TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 The School District recognizes that appropriate texts, maps, laboratory equipment, audio- visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasible. 7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair. 7.3 The School District shall make available in each school at least one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessary. 7.4 Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone. 7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use. 7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software. 7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested. 7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment. 7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school. 7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received. 7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act. 7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director. 7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement. 7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session. 7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building. 7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay. 7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time. 7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor. 7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy. 7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety. 7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances. 7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review. 7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board. 7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property. 7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 The School District Board and the Association recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher are desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both teacher and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals Board and their staffs shall the Association will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational toolstools and the Board undertakes to implement all joint decisions thereon made by its representative and the Association. The School District shall continue Board agrees to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblemaintained.
7.2 Teachers B. Under no conditions shall have the use a teacher be required to drive a school bus as a part of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repairhis regular assignment.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school adequate rest room and lavatory facilities exclusively for staff use and at least one room, cleaned daily, room appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty loungeteacher preparation and conference room.
D. Telephones have been made available to teachers in their classrooms and the teachers' preparation and conference rooms for their reasonable use, during conference periods. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will be It is the responsibility of the Union individual teacher to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either provide the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessaryappropriate office a monthly log of any long distance calls.
7.4 Telephone E. Adequate parking facilities at SACE shall be made available to and maintained.
F. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls lack thereof shall be recorded on the forms provided grounds for any discipline or discrimination with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next respect to the phoneprofessional employment of such teacher.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now existG. All teachers shall have either a desk with a lockable drawer space and key, adequately maintained, for teachers useor a room key.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers H. Returning teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property report more than 1 day prior to the beginning of classes in the fall, and equipmentnew teachers not more than 2 days prior to beginning of classes in the fall.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance I. By May 1 of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognitioneach year, the School District teachers will receive their tentative class lists and class sizes for the following year. By May 15, each teacher shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area submit to the administration, in each schoolwriting, proposed requisitions for teaching materials, equipment, and supplies for the following year. By the end of the school year, the administration shall advise the teacher, in writing, of the items scheduled to be purchased.
7.10 Announcement J. Supervision of students in all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on areas is the bulletin board in teacher's responsibility during the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, entire school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departureday. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips cooperate in good housekeeping practices in the halls, respective classrooms, and will sign out when taking students out of the buildingtheir lounge.
7.16 A teacher who performs K. The Board agrees at all times to maintain an adequate list of substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities teachers providing they are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.available
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District Board shall furnish, without charge, gym uniforms for all physical education teachers, two (2) smocks for art teachers per year, home economics, industrial education and science teachers. Laundry of uniforms shall be the responsibility of the teacher. Gym uniforms not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each annually.
B. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipmentchalkboards, blackout curtains, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching teacher profession. The principals Board agrees that the professional staff will be involved in selecting and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for recommending appropriate technological instructional tools and that every reasonable effort will be made to implement the purpose of improving recommendations as presented through the selection various departments and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblecommittees.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one roombuilding a restroom, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, lavatory facility and room which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator lounge and microwave may be installed for the lunchroom in which no use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it tobacco products will be permitted. The "ITV" room in the responsibility high school is to be used as a classroom. The faculty lounge/lunchroom shall be used only as a workroom for teachers. The lounge/lunchroom shall be made available for lunch to year-round school employees only. There shall be no structural modification of any kind in these lounges without the written permission of the Union to keep this equipment cleanSuperintendent of Schools. A work table or desk and an available computer Further, these rooms shall be provided in either open for inspection by the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the buildingAdministration at all times. The furnishings Administration shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, make every attempt to make available a computer and replaced if necessaryprinter for professional staff use.
7.4 Telephone D. Private school telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use during working hours. Long distance calls shall not be made on these telephones unless one of the following conditions exist:
1. The phone call is credited to the Teacher’s personal credit card number.
2. The telephone call is credited to the Teacher’s home phone number.
3. The charge for transaction of school businessthe telephone call is transferred to the person who is being called (collect call).
4. A direct line The phone call is for student/parent contact.
E. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their use with teachers required to use designated areas.
F. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board; yet, if such teacher's personal activities impair his/her ability to teach, impairs the teacher-student relationship, or disrupts the educational process, it shall be a matter of concern of the Board and action commensurate with the facts may be undertaken.
G. When in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on opinion of the forms provided with the teacher's nameSuperintendent of Schools or his/her delegated representative, number calledit is necessary to close all schools, and date of call. The forms teachers will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District notified through a telephone fanout that they will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performancereport for work. In furtherance the event that someone cannot be reached (such as disrupted telephone service), in no way will the school be responsible for any additional compensation to any employee. Administration and Association will agree to a (voluntary) fanout list and listing of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops radio and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access television stations to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for each school functions first rather than released for other purposesyear by October 1 of each school year. No rooms used for other purposes If all schools are closed by the Superintendent after classes have commenced, teachers will be permitted to leave after receiving permission from their Building Principal; except that teachers may not be retained beyond one (1) hour after dismissal of students by the Building Principal.
1. Scheduled days of student instruction that are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities, and which must be made up due to state mandate shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in sessionmade up as follows: The Superintendent and Association shall mutually agree upon make-up dates.
7.15 Teachers may 2. In the event there is a change in the Michigan State School Aid Act wherein inclement weather days do not have to be required to sign made up, the language in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departureParagraph 1. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, above shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers void and children the parties will be relocated within the building abide by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safetylanguage stipulated in Paragraph G. above.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 8.1 The School District recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, current periodicals, standardized tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasible.
