Common use of Unit Member Workload Clause in Contracts

Unit Member Workload. All terms and conditions of employment impacting the workload of any certificated job class within the bargaining unit at the grade, department, program, school or district level, shall be maintained at not less than the highest minimum standards in effect on November 18, 2009. This Section shall not be interpreted or applied to deprive unit members of professional advantages heretofore enjoyed unless required by law or authorized by the provisions of this Section. 8.5.8.1. Section 8.5.8 does not prohibit the District from implementing programs, initiatives, or curricular reforms, and an intent of the section is to promote cooperative engagement in reform efforts and activities which will result in the improvement of the quality of the learning experience and the learning outcomes of students and in the quality of the working life of employees (see Section 24.1). However, the impact of any such District programs, initiatives, or curricular reforms on bargaining unit members’ workload, regardless of the existence or success of pre-decision collaboration, is subject to the provisions of Section 8.5.8.