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1 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT PUYALLUP SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3 AND PUYALLUP EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 TO AUGUST 31, 2017 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 PART I - ADMINISTRATION 3 4 ARTICLE 1. ADMINISTRATION OF AGREEMENT 5 Section Recognition ..8 6 Section Management Rights ..8 7 Section Duration ..8 8 Section Status of the AGREEMENT ..8 9 Section Savings Clause ..9 10 Section Funding ..9 11 Section Distribution ..9 12 Section Subcontracting ..9 13 14 ARTICLE 2. ASSOCIATION RIGHTS 15 Section Availability of Information ..9 16 Section Labor Management Meetings ..9 17 Section Electronic Communication ..9 18 Section Orientation Meetings ..10 19 Section Equipment Use ..10 20 Section Access ..10 21 Section Association Leave ..10 22 Section Association Released Time ..10 23 Section Dues Deductions ..11 24 Section Representation Fee ..12 25 Section Hold District Harmless.

2 12 26 Section Other Deductions ..12 27 28 ARTICLE 3. GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 29 Section General ..12 30 Section 31 Section Procedure ..13 32 Section 33 Section Supplemental Conditions ..16 34 35 PART II PERSONNEL 36 37 ARTICLE 4. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS 38 Section Rights of Citizenship and Nondiscrimination ..16 39 Section Just 40 Section Right to Representation ..17 41 Section Complaint Procedure ..17 42 Section Administrative Leave ..17 43 44 ARTICLE 5. STAFF PROTECTION 45 Section Coverage ..17 46 Section Hold Harmless ..18 47 Section Worker s Compensation ..18 48 Section Personal Property Insurance ..18 49 Section Vehicle Damage Insurance ..18 50 Section 51 52 3 ARTICLE 6. TEACHING OF CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES ..19 1 2 ARTICLE 7. STAFFING: REASSIGNMENT, TRANSFER (VOLUNTARY AND 3 INVOLUNTARY), LAYOFF AND RECALL 4 Section Terms ..19 5 Section New School Year Assignment and Reassignment.

3 20 6 Section General Timeline for Filling Open Positions ..21 7 Section Open Staffing Season ..21 8 Section Placement Staffing Season ..22 9 Section General Staffing Procedures ..22 10 Section Opening New 11 Section Consensual 12 Section Involuntary Transfer ..23 13 Section Openings for Building Department Coordinators ..25 14 Section Layoff and Recall ..25 15 Section Procedures for Staff Reduction ..25 16 17 ARTICLE 8. CONTRACT AND TRANSFER RELEASES ..27 18 19 ARTICLE 9. SALARY GUIDES 20 Section General ..28 21 Section Placement on Salary Schedule ..28 22 Section Salary Deductions and Payments ..28 23 Section Part Time Contracts ..29 24 Section Supplemental Contracts ..29 25 Section Mid-Contract Increase ..29 26 27 ARTICLE 10. INSURANCE BENEFITS ..29 28 29 ARTICLE 11. TRAVEL, TIME AND REIMBURSEMENT 30 Section Travel within the District ..30 31 Section Travel Outside of the District ..31 32 Section Reimbursement.

4 31 33 Section Learning Improvement Calendar Employee Travel ..31 34 35 ARTICLE 12. EVALUATION OF CERTIFICATED EMPLOYEES 36 Section General ..31 37 Section Responsibility for Evaluation ..31 38 Section Evaluation Criteria ..32 39 Section Observations ..37 40 Section Evaluations ..37 41 Section Short-Form 42 Section Professional Growth Option ..38 43 Section Transferred, Resigned or Terminated Employees ..38 44 Section Relationship to the Grievance Procedure ..38 45 46 4 ARTICLE 13. PROBATION 1 Section General ..39 2 Section Advisory Conference ..39 3 Section Establishment of Probationary Period ..39 4 Section Evaluation, Assistance and Recommendation ..40 5 Section Action by Superintendent ..40 6 7 ARTICLE 14. PERSONNEL FILES ..40 8 9 ARTICLE 15. PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND LEAVE 10 Section General ..41 11 Section National Board Certification ..41 12 13 ARTICLE 16. LEAVES 14 Section Illness, Injury and Emergency Leave for All Certificated Employees.

5 42 15 Section Attendance Incentive Program ..43 16 Section Bereavement Leave ..43 17 Section Personal Leave ..44 18 Section Family and Medical Leave (FMLA) ..44 19 Section Long-Term General Leave ..46 20 Section Short-Term General Leaves of an Extraordinary Nature ..46 21 Section Pregnancy Disability / Adoption / Parental Leave ..46 22 Section Pregnancy Disability Leave ..46 23 Section Adoption/Parental Leave ..47 24 Section Leave Sharing ..48 25 Section Receiving Shared Leave ..48 26 Section Donating Shared Leave ..49 27 Section Jury Duty, Subpoena ..49 28 Section Public and Military Service Leave ..49 29 Section Fringe Benefits While on Leave ..50 30 Section Religious Observance ..50 31 32 ARTICLE 17. CALENDAR ..51 33 34 ARTICLE 18. LENGTH OF WORK YEAR 35 Section Regular Work Year ..52 36 Section Responsibility Contract (TRI)..52 37 Section Supplemental Days ..53 38 Section 39 Section Counselor Workload Stipends.