7.2 8.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 8.3 Teachers shall not be assigned cafeteria or bus duty on a regular basis. In case of emergency, and with the agreement of the teacher, such assignment may be made. Compensation will be paid at the hourly rate prescribed in Article 19 - Professional Compensation.
8.4 Omitted obsolete language pertaining to physical education, art, and other non-traditional classes.
8.5 The School District shall make available in each school at least one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, District and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table worktable or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessary.
7.4 8.6 Telephone facilities at SACE in each school shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. All phone calls shall be restricted to the local exchange except in cases where permission is granted by the School Principal to allow calls outside the local exchange for school business purposes only. Extension phones in the elementary schools and middle schools teachers' lounges shall be made available for teachers. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge senior high school teachers' lounges.
8.7 Vending machines may be installed in teachers' lounges provided that articles dispensed are to be negotiated between the School District representatives and the Union representatives. Proceeds from such machines will revert to the building staff for teachers’ exclusive useuse in its professional endeavors. All calls shall be recorded on Management of the forms provided with machines, including ordering of supplies, stocking of the teacher's namemachines, number called, payment for supplies and date of call. The forms necessary housekeeping will be located next to the phoneresponsibility of the Union's Building Representative.
7.5 8.8 The School District will continue to provide off-off street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 8.9 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, desk and storage, . Traveling teachers will be provided with adequate equipment such as a cart and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading softwarestorage area.
7.7 8.10 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 8.11 Any additional installation of public address or intercom system shall have a visual signal installed in each classroom indicating when they are in use.
8.12 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 8.13 Special service teachers shall have an assigned room with adequate supplies.
8.14 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 8.15 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in teacher lounges when received in all buildings. These postings will also be emailed to all Union members. Upon approval of the Principal and Superintendent or his designee and within budget limitations, a teacher lounge when receivedmay be permitted to attend and participate in a professional conference or workshop, and the School District will pay the teacher's reasonable expenses, such as registration fees, transportation, meals and lodging.
7.11 8.16 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with the same tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Actthey would have held had annexation not taken place, providing it does not conflict with the Attorney General's opinion, or any court decision.
7.12 8.17 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their roomsrooms during their preparation period. The final determination will be made by the Directorbuilding principal.
7.13 8.18 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected encouraged to help plan, attend and participate in parentParent-teacher Teacher meetings, open housesOpen Houses, school programs, School Programs and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement. Parent conferences at the secondary level will be held in the afternoon and evening for two days per year. Students shall be in attendance in the morning of the conference day. The afternoon and evening conference sessions will be in two-hour blocks. Specific dates and times shall be scheduled in each building by the principal after consultation with the staff. At the elementary level, one half day (without students) during school hours and one evening session (of no more than three hours) twice yearly shall be set aside for Parent/Teacher conferences. The specific dates and times shall be scheduled in each building by the principal after consultation with the teaching staff. In order to compensate all secondary teachers for the extended workday, a one-half day release time for all teachers and students will be scheduled each semester.
7.14 8.19 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may 8.20 There shall be required to no sign in at in/out sheet or device, but special service teachers shall notify the time of Building Principal or secretary upon arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the leaving a building.
7.16 8.21 A teacher who performs substitute duties during the teacher’s conference period will be have the option of being compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A $30.00 for the period or with compensatory time, whichever the teacher engaged during chooses. Annually, each teacher will elect the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary pay or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach compensatory time option; the option chosen shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within effect for the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval duration of the Superintendent when room temperatureschool year. Teachers who elect compensatory time may accumulate such time from year to year, ventilation, provided that all such accumulated time must be used before the teacher’s retirement or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will severance from District employment. Any teacher who does not so use the accumulated compensatory time shall not be made entitled to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary any further compensation for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational processtime. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall Compensatory time earned may be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation combined in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process permit a full day of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that excused absence according to the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.following schedule:
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District Board shall furnish, without charge, gym uniforms for all physical education teachers, two (2) smocks for art teachers per year, home economics, industrial education and science teachers. Laundry of uniforms shall be the responsibility of the teacher. Gym uniforms not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each annually.
B. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipmentchalkboards, blackout curtains, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching teacher profession. The principals Board agrees that the professional staff will be involved in selecting and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for recommending appropriate instructional tools and that every reasonable effort will be made to implement the purpose of improving recommendations as presented through the selection various departments and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblecommittees.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one roombuilding a restroom, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, lavatory facility and room which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator lounge and microwave may be installed for the lunchroom in which no use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it tobacco products will be permitted. The "ITV" room in the responsibility high school is to be used as a classroom. The faculty lounge/lunchroom shall be used only as a workroom for teachers. The lounge/lunchroom shall be made available for lunch to year-round school employees only. There shall be no structural modification of any kind in these lounges without the written permission of the Union to keep this equipment cleanSuperintendent of Schools. A work table or desk and an available computer Further, these rooms shall be provided in either open for inspection by the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the buildingAdministration at all times. The furnishings Administration shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, make every attempt to make available a computer and replaced if necessaryprinter for professional staff use.
7.4 Telephone D. Private school telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use during working hours. Long distance calls shall not be made on these telephones unless one of the following conditions exist:
1. The phone call is credited to the Teacher’s personal credit card number.
2. The telephone call is credited to the Teacher’s home phone number.
3. The charge for transaction of school businessthe telephone call is transferred to the person who is being called (collect call).
