PREAMBLE

Foster School District

A. The Foster School Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Committee) and the Foster Teachers Association/NEARI/NEA (hereinafter referred to as the Association) have entered into the following agreement pursuant to Chapter 9.3 of Title 28 of the Rhode Island General Laws., The expressed purposes of this Agreement are:

1. The promotion of harmonious relations between the Committee and the Association in order to afford the children of the Town of Foster the highest quality of educational program commensurate with the needs and inherent abilities of each child and within the ability of the Town of Foster to fund each program. The parties agree that this implies a shared responsibility on the part of the parties to this agreement as well as the parents and general citizenry to involve themselves in the establishment and implementation of goals which shall further the attainment of the stated purposes.

2. The establishment of an equitable and peaceful procedure for the resolution of differences.

3. The establishment of hours, salary, working conditions and other terms of professional employment

B. The parties hereby affirm that the Agreement was negotiated in good faith and express their determination to implement the Agreement in the same spirit.