When there is no recommendation that the teacher be denied advancement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this provision, she/he shall automatically be advanced. Employees may receive a leave of absence without pay for periods of ten (10) or less days upon receipt of verbal approval of the Department or Division Head. Refusal to consent to testing may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. Continuing school security assistants shall receive notice of the probable number of hours of their assignment and location prior to June 1 of the current school year. The District will, upon receipt of such form and verification of said work falling within the parameters of paragraph 1, inform the teacher that he/she will not be required to perform the work. Such reduction shall be by seniority providing the remaining educational assistants are qualified to perform the available assignments. Uniforms will only be worn for work-related and incidental activities. Any illegal use is the responsibility of the user. The District does not discriminate on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, physical appearance, marital status, handicap, disability, arrest or conviction record, political beliefs, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, less than honorable discharge, source of income, association with a person with a disability or the fact that an individual is a student. As of the payroll period which included the effective date of layoff, discharge, resignation or death of any employee, the employee or his/her heirs shall receive his/her vested earnings which shall include accrued vacation, holiday and overtime/compensatory time credits as approved and recorded on the District payroll system. If the grievant is represented, any costs incurred by the IHO will be shared equally by the District and the grievant/grievants representative. Parent liaisons shall be laid off in inverse order of seniority provided the remaining parent liaisons at the site are capable of carrying out the required duties. School security assistants shall have two (2) floating holidays each school year. It contains the key policies, goals, benefits, and expectations of faculty and staff at Redlands . It is intended to familiarize you with important information about the School and your own privileges and responsibilities. The District encourages informal resolution of complaints under this policy. Outpatient care that requires continuing treatment or supervision by a health care provider. New hires will be provided by the District, along with other initial employment materials, application forms so they may enroll should they wish such coverage. The above-mentioned deposits shall be made from each teachers accumulated and earned sick leave days. Prior to commencing their assignments, all newly hired school security assistants will participate in District orientation (as regards work assignment) and training. Educational assistants may receive up to two (2) personal leave days per school year. Briana B. Puyallup, WA. The term employees when used for health insurance eligibility purposes shall refer only to current and eligible employees who seek to enroll in the District group plan and not to their spouses and/or dependents. The employee shall be entitled to have a representative accompany him/her during such review. If the committee is able to reach a mutually acceptable solution, the Superintendent will implement the solution. Group Life Insurance is available to employees working 19 or more hours per week effective the first day of the month following their eligibility date. If an employee moves from one (1) scheduled activity to another, the years of experience earned at the earlier position are given full credit in calculating the new position. The District supports employees who breast-feed their children by accommodating their needs to express breast milk during the workday for up to one year after a childs birth. The employee may, in his/her discretion also file a complaint with the state Division of Equal Rights within thirty (30) days if the employee believes a violation of the first sentence of this paragraph occurred. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the amount, if any, of accrued personal illness that the substitute teacher may be allowed to access during the leave of absence. If the teacher on leave does not return from leave after the full school year, the position shall be filled with a teacher employed under a regular teacher contract. 10 holidays Whenever the District, in its sole discretion, determines a reduction in the number of employee positions (full layoff) or in the number of hours in any position (partial layoff) is required, school security assistants will be laid off in inverse order of seniority provided the remaining school security assistants are qualified to perform the work of the laid off employee. A school security assistant, upon beginning employment in the District, is given a preliminary notification of building assignment. The notice shall outline the rationale upon which the consideration is based and indicate that the teacher may have a private conference with the Board of Education if a written request is filed with the Board within five (5) days of receiving the notice of consideration for nonrenewal. PDF Revised August 18, 2021 - Memphis Shelby County Schools No employee shall participate in or attempt to influence any District decision-making process in which s/he has a substantial personal or financial interest. The evaluator(s) may file, and the teacher may request, a special evaluation at a time other than the specified times for evaluations. The basis for determining the proration shall be based on annual hours of work and shall be computed to the nearest one half day. All employees who work in the pay period in which the holiday falls and work their last scheduled shift before, and their first scheduled shift after the holiday, or are off on account of an excused absence, shall be entitled to regular holiday pay. If a student cancels within 12 hours but more than 45 minutes of a scheduled session, either to the OCP office or to the OCP teacher directly (in which case the teacher will call the OCP office immediately upon learning of the cancellation), the teacher shall receive one-half of the scheduled compensation for the assignment provided the teacher calls the substitute placement