4. A direct line The phone call is for student/parent contact.
E. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their use with teachers required to use designated areas.
F. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board; yet, if such teacher's personal activities impair his/her ability to teach, impairs the teacher-student relationship, or disrupts the educational process, it shall be a matter of concern of the Board and action commensurate with the facts may be undertaken.
G. When in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on opinion of the forms provided with the teacher's nameSuperintendent of Schools or his/her delegated representative, number calledit is necessary to close all schools, and date of call. The forms teachers will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District notified through a telephone fanout that they will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performancereport for work. In furtherance the event that someone cannot be reached (such as disrupted telephone service), in no way will the school be responsible for any additional compensation to any employee. Administration and Association will agree to a (voluntary) fanout list and listing of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops radio and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access television stations to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for each school functions first rather than released for other purposesyear by October 1 of each school year. No rooms used for other purposes If all schools are closed by the Superintendent after classes have commenced, teachers will be permitted to leave after receiving permission from their Building Principal; except that teachers may not be retained beyond one (1) hour after dismissal of students by the Building Principal.
1. Scheduled days of student instruction that are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities, and which must be made up due to state mandate shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in sessionmade up as follows: The Superintendent and Association shall mutually agree upon make-up dates.
7.15 Teachers may 2. In the event there is a change in the Michigan State School Aid Act wherein inclement weather days do not have to be required to sign made up, the language in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departureParagraph 1. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, above shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers void and children the parties will be relocated within the building abide by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safetylanguage stipulated in Paragraph G. above.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District recognizes the necessity of keeping schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained within the established budget. The District further recognizes its responsibility to maintain schools in a safe and sanitary condition and will consult with other responsible officials when necessary to achieve this end. Teachers shall not be required to work under unsafe or unsanitary conditions when so determined by such responsible officials or the school Superintendent.
B. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, questionnaires and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals Board agrees to provide adequate materials and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for supplies to the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasibleextent finances will permit.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one roomadequate lunchroom, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School Districtrestroom, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk lavatory facilities for teachers' use and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessarylounges.
7.4 D. Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable teachers' use in making calls within the attendance area for transaction of school business. A direct line Personal long distance calls may not be charged to school accounts. The personal use of cell phones during instructional time, unless used for emergencies, is prohibited.
E. All teachers shall be available aid in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded supervision and safety of students in the school building and on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phoneschool grounds.
7.5 The School District will continue F. Teachers are expected to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers useexercise care in their use of school equipment.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 G. Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work leave a class unattended during the time instruction is normally scheduled, except in an emergency. The use of a teacher aide or replacement work on property and equipmentstudent assistant does not satisfy the supervision requirement except during an emergency or a scheduled supervisory period assigned by the principal.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material H. All classroom teachers will make available a hard copy or electronic access (district provided electronic plan book) general plans for one (1) week in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each schooladvance.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences I. Lesson plans shall enable the substitute to conduct the class in a manner that will provide lesson continuity. Plans must be posted available for a substitute prior to teacher reporting time on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when receivedany given day.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidationJ. When available, all teachers shall come into be stationed in the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Acthallway at their classroom doorway between class changes.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access K. The Board agrees to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made establish procedures for visitations by the Directorparents to classrooms.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposesL. The Board shall establish/create staff parking areas at each building site. No rooms used for other purposes These areas shall be allowed located off city streets and restricted in a manner to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in sessionbe apart from students.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 The School District parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both the teacher and the Board. It is also acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- computers and appropriate software, audio visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized tests music equipment and questionnairesmaterials, safety equipmentcurrent periodicals, standard texts and questionnaires and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals Administrators and their staffs shall teachers will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall Board will continue its efforts to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar within available funds as financially feasibledetermined by the Board of Education.
7.2 Teachers B. Provided they meet all current state bus driver qualifications, teachers may drive a regularly scheduled bus run, but such bus runs will not be a part of their regularly assigned duties and shall have the use of available computers not interfere in their professional duties as a teacher. ▇▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material▇▇. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment ▇▇▇▇▇ shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repairgrandfathered.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one school, a lounge and/or work study room for the teachers. When practical and possible, lavatory facilities for teacher use shall also be made available; such lounge or work room, cleaned dailyshall, appropriately furnishedhowever, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use available to all employees or volunteers of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessaryCaro Community Schools.
7.4 D. Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use appropriate school use. Personal calls may be made by teachers during non-instructional time.
E. Cafeteria facilities will be available to teachers during the regular student lunch periods. All teachers are required to pay the regular rates established for transaction of school business. A direct line adult personnel.
F. Adequate parking facilities in designated areas shall be made available in to teachers.
G. The teachers recognize that their responsibility to their students and profession requires that they perform duties beyond their regular classroom assignment. This includes supervision of extra-curricular activities and student functions and may require time beyond the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive usenormal work day. All calls Any decisions made hereunder shall be recorded on made jointly by the forms provided with Board and the teacher's nameAssociation. In cases where such duties are deemed by the teacher to be excessive, number called, the teacher and date of call. The forms will be located next administrator shall meet to the phonediscuss relief options.
