Common use of Instructional Assistants Clause in Contracts

Instructional Assistants. (Employed under O.R.C. 3319.088). A. One week after the Instructional Assistant Job Fair, the Director, Classified Personnel shall prepare a list of all known vacancies in instructional assistants’ positions for the following year. Copies of this list will be posted in each school. B. Instructional assistants to be considered for such vacancies shall apply to the Administrator announced on the posting. C. The Board shall consider job classification seniority as one of the determining factors in selecting among the applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. D. Instructional assistants shall be notified of their school assignment for the next school year no later than their last assigned work day in June. Such notification shall not be a guarantee of re- employment for the following school year if layoff is in accordance with law or this Agreement. An instructional assistant may only be removed for cause or laid off for lack of work, lack of funds, or abolishment of position. If not laid off, all instructional assistants shall be given the option to retain their current assignment each school year if the instructional assistant receives a satisfactory evaluation. The evaluation shall be conducted no later than May 1. The Board will notify an Instructional Assistant who is not to return the next school year as soon as possible. If it becomes necessary to lay off instructional assistants, the instructional assistant with the least system seniority in the particular grouping of instructional assistants, in a given building or program, will be laid off. An instructional assistant laid off (originally or a result of a bump) will have an opportunity to bump an instructional assistant in the same grouping who has less system seniority. The layoff should be accomplished using a “paper layoff’ in order to minimize disruption in accordance with procedures agreed upon by the Board and Union. Displaced persons must bump to the position that will provide the minimum disruption (first to a vacancy and then to the least senior to be bumped within the job grouping). If the laid off employee has no opportunity to a bump to a position within the employee’s job grouping, the laid off employee shall be able to bump first to a vacancy, then the least senior employee in any job grouping within the family in which the laid off employee’s grouping is located, and then to a job grouping the employee previously was employed in a different job family within the provided the laid off employee has more seniority than the least senior employee. Has earned satisfactory annual evaluations and has successfully completed available training for the grouping within the last two (2) years. A person can only bump into a position for which the pay range is equal to or less than that employee’s current pay range. In order to bump into another position the individual must be qualified and able to perform the duties of that position. E. Instructional assistants who return to an assignment in September as a result of notification in accordance with D above and who are reduced in hours at the beginning of the school year as a result of a reduction in hours in that location, and instructional assistants whose hours are reduced after the beginning of the school year will be furnished a list of known instructional assistant position vacancies during the first week of school or at the time after September when the reduction in hours occurs and such instructional assistants will be given an opportunity to apply for such vacancies. Vacancies shall be awarded on the basis of system seniority to the senior instructional assistant applying. F. Whenever there is a new classification of instructional assistant established, notice of such classification shall be distributed in accordance with the procedures provided in 8.2(A). In awarding the position, the Board shall give the position to the qualified instructional assistant when selecting among applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. G. In the event there is an increase or decrease in the authorized hours for instructional assistants in a school, such increase or decrease will be first offered to existing instructional assistants on the basis of system seniority except where the principal determines that such seniority approach will detract from the school program. H. Title I and DPPF instructional assistants shall not be required to perform duties related to the general supervision of pupils (playgrounds, lunchrooms, hallways, and restrooms) in excess of the percentage of time permitted by lawful regulations of the funding agency. (The current limitation is 10 percent, and the limitation provided in this section shall be automatically adjusted with changes in such limitation.) I. Instructional assistants shall not be required to work playground duty when the severity of weather conditions is such that, as determined by the principal, teachers would not be required to work playground duty. J. In the event the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of hours for existing instructional assistants or to layoff instructional assistants, Board representatives will first discuss the matter with Union representatives in an effort to determine the most constructive approach and to minimize the negative impact on instructional assistants. K. After the beginning of the school year when an original seven (7) hour instructional assistant job opening occurs and is to be filled, a notice indicating the location and general duties will be distributed to all instructional assistants school locations. This notice will also identify the administrator to be contacted concerning the vacancy. Instructional assistants will not be permitted to bid on or change to other instructional assistant positions five days after the return of students until the end of the current school year without agreement of the sending supervisor, the receiving supervisor, the program administrator (if appropriate) and the Human Resources Director. L. Instructional assistants shall be considered one classification and shall be divided into the following job groupings and families (in order to be placed into a job assignment an individual must be able to perform the duties of the job assignment): Families Groupings Family 1 Media Aides Library Learning Center Computer Assistant Pilot Program Family 2 Peak General Fund Grade Level Assistants Discipline Crossing Guard Individually Guided Education Kindergarten Pre-Kindergarten Montessori Child Care (Day Care) Individual Plan to Attain Success In School Title I Safety Net Target Teach/Career Based Education Columbus Read/Host ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Peaceful Schools Family Focus Community Learning Center Coordinator Family 3 Bi-Lingual ESL Family 4 Multiple Disabilities Special Needs Assistants Special Needs Assistants-Pre School Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides Preschool ED MD Orthopedically Handicapped 1 on 1’s Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides M. Five days of in-service shall be required on an annual basis for all Family 4 Assistants as scheduled by the Columbus City Schools at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay. During one day of the in-service, Family 4 Assistants assigned to incoming sixth and ninth graders may be directed to attend to student(s) during their school orientation. New employees shall have four (4) hours of training, which may be included in this in-service time.

