A

Academic Freedom.................... 27-28

Achievement Gap……………......9-24

Administrative Leave...…………….26

Administrative Transfer............... 75-76

Adoption Leave................................. 58

Advertising & Posting................. 71, 73

Affirmative Action ………………….78

Agency Fee.......................................... 8

Appendices............................. 114-140

Assault of Staff................. 30-33, 68-70

Assignment of

     Students............................ 12, 81-84

Assignment of Teachers

     Within Schools....................... 12, 80

Association Rights…………………..5

Attendance at Conferences........ 58-59

B

Basic Employment Contact..34-35, 126

Benefits............................ 36, 53, 67-70                 

Benefits for Substitute

     Teachers................................. 53, 54

Bereavement Leave.......................... 57

Bilingual Ed Overloads......... 89, 90-91

Bilingual Education...................... 89-91

Budgets – School.............................. 12

Building-Directed TRI.................. 14-15

Building Files............................... 26-27

Building Leadership

Team........................... 11-13, 14-15

C

Calendars………………….5, 125

Categories   10,23,37,54,71-74,106-108

Class Size Limits......................... 81-83

Class Size Limits/Special

     Education................................ 83-86

Class Size Overloads................. 81-82

Classified Employees

     Becoming Certificated.....................

     ………………………16-17, 60,110

Classroom

     Management........ 28-29, 30-33, 84

Clock Hours.................... 18, 46, 50, 64

Closure of Schools/

     Programs...................................... 77

Committees            
      14,15-19,60,81,84,85,90, 92

Committees in
    Schools           12, 25, 40, 68,80,93

Complaints about employee…...….26

Contracts.................................. 3, 35-37

Conversion of Non-

     Continuing Contracts.............. 35-37

Counselors & Social Workers......... 91     

Covering Classes........................ 86-87

Credit for Experience in

     Salary Placement................... 44-46

Credits & Transcript

     Changes............................ 44-46, 49

Cultural Literacy....... 2, 17, 37, 38, 111

Curriculum.............. 9,15, 27-28, 34-35

D

Decision Making.......................... 11-15

Department Heads...................... 41-44

Designated Schools ………………..9

Discipline of

    Students................. 28-30, 30-33,35,84,126

Discipline of Employees................... 26

Discrimination................... 2, 25, 73,78

Displacement………10, 71-73,77,110

DSU special ed…………………….84,

Duties............. 34,35, 38-40,80,126

Duration of this Agreement…………4

E

Elementary Specialists..................... 83

Employee Files............................ 26-27

ESA's........................................... 47, 88

Evaluation................................... 98-105

Evaluation Grievances.................... 104

Experience Credits for

     Salary Placement................... 44-47

Expulsion............................................ 30

Extra Days in Secondary

     Schools.......................................... 44, 123

Extra Duties....................................... 41

F

Faculty Meetings.......... 13, 34, 79, 126

Files, Employee........................... 26-27

Files, Student................... 29,30-32, 86

Five-O-Four (504)........ 76, 78, 110

Family Med Lv Act………………….55

Foreign Language………………….93

Four B Classrooms ………………..84

G

Grievance Procedures….94-97,104

Group Insurance………………67-68

H

Harassment...................... 2, 25, 37, 78

Health & Safety....... 33, 68,86, 126

Hiring Process....................... 43, 73-78

Hiring Teams......................... 43, 73-75

Hiring Training................................... 73

Hiring Non teaching certs …………75

Home Visits……………………...….9,79

Hourly Rates of

    Pay.............. 38, 48, 54,119,120,123

Hours of Work............................. 34, 79

I

IEP ........................................ 40, 85,

IEP Extra Time............................ 19, 86

Incentives hiring and bonus………10

Inclement Weather............................. 59

Injury on Duty...................... 56-57, 69-70

In-Service/Workshop Credits 17-20,44-47

Insurance…………………....67-70

Interviews...................................... 73-75

Instructional Councils................... 13-14

Itinerants in Designated

   Schools……………………………10

Itinerant Work Space................... 87-89

J

Jury Duty/Court Appearances.......... 58

Just Cause......................................... 26

K

Kindergarten Teachers..................... 89

L

Labor-Management ………………..11

Lay Off and Recall………10, 106-112

Leadership Committee…………… 11

Learning Improvement Days……...35

Leaves.......................................... 55-66

            SEA Officers…………...65-66

            Uncompensated…….....61-64

Leave Sharing………...…………….56

Length of Work Day.......................... 79

Liability Insurance & Lawsuits.......... 68

Libraries............................................. 92

Loss or Damage to Property...... 69-70

Lunch Period......................... 79, 89, 93

M

Management Rights……………….25

Mentoring………………………..19, 20

Mid year transfers…………...……..75

Mileage Reimbursement............. 70,80

Moving From Closed

     Schools.................................... 77-78

Music Teachers................................. 83

N

New Hires ………………………….37

No Strike Clause………………….113

Non-Continuing

      Contracts................. 36-37, 73, 130

Nondiscrimination………………….25

Non-Renewal of Contracts............. 106

Nurses................................................ 93

Negotiations…………………………4

O

Observations.................... 99, 130, 131

One-Year Contracts 36-37,40,101,130

Overpayment...................................... 50

P

PCR (Position Change Request) ….73

Parent engagement………….…….2,9

Partnership Committee …………9-10

Pay.............................. 37-38, 41

Pay Days............................................ 49

Payroll deductions dues…………….7

Per Diem Days and Extra Days...........

