Teaching Assignments No employee shall be assigned to teach in a grade level and/or subject area not within the scope of his/her teaching certificate, except where a position within his/her certification is unavailable or when mutually agreed to by the affected employee and principal, or when determined necessary by the principal. Employees assigned to positions outside the scope of their certificates shall be assigned as soon as possible to positions for which they hold certification.
TEACHING LOADS AND ASSIGNMENTS A. The normal weekly teaching load in Owosso High School will be thirty teaching periods and five unassigned preparation periods. The normal weekly teaching load in Lincoln High School will be twenty-five teaching periods and five unassigned preparation periods. The normal weekly teaching load in the Middle School will be thirty teaching periods and five unassigned preparation periods. The normal weekly teaching load in the elementary schools will be thirty teaching hours. Each elementary teacher will be provided with 45-60 minutes of unassigned planning time five days a week. No departure from these norms, except in the case of emergency, shall be authorized without prior consultation with the Association. In the event of any disagreement between the representative of the Board and the Association as to the need and desirability of such deviation, the matter may be processed through the professional grievance procedure hereinafter set forth.
B. Teachers who will be affected by a change in grade assignments in the elementary school grades and by changes in subject assignments in the secondary school grades will be notified and consulted by their principals as soon as schedules for the coming year are established per the procedure set forth in Article 10.
C. Teachers will assume responsibility for hall conduct for the area adjacent to their rooms and may expect reasonable assignment by the building administrator corridor duties.
D. Teachers may expect reasonable assignment by the building administrator to school related activities carried on within the school day.
E. The Board and the Association recognize that the education of the children of the Owosso School District is their primary responsibility. The Board and the Association recognize that they also have a responsibility to assist in the training of future teachers. The Board, therefore, agrees to the following practices as regards student or practice teachers.
1. No teacher shall be assigned a student teacher against his wishes.
2. Probationary teachers may not be used as critic or supervisory teachers.
3. Critic or supervising teachers shall have the right to recommend to the building administrator the rejection at any time of any assigned student teacher with whom they feel they cannot work effectively.
4. No critic teacher may be assigned more than one student teacher for a given time period in academic classes unless the critic teacher agrees to the multiple assignment.
5. Critic teachers will receive the current rate of compensation paid by the universities.
6. Student teachers will not be used as substitute teachers outside their student teaching assignments.
Teaching Load 11-1 The parties recognize that the number of students, the number of preparations, and the amount of planning time are related to student performance.
11-2 CLASS SIZE 11-2-1 The parties recognize that class size is related to economics and that reduction of class size is faced with fiscal constraints. The parties further recognize that it is not feasible at this time to set general numerical limitations upon class size because of physical space available, special programs, special student needs, attendance area variances, differences in scheduling systems, busing, and because of other variable causes affecting class size. Nevertheless, the parties shall make reasonable effort to maintain class size at reasonable, workable, and educationally effective levels in all situations.
11-3 TEACHER LOAD 11-3-1 Teaching load shall be defined as the number of separate class preparations that a teacher has per school day as delineated in the course description guide.
Employees on Long Term Supply Assignments Subject to paragraph d) below, Employees completing a full year long-term supply assignment shall be allocated one hundred and twenty (120) short-term disability days payable at ninety percent (90%) of wages at the start of the assignment. An employee completing a long-term supply assignment that is less than a full year will be allocated one hundred and twenty (120) short-term disability days payable at ninety percent (90%) of wages reduced to reflect the proportion the long term supply assignment bears to the length of the regular work year for the position.
Agreement Exceptions/Deviations Explanation If the proposing Vendor desires to deviate form the Vendor Agreement language, all such deviations must be listed on this attribute, with complete and detailed conditions and information included. TIPS will consider any deviations in its proposal award decisions, and TIPS reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal based upon any deviations indicated below. In the absence of any deviation entry on this attribute, the proposer assures TIPS of their full compliance with the Vendor Agreement.