Instructional Assistants. (Employed under O.R.C. 3319.088). A. One week after the Instructional Assistant Job Fair, the Director, Classified Personnel shall prepare a list of all known vacancies in instructional assistants’ positions for the following year. Copies of this list will be posted in each school. B. Instructional assistants to be considered for such vacancies shall apply to the Administrator announced on the posting. C. The Board shall consider job classification seniority as one of the determining factors in selecting among the applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. D. Instructional assistants shall be notified of their school assignment for the next school year no later than their last assigned work day in June. Such notification shall not be a guarantee of re- employment for the following school year if layoff is in accordance with law or this Agreement. An instructional assistant may only be removed for cause or laid off for lack of work, lack of funds, or abolishment of position. If not laid off, all instructional assistants shall be given the option to retain their current assignment each school year if the instructional assistant receives a satisfactory evaluation. The evaluation shall be conducted no later than May 1. The Board will notify an Instructional Assistant who is not to return the next school year as soon as possible. If it becomes necessary to lay off instructional assistants, the instructional assistant with the least system seniority in the particular grouping of instructional assistants, in a given building or program, will be laid off. An instructional assistant laid off (originally or a result of a bump) will have an opportunity to bump an instructional assistant in the same grouping who has less system seniority. The layoff should be accomplished using a “paper layoff’ in order to minimize disruption in accordance with procedures agreed upon by the Board and Union. Displaced persons must bump to the position that will provide the minimum disruption (first to a vacancy and then to the least senior to be bumped within the job grouping). If the laid off employee has no opportunity to a bump to a position within the employee’s job grouping, the laid off employee shall be able to bump first to a vacancy, then the least senior employee in any job grouping within the family in which the laid off employee’s grouping is located, and then to a job grouping the employee previously was employed in a different job family within the provided the laid off employee has more seniority than the least senior employee. Has earned satisfactory annual evaluations and has successfully completed available training for the grouping within the last two (2) years. A person can only bump into a position for which the pay range is equal to or less than that employee’s current pay range. In order to bump into another position the individual must be qualified and able to perform the duties of that position. E. Instructional assistants who return to an assignment in September as a result of notification in accordance with D above and who are reduced in hours at the beginning of the school year as a result of a reduction in hours in that location, and instructional assistants whose hours are reduced after the beginning of the school year will be furnished a list of known instructional assistant position vacancies during the first week of school or at the time after September when the reduction in hours occurs and such instructional assistants will be given an opportunity to apply for such vacancies. Vacancies shall be awarded on the basis of system seniority to the senior instructional assistant applying. F. Whenever there is a new classification of instructional assistant established, notice of such classification shall be distributed in accordance with the procedures provided in 8.2(A). In awarding the position, the Board shall give the position to the qualified instructional assistant when selecting among applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. G. In the event there is an increase or decrease in the authorized hours for instructional assistants in a school, such increase or decrease will be first offered to existing instructional assistants on the basis of system seniority except where the principal determines that such seniority approach will detract from the school program. H. Title I and DPPF instructional assistants shall not be required to perform duties related to the general supervision of pupils (playgrounds, lunchrooms, hallways, and restrooms) in excess of the percentage of time permitted by lawful regulations of the funding agency. (The current limitation is 10 percent, and the limitation provided in this section shall be automatically adjusted with changes in such limitation.) I. Instructional assistants shall not be required to work playground duty when the severity of weather conditions is such that, as determined by the principal, teachers would not be required to work playground duty. J. In the event the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of hours for existing instructional assistants or to layoff instructional assistants, Board representatives will first discuss the matter with Union representatives in an effort to determine the most constructive approach and to minimize the negative impact on instructional assistants. K. After the beginning of the school year when an original seven (7) hour instructional assistant job opening occurs and is to be filled, a notice indicating the location and general duties will be distributed to all instructional assistants school locations. This notice will also identify the administrator to be contacted concerning the vacancy. Instructional assistants will not be permitted to bid on or change to other instructional assistant positions five days after the return of students until the end of