make available to and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting in each school a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year lounge and/or work study room and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterlavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available will continue its efforts to provide aides for teachers to assist in each school adequate lunchroom, restroomnon-professional activities where the Board deems it necessary or advisable, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungelimited by the financial condition of the district.
D. Under no conditions shall a teacher be required to engage in non-educational activities as part of his/her regular assignment. This would include activities such as bus driving, scoring or timing at athletic events, and janitorial duties.
E. All requisitions shall be submitted on the forms provided. Within twenty (20) school days, teachers will be given written statements dealing with the disposition of their requisitions. Said disposition will indicate either approval or denial. Reasons for denial shall be given if teacher requests same from the administration.
F. Telephone facilities shall will be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. . Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to will record all long distance phone calls on the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside forms provided and will pay for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendarpersonal calls.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers Teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within travel over two (2) weeks miles between schools as part of their regular daily schedule will be allowed 15 minutes each way for travel and set-up. This travel is exclusive of lunch period.
H. A teacher at the elementary level with more than 25 students in a straight grade or 18 in a split class will be provided with a minimum of two hours of aide time per day.
I. It shall be the goal of the beginning Board to provide Art and Computer Education in Elementary School. The Board will provide Music and Physical Education in Elementary School.
J. Elementary SAP leaders will not be pulled from class without consent.
K. It shall be a goal of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted Board to equalize class loads across the districtprovide counseling services to elementary students.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Teacher Master Contract
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and suggested pupil - teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the ratio as set forth in Schedule "A" represents a goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty SCHEDULE A SUGGESTED MAXIMUMS 2. Secondary English } Social Studies } Mathematics } 25 pupils Science } Language } Business } Computers/Keyboarding 30 pupils Industrial Arts & Consumer Ed 20 pupils Drafting 25 pupils Music (not to include performance groups such as band and responsibility of the teacher is to teach chorus) 40 pupils Physical Education & Health 40 pupils
B. When practicable and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principalpossible, the teacher, the Association Board shall make available to and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting in each school a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year lounge and/or work study room and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterlavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available will continue its efforts to provide aides for teachers to assist in each school adequate lunchroom, restroomnon- professional activities where the Board deems it necessary or advisable, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungelimited by the financial condition of the district.
D. Under no conditions shall a teacher be required to engage in non-educational activities as part of their regular assignment. This would include activities such as bus driving, scoring or timing at athletic events, and janitorial duties.
E. All requisitions shall be submitted on the forms provided. Within twenty (20) school days, teachers will be given written statements dealing with the disposition of their requisitions. Said disposition will indicate either approval or denial. Reasons for denial shall be given if teacher requests same from the administration.
F. Telephone facilities shall will be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. . Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to will record all long distance phone calls on the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside forms provided and will pay for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendarpersonal calls.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers Teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within travel over two (2) weeks miles between schools as part of their regular daily schedule will be allowed 15 minutes each way for travel and set-up. This travel is exclusive of lunch period.
H. A teacher at the elementary level with more than 25 students in a straight grade or 18 in a split class will be provided with a minimum of two hours of aide time per day.
I. It shall be the goal of the beginning Board to provide Art and Computer Education in Elementary School. The Board will provide Music and Physical Education in Elementary School.
K. It shall be a goal of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted Board to equalize class loads across the districtprovide counseling services to elementary students.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Teacher Master Contract
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and suggested pupil - teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the ratio as set forth in Schedule "A" represents a goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty SCHEDULE A SUGGESTED MAXIMUMS 2. Secondary English ) Social Studies ) Mathematics ) 25 pupils Science ) Language ) Business ) Computers/Keyboarding 30 pupils Industrial Arts & Consumer Ed 20 pupils Drafting 25 pupils Music (not to include performance groups such as band and responsibility of the teacher is to teach chorus) 40 pupils Physical Education & Health 40 pupils
B. When practicable and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principalpossible, the teacher, the Association Board shall make available to and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting in each school a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year lounge and/or work study room and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterlavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available will continue its efforts to provide aides for teachers to assist in each school adequate lunchroom, restroomnon-professional activities where the Board deems it necessary or advisable, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungelimited by the financial condition of the district.