office to request reassignment no later than 6:30 a.m. on the day of the cancelled assignment, or as soon as the teacher learns of the cancellation. The contract for continuing teachers shall have the location of the teaching position they are being offered when it is issued on May 15. Any continuance of the job share under this provision shall be subject to all of the terms of this section. All newly hired employees shall be on probation for a period of one calendar year, exclusive of the summer vacation period for 10 month employees. If available, employees may elect to use vacation or other earned compensatory time to extend their sick leave with pay when such time off is due them and required for the purposes specified above. YOUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK This Employee Handbook has been prepared to outline in a general way the policies, benefits, and general information for West Virginia Schools of Diversion and Transition staff. LTEs shall not receive fringe benefits as provided herein but hours of work, overtime compensation and premium pay shall be in accordance with the terms herein. Employees who are employed half-time or more are eligible for vision insurance provided they make application within thirty (30) days of employment. Rights & Responsibilities: A Handbook for Students and Parents. A substitute who arrives late for an assignment or departs early from an assignment shall have his/her pay pro-rated accordingly. The hours of work shall be established and assigned by the supervisor. The District shall make up all hours necessary to guarantee the receipt of state aid and/or necessary to meet the minimum annual school year requirements for minutes of instruction. Denials shall not be for arbitrary and capricious reasons. The procedures for documenting time and effort per the Federal Uniform Grant Guidance (2 CFR 200.430(i) Standards for documenting personnel expenses) under unexpected or extraordinary circumstances will include documenting the funding source of the personnel before the circumstance and the funding source of the personnel during the extended closure. Audiologists 10 holidays In cases where carryover is approved, it shall be limited to five (5) days and carryover must be used prior to June 1 of the next year. When it is desirable to have a special education teacher cover special education student responsibilities during the special education teachers regularly scheduled planning time due to the fact that the special education assistant (SEA) is absent, if no teacher volunteers, and the District is unable to obtain a substitute SEA, the principal may assign a special education teacher to cover the special education student responsibilities normally performed by the absent SEA. Except as outlined in (a), below, employees shall be allowed to convert unused vacation to sick leave without being required to first carry over five (5) days of accumulated, unused vacation into the next year as follows: Employees with less than ten (10) years of service must carry over unused vacation up to five (5) days into the next year. The teachers signature does not indicate approval, but merely that it has been reviewed. All District user accounts are owned by the District and therefore are not private. 103.13(3) Wis. Stats. Unused vacation in excess of five (5) days per year shall be converted to sick leave and deposited in said employees sick leaveaccount. An acceptable rate of absenteeism is one that does not exceed the employees rate of accrual except when on an approved medical leave. Accelerated Learning Program for Dyslexia. Employees who transfer during their probationary period shall be on probation for at least six (6) months in their new position and shall not be granted an additional transfer during their probationary period. When the SLB drops below the minimum balance as defined above, one (1) sick leave day per teacher shall be deposited into the SLB. Written notice of discipline and/or termination and the reasons therefore, shall be provided to the employee, at the time of such action. When there is a tie in scores, the teacher scoring lower in Criteria 1 shall be selected for transfer. For current charter schools a decision to change the school calendar shall be made at least one year prior to the proposed calendar change. Employees who work beyond their nine (9) or ten (10) month schedule shall receive longevity credit for their additional service. Any change in the schedule shall be posted one (1) week in advance of the first effective date of the changed schedule. In addition, school security assistants shall work an additional 5 professional development days which will be scheduled contiguous to the beginning and/or end of the regular school year (for a total of 202 potential days). These may be adjusted annually depending on the needs of the District. Nothing herein prohibits the District from placing an employee on administrative leave based upon an arrest, indictment or conviction. Those employees who are hired or transferred from full time position and who work less than full time but half or more time, shall receive vacations on a pro rata basis. This process does not involve a hearing before a court of law; thus, the rules of evidence will not be followed. Professional advancement credit or extended employment salary or UW-Madison graduate credits or any combination thereof. All building checks shall also be subject to the provisions of this section. Employees shall wear clothing that is appropriate and safe for the work that they are performing. report cards, tech plan, CMI, new core materials) and/or is determined to be critical part of sound fundamental teaching practices (e.g. Vacations will be allowed during the school year in accordance with this provision and the requirements of the school functions. projects needing work; location of files and materials; problem areas needing follow-up; etc.). When entering your PIN, position yourself so that no one, including students can see the number. The goal of this process is to support a culture that (1) strongly prefers that problems are resolved at the schools where they occur and before they spread or rise beyond that level; and (2) demonstrates to pupils, staff and administrators that they continue to be valued as individuals and as colleagues. PDF EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK - IDEA Public Schools Teachers may be granted