the current school year without agreement of the sending supervisor, the receiving supervisor, the program administrator (if appropriate) and the Human Resources Director. L. Instructional assistants shall be considered one classification and shall be divided into the following job groupings and families (in order to be placed into a job assignment an individual must be able to perform the duties of the job assignment): Families Groupings Family 1 Media Aides Library Learning Center Computer Assistant Pilot Program Family 2 Peak General Fund Grade Level Assistants Discipline Crossing Guard Individually Guided Education Kindergarten Pre-Kindergarten Montessori Child Care (Day Care) Individual Plan to Attain Success In School Title I Safety Net Target Teach/Career Based Education Columbus Read/Host ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Peaceful Schools Family Focus Community Learning Center Coordinator Family 3 Bi-Lingual ESL Family 4 Multiple Disabilities Special Needs Assistants Special Needs Assistants-Pre School Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides Preschool ED MD Orthopedically Handicapped 1 on 1’s Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides M. Five days of in-service shall be required on an annual basis for all Family 4 Assistants as scheduled by the Columbus City Schools at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay. During one day of the in-service, Family 4 Assistants assigned to incoming sixth and ninth graders may be directed to attend to student(s) during their school orientation. New employees shall have four (4) hours of training, which may be included in this in-service time.

Instructional Assistants. (Employed under O.R.C. 3319.088)A. The salaries of instructional assistants covered by this Agreement are set forth in Schedule F which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Assistants employed on a half-time basis shall receive a prorated salary with reference to the appropriate guide tier. The work year for all instructional assistants shall be equal to the work year for all teachers. A. One week after (1) Instructional assistants shall be entitled to one fifteen (15) minute morning break and one fifteen (15) minute afternoon break or one thirty (30) minute break per day according to a schedule approved by the Building Principal. (2) Instructional Assistant Job Fair, assistants shall be entitled to one (1) lunch break daily of forty-five minutes duration within or outside the Director, Classified Personnel school building. The time of each lunch break shall prepare be determined according to a list schedule approved by the principal or director. (3) All instructional assistants regardless of all known vacancies assignment shall be required to report for duty each day fifteen (15) minutes prior to the opening of school and sign in instructional assistants’ positions at the office to indicate their presence in the building; assistants are expected to remain available for duty each day for the following yearsame period as the teachers in the program. Copies of this list will be posted in each schoolAssistants shall provide notice at the office whenever they leave the building. B. Instructional assistants (4) The Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designee, may assign or reassign, new or additional duties on a temporary basis to be considered for such vacancies shall apply any instructional assistant according to the Administrator announced on needs of the postingschool district. C. Graduate or undergraduate college course reimbursement will be provided for school district instructional assistants subject to the following conditions: The Board will provide tuition reimbursement for graduate, undergraduate, and /or technical courses approved in advance by the Superintendent. The maximum rate of reimbursement shall consider job classification seniority as one be equal to the Rutgers School of Education instate tuition rate for graduate credits or full reimbursement for the actual cost of the determining factors in selecting among course if less. The reimbursement rate for undergraduate courses will be at the applicants whose qualifications Raritan Valley Community College rate. The maximum number of credits eligible for reimbursement will be three (3) per school year for a first year employee. The maximum number of credits eligible for reimbursement after the first year is nine (9) per school year. No fees or other costs are relatively equaleligible for reimbursement. Reimbursement will be made upon receipt of a copy of the course transcript, and the bursar’s receipt for the cost of the course. All courses must be successfully completed to receive reimbursement. D. Instructional assistants shall may be notified of their school assignment for the next school year no later than their last assigned work day in June. Such notification shall not be observed and evaluated according to a guarantee of re- employment for the following school year if layoff is in accordance with law or this Agreement. An instructional assistant may only be removed for cause or laid off for lack of work, lack of funds, or abolishment of position. If not laid off, all instructional assistants shall be given the option to retain their current assignment each school year if the instructional assistant receives a satisfactory evaluation. The evaluation shall be conducted no later than May 1. The Board will notify an Instructional Assistant who is not to return the next school year as soon as possible. If it becomes necessary to lay off instructional assistants, the instructional assistant with the least system seniority in the particular grouping of instructional assistants, in a given building or program, will be laid off. An instructional assistant laid off (originally or a result of a bump) will have an opportunity to bump an instructional