D. Under no conditions shall a teacher be required to engage in non-educational activities as part of his/her regular assignment. This would include activities such as bus driving, scoring or timing at athletic events, and janitorial duties.
E. All requisitions shall be submitted on the forms provided. Within twenty (20) school days, teachers will be given written statements dealing with the disposition of their requisitions. Said disposition will indicate either approval or denial. Reasons for denial shall be given if teacher requests same from the administration.
F. Telephone facilities shall will be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. . Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to will record all long distance phone calls on the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside forms provided and will pay for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendarpersonal calls.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers Teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within travel over two (2) weeks miles between schools as part of their regular daily schedule will be allowed 15 minutes each way for travel and set-up. This travel is exclusive of lunch period.
H. A teacher at the elementary level with more than 25 students in a straight grade or 18 in a split class will be provided with a minimum of two hours of aide time per day.
I. It shall be the goal of the beginning Board to provide Art and Computer Education in Elementary School. The Board will provide Music and Physical Education in Elementary School.
J. Elementary SAP leaders will not be pulled from class without consent.
K. It shall be a goal of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted Board to equalize class loads across the districtprovide counseling services to elementary students.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Teacher Master Contract
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers Board and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility Association will form a committee made up of a minimum of one person from each of the teacher is to teach lower elementary (K-3); upper elementary (4-6); junior high (7-8); and that senior high (9- 12); and one administrator for the organization purpose of exploring and adopting textbooks and support materials. In cases where the school and Board does not adopt a recommended book, the school day should subject area will be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary referred back to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principalcommittee for review. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet Final decision stands with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedyBoard.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association Board shall attempt to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate at both the secondary and the elementary levels, lunchroom, restroomrest room, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty teacher use and at least one (1) room, furnished room at the expense of the Board, which shall be reserved for use as a faculty staff and visitors lounge.
C. In matters that are considered controversial, best efforts will be made to present all views.
D. Telephone facilities The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be made available applied without regard to teachers for their reasonable userace, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, or marital status or membership in or association with the activities of any employee organization. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without regard to race, creed, religion, sex, color, or national origin and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity to all pupils.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions will be at their assigned place of duty 5 minutes before and 5 minutes after the normal student day as required by the school calendar. Teachers with first or last period prep must remain in the building. It is understood that teachers will attend IEPs or other student-oriented meetings as requested by the administrator up to 30 minutes before or after school given 5 school days’ notice. All efforts will be made to rotate required attendance at these meetings through the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall staff members. Teachers will stay for teachers’ meetings and conferences by appointment. Only emergency staff meetings will be taken to remedy the situationscheduled on Friday afternoons or afternoons before a holiday.
F. Thirty The high school and junior high school teachers shall be allotted one (1) classroom period per day for conference or preparation time. Teachers will be allowed a thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendarminute duty free lunch period.
G. When Each elementary teacher will have unassigned preparation periods totaling a school is dismissed early because minimum of weather conditions200 minutes per week provided circumstances allow. During partial weeks or days, the teachers of that school planning time may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive homebe adjusted accordingly.
H. Supervisory teachers The ratio of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreementpupils to total professional personnel, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not excluding administrators, within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision district shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninetynot exceed twenty-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) studentsto one (1), as of the fourth Friday count. If Study hall supervisors and study hall students shall be excluded in figuring the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four twenty-five (2425) on the first day of class, then a meeting to one (1) ratio. A regular classroom teacher in grades K-6 will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size paid $2.00 per day for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be each student in regular attendance over thirty (30).
I. Detailed lesson plans will be kept at the work site and available for substitute teachers.
J. Teachers, in carrying out their classroom duties, as well as extra duties, have certain responsibilities for accounting for school equipment, keys, supplies, textbooks, and money they handle. Failure to use proper caution will result in their accepting responsibility for specific losses to the school and students. The Board will provide procedures for maintaining an accounting of the above.
K. Teachers of extracurricular activities, before receiving their extra pay, will make sure all equipment is accounted for and stored properly.
