Common use of Reduced Load Clause in Contracts

Reduced Load. A. At the commencement of the tenure year, a licensed unit member shall be granted a reduced load for one school year upon approval of the principal under the following conditions: 1. To request reduced load leave, the licensed unit member must apply to the current building principal for such leave no later than January 15 of the school year immediately preceding the school year in which the leave commences. The administration shall respond to the licensed unit member by April 1. 2. Not more than the designated number of licensed unit members in any one building shall be granted a reduced load assignment. The designated number of licensed unit members for each school is as follows: a. Palatine High School: 8 ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇ High School: 8 ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ High School: 7 d. Schaumburg High School: 7 ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Estates High School: 7 f. North Campus/▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Education Center: 1 in each building g. In the event that building staffing numbers change, the Superintendent and Union President shall discuss revising the designated numbers of licensed unit members in any one building. 3. A licensed unit member may not exceed a maximum of eight (8) total years of accrued reduced load assignments during the member’s employment. 4. Once an individual accrues a total of eight (8) years of reduced load assignments, the individual will receive a full-time assignment for all subsequent years of employment. 5. A reduced load teaching assignment may be assigned as .4 FTE, .6 FTE or .8 FTE, such that the staff member would teach two (2), three (3) or four (4)