7.5 H. The School District will continue parties agree that there are certain quasi-clerical tasks which teachers shall be expected to provide off-street parking facilities where they now existperform. Examples of such tasks are: collecting of monies, adequately maintaineddistributing milk, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a deskinventorying of books, storagetyping tests, duplicating educational materials, operating audio• visual equipment and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from supervising students outside the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performanceclassroom. In furtherance of that recognitioncases where such duties are deemed by the teacher to be excessive, the School District parties shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences meet to discuss relief options. Efforts shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the DirectorBoard to minimize these tasks.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released I. Excluded from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions these responsibilities will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and administering of medical services unless the services are necessitated by emergency or involve consideration of that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become student's unique needs as determined by an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the BoardIndividual Education Planning Committee (IEPC).
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Professional Negotiations Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District Board shall furnish, without charge, gym uniforms for all physical education teachers, two (2) smocks for art teachers per year, home economics, industrial education and science teachers. Laundry of uniforms shall be the responsibility of the teacher. Gym uniforms not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) each annually.
B. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipmentchalkboards, blackout curtains, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching teacher profession. The principals Board agrees that the professional staff will be involved in selecting and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for recommending appropriate technological instructional tools and that every reasonable effort will be made to implement - the purpose of improving recommendations as presented through the selection various departments and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblecommittees.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one roombuilding a restroom, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, lavatory facility and room which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator lounge and microwave may be installed for the lunchroom in which no use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it tobacco products will be permitted. The "ITV" room in the responsibility high school is to be used as a classroom. The faculty lounge/lunchroom shall be used only as a workroom for teachers. The lounge/lunchroom shall be made available for lunch to year-round school employees only. There shall be no structural modification of any kind in these lounges without the written permission of the Union to keep this equipment cleanSuperintendent of Schools. A work table or desk and an available computer Further, these rooms shall be provided in either open for inspection by the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the buildingAdministration at all times. The furnishings Administration shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, make every attempt to make available a computer and replaced if necessaryprinter for professional staff use.
7.4 Telephone D. Private school telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use during working hours. Long distance calls shall not be made on these telephones unless one of the following conditions exist:
1. The phone call is credited to the Teacher’s personal credit card number.
2. The telephone call is credited to the Teacher’s home phone number.
3. The charge for transaction of school businessthe telephone call is transferred to the person who is being called (collect call).
4. A direct line The phone call is for student/parent contact. - 1 -
E. Adequate parking facilities shall be made available to teachers for their use with teachers required to use designated areas.
F. Notwithstanding their employment, teachers shall be entitled to full rights of citizenship and no religious or political activities of any teacher or the lack thereof shall be grounds for any discipline or discrimination with respect to the professional employment of such teacher. The private and personal life of any teacher is not within the appropriate concern or attention of the Board; yet, if such teacher's personal activities impair his/her ability to teach, impairs the teacher-student relationship, or disrupts the educational process, it shall be a matter of concern of the Board and action commensurate with the facts may be undertaken.
G. When in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on opinion of the forms provided with the teacher's nameSuperintendent of Schools or his/her delegated representative, number calledit is necessary to close all schools, and date of call. The forms teachers will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District notified through a telephone fanout that they will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performancereport for work. In furtherance the event that someone cannot be reached (such as disrupted telephone service), in no way will the school be responsible for any additional compensation to any employee. Administration and Association will agree to a (voluntary) fanout list and listing of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops radio and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access television stations to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for each school functions first rather than released for other purposesyear by October 1 of each school year. No rooms used for other purposes If all schools are closed by the Superintendent after classes have commenced, teachers will be permitted to leave after receiving permission from their Building Principal; except that teachers may not be retained beyond one (1) hour after dismissal of students by the Building Principal. -
1. Scheduled days of student instruction that are not held because of conditions not within the control of school authorities, and which must be made up due to state mandate shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in sessionmade up as follows: The Superintendent and Association shall mutually agree upon make-up dates.
7.15 Teachers may 2. In the event there is a change in the Michigan State School Aid Act wherein inclement weather days do not have to be required to sign made up, the language in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departureParagraph 1. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, above shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers void and children the parties will be relocated within the building abide by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safetylanguage stipulated in Paragraph G. above.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The District may make teacher placement decisions under Section 1248 of the Revised School Code which provides clear and transparent procedures.
B. Class Size: Because the Board has the statutory duty to educate all children within the boundaries of the School District and because the student-teacher ratio is an important aspect of an educational program and because the number of students a teacher is required to instruct has a direct bearing upon the amount of work required and the effectiveness of the individual teacher, the parties agree that the size of the individual classes shall be given careful consideration and any inequities adjusted upon the request of the teacher if economically and educationally feasible and desirable. A desirable ratio of pupils to classroom teacher is 25:1.
C. At the elementary level where a “split” or “combination grade” is unavoidable, teachers and building principals shall cooperatively distribute the children by grades unless otherwise agreed by both parties.
D. In those classes which involve the integration of CI, SLD, and EI, special education students into the regular classroom, an effort will be made to provide a favorable pupil/teacher ratio. Modification in class size, scheduling and curriculum design may be made to accommodate the shifting demands that mainstreaming may create.
E. To promote the equitable distribution of responsibility for pupils among teachers, when more than one classroom placement may be available to accommodate the pupil’s schedule, a pupil who has been certified through the IEP (or current term) will be placed in the appropriate classroom, as determined by the IEP Team.
F. The Board recognizes that appropriate textstextbooks, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipmentcurrent periodicals, standardized standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and parties and/or their staffs shall assigned members will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving this selection, with the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue attempt to keep implement these as the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblefunds are available.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 G. The School District Board shall make available in each school a restroom and lavatory facilities for teachers, and at least one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, (1) room which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator .
