Common use of Class Size and Composition Clause in Contracts

Class Size and Composition. The District and Association recognize class size as a critical component of the District’s ability to achieve its educational mission, students’ opportunity to learn, and each teacher’s ability to be an effective educator. Therefore, the District and the Association will work cooperatively to reach employee workload decisions that are in the best interests of students, employees and sound educational practice in accordance with the following process: 1. Building administrators will make a good faith effort to make a draft form of the master schedule available to teachers by the first day of the teachers’ in-service. 2. Teachers who find that their class size and composition create a substantial imbalance will present his or her concern in writing to the principal. Teachers will provide a copy of the written concern to the principal and the building representative. The principal and the teacher will meet to discuss solutions to the teacher’s concern. If the concern is not satisfactorily addressed by the principal, the teacher may present the concern to the appropriate curriculum director (elementary or secondary). 3. At the October board meeting, the superintendent will report to the board on enrollment and class size issues in the District. The report will include specific information regarding the class size for each classroom in the District. This report will be included in the board minutes. 4. The grievance procedure for class size and composition complaints will be limited to Level Three of the grievance procedure as outlined in Article 28. The District and Association will establish and jointly participate in a contract administration committee with the purpose of reviewing, discussing and making possible modifications to Article