Common use of Special Education Teacher Workload Clause in Contracts

Special Education Teacher Workload. Each school building, except Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, and Options, shall receive $938 annually for the purpose of funding the processes of prevention and problem solving of workload issues of special education teachers. Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, and Options shall each receive $469 annually. The District annually will provide each special education teacher one (1) day of release time or 4.5 additional hours at the per diem rate of pay, as well as two (2) hours at the per diem rate of pay per IEP for the purpose of preparing student Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs). The two (2) hours of per diem pay will be paid when the IEPs are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of the IEP meeting; if corrections are needed, those corrections are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of receiving the notification that corrections are needed. The District, also, annually will provide each building two (2) additional release days, or the equivalent amount of additional time at the per diem rate of pay per special education teacher on an FTE basis, to be used for IEP preparation according to a plan developed by the special education teachers in the building and the principal. Please refer to the Implementation Memo for additional information regarding this compensation. In addition to the IEP workload relief described above, individual special education teachers will be entitled to workload relief when their workload exceeds the following norms: (a) Elementary Emotionally Behaviorally Disordered (EBD) teachers: 10 students per class (b) Elementary Intensive Support (IS) teachers: 10 students per class (c) Secondary EBD teachers: 12 students per class (d) Pre-school Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) teachers: 7 students per class (e) K-12 DHH teachers: 13 students per class (f) Secondary Learning Support teachers: 25 student IEPs, and 25 students per class (g) Developmental Kindergarten: 11 students per session per full-time teacher; trigger at first student over and every two after (h) Elementary Learning Support: 25 student IEPs (i) Vision Impaired: 13 students per session per full-time teacher; trigger at first student over and every two after

Special Education Teacher Workload. Each school building, except Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, and Options, shall receive The District will allocate $938 annually 31,000 to be used for the purpose of funding the processes of prevention and problem solving of providing workload issues of relief for special education teachers. Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, Specific allocation of these monies will be determined by the special education teaching staff and Options shall each receive $469 annuallythe Superintendent or designee. No SPED certificated staff member will be denied payment for attending meetings related to SPED services. The District annually will provide each special education teacher one (1) day of release time or 4.5 additional hours at the per diem rate of pay, as well as two (2) hours at the per diem rate of pay per IEP for the purpose of preparing student Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs). The two (2) hours of per diem pay will be paid when the IEPs are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of the IEP meeting; if corrections are needed, those corrections are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of receiving the notification that corrections are needed. The District, also, annually will provide each building two (2) additional release days, or the equivalent amount of additional time at the per diem rate of pay per special education teacher on an FTE basis, to be used for IEP preparation according to a plan developed by the special education teachers in the building and the principal. Please refer to the Implementation Memo for additional information regarding this compensation. Every effort will be made to equitably distribute IEP workload among qualified staff within each department. Staff may bring caseload distribution concerns to the building administrator or department administrator; they will confer within 5 school days and initiate a mutually agreed upon solution. When the parties do not agree, they will meet jointly with the appropriate student services administrator. For workload relief regarding WA-AIM portfolio assessment compensation, reference WA-AIM Portfolio Assessment Memorandum of Understanding. In addition to the IEP workload relief described above, individual special education teachers will be entitled to workload relief when their workload exceeds the following norms: a. Elementary Intensive Social Emotional Support (a) Elementary Emotionally Behaviorally Disordered (EBDISES) teachers: 10 students per class (b) b. Elementary Intensive Support (IS) teachers: 10 students per class (c) c. Secondary EBD ISES teachers: 12 students per class (d) d. Pre-school Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) teachers: 7 students per class (e) e. K-12 DHH teachers: 13 students per class (f) f. Secondary Learning Support teachers: 25 student IEPs, and 25 16 students per class (g) Developmental Kindergarten: 11 students per session per full-time teacher; , with trigger points at first student over and every two after (h) Elementary Learning Support: 25 student IEPs (i) Vision Impaired: 13 students per session per full-time teacher; trigger at first student over and every two after17, 19, etc.

Special Education Teacher Workload. Each school building, except Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, and Options, shall receive The District will allocate $938 annually 31,000 to be used for the purpose of funding the processes of prevention and problem solving of providing workload issues of relief for special education teachers. Maplewood Center, Alderwood Early Childhood Center, Specific allocation of these monies will be determined by the special education teaching staff and Options shall each receive $469 annuallythe Superintendent or designee. No SPED certificated staff member will be denied payment for attending meetings related to SPED services. The District annually will provide each special education teacher one (1) day of release time or 4.5 additional hours at the per diem rate of pay, as well as two (2) hours at the per diem rate of pay per IEP for the purpose of preparing student Individualized Educational Programs (IEPs). The two (2) hours of per diem pay will be paid when the IEPs are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of the IEP meeting; if corrections are needed, those corrections are turned in to the central office within five (5) school days of receiving the notification that corrections are needed. The District, also, annually will provide each building two (2) additional release days, or the equivalent amount of additional time at the per diem rate of pay per special education teacher on an FTE basis, to be used for IEP preparation according to a plan developed by the special education teachers in the building and the principal. Please refer to the Implementation Memo for additional information regarding this compensation. Every effort will be made to equitably distribute IEP workload among qualified staff within each department. Staff may bring caseload distribution concerns to the building administrator or department administrator; they will confer within 5 school days and initiate a mutually agreed upon solution. When the parties do not agree, they will meet jointly with the appropriate student services administrator. For workload relief regarding WA-AIM portfolio assessment compensation, reference WA-AIM Portfolio Assessment Memorandum of Understanding. In addition to the IEP workload relief described above, individual special education teachers will be entitled to workload relief when their workload exceeds the following norms: a. Elementary Intensive Social Emotional Support (a) Elementary Emotionally Behaviorally Disordered (EBDISES) teachers: 10 students per class (b) b. Elementary Intensive Support (IS) teachers: 10 students per class (c) c. Secondary EBD ISES teachers: 12 students per class (d) d. Pre-school Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) teachers: 7 students per class (e) e. K-12 DHH teachers: 13 students per class (f) f. Secondary Learning Support teachers: 25 student IEPs, and 25 16 students per class (g) Developmental Kindergarten: 11 students per session per full-time teacher; , with trigger points at first student over and every two after (h) Elementary Learning Support: 25 student IEPs (i) Vision Impaired: 13 students per session per full-time teacher; trigger at first student over and every two after17, 19, etc.