Pilot School Agreement Clause Samples

Pilot School Agreement. The parties agree that a minimum number of seven pilot schools, provided there are sufficient proposals to consider, will be created through September 09 under this agreement. The new Pilot schools may result from conversions, newly-created schools, and/or charter schools that opt to become pilot schools. There shall be a union-sponsored, teacher-run pilot school at the site of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Middle School, effective 9/2009 or as soon as the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ building is available for such use. This school shall be run exclusively by the BTU bargaining unit members on staff. This pilot at the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall be counted as one of the seven schools. Nothing described in this paragraph shall supercede the Contract language found in Article III D, specifically, the language that gives the BTU president or superintendent veto power over any particular pilot school. The parties agree that a teacher work year schedule (including length of work year, length of work day, professional development time in and out of school, and summer work) shall be created by the Governing Board and shall be given to affected staff no later than January 15 of the previous school year. By a 66 2/3% vote, affected BTU Bargaining Unit Staff may vote to override the proposed schedule, sending it back to the Governing Board for possible re-working. If a schedule for an upcoming school year has not been approved by February 15th , the previous year’s schedule shall remain in place. Staff wishing to excess may do so on February 1st. If, after the start of the school year, the Governing Board of a pilot school wishes to change the teacher work year schedule, as referenced in sentence 1 of this paragraph, the change must be approved by a 66 2/3rds vote of the affected BTU Bargaining Staff. The following paragraph, currently found in Article III D of the 2002-2006 CBA, shall be deleted: “Nothing in this agreement shall prevent pilot school governing bodies from making changes to their programs and schedules during the year.” i. Bargaining Unit members who work in a pilot school shall get paid at the contractual hourly rate for hours scheduled in accordance with the above paragraph as follows: For all hours scheduled in excess of the traditional teacher work day and year (as mentioned in the first sentence in section 2) for their respective school levels (elementary 6:30 per day; secondary 6:40 per day) of 183 days and 18 hours, the following schedule shall be in effect: In 2006-2007, excess hours up to 1...