AGREEMENT between the SYRACUSE CITY SCHOOL …

1 AGREEMENT between the SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district and the SYRACUSE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED representing Unit 1, Teachers and Ancillary Services July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Article 1 Article 2 Article 3 Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Definitions Recognition Salary Schedules Salary Administration Lunch and Playground Program Rights and Responsibilities Page 1 Page 4 Page 4 Page 8 Page 12 Page 12 Article 7 Curriculum and Professional Development Page 18 Article 8 Induction Programs Page 22 Article 9 Employment Page 24 Article 10 Assignments and Transfers Page 26 Article 11 Vacancies Page 29 Article 12 Teaching Load Page 30 Article 13 Students with Disabilities Page 35 Article 14 Evaluation Page 38 Article 15 Temporary Leaves of Absence Page 41 Article 16 Extended Leaves of Absence Page 49 Article 17 Freedom from Non-Instructional Responsibilities Page 55 Article 18 Fringe Benefits Page 55 Article 19 Instructional Supplies.

2 Materials and Equipment Page 60 Article 20 Building Facilities Page 61 Article 21 Summer SCHOOL and Adult Evening SCHOOL Page 62 Article 22 Association and Board Rights Page 65 Article 23 Teacher-Administrator Liaison Page 70 Article 24 Use of SCHOOL Facilities Page 72 Article 25 Dues Deduction Page 72 Article 26 Grievance Procedure Page 73 Article 27 Miscellaneous Page 79 Article 28 Duration Page 81 Appendix 1 Salary Page 82 Appendix 2 Extracurricular Activities Page 92 Appendix 3 Summer SCHOOL and Hourly Rates Page 98 Appendix 4 Coaching Page 99 Appendix 5 Health Insurance Rates Page 106 1 PREAMBLE In order to effectuate the provisions of the Public Employees Fair Employment Act (otherwise known as the Taylor Law), to encourage and increase effective and harmonious working relationships between the SYRACUSE Board of Education (hereinafter referred to as the Board ) and its professional employees represented by the SYRACUSE Teachers Association, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the Association ) and to enable the professional employees to more fully participate in and contribute to the development of policies for the SCHOOL district so that the cause of public education may best be served in SYRACUSE ; THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO on this 1st day of July, 2014 by and between the Board and the Association through June 30, 2019.

3 ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS As used in this AGREEMENT , the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below. A. Association SYRACUSE Teachers Association, Incorporated. B. Association Labor Management Team a committee of not more than three (3) Association members in each SCHOOL selected in a manner to be determined by the Association to represent the Association in that SCHOOL . C. Board of Education or Board Board of Education of the SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district D. Budget Year/ SCHOOL Year July 1 through June 30 of each year. E. district SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district . F. Holiday a day specifically identified in the official SCHOOL calendar on which schools are closed and staff members are not required to be present for duty, but for which they receive a normal and full day s pay.

4 G. In-service training a planned program which may include, but is not necessarily limited to, training in teaching skills and techniques, curriculum orientation, human relations, etc., conducted by personnel of the district or its consultants, for which no academic credit is awarded by a college or other institution of higher learning. 2 H. Part-time Adult Program Employee (Vocational Instructors, Counselors, Job Developers, Remedial Instructors, Case Managers, Nurse Assistant Instructors, and Adult Education Teachers) an employee who works less than thirty-five (35) hours. Salary will be prorated by dividing the number of hours worked by thirty-five (35) hours. I. Part-time Teacher a teacher who is assigned and paid for a teaching load which constitutes less than the normal teaching duty equivalent(s).

5 Teaching Duty Equivalent for purposes of prorating salary shall be defined as follows: = 5 teaching periods or blocks average* per day, homeroom and duty assignment = 4 teaching periods or 2 blocks average per day, homeroom and duty assignment = 4 teaching periods or 2 blocks average per day = 3 teaching periods or blocks average per day, duty assignment = 3 teaching periods or blocks average per day, homeroom = 3 teaching periods or blocks average per day = 2 teaching periods or 1 block average per day, homeroom or duty assignment = 2 teaching periods or 1 block average per day NOTES: 1. Average means for a full-time teacher any combination that equals average blocks. Examples: 3 blocks per day first semester and 2 blocks per day second semester; 2 blocks Day 1 and 3 blocks Day 2.