H. Each teacher shall maintain with the office of the Superintendent of School and microwave the building principal the current correct address and phone number which may be installed for used to contact them in emergency matters while they are in the use employment of the teachers at no expense to the School District.
I. Every bargaining unit employee employed by the Board must have a valid teaching certificate, or applicable professional license. This certificate must be filed with the Superintendent. Failure to file the certificate or loss of certification may result in loss of employment.
J. All teachers are covered by Michigan Worker’s Compensation law. Accidents and injuries are to be reported to the employee’s supervisor immediately. Employer liability shall be in accordance with the law.
K. To relieve teachers of as many non-teaching duties as possible, the Board agrees to engage as many aides as possible as determined by the Board. This will specifically and definitely include supervision of recess, and it lunch. Further, in case of the absence of any aide, if a substitute is available a substitute will be provided to fulfill said duties.
L. The Board will provide textbooks which are reasonably requested by teachers to the responsibility extent finances are available.
M. The Board will make reasonable effort to provide within the financial limits of the Union to keep this equipment cleanDistrict the following:
1. A work table or separate desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessary.
7.4 Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading softwarein the District.
7.7 The School District shall provide 2. Suitable closet space for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (readingeach teacher to store coats, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being testedovershoes and personal articles.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment3. Adequate instructional space in every classroom.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Master Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District parties agree that class size should be kept at a sound educational level within building and budget limitations.
B. The Board shall furnish, upon request, without charge: gym uniforms for all physical education teachers; smocks for art, home economics, industrial arts, science and vocational agriculture teachers; and shall provide, without charge, laundering service therefore. The Board will also furnish prescription safety glasses for those teachers involved in activities deemed potentially hazardous. Said glasses must be checked in and out on a daily basis at the discretion of the Administration.
C. The Board recognizes that appropriate textstests, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall parties will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue tools and the Board undertakes promptly to keep implement all joint decisions thereon made by its representative and the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasibleAssociation.
7.2 D. Under no conditions shall a teacher be required to drive a school vehicle. Teachers shall have will be paid at the same rate as a regular driver for such trips as they might drive (Drive Time Only). If a teacher's duties require the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment his/her own car, mileage expense will be at the IRS standard mileage rate as of July 1st each year for the following year.
E. The Board, in any new building program, will include in the building program separate rest rooms for preparation of instructional material. All damaged staff and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately students, and a combination lunchroom/lounge for proper maintenance and repairstaff use.
7.3 The School District shall make available in each school at least one roomF. In schools where cafeteria service for teachers is not available, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will must be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessaryserviceable from existing facilities.
7.4 Telephone G. Adequate parking facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The H. Retirement will follow Federal and/or State statutes.
I. Person retiring from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Community School District with at least fifteen (15) years of service will provide be compensated for each teacher unused sick days at a desk, storage, and access rate of fifty ($50) dollars a day up to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring maximum of tests sixty (60) days. Payment of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination this money will be made by the Directorwithin one month of employees last day.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 The School District recognizes A. It is acknowledged that appropriate texts, maps, laboratory equipment, audio- visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized tests the primary duty and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end; this provision, however, shall not be deemed to limit a teacher's duties to teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblealone.
7.2 Teachers B. The Board shall have provide all instructional materials necessary for educating the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repairstudents.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available provide duplicating equipment and materials in each school at least one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed building for the use of the teachers at no expense in preparing instructional materials.
D. The Board shall provide janitorial service to clean and maintain all classrooms (including boards), lounge and toilet facilities after daily classes are dismissed. Each teacher shall be obligated with respect to the School Districtroom in which he spends the majority of his time to see that the room is maintained in a tidy condition, namely, to see that at the close of the school day student desks and chairs are properly arranged, windows closed, lights turned off, blinds or curtains left orderly, and it will be boards erased.
E. The Board shall provide the responsibility following teaching aids and facilities:
1. Copies, exclusively for each teacher's use, of all texts used in each of the Union courses the teacher is assigned to keep this equipment cleanteach, provided that such texts shall remain the property of the school and that the teacher shall be responsible for the texts issued to him.
2. Lunchroom, restroom and lavatory facilities exclusively for staff use in each school building.
3. Telephone facilities for school-related professional use; closet space large enough to store coats, overshoes and personal articles; and enough paved parking spaces for all teachers.
4. A work table or separate desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearlyfor each teacher, and replaced if necessarylockable storage space.
7.4 Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 F. Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work perform scheduled hall patrol duties during lunch period, drive school buses, or replacement work on property and equipmentcollect moneys for milk or lunch.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District G. Teachers shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may not be required to sign in at work under unsafe or hazardous conditions, or to perform tasks which endanger their health, safety or well-being, provided, that this provision shall not limit the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out right of the buildingBoard to require teachers to perform the usual and normal requirements of their employment, and provided further that this provision shall not enlarge the Board's civil liability beyond that imposed by the Michigan Worker's Compensation Statute.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day H. All teachers shall prepare advance weekly lesson plans that reflect relevant state standard, keeping in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, mind long and short range goals which shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys submitted to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all respective principals the day prior to the weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policyscheduled vacation period.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. The School District parties recognize that optimum school facilities are desirable for both students and teachers to insure high quality education which is the goal of both parties. The primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach, and the organization of the school day should be directed toward insuring that the energy of the teacher is utilized to this end. Academic freedom, subject to accepted standards of professional responsibility, will be guaranteed to all teachers.
B. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall parties will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasible.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use of C. The Board agrees to make available computers in each school adequate typing and all duplicating facilities and copying equipment clerical personnel to aid teachers in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE:
1. Each teacher in the school system with a lockable drawer space large enough to file exams and malfunctioning equipment papers,
2. Suitable space for each teacher to store coats, overshoes and personal articles,
3. Adequate storage space in each room for materials,
4. Copies, exclusively for the teacher to use, of all texts in each course he/she is to teach,
5. A dictionary in every classroom, 6 Adequate attendance books, paper, pencils, pens, chalk, erasers and other materials required in daily teaching, 7 Work areas shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately provided for proper maintenance and repairteachers during conference periods.
7.3 D. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least rest room and lavatory facilities exclusively for teacher use. Also, there shall be one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnishedfurnished with desk and chair and facilities for use of an electric coffee maker if desired, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed Provision for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer such facilities shall be provided made in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the buildingall future buildings. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessaryAssociation will maintain adequate professional decorum in rooms designated as faculty lounges.
7.4 E. Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line Teachers should limit their personal calls, and the school must be reimbursed for all personal long distance calls.
F. Adequate parking facilities shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge provided and identified exclusively for teachers’ exclusive teacher use. All calls The Board shall provide personnel to police these facilities at least once each morning and once each afternoon and shall take immediate steps to remedy any violations. The Association will furnish identification.
G. Elementary teachers may use, as they desire, any released time accorded them by dismissal of their students or by assignment of a special teacher to their room.
H. Recognizing that efficient use of employed teachers is of the utmost importance to the district and will most benefit the students, there shall be recorded on the forms provided no double assignments of teachers unless team teaching is being used or with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phoneteacher agreement.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for I. At the conclusion of each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognitionschool year, the School District teacher shall provide within financial means present a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement written evaluation of all professional workshops his/her program and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided recommendations for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms J. General announcements to students will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposeslimited to three times per day except in cases of emergency. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary times for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall announcements will be given to the Building Principal for reviewteachers at the first meeting of the year.
7.23 Both teachers K. Teachers will receive in his/her opening day packet and/or upon hire the board’s policy on acceptable uses of Internet/Intranet agreement. The Internet/Intranet or other electronic devices shall not be used in a negative fashion for evaluation purposes of a teacher. The Board agrees to provide appropriate, regularly, updated virus detection software on all of the Board’s computers. The software shall function in an automatic, passive fashion. Teachers will be given notice of any changes and/or policies regarding the Internet/Intranet prior to implementation. The staff and administration will settle disputes about the planned computer program and the evaluation of computer usage through consensus building.
L. In the event the Board desires to add a Virtual High School District recognize Distance Learning program, the need for trust Board will inform and cooperation in order discuss the program with the Association.
M. All teachers are required to deal prepare and keep up-to-date student records and up-to-date lesson plans.
N. Bargaining unit members may choose appropriate supplemental and general accepted teaching techniques consistent with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making the educational goals and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals objectives of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the BoardBoard of Education.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 The School District parties recognize that the availability of optimum school facilities for both student and teacher is desirable to insure the high quality of education that is the goal of both the teacher and the Board. The primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teachand that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end.
A. The Board recognizes that appropriate texts, mapslibrary reference facilities, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- computers and appropriate software, audio visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized tests music equipment and questionnairesmaterials, safety equipmentcurrent periodicals, standard texts and questionnaires and similar materials are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals Administrators and their staffs shall teachers will confer at least once a year from time to time for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall Board will continue its efforts to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar within available funds as financially feasibledetermined by the Board of Education.
7.2 Teachers B. Provided they meet all current state bus driver qualifications, teachers may drive a regularly scheduled bus run, but such bus runs will not be a part of their regularly assigned duties and shall have the use of available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment not interfere in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repairtheir professional duties as a teacher.
7.3 C. The School District Board shall make available in each school at least one school, a lounge and/or work study room and bathroom for the teachers. When practical and possible, lavatory facilities for teacher use shall also be made available; such lounge or work room, cleaned dailyshall, appropriately furnishedhowever, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator available to all other employees and microwave may be installed for the use of the teachers at no expense to the School District, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment clean. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessaryvolunteers.
7.4 D. Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use appropriate school use. Personal calls may be made by teachers during non-instructional time.
E. Cafeteria facilities will be available to teachers during the student lunch. Teachers are required to pay the regular rates for transaction of school business. A direct line adult personnel.
F. Adequate parking facilities in designated areas shall be made available in to teachers.
G. The teachers recognize that their responsibility to their students and profession requires that they perform duties beyond their regular classroom assignment. This includes supervision of extra-curricular activities and student functions and may require time beyond the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive usenormal work day. All calls Any decisions made hereunder shall be recorded on made jointly by the forms provided with Board and the teacher's nameAssociation. In cases where such duties are deemed by the teacher to be excessive, number called, the teacher and date of call. The forms will be located next administrator shall meet to the phonediscuss relief options.
7.5 H. The School District will continue parties agree that there are certain quasi-clerical tasks which teachers shall be expected to provide offperform such as collecting of monies, distributing milk, inventorying of books, typing tests, duplicating educational materials, operating audio-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, visual equipment and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from supervising students outside the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipment.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performanceclassroom. In furtherance of that recognitioncases where such duties are deemed by the teacher to be excessive, the School District parties shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences meet to discuss relief options. Efforts shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the DirectorBoard to minimize these tasks.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released I. Excluded from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions these responsibilities will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and administering of medical services unless the services are necessitated by emergency or involve consideration of that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become student's unique needs as determined by an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the BoardIndividual Education Development Team (I.E.D.T.).
