Common use of Job Sharing Program Clause in Contracts

Job Sharing Program. For the term of this 2015-2020 Agreement, the Board may implement a job sharing program for teachers in accordance with the agreed parameters indicated below. Job sharing shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: A. Job sharing shall be defined as two (2) teachers sharing the responsibility of a single full time teaching position. Any teacher who wishes to participate in the program must find a job sharing partner that is a current teacher and that is acceptable to the Building Principal, Superintendent and the Board with approval of all three being necessary. B. Written notice of a desire to job share must be received by the Building Principal, Superintendent, and the Board by February 1 of the year preceding the intended job sharing arrangement. The notice must identify both teachers proposing to job share and include a detailed proposal for sharing teaching responsibilities. Approval or denial of the job sharing proposal shall be provided by May 1. C. The responsibilities of a shared teaching position, if approved by the Building Principal, Superintendent, and the Board, shall be divided according to the submitted plan of the job sharers, which proposal shall be reviewed with the Superintendent and revised as necessary to receive and maintain administrative approval. The plan will include, but not be limited to, specific instructional responsibilities, substitution procedures, schedule of work hours and/or days, and attendance at staff meetings, district meetings or institutes, other after-hours obligations, parent conferences, and field trips and any other duties and responsibilities deemed appropriate by the Building Principal, Superintendent, or the Board. D. Job sharing teachers shall share student responsibility for each school day as per their specific approved job sharing plan. As a non-precedential decision of the Superintendent, teachers may be approved to work hours in excess of those stipulated in the approved plan for a limited period of time and shall be compensated for the additional hours at their per diem rate. E. Teachers who desire and are approved for a job share arrangement acknowledge that the contractual continued service provisions of the Illinois School Code (Article 24) may affect their tenure status (if already tenured) or their acquisition of tenure (if nontenured). The Board makes no guarantee or assurance that tenure status will be unaffected by a teacher’s participation in this program. F. Each participating teacher in a job sharing arrangement shall receive prorated salary as set forth in the Professional Agreement for part-time teachers. All participants in an approved job sharing program will be considered part-time employees. G. Teachers involved in job sharing shall not lose their seniority (if tenured), but shall receive pro rata seniority credit during the duration of the job sharing. H. Job share teachers shall make reasonable efforts to substitute for one another in situations where advance notice of an absence is given. In cases where no advance notice is given, compensation for substituting will be paid at the regular substitute rate of pay. If the substituting services exceed five (5) consecutive school days, the teacher shall be paid at his/her regular per diem rate of pay. I. The duration of any approved job sharing arrangement is for one (1) full school year only, unless otherwise approved by the Board. J. If job share teachers desire to continue in a job sharing arrangement beyond the original approved job sharing year, they must provide written notice to the Superintendent no later than February 1 and receive renewed approval as per this program. K. If one of the participating job share teachers resigns, requests a leave of absence, or otherwise cannot fulfill obligations after approval of the job share plan, the other job share teacher may be, in the sole discretion of the Superintendent, required to resume full-time employment at the regular per diem rate of pay. If such a request is necessary the affected job share teacher must return to the full- time position or resign. L. The decision to grant or deny a job sharing opportunity, or any extension of a job sharing arrangement beyond one (1) school year, shall be determined solely by the Building Principal, Superintendent and the Board, shall not create a precedent with respect to granting or denying such request, and shall not be subject to the contractual grievance procedure. M. The Board specifically states that there is no assurance that any job sharing proposal will be approved for any school year. N. Participant teachers will not receive any benefits while participating as part-time employees.