extended employment for the following purpose: 1) inventory of capital items not under their charge; and/or 2) the repair and/or maintenance of machinery, equipment or instruments related to the instructional program. For employees that work fewer than twelve months, if it is necessary to extend the school year to qualify for state aid then the regularly scheduled hours must be made up during the extended school year. Disaster Preparedness: The District will provide employees with information/training regarding building procedures in the event of emergencies such as fire, tornado, intruders, etc. An employee has three (3) floating holidays each year that must be used by December 1. A staff member inducted into or volunteering for military service is granted three (3) improvement/incentive level credits for each year of military service; they are consumed upon crossing an improvement/incentive level and can be used for improvement/incentive level purposes only. At the elementary school level, per diem substitutes shall be called in and compensated in half- day (.5) or full-day increments. No additional time is allowed twelve (12) month employees to earn improvement level credits. If an employee voluntarily chooses not to take a break, he/she shall lose the break time. If the grievants immediate supervisor is the Executive Director of Human Resources, the grievant shall skip Step Two and proceed directly to Step Three if he/she is not satisfied with response of his/her immediate supervisor at Step One (or if no answer is provided in the above timeframe). Tardiness in excess of one (1) hour will result in the employee losing pay for the period of tardiness in excess of the first hour. If it is necessary to extend the school year to qualify for state aid then the regularly scheduled hours must be made up during the extended school year. In addition, one paid floating holiday is available to use at any time in the fiscal year, with prior supervisor approval. 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The District seeks to provide a safe drug-free workplace for all of its employees. Overtime shall be defined as hours of work in excess of eight (8) hours per day or forty (40) hours per week. Vacation days are earned and used on a calendar year basis, and unused days are not carried over from one calendar year to another, except for up to 5 days by approval of the employees supervisor. Such conflict should be communicated to the applicable administrator as soon as possible before the date of the school event. Placement upon Return from Leave: The employee shall retain the right to return to the position he/she formerly held at the time the leave was requested. $50,000 for property damage. Additionally, when practical, to provide greater preparation time designed to accommodate the individual needs of the pupil, teachers will be advised as to the pupils assigned to their classes by June 1 of the preceding school year. This shall be cumulative with their regular sick leave. In addition, such information shall be made available orally to those school security assistants making telephone inquiries with Human Resources. Any employee who is assigned to a job classified in a higher pay range than his/her own for two (2) consecutive days or more shall receive forty cents ($.40) per hour when the assigned job is one (1) pay range higher than his/her own; fifty cents ($.50) per hour when two ranges higher and twenty five cents ($.25) per hour for each additional pay range. Such proposed leave must be brought to the attention of the employees supervisor immediately upon notification of proposed jury or court service by the employee. The District reserves the right to waive enforcement of these rules in very limited circumstances as may be necessary to provide a reasonable accommodation for a qualified individual with a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Teachers for whom the State of Wisconsin has adopted the Educator Effectiveness model shall be evaluated using such model. The insurance carrier(s), program(s), and coverages will be selected and determined by the Board. Employees on the reemployment lists shall be given preference in the order of their seniority over all new applicants for all positions for which they are qualified. At the building level, special education team/student services team meetings are required at least monthly. 2 inservice days 3 0.45 Reemployment Obligations: Any additional employment by the District following a nonrenewal under this section will be first offered to those previously laid off in the order of seniority of those on layoff status, should they still wish to resume employment in District provided they hold proper certification for the position. The provisions of this Addendum apply to Bilingual Resource Specialists (BRS) except as modified by the items below. The probationary period may be extended by mutual agreement of the employee and the District. However, should the School Security Coordinator determine that it is necessary to mandate overtime, and due to the unique nature of the circumstances necessitating the overtime a specific school security assistant is needed, such school security assistant may be assigned the overtime. All employees are expected to Make decisions based on what is best for students in all cases. Coverage under this section will become effective the first day following the termination date of the other coverage. A teacher may enroll within one (1) month after becoming eligible for such coverage without having to provide evidence of insurability. Following successful completion of probation, substitute, technical or secretarial employees shall not be terminated without cause. Teachers hired who possess a Minor Deficiencies License or a One-Year License (license renewal deficiency), issued by the DPI shall be employed under regular contract. If the Executive Director of Human Resources or his/her designee determines that factual investigation is needed and should be completed in order to properly respond to the grievance, the Executive Director of Human Resources or his/ her designee may extend the time limit for issuing a response by giving written notice of such extension to the employee, generally not to exceed fifteen (15) additional days. Employee clothing expense reimbursement must be evidenced by a sales receipt(s) for that clothing worn for Food Service work. Works with students, parents, and