ARTICLE XXVIII PART-TIME TEACHERS

Scituate School District

Effective July 1978

A. A part-time teacher (initially hired as a part-time teacher or presently employed) is defined as a teacher who works less than 135 full-time equivalent school days in a school year or works less than a full schedule.

B. Part-time teachers will receive the pro-rata share of all fringe benefits. The pro-rata share of fringe benefits which have a monetary value can be pooled together at the option of the part-time teacher to purchase some full benefits. In no event will a part-time teacher receive said monetary value in cash, and the portion of said monetary value which is not used towards the purchase of fringe benefits will lapse.

C. Part-time teachers will be paid a pro-rata share of the step that they are on from the teachers' salary schedule.

D. Teachers who once are full time and then are reduced involuntarily to part-time will receive a part­ time salary as outlined in the Part-Time Agreement.

E. Full time teachers reduced involuntarily to part-time status will receive fully paid advanced degree stipend.

F. If a teacher elects a part-time position from a full-time position, they must revert to controls of the part-time agreement.

G. All new part-time hires are subject to the Part-Time Agreement.

H. All part-time teachers must meet all time commitments as outlined in Article XIV, Teaching Hours and Teaching Load. Part-time teachers may change their department night schedule with the permission of the principal in order to accommodate their part-time teaching schedule.