L. No regularly assigned teacher shall be used as a substitute teacher except in case of emergency, it is being understood expressly that the failure of a substitute to arrive on schedule or inability to secure a qualified substitute shall be considered an emergency. In cases where field trips remove entire classes from the classroom, teachers not on the field trip will be used to take the classes of those teachers on the trip, except during their regular preparation period. Teachers who substitute teach in cases of emergency shall be paid the hourly rate at which substitute teachers are paid. Pay will be calculated to the next quarter hour.
M. Efforts will be made to assign no more than four (4) students or lesspreparations at secondary levels wherever possible. Within Natural exceptions are activity classes.
N. A committee composed of one (1) teacher each (K-3), (4-6), (7-8) and (9-12), will be elected by the staff to implement and coordinate in-service programs. The two (2) weeks building principals shall be ex-officio members of this committee. All teachers shall be in-serviced a minimum of the beginning number of professional development days required by the State each school year. In-service programs will be scheduled as part of the school year all classes calendar and attendance at such programs will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) highermandatory. Cross leveling of classes Early release time for school improvement will be attempted subject to equalize class loads across negotiations as part of the districtschool calendar.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 O. The Board will make available a telephone in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the Districteach teachers’ lounge. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may cost of the monthly service, plus all school business calls, are to be exempt from paid for by the optimal sizeBoard of Education. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps All additional expenses will be considered as extra teaching the immediate responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but above telephone service is subject to availability through telephone company and such service is not limited to interfere with those lines now in service, or those needed in the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional payfuture in the school offices.
L. Both parties mutually recognize P. Employees shall notify the importance Personnel Department of teachers’ attendance any change of name, address, telephone number, marital status, or number of dependents promptly, within ten (10) days after such change has been made.
Q. Teachers that work at extra curricular events throughout both the districtsecondary and elementary buildings are allowed ten minutes passing time between buildings. Both parties This time is not considered preparation time or part of contractual lunch period. There will encourage be at least one special education teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative processavailable to comply with special education student IEP.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that District shall provide appropriate texts, library reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audiovisual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, and other instructional materials required by the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this endDistrict.
A. When 1. The site principal will make a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary reasonable effort to the above intent in terms of class size or fill requisitions for supplemental curriculum materials within his/her school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedybudget.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes District shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate provide lunchroom, restroomrest room, and lavatory facilities primarily exclusively for faculty employee use and at least one (1) furnished room each school site.
C. Teachers shall not be required to perform tasks which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungeendanger their health, safety, or well-being.
D. Telephone facilities Teachers shall be made available immediately report cases of physical assault or threats of physical harm suffered by them during the course of the school day to teachers for their reasonable usebuilding office. The District shall immediately report the incident to law enforcement personnel.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps Employees shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified included in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because consideration of weather conditions, changes in the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of District's student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensationdiscipline policy.
1. If at any time The school site discipline procedures shall be implemented uniformly within the constraints of state law. Modifications to school site discipline procedures shall be implemented with the mutual agreement of site staff and administration.
F. Each employee shall be provided with a written job description.
G. Student transfers during the life first four weeks of this Agreementeach semester shall be made at the discretion of school site management. Teachers shall receive notice of each student transfer. The primary consideration in transferring a student shall be the needs of the student.
1. After the fourth week of each semester, it becomes lawful parents and/or students who initiate a request for a transfer are to count (be encouraged by the administration to discuss the reasons for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due request with the student's current teacher(s). An administrator shall attend the conference if requested by the teacher and/or parent/student.
a. Not more than one parent and/or student-initiated transfer will be granted per school year unless another teacher volunteers to conditions not within receive the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:affected student.
2. There After the fourth week of each semester, a teacher involved with any student transfer shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not notified in advance and be provided with an opportunity for input prior to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If the decision to transfer a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not reportstudent.
3. (Scheduled When a teacher initiates a student transfer request, the transfer will be discussed in a meeting between the requesting teacher, the site administrator or designee, and the receiving teacher(s) prior to the transfer.
X. Xxxxxxxxx who move classrooms will be allowed compensatory time off, in the form of early release time following the completion of the student day, for a total of fifteen hours. Hours earned shall be submitted on a timecard within thirty days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, (pack day) moving classrooms. The release time may be rescheduled at scheduled and utilized upon mutual agreement between the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.)affected employee and his or her Principal.