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Professional Negotiations Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as the pupil-teacher ratio is an important aspect of an effective educational program and is directly related to the volume of a teacher’s work, the utilization of facilities and personnel, staff recruitment, and present and future planning of construction and remodeling of facilities shall be directed to attain desirable pupil-teacher ratios.
1. The School District recognizes that following class sizes represent desired objectives: Academic 27 pupils Laboratories 27 pupils Ind. Tech Lab 30 pupils Physical Education 40 pupils Keyboarding 30 pupils Special Education Classes State Standards
2. In these areas of instruction requiring specialized facilities, the available workstations will be the standard for determination of class size. Whenever possible, the Employer will attempt to mainstream certified special education students to those sections in the building with the smallest class size, provided said action is in compliance with the recommendation of the IEPC meeting.
B. The Employer will continue its efforts as directed by the financial conditions of the district, the building facilities available, and the availability of qualified teachers to improve those programs of instruction requiring specialized facilities by making available more work stations and the expansion of the special education program.
C. The employer acknowledges its responsibilities to provide appropriate texts, curriculum guides, reference materials, maps, laboratory equipment, audio- visual equipmentinstructional aids, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, supplies and similar materials are the as needed tools of for the teaching professionof children. The principals and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall Employer will continue to keep the schools reasonably properly equipped, supplies, and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasiblemaintained.
7.2 Teachers shall have the use D. Copies of teachers’ requisitions and, when possible, purchase orders will be made available computers and all duplicating and copying equipment for examination in the building principal’s office at all reasonable times. The principal will notify the teachers of supplies which are unavailable or denied. Teachers shall designate the priority of supplies on the requisitions and indicate in writing the rationale for preparation such priorities upon request.
E. Paraprofessionals may be assigned in all schools to the cafeteria and the bus duties. Paraprofessionals may also be assigned noon hour playground duty in the elementary schools. In the event that it is necessary to assign teachers to other nonteaching duties, it shall be on an equitable basis for the entire staff.
F. The Employer shall provide a separate and exclusive teachers' reference library in each school and include therein professional texts and materials within the budgetary limitations which are requested by the teachers of instructional materialthat school.
G. The Employer shall provide, for school related work, no less than one computer station (including printer) and one copy machine in each building of the school district for teacher use.
H. The Employer shall provide:
1. A separate desk for each teacher in the district. All damaged new desks purchased in the future will have drawer space provided with a lock.
2. Chalkboard/whiteboard in every classroom.
3. Copies, exclusively for teacher's use, of all texts used in each of the courses he/she is to teach.
4. Attendance books, paper, pencils, pens, chalk, erasers, and malfunctioning equipment other such materials, required in daily teaching responsibility.
5. Telephone facilities for the purpose of parent-teacher contact.
I. The teacher shall be reported responsible to make arrangements through the Office of the Business Manager to secure bus drivers for all activities requiring bus transportation and in no event shall teachers drive a school bus. Any teacher who so drives without authorization from the Business Manager assumes all responsibility.
J. The teacher shall be responsible to make arrangements for approved field trips with the building principal. All approved field trips shall have a written rationale submitted to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repairprincipal five (5) work days prior to the trip.
7.3 K. The School District Employer shall make available in each school at least one rooma lounge and/or work study room for the teachers. Separate lavatory facilities for women and men, cleaned dailyexclusively for teachers' use, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved made available in each school building.
L. The Employer agrees to continue to provide and maintain adequate off-street parking facilities for its professional staff.
M. The elementary schools shall receive a total of twelve (12) hours collectively per day of library labor assistance with the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed for the use assignments of the teachers at no expense library assistance to the School District, and it will be the responsibility of the Union to keep this equipment cleanadministration. A work table or desk and an available computer shall be provided in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the building. The furnishings shall be cleaned, repaired yearly, and replaced if necessary.
7.4 Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 Teachers N. Counselors shall not be required to do major repair work or replacement work on property and equipmentassigned hall duty.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may be required to sign in at the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out of the building.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policy.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Professional Agreement
TEACHING CONDITIONS. 7.1 A. It is acknowledged that the primary duty and responsibility of the teacher is to teach and that the organization of the school and the school day should be directed at insuring that the energy of the teacher is primarily utilized to this end; this provision, however, shall not be deemed to limit a teacher's duties to teaching alone.
B. The School District recognizes that Board shall provide, as it deems appropriate and possible, texts, mapslibrary reference materials, maps and globes, laboratory equipment, audio- audio-visual equipment, art supplies, athletic equipment, standardized current periodicals, standard tests and questionnaires, safety equipment, and other similar materials which are the tools of the teaching profession. The principals and their staffs shall confer at least once a year for the purpose of improving the selection and use of such educational tools. The School District shall continue to keep the schools reasonably and properly equipped and maintained insofar as financially feasibleteachers.
7.2 Teachers C. The Board shall have the use of available computers provide duplicating equipment and all duplicating and copying equipment in the building for preparation of instructional material. All damaged and malfunctioning equipment shall be reported to the building Administrator immediately for proper maintenance and repair.
7.3 The School District shall make available materials in each school at least one room, cleaned daily, appropriately furnished, which shall be reserved for the use as a faculty lounge. A refrigerator and microwave may be installed building for the use of the teachers at no expense in preparing instructional materials.
