Common use of Conditions of Professional Service Clause in Contracts

Conditions of Professional Service. The Committee and the Association have deliberately agreed not to include provisions in this Contract respecting some of the conditions affecting the performance by members of their professional duties. Such omitted matters include, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the teaching loads of individual members and the basis upon which parent-member conferences, professional workshops and curriculum planning sessions may be held in light of regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education regarding the length of the school day. Such matters are omitted not because the parties regard them as unimportant, but because the parties believe that they require further careful joint study since they are affected by the rapid pace of change in educational technology and theory, and in part, are subject to rules and regulations promulgated by agencies of the Commonwealth. In addition to such conditions, the Committee and the Association consider that there are a number of areas affecting the performance by members of their professional duties as to which practices not now in effect in the Quincy School System and practices not yet developed by any public school system may make great contributions toward improving not only the quality but also the efficiency of the educational process in the Quincy Public School System. Such areas include, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the use of non-professionally trained personnel to perform pupil supervision tasks outside the classroom clerical tasks, the reproduction of instructional materials, and the like. They also include the possibility of measuring the obligatory portion of a member's work day in terms of the time required to perform professional functions rather than a stated number of hours, the possibility of a separate contract year and separate compensation arrangements different from the academic year and compensation related thereto for volunteer professionals who might undertake special professional leadership and development assignments, the possibility of so reorganizing the classroom teaching functions so as to permit more effective use of superior classroom members and the possibility of identifying and describing characteristics of professional performance so as to permit more meaningful evaluation thereof. Accordingly, the parties agree that a Professional Conditions Committee (PCC) shall be established to consist of twelve (12) members of whom six (6) shall be designated by the Association and six (6) by the Committee and of which there shall be co-chairpersons, one (1) chosen by the Association designees and the other by the Committee designees. The PCC shall establish its own times of meeting and rules and procedure and shall have the right to meet with the Committee at reasonable times, not more often than once every two months unless by mutual agreement. The PCC may establish subcommittees to consider particular matters and particular matters within the jurisdiction of the PCC may be considered by others, but all proposals respecting such matters shall come to the PCC for consideration and presentation to the Committee and the Association. The PCC shall consider as priorities the matters cited above. The Committee and the Association shall give serious consideration to the recommendations of the PCC and shall discuss the same as they mutually find appropriate. Except in case of emergency or order from superior authority or as permitted by Article VII, the Committee shall not make any change in the length of the school day, method of payment, or matters relating to the conditions of employment coming under this Contract, unless the same shall first have been referred to the PCC with a reasonable time for consideration and report thereon by said Committee of PCC.

Conditions of Professional Service. The Committee and the Association have deliberately agreed not to include provisions in this Contract respecting some of the conditions affecting the performance by members of their professional duties. Such omitted matters include, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the teaching loads of individual members and the basis upon which parent-member conferences, professional workshops and curriculum planning sessions may be held in light of regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education regarding the length of the school day. Such matters are omitted not because the parties regard them as unimportant, but because the parties believe that they require further careful joint study since they are affected by the rapid pace of change in educational technology and theory, and in part, are subject to rules and regulations promulgated by agencies of the Commonwealth. In addition to such conditions, the Committee and the Association consider that there are a number of areas affecting the performance by members of their professional duties as to which practices not now in effect in the Quincy School System and practices not yet developed by any public school system may make great contributions toward improving not only the quality but also the efficiency of the educational process in the Quincy Public School System. Such areas include, by way of illustration and not of limitation, the use of non-professionally trained personnel to perform pupil supervision tasks outside the classroom clerical classroom. Clerical tasks, the reproduction of instructional materials, and the like. They also include the possibility of measuring the obligatory portion of a member's work day in terms of the time required to perform professional functions rather than a stated number of hours, the possibility of a separate contract year and separate compensation arrangements different from the academic year and compensation related thereto for volunteer professionals who might undertake special professional leadership and development assignments, the possibility of so reorganizing the classroom teaching functions so as to permit more effective use of superior classroom members and the possibility of identifying and describing characteristics of professional performance so as to permit more meaningful evaluation thereof. Accordingly, the parties agree that a Professional Conditions Committee (PCC) shall be established to consist of twelve (12) members of whom six (6) shall be designated by the Association and six (6) by the Committee and of which there shall be co-chairpersons, one (1) chosen by the Association designees and the other by the Committee designees. The PCC shall establish its own times of meeting and rules and procedure and shall have the right to meet with the Committee at reasonable times, not more often than once every two months unless by mutual agreement. The PCC may establish subcommittees to consider particular matters and particular matters within the jurisdiction of the PCC may be considered by others, but all proposals respecting such matters shall come to the PCC for consideration and presentation to the Committee and the Association. The PCC shall consider as priorities the matters cited above. The Committee and the Association shall give serious consideration to the recommendations of the PCC and shall discuss the same as they mutually find appropriate. Except in case of emergency or order from superior authority or as permitted by Article VII, the Committee shall not make any change in the length of the school day, method of payment, or matters relating to the conditions of employment coming under this Contract, unless the same shall first have been referred to the PCC with a reasonable time for consideration and report thereon by said Committee of PCC.