MEMORANDA
Johnston School Department
MEMORANDA
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTAt the secondary level, students may leave school for the day upon completing exams.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTThe Federation agrees for the life of the contract, once new curriculum and/or changes to present curriculum have been negotiated and agreed to by the parties, it will not initiate any grievances on the curriculum content.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTIn the event that there is a delayed opening of schools, all recesses will be held in order for all faculty to have equitable duty-free recesses.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENTThe parties agree that the Johnston School Committee shall continue to make every effort, including but not limited to, building new schools and/or additions to present schools, providing portable classrooms, etc., to provide adequate working space for speech therapists, social workers, school psychologists, diagnostic prescriptive teachers, and any other professional providing special services within individual schools.
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
RE: Teachers' Professional Service and Participation on School-Based and System-Wide Committee Teams or Councils
WHEREAS, the parties, namely, the Johnston School Committee (JSC) and the Johnston Federation of Teachers (JFT), wish to come to agreement on the subject of volunteerism (non-compensation) vis-à-vis compensation for services rendered in connection with teachers' participation on school-based or system-wide committees, teams or councils, a subject not already included as part of the JFT Contract or its related agreements; and
WHEREAS, the parties, through their respective duly appointed agents, have negotiated,
IT IS AGREED that, as an inducement for certified teachers to participate and serve on the committees, teams, or councils specifically set forth below under Section I, Subsection A, teachers be compensated for their preauthorized work on said committees/teams/councils, where not already specifically set forth under the JFT Contract or its related agreements, as follows:SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS:
A. Compensation , as set forth in Section III below, shall be provided for pre-authorized, task-oriented or product-drive professional services, which are in preparation for and/or as a follow-up to the discussion or policy meetings of the following school-based or system-wide curriculum, advisory or policy-based or system-wide curriculum, advisory or policy committees/teams/councils (or by any other names):
1 School Improvement Teams;
2 Curriculum Councils;
3 System-wide Grade Teams;
4 Textbook Review Committees;
5 Discipline Code Committees;
6 Accreditation Committees (i.e. NEASC, SALT, etc.);
7 TST Teams (Special Education);
8 District Management Information Committee;
9 Technology Planning Committee;
10 Professional Growth and Development Committees;
11 All other school-based and/or district-based committees/teams/councils to be mutually established by the Superintendent of Schools and the JFT President.
II. COMPOSITION AND ORGANIZATION:
A. School-Based Committees/Teams/Councils:
The composition and organization of the school-based committees/teams/councils governed by this agreement shall be as follows:
1. There shall be an open selection process to be mutually developed, established and conducted by the Superintendent of Schools (or his/her designee) and the JFT President (or his/her designee). This will be the uniform procedure in all schools.
2 Teacher membership on committees/teams/councils shall be limited to a number fixed by mutual agreement between the Superintendent of Schools (or his/her designee) and the JFT President (or his/her designee).3 Willing teachers shall be selected by seniority to facilitate the planning for the initial (discussion or policy) meeting and/or to prepare pertinent and relevant materials in preparation for said initial meeting. There shall be compensation, as set forth in Section III below, for the time spent by teachers in such facilitation and/or preparation.
4 All committees/teams/councils shall select their own chairperson or shall serve as a committee of the whole.
5 All committees/teams/councils shall select one (1) of its members to record, publish and maintain the minutes of all formal discussion or policy meetings.
B. System-wide Committees/Teams/Councils
The composition and organization of all system-wide committees/teams/councils shall be set solely at the discretion of the Superintendent of Schools (or his/her designee) provided, however, that the JFT first be consulted with respect to which teachers might be appointed to serve and participate on said committees/teams/councils.
III. METHODS OF COMPENSATION:
A In lieu of monetary compensation, the administration may provide teacher members with released time from their teaching and non-teaching duties during the regular school day.
B Compensation for pre-authorized work to be rendered by teacher members on weekends, during vacation/holiday periods, or before school/after school shall be at the current hourly rate of pay set forth under Article 35, Section 4 (Extra-Curricular Personnel Salaries) of the JFT Contract.
IV. COMPENSATORY TIME
A Definition:
The equivalent of one (1) compensatory day shall be equal to and credited for three and one-half (3.5) hours of pre-authorized work on all committees/teams/councils governed by this agreement. An accurate, detailed log of activities and of actual time spent on said activities shall be kept by the teacher and shall be periodically submitted to the Business Office for proper record keeping through the building principal/director.
B Utilization:
Earned compensatory time maybe utilized in increments of full days or half days at the discretion of teachers.
C. Accumulation:Earned compensatory days (or fraction thereof) may be accumulated indefinitely and all unused compensatory days on record at the time of separation from employment shall be converted into payment at the current hourly rate of pay.