6 Part-time averages will be prorated respectively. 2. Duty Assignment = 1 full period. 3. Homeroom = as determined by SCHOOL . J. Preparation Period an assigned period for planning and preparation of materials related to the area of instruction and other professional purposes. Other professional purposes shall not be interpreted as meaning scheduling of other activities on a prolonged or regular basis. K. Regular Substitute a teacher who is employed for assignment to a regular teaching position in place of a regular teacher who is away from his/her position on a leave of absence, and specifically named as such by resolution of the Board. Provisions of this AGREEMENT applicable to regular substitutes are defined in Article 9D (Employment). L. Representative Assembly the meeting of the elected representatives of the SYRACUSE Teachers Association, Inc.

7 , normally held the second Wednesday of each SCHOOL month. M. SCHOOL Calendar The district and Association will jointly develop yearly SCHOOL calendars that will conform to the current number of student and staff days. Staff days shall be at least, but no more than, one hundred eighty-four (184) days. Such calendar(s) will follow the established procedures for Board and Association approval. 3 N. SCHOOL Week Monday through Friday including evening activities and events except as otherwise excluded by this AGREEMENT . O. Seniority length of continuous service within the SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district . Length of continuous service is from the most recent date of hire in Unit 1 in the teacher s current tenure/certification area. P. Summer SCHOOL Calendar a SCHOOL calendar covering the period of the summer session.

8 Q. Superintendent Superintendent of Schools of the SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district . R. Teacher an employee unless the context suggests or implies otherwise, in the negotiating unit, as defined in Article 2 (Recognition). S. Teachers SCHOOL Day : 1. Elementary SCHOOL shall mean Grades K-6. Secondary SCHOOL shall mean Grades 7-12, including those schools operating as middle schools. 2. Beginning July 1, 2009 the normal workday for elementary and secondary schools shall not exceed six (6) hours and thirty (30) minutes. The normal workday for adult programs (Vocational Instructors, Counselors, Job Developers, Remedial Instructors, Case Managers, Nurse Assistant Instructors, and Adult Education Teachers) shall not exceed seven (7) hours. Each such normal SCHOOL day, however, shall be exclusive of a thirty (30) minute duty free lunch period.

9 3. The beginning of the normal workday may vary from SCHOOL to SCHOOL depending upon transportation requirements such as bus schedules and/or other factors. Should unusual circumstances require a major deviation from the normal schedule, the parties will reduce their understanding to writing by means of a Letter of Understanding to be executed by both parties. 4. The schedule may also be varied by an individual SCHOOL teaching staff in joint AGREEMENT with the principal and with the approval of the Superintendent. When a significant change in schedule is so adopted in any building, the principal shall promptly notify the Association. 5. The parties mutually agree that teachers professional duties and responsibilities extend beyond any specific SCHOOL day. In specifying the normal workday, it is not intended to diminish the nature or extent of such professional responsibilities including, but not limited to, curriculum development, attendance at faculty meetings, lesson planning, and assisting students in need of help.

10 6. An employee shall not be required to attend a SCHOOL function if such attendance would be in violation of the employee s religious beliefs and convictions. Employees shall not be required to attend functions on non- SCHOOL calendar days as defined in subsection N hereof, except for obligations arising out of responsibilities for which extra pay is authorized. T. Unit the negotiating unit, as defined in Article 2 (Recognition). 4 ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION A. Nature and Terms 1. The Board of Education of the SYRACUSE city SCHOOL district , having determined the Association is supported by a majority of the employees in Unit No. 1 (Teachers and Ancillary Services) and was certified as said employees' negotiating agent on June 15, 1970, and having determined that the majority of former Unit 4 employees (Adult Vocational Programs Association) also desire the Association s continued representation, and further, the Association having requested the combination of said Units, hereby agrees to combine Unit 1 and Unit 4 and recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative of all employees in the Unit, and extends to the Association the following rights: a.