Common use of Job Sharing Program Clause in Contracts

Job Sharing Program. 17.1 Job Sharing is a plan whereby two (2) full-time permanent teachers agree to share full responsibilities for one (1) identifiable full-time position. 17.2 Teachers wishing to participate in the Job Sharing Program must first apply through the Superintendent. Mutual agreement between the teacher(s) and the Superintendent is required before the shared teaching assignment can be finalized and submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. 17.3 Shared teaching assignments shall be approved for a maximum of one (1) school year at a time. 17.4 Prior to participation, teachers shall request a part-time leave of absence from their full-time teaching positions. 17.5 A condition of entry into shared teaching is that, upon completion of the first year of shared teaching, each teacher shall have a right of return to the position to which he or she was assigned during the school year immediately preceding the shared teaching assignment, if such position exists. 17.6 In the event the parties agree to continue the shared teaching assignment beyond the first year, the teachers shall decide between themselves which of them shall have the right to retain the shared teaching position, if it exists, in the event either or both teachers wish to subsequently return to a regular full-time teaching assignment. The teachers will otherwise be reassigned in accordance with the needs of the District. 17.7 The total salary and health benefits; i.e., health, dental and vision, paid to two (2) teachers in a Job Sharing Program shall not exceed the total salary and health benefits that would be paid to one (1) teacher in a regular full-time teaching position. Salaries of participants in the Job Sharing Program shall be paid on the same basis as their assignment is proportional to full-time service.

Job Sharing Program. 17.1 Job Sharing is a plan whereby two (2) full-time permanent teachers agree to share full responsibilities for one (1) identifiable full-time position. 17.2 Teachers wishing to participate in the Job Sharing Program must first apply through the Superintendent. Mutual agreement between the teacher(s) and the Superintendent is required before the shared teaching assignment can be finalized and submitted to the Board of Trustees for approval. 17.3 Shared teaching assignments shall be approved for a maximum of one (1) school year at a time. 17.4 Prior to participation, teachers shall request a part-time leave of absence from their full-time teaching positions. 17.5 A condition of entry into shared teaching is that, upon completion of the first year of shared teaching, each teacher shall have a right of return to the position to which he or she each teacher was assigned during the school year immediately preceding the shared teaching assignment, if such position exists. 17.6 In the event the parties agree to continue the shared teaching assignment beyond the first year, the teachers shall decide between themselves which of them shall have the right to retain the shared teaching position, if it exists, in the event either or both teachers wish to subsequently return to a regular full-time teaching assignment. The teachers will otherwise be reassigned in accordance with the needs of the District. 17.7 The total salary and health benefits; i.e., health, dental and vision, paid to two (2) teachers in a Job Sharing Program shall not exceed the total salary and health benefits that would be paid to one (1) teacher in a regular full-time teaching position. Salaries of participants in the Job Sharing Program shall be paid on the same basis as their assignment is proportional to full-time service.