to be included in the bargaining unit under this Agreement. Part-time teacher assistants included in the bargaining unit shall receive salary and benefits included herein on a prorata basis. C. Teacher Assistant/Teacher Split Position. An employee whose employment with the District includes both teacher assistant and certified staff assignments will be subject to the provisions of this article if more than one-half of the assignment involves teacher assistant duties. Section 2. Workday A. Regular Workday. The regular workday for a full-time teacher assistant shall be eight (8) continuous hours consisting of 7.5 hours of paid work time, including two (2) scheduled paid duty-free 15-minute breaks per day and an unpaid duty-free lunch of one-half hour. Within the first week of employment of each school year, each teacher assistant will verify his/her schedule with the department chair or his/her designee. The department chair or designee shall be responsible for the ongoing coordination of the teacher assistant schedule. When applicable, as determined by the department chair in consultation with the assigned teacher(s) and teacher assistant, a teacher assistant s work schedule may be modified, as needed, to include reasonable time for preparation and to complete clerical tasks directed by the teacher. Teacher assistants will not work beyond their regular workday without prior administrative approval. A prior approval procedure for additional work hours will be established and distributed to employees annually within one week of the start of the school year or within ten (10) days of the first day of employment. Work beyond the regular workday shall be voluntary, except as provided in Section 2.B. below. B. Extended Workdays. A teacher assistant may be required by his/her department chair or principal to attend district-wide events after the regular student school day. A teacher assistant required to attend such events shall have his/her schedule flexed accordingly or will be compensated appropriately. Teacher assistants not required to participate in such district-wide extended workdays shall maintain a regular work schedule. Teacher assistants may also be required, on occasion, to work beyond the regular workday, with compensation at their hourly rate, if necessary, to supervise students due to late busses, early student arrival, or other extraordinary circumstances. Teacher assistants directed to work beyond the regular workday shall indicate such time worked on a district-provided time sheet. C. Abbreviated Workdays. Early dismissal days for teachers shall be early dismissal days for teacher assistants; however, the number of paid work hours will be reduced by two (2) hours for each early dismissal day not to exceed nine (9) days of reduced pay per school year. 19

Section 2. Regular Straight-time Hourly Differentials. Calculation. The regular straight-time hourly rate for teacher assistants shall include the base regular straight-time hourly rate and any of the following hourly differentials that apply: education, longevity, and the performance of personal care duty. Education. The regular straight-time hourly differential for a teacher assistant who has earned a degree (or equivalent college hours) from an accredited institution of higher education shall be as follows: Associate/equivalent hours $0.25 per hour Bachelor s degree $0.50 per hour Current IL teacher s certificate $0.70 per hour Master s degree $0.70 per hour Official transcripts or a current stamped copy of the teaching certificate must be on file in the Teacher Personnel Office in order to receive the education hourly differential. Longevity. The regular straight-time hourly differential for longevity shall apply to each full-time teacher assistant as follows: Years of Service After 15 years After 20 years Longevity Pay $0.43 per hour $0.50 per hour Personal Care Duty. The regular straight-time hourly differential for performance of personal care duty, as defined in Article IX, Section 4, Teacher Assistant Working Conditions, shall be as follows: 2012-13 School Year and Summer 2013 = $1.80 per hour 2013-14 School Year and Summer 2014 = $1.80 per hour 2014-15 School Year and Summer 2015 = $1.80 per hour If personal care duty is assigned to more than one teacher assistant on an ongoing basis, i.e. two teacher assistants assigned to one student the entire day, each teacher assistant s base regular straighttime hourly rate shall be increased by the above differential. In the event a teacher assistant is expected to perform personal care duty on an ongoing, partial-day basis, the teacher assistant will receive the hourly differential for the routine period of responsibility. A teacher assistant required and approved to perform personal care duty on a temporary substitute basis shall receive the hourly differential only for those temporary periods of responsibility. Section 3. Annual Compensation Notification. No later than the first work day of the school year, the District shall inform each teacher assistant of his/her regular straight-time hourly rate and any applicable hourly differentials. The District shall also provide annually a calendar that shows the contractual workdays for which teacher assistants are paid. This calendar shall be in addition to the payroll schedule. 23