J. On Act of God days no teacher I. There will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the districtrequired general faculty meetings per school per month, except in emergency circumstances.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties Board and the Association recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is are desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers teacher and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions The Board recognizes that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school appropriate texts, library reference facilities, said teacher should call maps and globes, laboratory equipment, technology and audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, and similar materials are the matter to the attention tools of the Building Principalteaching profession. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, The Board and the Association will confer from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and Principal shall meet with use of such educational tools and the Superintendent with Board undertakes to implement all joint decisions thereon made by its representative and the idea of affecting a remedyAssociation. The Board agrees to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained.
B. The Superintendent or Under no conditions shall a teacher be required to drive a school bus as a part of his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterregular assignment.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, shall make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, rest room and lavatory facilities primarily exclusively for faculty staff use and at least one (1) furnished room appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungeteacher preparation and conference room.
D. Telephone Telephones have been made available to teachers in their classrooms and the teachers' preparation and conference rooms for their reasonable use, during conference periods.
E. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situationand maintained.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be given an additional day entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for special orientation. These days will be identified in any discipline or discrimination with respect to the mutually developed district calendarprofessional employment of such teacher.
G. When All teachers shall have either a school is dismissed early because of weather conditionsdesk with a lockable drawer space and key, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive homeor a room key.
H. Supervisory teachers of student Returning teachers shall not be tenured required to report more than one (1) day prior negotiated school calendar, and new teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted days prior to equalize class loads across the districtnegotiated school calendar in the fall.
2. Class sizes I. By June 1 each teacher shall submit to the administration, in writing, proposed requisitions for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirableteaching materials, equipment, and supplies for the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levelsfollowing year. Both parties, however, recognize that By the attainment end of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipatedschool year, the beginning class size will be set at less than administration shall advise the maximum contract limit; (i.e.teacher, K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention writing, of the Building Principalitems scheduled to be purchased.
J. Supervision of students in all areas is the teacher's responsibility during the entire school day. Teachers will cooperate in good housekeeping practices in the halls, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistancerespective classrooms, and provision for additional paytheir lounge.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance K. The Board agrees at all times to maintain an adequate list of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.substitute teachers providing they are available
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The parties recognize that representatives of the availability Board and the Association shall confer from time to time for the purpose of optimum school facilities for both student selecting educational materials and teacher is desirable textbooks. All joint decisions made by representatives of the Board and Association shall become the subject of a recommendation to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that The recommendation shall be implemented at the primary duty and responsibility time of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedyBoard approval.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet Board agrees to provide teachers with representatives from the Association to review class size on a districtduty-wide basisfree lunch period. The initial meeting length of the lunch period for elementary teachers shall be thirty-five (35) minutes. Secondary teachers will receive a duty-free lunch period equal to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than that of the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicablestudents. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days Board of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least Education will provide one (1) furnished room which shall duty-free recess period for each elementary classroom teacher per day.
C. Beginning with the 1996-97 school year, elementary planning time will be reserved for use equalized at one hundred twenty (120) minutes per week. Additional planning time will be available to elementary teachers as a faculty loungelong as fine arts and other special programs are offered. Other classes may be used to equalize this planning time. These classes may include, but not limited to physical education and music. The classes taught during this preparation period will be determined after consultation with the grade level teachers, specialty teachers and administration.
D. Telephone facilities Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be made available entitled to teachers full rights of citizenship, and no religious or political activities of any teacher, or the lack thereof, shall be grounds for their reasonable useany discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working The provisions of this Agreement and the wages, hours, and terms and conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps of employment shall be taken applied without regard to remedy race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, marital status or membership in or association with the situationactivities of any employee organization. The Board and the Association pledge themselves to seek to extend the advantages of public education to every student without regard to race, creed, religion, sex, color or national origin, and to seek to achieve full equality of educational opportunity to all pupils.
F. Thirty Teacher Aides will be hired by the Board of Education for each elementary school in a ratio of one (1) hour per seventy-five (75) students. Priority will be given to provide maximum aide time to Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms. The remainder of the aide time will be subject to assignment by the building principal after conferring with teaching staff.