V. OVERSIGHT
Oversight of all the committee/teams/councils specifically governed by this agreement shall be conducted jointly by the Superintendent of Schools (or designee) and the JFT President (or designee), each of whom shall serve in an ex-officio capacity on said committee/ teams/councils.
IT IS FURTHER AGREED that this agreement shall be effective upon the date of mutual execution and shall continue in full force and effect until terminated or altered by written, mutual agreement.
IT IS FINALLY AGREED that this agreement shall be incorporated by reference into and made a part of the JFT Contract and its related agreements.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF AND IN CONSIDERATION THERETO, the parties hereunto set their hands and seals in duplicate originals on this ninth (9th) day of January, 2001.
FOR THE JSC FOR THE JFT
BY: David Santilli, Chairman BY: Rita Kerwick Blythe, PresidentAttest: Dr. Michael W. Jolin
Superintendent of Schools Johnston Public Schools
Kathleen Kandzierski
Vice President
Johnston Federation of Teachers
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
The parties hereby agree to the following amendment for certain members of the bargaining unit involved in Child Outreach Screening:
1 Specific dates and times will be agreed upon by the Superintendent and the Johnston Federation of Teachers (JFT) President for Child Outreach Screening.
2 Participation in Child Outreach Screening by members of the bargaining unit shall be voluntary for those times beyond the school day/school week.
3 A flexible work schedule during the school week shall be agreed upon by the Superintendent and the JFT President for those bargaining unit members who voluntarily participate in Child Outreach Screening outside the normal school hours.
4 If a Child Outreach worker is asked to voluntarily work on a Saturday, he/she shall be entitled to compensatory time equal to the number of hours worked. Said compensatory time shall be discharged within two weeks of the day for which the compensatory time was earned.
5 All other terms and conditions of the current Collective Bargaining Agreement shall remain in full force and effect, except as specifically amended herein; and
6 The terms of this agreement shall not act as or be construed as a precedent or past practice for either the Union or the Administration.
FOR THE JOHNSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE JOHNSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFT, AFL-CIO
Robert LaFazia, Chairman Kathleen P. Kandzierski, PresidentDated: 3/13/06 Dated: 3/13/06
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE JOHNSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE JOHNSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
RE: Mandatory Meetings, Article LI; Blue Cross, Article IX
The parties agree to the following:
1 One-half (1/2) of the $780.00 stipend shall be payable on the payroll date which is closest to December 15 and June 15. Any pro-ration for newly-hired teachers or those who die, resign or retire, shall be at the same dollar amount that is equal to the pro-ration of the $780.00 medical co-pay deducted during the same period of time as outlined in Article IX.
2 Each teacher shall be entitled to the full stipend of $780.00 irrespective of whether the six mandatory meetings are held or not.
3 There shall be no deduction from this stipend for any reason in whole or in part except as outlined in Paragraph 1 above.
4 If a teacher has an unexcused absence from a mandatory meeting, any disciplinary action shall be in accordance with the progressive discipline for just cause. If as a result of an unexcused absence from a mandatory meeting it is determined that a monetary adjustment is in order, it shall be deducted from the teacher's annual salary.
5 An unexcused absence shall be defined as an absence not pursuant to a provision of the contract or
an absence without the permission of either the building principal, superintendent or other supervisor.6 No current or future retiree shall be required to pay a medical insurance premium co-pay
during the term of this Agreement.FOR THE JOHNSTON SCHOOL FOR THE JOHNSTON FEDERATION
COMMITTEE OF TEACHERS
Norma-Jean Pirri Kathleen P. Kandzierski12/8/05 11/15/05
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE JOHNSTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE JOHNSTON FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
RE: Professional Development Institute
The parties agree to the following:
The Collective Bargaining Agreement provides for a Professional Development Institute, which is run jointly between the Administration and the Union. To date, seventy-five percent of Article 13, Categorical Funding for Professional Development (referred to as "PD Funds"), have been funneled through the Professional Development Institute's Board for various Professional Development purposes. The remaining balance has been distributed among individual schools for Professional Development initiatives as identified by and under the auspices of the site-based SIT teams.
The parties acknowledge, notwithstanding language otherwise in the Collective Bargaining Agreement, that the Administration may dispense the above-mentioned PD Funds by distributing fifty percent to the Professional Development Institute and fifty percent to the individual school sites for the uses mentioned above.
Notwithstanding Article LXIII, Section 3.9 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, the parties agree that the Assistant Superintendent may offer training, curricular rollout and other activities during Common Planning Time in the Senior High School and said activities will not be considered to be Professional Development.
FOR THE JOHNSTON SCHOOL FOR THE JOHNSTON COMMITTEE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS
Norma-Jean Pirri Kathleen P. Kandzierski
Dated: 12/8/05 11/15/05