Job Sharing Program. For the term of this 2015-2020 Agreement, the Board may implement Job Sharing is a job sharing program for teachers in accordance with the agreed parameters indicated below. Job sharing shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: A. Job sharing shall be defined as which two (2) teachers sharing currently employed by the responsibility of a single full District share one (1) full-time teaching position. Any Only teachers who have jointly requested the opportunity to work together shall be considered for job-sharing assignments. Both teachers are expected to attend all scheduled parent/teacher who wishes to participate in the conferences, staff development meetings, in-services, faculty meetings and other assigned duties. Whether a school will or will not offer job-sharing opportunities is solely a building principal decision. Job Sharing assignments are for a period of one (1) year only. The program must find a job sharing partner that is a current teacher and that is acceptable to the Building Principal, Superintendent and the Board with approval of all three being necessary. B. Written notice of a desire to job share must shall be received by the Building Principal, Superintendent, and the Board by February 1 of monitored throughout the year preceding the intended job sharing arrangement. The notice must identify both teachers proposing and evaluated annually to job share and include a detailed proposal for sharing teaching responsibilities. Approval determine whether or denial of the job sharing proposal shall be provided by May 1. C. The responsibilities of a shared teaching position, if approved by the Building Principal, Superintendent, and the Board, shall be divided according to the submitted plan of the job sharers, which proposal shall be reviewed with the Superintendent and revised as necessary to receive and maintain administrative approval. The plan will include, but not be limited to, specific instructional responsibilities, substitution procedures, schedule of work hours and/or days, and attendance at staff meetings, district meetings or institutes, other after-hours obligations, parent conferences, and field trips and any other duties and responsibilities deemed appropriate by the Building Principal, Superintendent, or the Board. D. Job sharing teachers shall share student responsibility for each school day as per their specific approved job sharing plan. As a non-precedential decision of the Superintendent, teachers may be approved to work hours in excess of those stipulated in the approved plan for a limited period of time and shall be compensated for the additional hours at their per diem rate. E. Teachers who desire and are approved for a job share arrangement acknowledge that the contractual continued service provisions of the Illinois School Code (Article 24) may affect their tenure status (if already tenured) or their acquisition of tenure (if nontenured). The Board makes no guarantee or assurance that tenure status it will be unaffected by a teacher’s participation continued for another year. Employees participating in this program. F. Each participating teacher in a job sharing arrangement shall receive prorated salary as set forth in the Professional Agreement for partarrangements who wish to return to full-time teachers. All participants in an approved job sharing program employment will be considered part-time employees. G. Teachers involved in job sharing for available classroom vacancies. The District shall not lose their seniority (if tenured), but shall receive pro rata seniority credit during pay the duration equivalent of the job sharing. H. Job share teachers shall make reasonable efforts to substitute for one another in situations where advance notice of an absence is given. In cases where no advance notice is given, compensation for substituting will be paid at the regular substitute rate of pay. If the substituting services exceed five (5) consecutive school days, the teacher shall be paid at his/her regular per diem rate of pay. I. The duration of any approved job sharing arrangement is for one (1) full school year only, unless otherwise approved premium toward health insurance coverage for the two teachers who job share. Each teacher will receive his/her pro rata share of his/her premium paid by the Board. J. If job share teachers desire to continue in a job sharing arrangement beyond District. The remaining premium will be deducted from his/her paychecks over the original approved job sharing year, they must provide written notice to the Superintendent no later than February 1 and receive renewed approval as per this program. K. course of pays from October through May. If one of the participating job two teachers does not want the medical insurance, he/she will have the option of receiving either his/her pro rata share teachers resigns, requests a leave of absence, or otherwise cannot fulfill obligations after approval of the current insurance waiver or may donate his/her benefit portion to his/her partner. This same procedure shall apply to dividing and paying for the District dental and life coverage. All annual and sick leave benefits will be divided equally by the two teachers who are job share plansharing. At the appropriate time, Human Resources will post for Job Sharing Positions for the following school year. The posting will require the employee to submit both an Internal Transfer Form and a written proposal. The written proposal must contain a statement of compatible philosophies in the areas of classroom management, classroom organization, record keeping and grading; anticipated benefits to students; anticipated benefits to teaching partners; anticipated division of classroom curriculum, a work schedule, including a common planning time each week; a statement that if one job sharing partner is absent, the other partner will make every effort to substitute in his/her place and will be paid the District’s daily substitute rate of pay and; a statement of support from the building principal(s). The posting will also indicate the grade level/content areas and maximum number of job share teacher positions that may be, in be available at both the sole discretion of the Superintendent, required to resume full-time employment at the regular per diem rate of pay. If such a request is necessary the affected job share teacher must return to the full- time position or resignelementary and middle schools. L. The decision to grant or deny a job sharing opportunity, or any extension of a job sharing arrangement beyond one (1) school year, shall be determined solely by the Building Principal, Superintendent and the Board, shall not create a precedent with respect to granting or denying such request, and shall not be subject to the contractual grievance procedure. M. The Board specifically states that there is no assurance that any job sharing proposal will be approved for any school year. N. Participant teachers will not receive any benefits while participating as part-time employees.