Unit 1 Contract Online — Salary and Benefits updated 7/18/2006.
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Table of Contents
ARTICLES
Definitions of the terms used in this agreement. Teachers school day, preparation/planning period, part time teacher equivalents, block scheduling equivalents....
Recognizes the STA as exclusive representative of all employees in the Unit. No Strike clause.
20 day extensions for School Counselors, Special Education Liaisons and School Psychologists, credit for prior service/experience, employee data profile, prorating unpaid leaves of absence, employee data profile, paycheck options...
Salary adjustments (graduate, undergraduate, inservice), reappointment of tenure, direct de posit....
Duty free lunch period, pay for lunch duty...
Instructional technique, classroom conditions, referrals, Discipline Committee, petitioning Building Committee, assistance with classroom management, transportation of students, discipline/discharge of tenured teachers, discipline/discharge of probationary teachers, reporting threats or assaults, loss of personal property, cutbacks in adult programs...
Collaboration, Professional Development Committee, Curriculum Writing and Implementation and Textbook Recommendation, establishment and make-up of committees, peer assistance, professional development, mini-grants, Teacher Center Policy Board, attending conferences and meetings...
Certification, location, employment commitments, regular and long-term substitutes....
Teacher assignments, voluntary transfer, administrative transfers, multiple-school assignments, transfer list, seniority, recalls....
Administrative Bulletin, vacancies between September and June, applying for vacancies....
Mainstreaming procedures, IEP's for receiving teachers, resource procedures, correcting and monitoring imbalances....
Classroom observations, timetable for review/discussion, 45 day notice for probationary teachers, review of personnel file, intent to dismiss,....
Request for temporary leave, sick leave, sick leave beyond 5 days, call-in procedure, sickness or death in immediate family, compensation cases, supplemental sick leave, personal leave, jury duty, severe weather/emergency conditions, temporary military service, professional conferences, adoption, leaves without pay....
Procedures, eligibility, continuing education leave, personal leave, extended personal illness, pregnancy, child care, military, Peace Corps, V.I.S.T.A., Teacher Corps, Exchange, Overseas, illness in immediate family, public office....
Relief from clerical duties, outdoor duty....
Payroll deduction, health and dental premiums, flex plan, retirement plan, child care....
Appropriate texts, workbooks, supplementary materials, library reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, shop equipment, audiovisual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, copy equipment, computerized IEP 's....
Teacher work area, teacher storage area, faculty lounge, desk, phone, health and safety, parking ....
Teacher priority, notification of summer school courses to be taught, applications, notification, summer school and the adult evening school committees....
Building Committee constitution and definition, Establishment of Elementary, Middle and High School Task Forces, President of the Association, no loss of pay for negotiations and SCSD meetings, new teacher orientation, Memorandums of Understanding for projects inconsistent with the agreement, resignation....
Notification for faculty meetings, distribution of paychecks, appropriate means for recording the presence of each teacher, pass system for visitors, student teacher eligibility, university course vouchers....
Association use of facilities, bulletin boards, mailboxes and equipment....
Union dues deductions, refunds of agency fee deductions, voluntary political/charitable deductions....
Purpose, definitions and procedures....
Contract primacy, individual agreements, printing....