6 53 40 Section State Funded Professional Development Days ..54 41 Section Purpose ..54 42 Section 43 44 ARTICLE 19. LENGTH OF WORK DAY 45 Section Contracted Day ..54 46 Section Payment for Work Beyond Contracted Day ..54 47 Section Non-Instructional Detention ..55 48 49 5 ARTICLE 20. RELEASE TIME AND PLANNING PERIODS 1 Section Collaboration and Student Learning Time ..55 2 Section Elementary Supervision Duty ..55 3 Section Secondary Planning Time ..55 4 Section Elementary Planning Time ..56 5 Section Class Coverage and Loss of Planning Time ..58 6 Section Primary Assessments ..58 7 Section Special Circumstances ..58 8 Section ESA Planning Time ..58 9 Section Release Time and Stipends for Athletic Coordinators ..58 10 Section Senior High Athletic Coordinators ..58 11 Section Junior High Athletic Coordinator ..59 12 Section Exercise Programs for Staff ..59 13 Section English Teachers ..59 14 15 ARTICLE 21.

7 PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY ..59 16 17 ARTICLE 22. JOB SHARE ..60 18 19 20 PART III - INSTRUCTION 21 22 ARTICLE 23. CLASS SIZE 23 Section Class Size Goals ..60 24 Section Workload Relief ..60 25 Section Elementary Class Size Triggers ..60 26 Section Combination Classrooms ..61 27 Section Inclusion of Special Education 28 Section Secondary Class Size 29 30 ARTICLE 24. SPECIAL SERVICES 31 Section General ..63 32 Section Special Education Extra Supplemental Days ..64 33 Section Class Balance/Work Load/Case Load ..64 34 Section Determining Special Service Delivery Models ..65 35 Section Review of IEP Program/Placement ..66 36 Section Students with Health Conditions ..66 37 Section Special Education Student Information ..66 38 Section General Education Role as it Relates to Meeting the Needs 39 of Students Receiving Special Education Services ..66 40 Section Special Services Professional Development ..66 41 Section Nurse Supervisor.

8 67 42 Section IEP Review Process ..67 43 44 ARTICLE 25. PARAEDUCATORS ..67 45 Section Staff Utilization ..67 46 47 ARTICLE 26. BUILDING STANDARDS ..68 48 49 50 51 52 6 ARTICLE 27. STUDENT DISCIPLINE, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF 1 STUDENTS AND STAFF 2 Section No Tolerance Policy ..68 3 Section Prohibition of Weapons and Assaultive Behavior ..69 4 Section Assistance and Support ..69 5 Section Class Exclusion ..70 6 Section Disciplinary Standards ..70 7 Section Disruptive Students ..70 8 9 ARTICLE 28. SAFE WORKING CONDITIONS ..70 10 11 ARTICLE 29. DISTRICTWIDE COMMITTEES 12 Section Instructional 13 Section Educational Technology 14 Section Other Committees ..71 15 Section Composition ..71 16 17 ARTICLE 30. STUDENT TEACHERS ..72 18 19 ARTICLE 31. GRADING STANDARDS ..72 20 21 ARTICLE 32. ONLINE LEARNING ..72 22 23 24 PART IV - SUBSTITUTES 25 26 ARTICLE 33. SUBSTITUTES 27 Section Application of 28 Section Job Assignments.

9 73 29 Section Job Exclusion ..73 30 Section Compensation ..73 31 Section Long Term Assignments ..74 32 Section Length of Work Day ..74 33 Section Information Access ..74 34 Section Required Training Support ..74 35 Section Senior 36 37 38 PART V - MISCELLANEOUS 39 40 ARTICLE 34. SITE-BASED DECISION MAKING ..75 41 42 ARTICLE 35. TEACHER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ..76 43 44 SIGNATURES ..76 45 46 MEMORANDUMS OF AGREEMENT : 47 Advisory ..77 48 Allocation of Elementary Planning Time ..77 49 Evaluation Committee ..77 50 District Improvement Specialists ..78 51 Grading Parameters ..78 52 7 Intermediate Planning Time ..78 1 Learning Improvement Calendar (LIC) ..79 2 2012-13 LIC Calendar ..83 3 4 APPENDIX A: 5 2012-13 Total Compensation Schedule (Base, TRI, Add l TRI + Supplemental Days) ..84 6 7 APPENDIX B: ADDITIONAL ASSIGNMENT SSCHEDULE ..86 8 9 APPENDIX C: BUILDING STIPENDS ..87 10 11 APPENDIX D: BUILDING DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS.

10 88 12 13 APPENDIX E: EVALUATION FORM ..89 14 15 APPENDIX F: ESA EVALUATION 16 17 APPENDIX G: YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ..93 18 19 APPENDIX H: JOB SHARE GUIDELINES ..94 20 21 APPENDIX I-1: PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPTION PLANNING SHEET ..96 22 23 APPENDIX I-2: PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPTION ACTIVITY CHECK 24 25 APPENDIX I-3: PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPTION VERIFICATION SHEET ..98 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 8 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT 1 PUYALLUP PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 3 2 PUYALLUP EDUCATION ASSOCIATION 3 4 THIS AGREEMENT IS MADE AND ENTERED INTO by and between Puyallup School District No. 3 5 (hereinafter referred to as the "District") and the Puyallup Education Association, (hereinafter referred to as 6 the "Association" or PEA ), as follows: 7 8 PART I - ADMINISTRATION 9 10 11 ARTICLE 1. ADMINISTRATION OF AGREEMENT 12 13 Section Recognition 14 The District recognizes the Association, an affiliate of the Washington Education Association (WEA), as the 15 sole and exclusive negotiating representative for all regular certificated employees of the District and all 16 regular substitute certificated employees.