assistant in the same grouping who has less system seniority. The layoff should be accomplished using a “paper layoff’ in order to minimize disruption in accordance with procedures agreed upon determination by the Board and Union. Displaced persons must bump to the position that will provide the minimum disruption (first to a vacancy and then to the least senior to be bumped within the job grouping). If the laid off employee has no opportunity to a bump to a position within the employee’s job groupingprincipal or program director, the laid off employee shall be able to bump first to a vacancy, then the least senior employee in any job grouping within the family in which the laid off employee’s grouping is located, and then to a job grouping the employee previously was employed in a different job family within the provided the laid off employee has more seniority than the least senior employee. Has earned satisfactory annual evaluations and has successfully completed available training for the grouping within the last two (2) years. A person can only bump into a position for which the pay range is equal to or but not less than that employee’s current pay range. In order to bump into another position the individual must be qualified and able to perform the duties of that positionannually. E. Instructional assistants who return to an assignment in September as a result of notification in accordance with D above and who are reduced in hours at the beginning of the school year as a result of a reduction in hours in that location, and instructional assistants whose hours are reduced after the beginning of the school year will be furnished a list of known instructional assistant position vacancies during the first week of school or at the time after September when the reduction in hours occurs and such instructional assistants will be given an opportunity to apply for such vacancies. Vacancies shall be awarded on the basis of system seniority to the senior instructional assistant applying. F. Whenever there is a new classification of instructional assistant established, notice of such classification shall be distributed in accordance with the procedures provided in 8.2(A). In awarding the position, the Board shall give the position to the qualified instructional assistant when selecting among applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. G. In the event there is an increase or decrease in the authorized hours for instructional assistants in a school, such increase or decrease will be first offered to existing instructional assistants on the basis of system seniority except where the principal determines that such seniority approach will detract from the school program. H. Title I and DPPF instructional assistants shall not be required to perform duties related to the general supervision of pupils (playgrounds, lunchrooms, hallways, and restrooms) in excess of the percentage of time permitted by lawful regulations of the funding agency. (The current limitation is 10 percent, and the limitation provided in this section shall be automatically adjusted with changes in such limitation.) I. Instructional assistants shall not be required to work playground duty when the severity of weather conditions is such that, as determined by the principal, teachers would not be required to work playground duty. J. In the event the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of hours for existing instructional assistants or to layoff instructional assistants, Board representatives will first discuss the matter with Union representatives in an effort to determine the most constructive approach and to minimize the negative impact on instructional assistants. K. After the beginning of the school year when an original seven (7) hour instructional assistant job opening occurs and is to be filled, a notice indicating the location and general duties will be distributed to all instructional assistants school locations. This notice will also identify the administrator to be contacted concerning the vacancy. Instructional assistants will not be permitted to bid on or change to other instructional assistant positions five days after the return of students until the end of the current school year without agreement of the sending supervisor, the receiving supervisor, the program administrator (if appropriate) and the Human Resources Director. L. Instructional assistants shall be considered one classification and shall be divided into the following job groupings and families (in order to be placed into a job assignment an individual must be able to perform the duties of the job assignment): Families Groupings Family 1 Media Aides Library Learning Center Computer Assistant Pilot Program Family 2 Peak General Fund Grade Level Assistants Discipline Crossing Guard Individually Guided Education Kindergarten Pre-Kindergarten Montessori Child Care (Day Care) Individual Plan to Attain Success In School Title I Safety Net Target Teach/Career Based Education Columbus Read/Host ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Peaceful Schools Family Focus Community Learning Center Coordinator Family 3 Bi-Lingual ESL Family 4 Multiple Disabilities Special Needs Assistants Special Needs Assistants-Pre School Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides Preschool ED MD Orthopedically Handicapped 1 on 1’s Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides M. Five days of in-service shall be required on an annual basis for all Family 4 Assistants as scheduled by the Columbus City Schools at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay. During one day of the in-service, Family 4 Assistants assigned to incoming sixth and ninth graders may be directed to attend to student(s) during their school orientation. New employees shall have four (4) hours of training, which may be included in this in-service time.

