ARTICLE NINETEEN
Nov 20, 2006 3:11 PM
RATES OF PAY AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF PER SESSION COUNSELORS
A. Rates of Pay
The hourly compensation of each per session counselor, as defined in Article One, shall be 1.075 times the rate of pay for per session teachers.
B. Working Conditions
1. Sick Leave
Counselors employed on a regular basis in per session activities will be granted sick leave with pay for absence from duty due to personal illness, as follows:
a. One session during each month of service, or two sessions during the month of August, will be granted to those employed in summer schools.
b. One session after each period of 20 sessions of service will be granted to those employed in evening guidance centers and in after school guidance activities.
c. Applications for excuse with pay for absence due to personal illness must be accompanied by a certificate of a physician, except that counselors in summer schools shall be granted refunds for illness on application without a statement from a physician for no more than one session per summer.
d. Such sick leave shall not be cumulative from one school year to another school year nor from one per session activity to another per session activity, but shall be transferred to the counselor's regular cumulative absence reserve.
2. Retention
Prior service shall govern in the retention of per session counselors employed on a regular basis in per session activities as follows:
a. Counselors with at least two years of continuous satisfactory service in a particular activity shall have priority for retention in the same activity for the following school year. Counselors with retention rights in an activity will not lose those rights if their service is interrupted for a period of not more than one year because of sick leave without pay or involuntary change of day school session, or sabbatical leave. Such counselors must return to service in the same activity at the first reorganization of the activity following the interruption of their service for the reasons stated above.
b. Counselors who have been granted priority for retention in one per session activity shall not be granted such priority for any other per session activity.
c. Counselors will be permitted to serve in more than one per session activity only if no other qualified applicants are available. The Union shall be given a list of per session positions which are held by counselors who have no retention rights in those positions and who are serving in more than one per session activity. Per session activities of 25 hours or less and certain other activities as mutually agreed between the Board and the Union are not counted when determining the number of per session activities served in.
3. Appeals from Unsatisfactory Ratings
Per session counselors who receive unsatisfactory ratings shall be entitled to the review procedures before the Chancellor as prescribed in Section 5.3.4 of the by-laws of the Board of Education.
4. Preference for Positions
Licensed guidance counselors shall be given preference for all per session guidance positions. Licensed guidance counselors within a district shall have preference for selection among other licensed guidance counselor applicants for any guidance positions within a district.
Applicants for per session employment who are not employed in the Board's regular day school program shall be considered for selection only if no qualified day school counselor is available.
5. Counselor Files
The procedures of Article Fifteen A, entitled "Counselor Files'' shall apply to counselor files maintained for their per session employment.
6. Sabbatical Leaves
Counselors whose sabbatical leave begins August 1 will complete the per session activity in which they are serving, but may not return to the activity until the summer following completion of the sabbatical.