colleagues to create a collaborative community of learners that, will foster a broad, mutual understanding of educational goals, expectations, and the support. Employees shall not create any intentional inaccuracies verbally or on official District documents such as time sheets, job applications, student records, report cards etc. From the start of the School Year through the Summer weve got you covered all year long! Educational assistants earn paid personal illness leave as follows: 20 hours worked = one hour of personal illness leave. The acceptance of such a position, if less than full time will not negate the individuals right to recall to a full time position. Art, Physical Education and Music Assignments A new employee under this section must submit application for insurance online, with evidence of the qualifying event, within thirty (30) days of the loss of other coverage as a result of the following qualifying events: their spouses death; (2) their spouses termination of employment; (3) divorce; or (4) the reduction of ones hours of work which results in the loss of eligibility of health insurance for the employee/spouse/dependent(s) via his/her employer, or (5) when the spouse of the employee, who has carried the family health insurance, experiences a significant reduction in benefits. Elementary teachers work day shall be 452 minutes per day and shall be a continuous time between 7:15 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Said times include the duty-free lunch period. Employees who transfer laterally to another position or classification in the same salary range shall receive salary increment increases as though no transfer had been made. IEP Team meetings shall be scheduled at the mutual agreement of all participants. First 36 months of service, .83 day per month of service (maximum of ten (10) days per year). Employees as part of their regular shift, working during any of the above defined undesirable hours shall receive an additional seventy-five cents ($.75) per hour for each hour worked. The District retains the right to post new positions with starting and ending times which may vary from those set forth herein. At beginning of 253rd month 11.5% increase over base salary. High School Lead School Security Assistant. However, a day of sick leave during the summer shall consume a full day of accumulated sick leave. not substituting) and work alone during the second shift in two-custodial position schools shall be compensated at the range 8 pay grade level. Preference for said reassignment shall be based upon seniority among those educational assistants on either the part time or full time seniority list. The District can require employees to make insurance premium contributions not to exceed 10% of the HMO monthly premium for both single and family coverage. Said least senior employee shall then be laid off or may bump the least senior employee in the District in a position for which they are qualified in a grade equal to or lower than the employees current position or assume a vacancy for which he/she is qualified. The staff will be notified prior to the principals departure, should there be any variance in the designation of the person in charge. In the event that December 25 and New Years Day fall on a Sunday or Monday, the employees shall observe the December 24 and December 31 holidays on either the previous Friday or following Tuesday to coincide with the winter break for that particular year (December of each year) as designated on the school year calendar. The teachers paycheck will be directly deposited into the financial institution of the teachers choice. Only the superintendent and . A Review Committee comprised of District and employee representatives will meet, as needed, to review the proposed handbook revisions in the attempt to reach a consensus on changes, deletions, and additions to the handbook. T Teachers who meet under such circumstances shall be compensated at the extended contract rate. Rev. Employees on layoff status shall be hired in the order of their seniority, before any new applicant is hired into positions for which laid off employees are qualified. If the same person is to be designated for the school year, notice to the staff upon appointment shall suffice. When school security assistants have identical seniority dates, school security assistants shall be selected for layoff by lot. The hearing before the Board of Education shall be closed unless a request for an open hearing is made by the teacher. Employees shall be entitled to select their vacations during periods so designated in a manner which shall allow those with the greatest seniority first choice. I love everyone who is there for my children in the before and after school programs. EAP helps in the prevention, identification and resolution of these problems and concerns. Employees shall not be allowed to voluntarily demote to a position in another location if they have not been in their current location for at least four months except for a shift change and for a shift change, employees may voluntarily demote at any time. Any time spent on layoff without pay in excess of thirty (30) days (except military leave) shall not be counted as part of total service. hands-on fun that will ignite imaginations. Full-time is established as twenty-five (25) hours of classroom instruction or any other combination of assigned regular teaching duties per week. Volunteers at the work location shall first be sought. Leave Request Form. Add Right Club @Work to your employee benefits, share the cost with parents, or go fully parent-paid and leave the rest to us! Personal Property is considered to be use of personal property utilized in the Educational Process with the Written Approval of the Administration. The following special provisions shall apply to the position: Science Materials Technicians work seven (7) hours per day, thirty-five (35) hours per week, Monday through Friday, during periods when school is in session, including teacher convention and inservice days, as currently practiced. This documentation will be authorized by an associate superintendent officer and maintained for auditing or monitoring purposes. PDF Charter School Employee Handbook - RCMA Any teacher who resigns without providing at least 30 days written notice prior to the next scheduled day of work (including paid voluntary attendance days) shall be assessed an additional $ 100.