Instructional Assistants. (Employed under O.R.C. 3319.088)A. The salaries of instructional assistants covered by this Agreement are set forth in Schedule F which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Assistants employed on a half-time basis shall receive a prorated salary with reference to the appropriate guide tier. The work year for all instructional assistants shall be equal to the work year for all teachers. A. One week after (1) Instructional assistants shall be entitled to one fifteen (15) minute morning break and one fifteen (15) minute afternoon break or one thirty (30) minute break per day according to a schedule approved by the Building Principal. (2) Instructional Assistant Job Fair, assistants shall be entitled to one (1) lunch break daily of forty-five minutes duration within or outside the Director, Classified Personnel school building. The time of each lunch break shall prepare be determined according to a list schedule approved by the principal or director. (3) All instructional assistants regardless of all known vacancies assignment shall be required to report for duty each day ten (10) minutes prior to the opening of school and sign in instructional assistants’ positions at the office to indicate their presence in the building; assistants are expected to remain available for duty each day for the following yearsame period as the teachers in the program. Copies of this list will be posted in each schoolAssistants shall provide notice at the office whenever they leave the building. B. Instructional assistants (4) The Superintendent of Schools, or his/her designee, may assign or reassign, new or additional duties on a temporary basis to be considered for such vacancies shall apply any instructional assistant according to the Administrator announced on needs of the postingschool district. C. Graduate or undergraduate college course reimbursement will be provided for school district instructional assistants subject to the following conditions: The Board will provide tuition reimbursement for graduate, undergraduate, and /or technical courses approved in advance by the Superintendent. The maximum rate of reimbursement shall consider job classification seniority as one be equal to the Rutgers School of Education instate tuition rate for graduate credits or full reimbursement for the actual cost of the determining factors in selecting among course if less. The reimbursement rate for undergraduate courses will be at the applicants whose qualifications Raritan Valley Community College rate. The maximum number of credits eligible for reimbursement will be three (3) per school year for a first year employee. The maximum number of credits eligible for reimbursement after the first year is nine (9) per school year. No fees or other costs are relatively equaleligible for reimbursement. Reimbursement will be made upon receipt of a copy of the course transcript, and the bursar’s receipt for the cost of the course. All courses must be successfully completed to receive reimbursement. D. Instructional assistants shall may be notified of their school assignment for the next school year no later than their last assigned work day in June. Such notification shall not be observed and evaluated according to a guarantee of re- employment for the following school year if layoff is in accordance with law or this Agreement. An instructional assistant may only be removed for cause or laid off for lack of work, lack of funds, or abolishment of position. If not laid off, all instructional assistants shall be given the option to retain their current assignment each school year if the instructional assistant receives a satisfactory evaluation. The evaluation shall be conducted no later than May 1. The Board will notify an Instructional Assistant who is not to return the next school year as soon as possible. If it becomes necessary to lay off instructional assistants, the instructional assistant with the least system seniority in the particular grouping of instructional assistants, in a given building or program, will be laid off. An instructional assistant laid off (originally or a result of a bump) will have an opportunity to bump an instructional assistant in the same grouping who has less system seniority. The layoff should be accomplished using a “paper layoff’ in order to minimize disruption in accordance with procedures agreed upon determination by the Board and Union. Displaced persons must bump to the position that will provide the minimum disruption (first to a vacancy and then to the least senior to be bumped within the job grouping). If the laid off employee has no opportunity to a bump to a position within the employee’s job groupingprincipal or program director, the laid off employee shall be able to bump first to a vacancy, then the least senior employee in any job grouping within the family in which the laid off employee’s grouping is located, and then to a job grouping the employee previously was employed in a different job family within the provided