D. The Board shall provide janitorial service to clean and maintain all classrooms (including chalkboards), lounge and toilet facilities after daily classes are dismissed. Each teacher shall be obligated with respect to the School Districtroom in which he spends the majority of his time to see that the room is maintained in a tidy condition, namely, to see that at the close of the school day student desks and chairs are properly arranged, windows closed, lights turned off, blinds or curtains left orderly, and it will be chalkboards erased.
E. The Board shall provide the responsibility following teaching aids and facilities:
1. Copies, exclusively for each teacher's use, of all texts used in each of the Union courses the teacher is assigned to keep this equipment cleanteach, provided that such texts shall remain the property of the school and that the teacher shall be responsible for the texts issued to him.
2. A work table or desk reasonably up-to-date Collegiate Dictionary in every classroom agreed to by the Association and an available computer Administration, provided that such Dictionary shall not be removed from the room without the approval of the Building Principal and that the teacher who is principally located in the room shall be provided responsible for the Dictionary.
3. Lunchroom, restroom and lavatory facilities exclusively for staff use in either the faculty lounge or other work room provided in the each school building.
4. The furnishings shall be cleanedTelephone facilities for school-related professional use; closet space large enough to store coats, repaired yearlyovershoes and personal articles; and enough paved parking spaces for all teachers.
5. A separate desk for each teacher, and replaced if necessarylockable storage space.
7.4 Telephone facilities at SACE shall be made available to teachers for their reasonable use for transaction of school business. A direct line shall be available in the SACE teacher's lounge for teachers’ exclusive use. All calls shall be recorded on the forms provided with the teacher's name, number called, and date of call. The forms will be located next to the phone.
7.5 The School District will continue to provide off-street parking facilities where they now exist, adequately maintained, for teachers use.
7.6 The School District will provide for each teacher a desk, storage, and access to a working computer, printer, and current grading software.
7.7 The School District shall provide for machine scoring of tests of a standardized nature (reading, IQ, achievement, aptitude) when feasible from the standpoint of the number of students being tested.
7.8 F. Teachers shall not be required to do major repair work perform scheduled hall patrol duties during lunch period, drive school buses, or replacement work on property and equipmentcollect moneys for milk or lunch.
7.9 The School District and the Union mutually recognize the importance of continuous use of adequate teaching reference material in maintaining a high level of professional performance. In furtherance of that recognition, the School District G. Teachers shall provide within financial means a teacher reference area in each school.
7.10 Announcement of all professional workshops and conferences shall be posted on the bulletin board in the teacher lounge when received.
7.11 In the case of future annexation and/or consolidation, all teachers shall come into the School District with tenure status provided for in Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act.
7.12 Whenever possible, teachers with laboratory preparation will have access to the facilities of their rooms. The final determination will be made by the Director.
7.13 Recognizing the importance of School-Community relations, teachers are expected to help plan, attend and participate in parent-teacher meetings, open houses, school programs, and activities as part of their professional responsibility and commitment to school improvement.
7.14 School rooms will be used for school functions first rather than released for other purposes. No rooms used for other purposes shall be allowed to disturb or disrupt in any way rooms used for classes in session.
7.15 Teachers may not be required to sign in at work under unsafe or hazardous conditions, or to perform tasks which endanger their health, safety or well-being, provided, that this provision shall not limit the time of arrival at the building and may be required to sign out at the time of departure. Teachers will also sign out for all field trips and will sign out when taking students out right of the buildingBoard to require teachers to perform the usual and normal requirements of their employment, and provided further that this provision shall not enlarge the Board's civil liability beyond that imposed by the Michigan Worker's Compensation Statute.
7.16 A teacher who performs substitute duties will be compensated at the teacher’s hourly rate of pay.
7.17 A teacher engaged during the school day H. All teachers shall prepare advance weekly lesson plans keeping in any professional grievance hearings, including arbitration, mind long and short range goals which shall be released from regular duties without loss of salary or accrued days for that time.
7.18 No student shall have access to teachers' keys. Teachers shall immediately report any lost keys submitted to their Building Principal or Supervisor.
7.19 Scheduling of all respective principals the day prior to the weekend or holiday use of a building by a teacher or coach shall be in conformance with existing School District policyscheduled vacation period.
7.20 Teachers and children will be relocated within the building by the Principal or relocated/sent home by the Principal with the approval of the Superintendent when room temperature, ventilation, or other condition becomes incompatible with health and/or safety.
7.21 Every effort will be made to have all computer labs opened and staffed during the school hours each day, subject to available finances.
7.22 The creation and preservation of a safe, healthful, quiet, and comfortable classroom and general school facilities are necessary for the best interests of the children, the teachers and the furtherance of the educational process. Should the Union feel the above are inadequate or inadequately maintained, notice shall be given to the Building Principal for review.
7.23 Both teachers and the School District recognize the need for trust and cooperation in order to deal with school improvement activities. The process of site-based decision making and school improvement will be a cooperative effort using problem solving and a win-win philosophy. It is agreed that the basis for decisions will be the underlying standard, "What is best for students," and that the participation of teachers, administrators, parents, and other community members is necessary to become an exemplary school district and to meet the goals of the District's mission statement. A School Improvement committee may not modify the Master Agreement in whole or in part except by mutual written agreement by the Union and the Board.
7.24 Teachers shall not smoke on school property.
7.25 Teacher Professional Development. Each teacher shall spend thirty (30) hours during a weekday annually in professional development activities, excluding weekends unless otherwise mutually agreed.
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement