1. Insofar as practicable, no summer school position shall be filled by a teacher not regularly employed by the District if there is an equally qualified applicant for such a position who is regularly employed by the District.
2. A Syracuse teacher who has filled a summer school position and performed satisfactorily as shown in the formal performance appraisal, which shall be filed in the Personnel Department by the summer school principal, shall have priority consideration for appointment to any position for which he/she is qualified by virtue of summer school experience and certification. It is also understood, however, every effort shall be made to appoint only the best qualified candidate for each position.
3. Insofar as possible, notification of summer school courses to be taught shall be sent to all schools in the District by February 15th. Such notification shall be made by means of publication in an official School District communication. Said communication shall be distributed to each building and promptly posted by the District on the faculty bulletin board. The weekly Administrative Bulletin published subsequent to the above notice shall contain a statement to the effect the list of summer school courses has been distributed to each school and identify the deadline for submitting applications.
4. Application forms for summer school positions shall be sent to all schools by February 15th.
5. The last date for submission of completed application forms for summer school positions shall be March 15th. Notification of this date will be made in accordance with subparagraph 3, above. In addition, this deadline date shall be shown on the School Calendar.
6. Whenever practicable, notification of provisional employment shall be sent not later than April 15th to those teachers to be recommended for appointment. For purposes of this Paragraph, provisional employment means appointment to a position contingent upon enrollment in the course at a minimal level required for that course to be offered. A provisional appointment shall terminate if the appointee resigns his/her regular position in the District. All applications for summer school shall carry a statement of the teacher's intent to return to the District the following September. Once a summer school assignment has been accepted, the teacher shall immediately withdraw any application for other positions which may be active at the same time and shall not initiate application for any other summer employment subsequent to accepting appointment to summer school. Exceptions to this paragraph may be made with the approval of the Superintendent when, in his/her judgment, such exception is in the best interests of the District.
7. When the number of applicants for summer school positions exceeds the number of positions available, the best qualified applicant shall be selected.
8. In selecting new summer school teachers, the administration shall consider the teacher's area of competence, major and/or minor field(s) of study, teaching performance, record of attendance, years of service in the District, and the number of prior applications for summer school positions.
9. In the event summer school is officially closed by the Superintendent, and a session or sessions require rescheduling, no additional compensation shall be paid to any teacher for the hours worked as a result of said rescheduling.
10. Summer school teachers who are regularly employed by the District shall be allowed to use one (1) day of previously accumulated sick leave during each summer of summer school employment.
1. Insofar as practicable, no adult evening school position shall be filled by a teacher not regularly employed by the District if there is an equally qualified applicant for such a position who is regularly employed by the District.
2. A Syracuse teacher who has filled an adult evening school position and performed satisfactorily, as shown in the formal performance appraisal which shall be filed in the Personnel Department by the adult evening school principal, shall have priority consideration for appointment to any position for which he/she is qualified by virtue of adult evening school experience and certification. It is also understood, however, every effort shall be made to appoint only the best qualified candidate for each position.
3. Adult evening school teachers whose classes do not meet because of emergency administrative decisions shall be paid for those evenings when they did not teach because of an emergency.
4. In the event adult evening school is officially closed by the Superintendent and any session or sessions are rescheduled, no additional compensation shall be paid to any teacher for the hours worked as a result of said rescheduling.
5. In the event the Superintendent, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, grants an excused absence with pay to an evening school teacher who also teaches in day school, such teacher shall receive both day school and adult education pay for the period of the paid excused absence provided, however, the fact he or she was scheduled to teach in evening school was made clear to the Superintendent in the teacher's written request for a paid excused absence from day school.