G. All kindergarten teachers with two (2) class sections will be provided with two (2) release days in the fall and one (1) release day in the spring for the purpose of parent-teacher conferences. Kindergarten teachers with one (1) class section will be provided with one (1) release day in the fall and one (1) release day in the spring for the purpose of parent-teacher conferences.
H. Teachers who are expected to travel among the buildings within the City of Corunna will be allowed no less than fifteen (15) minutes travel time. Teachers who travel between Corunna and Xxxxxx will be guaranteed no less than thirty (30) hours minutes travel time. This shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965addition to planning or lunch time.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days whose daily teaching assignment requires instruction in three (3) or more buildings with no additional compensation.
one (1. If ) of the buildings being at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There Xxxxxx shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students reimbursed for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled each round trip at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hourspolicy rate.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. A. It is also acknowledged recognized that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of enrollments within the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principalyear may fluctuate. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes Situations may arise when it will be held no later than necessary to assign students above the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of established maximums after the fourth Friday start of the school year to take care of such fluctuations. Class loads in shop and lab classes will not exceed the number of student stations available, if possible. It is recognized also that a balanced class size within five each grade level is desirable and building principals, working with the staff members, will determine student placement using the following guidelines: Trimesters Semesters February Count Day February Count Day April 15 or the 1st school day
1. No sections in each grade level will have greater than one (51) days student difference in class sizes at the beginning of each school year. (Adjustments will be made during the first week of school.)
2. Once class sizes are determined, any student new to the system will be placed in the classroom with the fewest students at that grade level.
3. Nothing contained in this article will prohibit a teacher from accepting a student, upon request from a parent, if the teacher desires to do so.
B. Upon reasonable request of the end of staff in each building and providing space, facilities and circumstances permit, vending machines shall be installed in the first semesterstaff lounge.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, teachers shall annually and lavatory facilities primarily when requested convey to the building principal through administrative channels their requests for faculty use supplies and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungeequipment. The Administration will give consideration to all reasonable requests.
D. Telephone facilities shall be made The Board will continue to make available to teachers for their reasonable usetyping and duplicating facilities to aid teachers in the preparation of instructional material.
E. Teachers The school shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situationprovide a desk and/or a file cabinet for each teacher.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days A phone will be identified provided in a room other than the mutually developed district calendaroffice for teachers to use for school purposes. Personal emergencies would be an exception.
G. When It is the duty of a school teacher to determine the academic level of achievement of all students assigned to the class and establish a grade or symbol indicating their level in accordance with Board-approved evaluation systems. This grade will not be changed by an administrator without consultation with the teacher or association president if the teacher is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive homenot available.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers A staff lounge shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignmentprovided for each educational unit (Elementary and High School). The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If In future building a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher staff lounge will be charged personal business or sick days planned and shall suffer no loss of payprovided.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary Teachers shall annually, or when requested, convey to the above intent building principal through administrative channels their requests for supplies and equipment. The principal in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association each building will establish a procedure for handling such requests and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedyresponses thereto.
B. The Superintendent or his designee Board will meet with representatives from continue to make available to teachers computers, typing and adequate copying facilities to aid teachers in the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day preparation of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semesterinstructional material.
C. The Board shallshall provide in all schools, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty non-student use and at least one (1) furnished room room, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for use as an employee lounge-lunchroom. By September 10th of each school year all elementary and middle school principals will designate at least three (3) rooms/areas, in addition to the staff lunchroom that will house a faculty microwave and refrigerator for teacher use. In the high school, department offices can house refrigerators and microwaves for teacher use in addition to those housed in the employee lounge/lunchroom. These locations will be reviewed, edited, and approved by the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and the WBEA President or designee within three days of submission to the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources.
D. Telephone facilities All schools shall provide an assigned desk, xxxxxx or other suitable work area for each teacher.
E. Telephones equipped to make outside calls shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. professional use in all buildings. All telephone calls shall be logged on forms provided by the administration. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to pay the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situationcharges for any personal calls made from school telephones.
