ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS

Providence School District

2-1 Definitions

The term “Commissioner” shall mean the person to whom the Rhode Island Council on Elementary and Secondary Education delegated its power and authority to take action with, and in furtherance of, its intervention and in support of the District, which includes, the powers of the Council under R.I. Gen. Laws §16-7.1-5. The “Commissioner” shall further mean the Rhode Island Commissioner of Education or the Turnaround Superintendent appointed by the Commissioner.

The term “Superintendent” shall mean the Turnaround Superintendent appointed by the Commissioner.

The term “school” as used in this Agreement means any work location or functional division maintained by the School Department in which the educational process is carried on.

The term “teacher” as used in this Agreement means a person employed by the District in the bargaining unit as described in Article 1.

The term “person” as used in this Agreement means a member of the certified teaching personnel as defined in Article 1.

The term “Union Representative” as used in this Agreement means the Union building representative or other qualified designee of the Union.

The term “parties” as used in this Agreement means the Commissioner, the Turnaround Superintendent, the District and the Union. Any reference to the District or the Superintendent shall also be a reference to the Commissioner

The term “part-time teacher” as used in this Agreement is a regular teacher employed less than full-time with pro-rated salary, benefits and rights in accordance with Article 8-6.4.

The term “long-term substitute” as used in this Agreement means a person appointed by the District to serve in a position for a period of time not to exceed one semester.

The term “long-term substitute in-pool” as used in this Agreement means a person appointed by the District to serve in a day-to-day substitute teaching capacity and who shall be utilized as such by the Providence School Department for day-to-day substitute teaching based upon the needs of the Providence School Department for day-to-day substitutes to cover the classes of teachers who are absent except that long-term substitutes in-pool may also be utilized to avert potential class size overages caused by IEP implementation or modification after the start of the school year, provided said long-term substitute teachers in-pool may not be utilized when a regular teacher or long term substitute is required.

The term “per-diem substitute teacher” as used in this agreement means a person hired by the Director of Human Resources to serve as a day-to-day substitute and who is not represented by the Union.

When a substitute teacher is employed pursuant to Article 8-6.4, the number of school days worked during the school year as a part-time regularly employed and/or a part-time long-term substitute teacher shall be counted together with the number of days worked as a substitute teacher when determining the number of days worked in a school year. When a part-time regularly employed teacher and/or a part-time long-term substitute teacher who works in said part-time position for less than a full school day, shall have said parts of the school days worked added with each five-fifths (5/5) and/or full day worked counting as one (1) full school day. Should said part-time teacher be offered substitute teaching work for the balance of said part-time teacher’s regularly scheduled teaching day, said school day shall count as one (1) full day.
“Teaching periods” are those periods in which the teacher is actively involved with the pupil in the act of teaching, and has participated in the planning of the instruction to be conducted.

“Planning Periods” are those periods identified and defined in Article 8-4.

“Administrative periods” are those periods during which the teacher is programmed for an activity other than teaching.

“Homeroom classes” are those in which children assemble in the morning, at lunchtime and/or at the close of the day for administrative purposes. The time involved is usually a short period and is known as the “homeroom” period.

“Annual gross salary” wherever it appears in the District-Union Collective Bargaining Agreement shall not include the compensation set forth in B-9 which is titled “Athletic Directors, Coaches, All City Band Directors, School Treasurers and Advisors” nor will said compensation be included when computing class size overage payments.

“Daily rate of pay” is a teacher’s annual gross salary divided by the number of teacher work days. Wherever the singular is used in this Agreement, it is to include the plural.
“School Year” as used in this Agreement means those teaching days and orientation day as set forth in Appendix D and made a part of this Agreement.

“Work Year” as used in this Agreement means those teaching days, orientation day, professional development days and parent/teacher conferences as set forth in Appendix D and made a part of this Agreement.

Any teacher who terminates his/her employment with the District shall thereafter upon their return to service with the District not be credited, for seniority purposes only, with any years of teaching service prior to said termination.

"Half Day" as used in this Agreement is defined as the day equally divided between the morning and the afternoon.

A full school day will be charged as an absence if a teacher reports for work but leaves school prior to completing a half school day.