ELEMENTARY COMBINATION CLASS Sample Clauses

ELEMENTARY COMBINATION CLASS. Unit members who volunteer or are appointed to teach combination classes (2 or more grade levels at the elementary level) shall be entitled to receive a stipend (as identified in Appendix J) per school year. Additionally, unit members who volunteer or are appointed to teach combination classrooms shall be entitled to three additional release days per year for teacher directed planning. In the case where more than one teacher volunteers for the combination classroom position, the teacher with the greatest length of service (as defined in ARTICLE XII.A.1) shall be assigned. If no teacher from the impacted grade levels volunteers, the principal/site administrator shall appoint a teacher for the position from grade levels being impacted. Teachers who volunteer or are assigned to teach a combination class shall, at the conclusion of his/her assignment, be placed at the bottom of the rotation list for any subsequent combination classes at the teacher’s grade level in the following school year. However, the same teacher may volunteer and be selected by the principal/site administrator to serve in a combination setting for consecutive years (if there are no other volunteers).