F. Thirty (30) hours When a teacher is unable to be in school on any given day, he/she shall be set aside call or log into the designated district substitute management system prior to six a.m. for Professional Development the high school and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional the middle school and prior to seven a.m. of said day for special orientationother schools. These days will be identified Teachers should call or log in the mutually developed district calendaras soon as possible to facilitate obtaining a substitute.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, The Board agrees to post signs at parking lots indicating areas designated for teacher use at the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive homehigh school.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers No teacher shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965expected or required to transport students to or from school-sponsored activities in his/her private car.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but The Board shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensationprovide a professional library reference section within each media center in the District.
1J. When requested by a principal, a teacher will arrange a conference with a parent either during his/her preparation time or immediately before or after school. If At no time will a teacher be required to attend a conference at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful which adversary legal counsel is present without twenty-four (24) hour notice and without opportunity to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, retain his/her own counsel. Classroom visitations by parents or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There other non-district employees shall be one thousand ninetyarranged at least twenty-eight (1,098) four hours (in advance with prior teacher knowledge or the visit will not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) be permitted.
K. When students are dismissed because of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problemsbuilding failures, teachers need will be permitted to leave once all students have left the building or the remaining students are placed in a secure supervised setting. Teachers shall not be required to report back until students are required to report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held L. When the school schedule is canceled by the Superintendent because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may teachers are not required to perform duties online or in person. Notification will be rescheduled at by telephone or by announcement on major radio stations. OEC teachers will follow the notification of cancellation for the West Bloomfield School District. For example, if OCC is open and West Bloomfield is closed, OEC teachers do not report.
M. Elementary teachers will be provided a substitute/coverage for the equivalent of four days per academic school year, two days first semester and two days second semester for the administering of the District prescribed literacy assessment and testing. The principal and Central Office Administration has the discretion to approve requests for up to one additional day annually for the literacy assessment. The coordination of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher this time will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective done in conjunction with the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between building administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt and/or assistance from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional payLearning Services Department.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. The parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teachers and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedy.
B. The Superintendent or his designee will meet with representatives from the Association to review class size on a district-wide basis. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes will be held no later than the fifth (5th) day of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester.
C. The Board shall, whenever possible, make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty lounge.
D. Telephone facilities shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour eighty three (184)-teacher 183) teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hours.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five eight (2528) studentsstudents or fewer. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four seven (2427) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight thirty (2830) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. A. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, library reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The parties recognize that will confer from time to time for the availability purpose of optimum school facilities for both student improving the selection and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality use of education that is the goal of both teachers such educational tools and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is Board undertakes promptly to teach and that the organization of the school implement all joint decisions thereon made by its representatives and the school day should be directed at insuring that Association. The Board agrees to make every reasonable effort to keep the energy of schools equipped and maintained, and the teacher is primarily utilized textbooks up to this end.
A. When a teacher is burdened with conditions that are contrary to the above intent in terms of class size or school facilities, said teacher should call the matter to the attention of the Building Principal. If the matter cannot be remedied by the Principal, the teacher, the Association and Principal shall meet with the Superintendent with the idea of affecting a remedydate.
B. The Superintendent All teachers shall be entitled to a 30-minute duty-free lunch period. All teachers, grades 1-4, and all-day Kindergarten, shall be entitled to a duty free period equivalent to 15 minutes in the morning or his designee will meet with representatives from 15 minutes in the Association afternoon. Additionally, all elementary teachers shall be entitled to review class size on a districtduty-wide basisfree planning time of not less than 250 minutes per week (unless the Board determines financial conditions necessitate reduction of specials used to create this planning time, in which event the minimum would be 175 minutes per week and teachers would be paid $20 for the 75 minutes reduction in planning time or as pro-rated), in segments of not less than 20 minutes each, as scheduled by the principal. The initial meeting to review secondary class sizes In grades 5 and 6, planning time will be held no later than determined by the fifth (5th) day principal and must be equivalent to the planning time of each quarter if applicable. The initial meetings to review elementary class sizes shall be held within five (5) days of the fourth Friday of the school year grades 7 and within five (5) days of the end of the first semester8.