the laid off employee has more seniority than the least senior employee. Has earned satisfactory annual evaluations and has successfully completed available training for the grouping within the last two (2) years. A person can only bump into a position for which the pay range is equal to or but not less than that employee’s current pay range. In order to bump into another position the individual must be qualified and able to perform the duties of that positionannually. E. Instructional assistants who return to an assignment in September as a result of notification in accordance with D above and who are reduced in hours at the beginning of the school year as a result of a reduction in hours in that location, and instructional assistants whose hours are reduced after the beginning of the school year will be furnished a list of known instructional assistant position vacancies during the first week of school or at the time after September when the reduction in hours occurs and such instructional assistants will be given an opportunity to apply for such vacancies. Vacancies shall be awarded on the basis of system seniority to the senior instructional assistant applying. F. Whenever there is a new classification of instructional assistant established, notice of such classification shall be distributed in accordance with the procedures provided in 8.2(A). In awarding the position, the Board shall give the position to the qualified instructional assistant when selecting among applicants whose qualifications are relatively equal. G. In the event there is an increase or decrease in the authorized hours for instructional assistants in a school, such increase or decrease will be first offered to existing instructional assistants on the basis of system seniority except where the principal determines that such seniority approach will detract from the school program. H. Title I and DPPF instructional assistants shall not be required to perform duties related to the general supervision of pupils (playgrounds, lunchrooms, hallways, and restrooms) in excess of the percentage of time permitted by lawful regulations of the funding agency. (The current limitation is 10 percent, and the limitation provided in this section shall be automatically adjusted with changes in such limitation.) I. Instructional assistants shall not be required to work playground duty when the severity of weather conditions is such that, as determined by the principal, teachers would not be required to work playground duty. J. In the event the Board determines that it is necessary to reduce the number of hours for existing instructional assistants or to layoff instructional assistants, Board representatives will first discuss the matter with Union representatives in an effort to determine the most constructive approach and to minimize the negative impact on instructional assistants. K. After the beginning of the school year when an original seven (7) hour instructional assistant job opening occurs and is to be filled, a notice indicating the location and general duties will be distributed to all instructional assistants school locations. This notice will also identify the administrator to be contacted concerning the vacancy. Instructional assistants will not be permitted to bid on or change to other instructional assistant positions five days after the return of students until the end of the current school year without agreement of the sending supervisor, the receiving supervisor, the program administrator (if appropriate) and the Human Resources Director. L. Instructional assistants shall be considered one classification and shall be divided into the following job groupings and families (in order to be placed into a job assignment an individual must be able to perform the duties of the job assignment): Families Groupings Family 1 Media Aides Library Learning Center Computer Assistant Pilot Program Family 2 Peak General Fund Grade Level Assistants Discipline Crossing Guard Individually Guided Education Kindergarten Pre-Kindergarten Montessori Child Care (Day Care) Individual Plan to Attain Success In School Title I Safety Net Target Teach/Career Based Education Columbus Read/Host ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Peaceful Schools Family Focus Community Learning Center Coordinator Family 3 Bi-Lingual ESL Family 4 Multiple Disabilities Special Needs Assistants Special Needs Assistants-Pre School Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides Preschool ED MD Orthopedically Handicapped 1 on 1’s Parent Mentor Other Specialized Aides M. Five days of in-service shall be required on an annual basis for all Family 4 Assistants as scheduled by the Columbus City Schools at the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay. During one day of the in-service, Family 4 Assistants assigned to incoming sixth and ninth graders may be directed to attend to student(s) during their school orientation. New employees shall have four (4) hours of training, which may be included in this in-service time.