Section 3. Class Size. If a teacher has concern about the implementation of class size guidelines adopted by the Board or the number of teaching preparations, he/she may present the concern to the principal. The principal, in consultation with the Superintendent, shall attempt to respond to the expressed concerns by considering such alternatives as relief from supervisory duties, creation of an additional section(s), and/or adjustment of the teacher's student/teacher ratio. Any substantial changes in class size guidelines adopted by the Board shall be discussed with the Association prior to the implementation by the Board. The current class size guidelines will be prominently posted in each department office. Section 4. Sub-contracting of Services. No school nurse or school psychologist covered by this Agreement shall be laid off as a result of any decision by the Board to subcontract work or services. Section 5. Notice of Assignment. Insofar as known, teachers shall receive notice of assignment for the ensuing school term no later than August 1. Such notice shall include tentative building assignment, grade or subject, assigned instructional periods, and any changes to extra-duty assignment(s). Teachers shall receive notice of step/lane, extra-duty stipends and salary no later than the first work day of the school year. Section 6. Change in Assignment. Teachers shall be given notice of changed teaching assignments prior to the end of the current school term when reasonably possible. In the event a significant change in teaching assignment is necessary after the close of the current school term, the Superintendent or designee shall notify the affected teacher as promptly as circumstances permit and grant the teacher an opportunity to discuss the changed assignment. Teachers returning from a fullyear leave of absence who intend to file a request for reassignment must do so no later than January 15. Section 7. Voluntary Transfers. Teachers who receive proficient or higher evaluations and are certified and qualified to teach in those programs for which a transfer and/or split teaching assignment occurs may volunteer for such assignments. Such application shall be made in writing to the Assistant Superintendent for General Administration no later than March 1 and shall remain in effect until March 1 of the following year unless otherwise renewed by the employee. Section 8. Involuntary Transfers. An involuntary transfer is a transfer from one building to another that was not requested by the teacher. When it is necessary to involuntarily transfer a teacher due to changes in program and/or enrollment, volunteers shall first be sought and considered. Notice of an involuntary transfer shall be served on the affected teacher at least two weeks prior to the close of the current school term, if possible. In no case shall notice of an involuntary transfer be less than seventy-two (72) hours before the transfer becomes effective. The decision to involuntarily transfer, including the reasons therefore, will be discussed with the teacher before the transfer becomes effective. The teacher shall be entitled to Association representation in this discussion. If the teacher thereafter is not satisfied, the teacher may file a written statement with the Board about the involuntary transfer. 30

by regular mail. C. Where seniority is to be applied under Section 24-12 of The School Code, the following criteria shall be used: (1) Length of service is defined as the amount of continuous, full time service as a certified employee in the District starting at the first day of paid employment as a certified employee in the district (except that a teacher who is involuntarily reduced to less than full time, or a teacher on job share leave, shall accumulate service on a pro rata basis). Sick leave, sabbatical leave, authorized leaves (of thirty (30) calendar days or less), and other leaves to the extent required by law shall be counted in determining length of service. Other authorized and unauthorized leaves of absence will not be counted in determining length of service. (2) If two (2) or more teachers otherwise have equal seniority and are to be honorably dismissed, the tie breaker criteria shall be applied as follows in descending order: a. Teacher who have the highest number of extracurricular assignments and/or Board-approved positions on committees and/or instructional support teams (i.e. Technology, Instructional Coaching, Problem-based Learning, Cooperative Learning) in the past two (2) years, to a maximum of three (3) per school year; b. Total teaching experience (public or private within the United States); c. Highest Column placement on the salary schedule; d. If not placed on the highest Column the greater number of professional growth units toward the next column; e. Lottery (3) Teachers given an assignment not in a position on the sequence of honorable dismissal list shall continue to accrue seniority in the position on the sequence of honorable dismissal list in which they last taught. (4) Tenured teachers reduced to less than full time service as a part of a RIF shall retain their tenure and accrue seniority on a pro-rata basis. Acceptance of such part-time employment by tenured teachers shall in no way affect their rights to return to a fulltime position. 34