C. No teacher shall be required to drive a school bus on a daily route as a part of his/her regular assignment.
D. The Board shall, whenever possible, shall make available in each school adequate lunchroom, restroom, restroom and lavatory facilities primarily for faculty teacher use and at least one (1) furnished room which shall be reserved for use as a faculty loungepreparation room and said room shall be smoke free.
D. Telephone facilities shall E. Announcements concerning the nonperformance of duties by teachers will not be made over the classroom public address system.
F. A key to the building and gate will be made available to teachers for their reasonable use.
E. Teachers shall report unsafe working conditions to the Administration; if the Administration concurs, appropriate steps shall be taken to remedy the situation.
F. Thirty (30) hours shall be set aside for Professional Development and twelve (12) hours for parent- teacher conferences. New teachers shall be given an additional day for special orientation. These days will be identified in the mutually developed district calendar.
G. When a school is dismissed early because of weather conditions, the teachers of that school may leave as soon as it is reasonably sure that the students will arrive home.
H. Supervisory teachers of student teachers shall be tenured teachers who voluntarily accept the assignment. The parties recognize that "supervisory teachers" are not supervisory teachers under Public Act 379 of 1965.
I. Teachers will receive their regular pay for days that are canceled but shall work on any rescheduled days with no additional compensation.
1. If at any time during the life of this Agreement, it becomes lawful to count (for the purpose of state member aid) as days of pupil instruction days when pupil instruction is not provided due to conditions not within the control of school authorities due to severe storms, fires, epidemics, or health conditions, it is agreed that the following provision shall become immediately in effect:
2. There shall be one thousand ninety-eight (1,098) hours (not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) of student instruction and one hundred eightyfour (184)-teacher attendance days. Act of God days shall be included in instruction days. If a school is closed to students for construction, transportation, or health problems, teachers need not report.
3. (Scheduled days of student instruction which are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities such as inclement weather, fires, epidemics, mechanical breakdowns, or health conditions as defined by the city, county or state health authorities, may be rescheduled at the discretion of the Board of Education building principal to ensure that there are a minimum of one thousand ninety-eight student instructional hoursteachers who desire to prepare rooms and plan.).
J. On Act of God days no teacher will be charged personal business or sick days and shall suffer no loss of pay.
K. Both parties mutually agree that they share as a primary objective the enhancement of student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that variety of factors interact in numerous ways to influence optimal student learning in the classroom. Both parties recognize that one factor, optimal class size, is desirable as it contributes to the quality of instruction and learning which is a mutual goal. With this in mind, both parties agree that:
1. Class size for kindergarten will be twenty five (25) students. If the average kindergarten class exceeds twenty four (24) on the first day of class, then a meeting will be held between administration and teachers within three days to attempt to remedy the situation. Class size for grades 1-3 will be twenty-eight (28) students or less. Class size for grades 4-6 will be thirty (30) students or less. Within two (2) weeks of the beginning of the school year all classes will be within these limits or will have a maximum of no more than two (2) higher. Cross leveling of classes will be attempted to equalize class loads across the district.
2. Class sizes for grades 7-12 in excess of thirty-two (32) are not desirable, and the parties mutually agree to work toward maintaining class size below these levels. Both parties, however, recognize that the attainment of such optimal conditions is largely dependent upon the financial resources available to the District. The parties further agree that traditionally large and small classes may be exempt from the optimal size. Special students with mental, emotional, or physical handicaps will be considered as extra teaching responsibility when assigned to a regular classroom. When such assignments are anticipated, the beginning class size will be set at less than the maximum contract limit; (i.e., K - 3 = 30; 4 - 6 = 32) in order to allow for them. Students who move in after the September count day shall not be counted for purposes of this language. When an overload arises and is brought to the attention of the Building Principal, a remedy shall be agreed upon or a remedy shall be affected by the Superintendent and the Association. The remedy may include, but is not limited to the reassignment of students, provision for teacher assistance, and provision for additional pay.
L. Both parties mutually recognize the importance of teachers’ attendance at extra curricular events throughout the district. Both parties will encourage teacher participation in extra-curricular events and duties, recognizing that such participation is one criterion of the teacher evaluative process.
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Samples: Master Agreement
