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TENTATIVE. 11. The tender submitted shall become invalid and cost of tender & e-Tender processing fee shall not be refunded if:
TENTATIVE. Teacher First Full Work Day 7:30 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. (2 hr. staff meeting) 1.0 Elem. 1.0 Sec. 1.0
TENTATIVE. The Board hereby recognizes the GCCTA as the exclusive collective bargaining representative for the professional employees of The School Board of Gadsden County, Florida described as follows: All full-time certificated instructional employees (as defined in applicable Florida Statutes, State Board of Education Regulations, and Policies, Rules and Regulations of The School Board of Gadsden County, Florida); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Bargaining Unit shall not include any of the following: District Superintendent of Schools; Assistant District Superintendent of Schools; Directors, Coordinators, Supervisors; Visiting Teachers, Public Information Officers; Psychologists, Research Assistants; Occupational Specialists; Principals; Assistant Principals, R.O.T.C. personnel; Curriculum Assistants and Helping Teachers. The Bargaining Unit shall include Teachers, Peer Teachers, Librarian/Media Specialists, Behavior Specialists and Guidance Counselors. Whenever used hereinafter, the term “teacher” shall mean any professional employee who is included in the foregoing appropriate unit.
TENTATIVE. 3. By presenting to the Board a signed membership form specifying the amount to be deducted from his/her salary, an employee may authorize deduction by the Board of any uniform assessment levied on her/him by the GCCTA. Such deduction will be made by the Board from the first paycheck issued to the employee at least thirty (30) calendar days after the Superintendent’s receipt of said authorization.
TENTATIVE a. The time limits provided in the Article shall be observed, but may be extended by written agreement of the parties. Whenever illness or other incapacity of a party necessary to hear the grievance prevents his/her presence at a grievance meeting, the time limits shall be extended, by mutual consent, to such time that the party can be present. In the event a grievance is filed after May 15 of any year and strict adherence to the time limits may result in hardship to any party, the Board shall use its best efforts to process such grievance prior to the end of the school term or as soon thereafter as possible.
TENTATIVE. The parties agree that each teacher’s normal work day shall cover a period of seven (7) hours and twenty (20) minutes; provided that, within the above limit, for each teacher in each school, the time for beginning and ending of that teacher’s work day shall be determined by the Principal at his/her discretion, subject to change by the Superintendent, and provided further, that the duration of the teacher’s work day shall be extended when the Principal requests the attendance of the teacher at a conference, group meeting, or other performance of professional responsibility. Regularly scheduled faculty meetings shall not extend the teacher’s workday by more than forty-five (45) minutes unless agreed upon by majority vote of the teachers present. The vote must be initiated by a teacher. Each teacher’s workweek may include as much as, but not more than, fifteen hundred (1500) minutes of direct student instructional time. Teacher work schedules shall be determined by the site administrator. Efforts shall be made to give teachers the opportunity to have input into developing their work schedules. Consideration shall be given to the number of students, class composition and planning. The school administrator reserves the right to make the final decision. Reasonable efforts shall be made to provide written notice of teaching assignments and schedules to the teachers upon the faculty meeting of the first day of preplanning. Assignments may be revised as needed, but not to go into effect less than one week (5 teacher workdays) after written notice. Teachers hired after preplanning shall receive teaching assignments and schedules on the first day of employment.
TENTATIVE. L. The Board agrees to make available in each school word processing and reproduction/duplicating capabilities to aid teachers in their preparation of instructional materials. Audio-visual equipment shall be made available in each school for classroom use.
TENTATIVE. Each teacher employed on a full-time basis who is unable to perform her/his duties because of her/his own illness, or because of illness or death of her/his father, mother, brother, sister, husband, wife, child or other close relative, or member of her/his own household, and who consequently has to be absent from her/his work, shall for such necessary absence be entitled to four (4) days of sick leave as of the first day of employment of each contract year, and shall thereafter earn one day of sick leave for each month of employment, which shall be credited to the employee at the end of that month, and which shall not be used prior to the time it is earned and credited to that employee; PROVIDED, that the employee shall be entitled to earn no more than one day of sick leave times the number of months of employment during the year of employment; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that such leave shall be taken only when necessary because of sickness as herein prescribed. Such sick leave shall be cumulative from year to year, without limitation on the number of days of sick leave that may accrue to any employee; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that at least one-half of such cumulative leave must be established within this school district. In case of reasonable doubt as to the validity of any sick leave claim, the Superintendent may require a supporting certificate of illness from a licensed physician. A teacher may authorize his or her spouse, child, parent, or sibling who is also a district employee to use her/his sick leave that has accrued to the authorizing employee, provided that the recipient has depleted all of his or her sick leave. Donated sick leave shall have no terminal pay value to the recipient.
TENTATIVE. 5.) Any teacher placed on the 90-day performance probation described herein which could lead to his or her non-renewal or termination may request the superintendent or his or her designee to review his or her class list for the coming year for equity of the teaching assignment.