      14, 19,  23, 35, 40, 44, 48, 77,86, 91, 93, 118,123

Performance

     Cycle........... 100-101, 130,131,133,

Personal Leave............................ 55-56

Personnel Files............................ 26-27

Phase I Hiring…………………..71

Phase I suspended ……………..…74

Phase II Hiring.............................. 71-72

Physical Education Teachers.......... 83

Posting of Positions.................... 71,73

Preparation Time......................... 80-81

Probation................................. 103, 130

Preparation-Conference-Planning
     (PCP)....................................... 80-81

Professional

     Development.....................................

       14-15, 15-19, 23, 39,48, 100

Professional Growth

     Cycle............ 101-102,130,131,134

Program Movement

     or Closure................................ 77-78

Property Damage & Loss........... 68-70

Provisional Contracts... 36, 40,101, 130, 131

R

Race and Culture ...2, 17,37,38,111

Referral of Students.............. 30-31, 84

Release Time in Middle

     & High Schools............................. 44

Representation in Meetings

     With Supervisor...................... 25-26

Respect................................................ 1

Retaliation.......................................... 25

Return from Leave.................. 56,61,64

Return to Performance Cycle......... 103

RIF and Recall ................................ 106

Right to Return to an

     Assignment..................... 22, 62, 64,

     …….72,111

RSVPs/see PCR’s............................ 73

S

Sabbaticals.................................. 59-61

Safety of Students....................... 28-29

Safety and Security..................... 28-29 30-33

Salary Placement........................ 44-46

Salary Schedule.................. 37-38, 115

Scheduling & Assignment

     of Teachers............................. 12, 81

School Closure…………71,76,77-78

Schools Requiring District

     Intervention.................................... 77

Searches of Students....................... 33

Secondary Teacher Preparation

     Maximum....................................... 80

Seniority – Defined .......................  107

Seniority.................. 71-72,77,106-112

Sexual Harassment....................... 2, 25

Sick Leave................................... 55-57

Sick Leave Buy Back........................ 56

Site-Based Decision Making..... 11-15

Snow Days......................................... 59

Social Workers & Counselors....91

Special Education

     Assignment of Students............... 12

     Class Size Limits.................... 83-84

     Discipline of Students.................. 30

     Extra Time.............................. 19, 86

     IEP's........................................ 40, 86

     Information on Students................... , 86

     Overloads:  DSU..................... 84-85

     Professional Development.... 17-18

Specialists…………………..83

Split Assignments............................. 79

Split Grades....................................... 80

Staff Meetings.................................... 79

Staffing.......................................... 71-78

Staffing During Summer................... 48

STAR Program............................ 19-24

Stipend Compensation.........................

    …………………15, 41-44, 121-123

Stipend Contracts/Supplemental

     Assignments............ 41-44,121-123

Stipend Removal......................... 42-43

Stipends – Elementary..................... 44

Stipends for Decision Making......... 15

Student-Teacher Ratio...................... 81

Substitute Teachers...............................

     .......... 48, 52-54, 135-136, 137-138

Substitute Teacher Benefits....... 53,54

Substitute Teacher Evaluation..............

     ..................................... 103, 135-136

Substitute Professional Develop….16

Substitute Teacher Salary

     Schedule..................................... 120

Substitute Unavailability

     Coverage................................. 86-87

Summer Hiring Plan………………..73

Summer School Pay…………...…..49

Summer Programs…………...…..   48

Surplusing.................................. 72, 110

Suspension of Students.............. 28-30

T

Teaching Stations............................. 87

Termination................................ 26,105

Touching/Use of Force..................... 68

Traffic Education…………...……50-51

Transcript & Credit

     Changes....................... 44-45,49-50

Transfer.................................. 75-76, 80

Transfer by Joint agreement……...76

Transportation of

     Students........................................ 70     

Travel Time........................... 70, 80, 89

TRI Contract……………………….117

TRI (Time Responsibility Incentive)

     Pay.......... 14-15,37,38-40, 115-117

TRI Days, Use of Building-

     Directed Days............................... 14

W

Waiver Day Use........................... 14-15

Waiver of Contract Request.................

     ......................................... 6, 139-140

Weapons...................................... 30-33

Whistleblowing................................... 33

Work Day Hours................................ 79

Work Space................................. 87-88

Workload...................................... 80-86

Worker's Comp................ 56-57, 69-70

Workshop Pay………………….....48