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Appendix A — Improper Assignment of UFT Paraprofessionals
PERSONNEL MEMORANDUM NO. 53, 1984-85 June 11, 1985 TO: PRESIDENTS OF COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARDS, ALL SUPERINTENDENTS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, HEADS OF OFFICES AND PRINCIPALS OF ALL DAY SCHOOLS FROM: EDWARD AQUILONE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SUBJECT: IMPROPER...
Article Twelve — School Retentions and Excessing
A. Retention Paraprofessionals shall be retained in their school or work site in accordance with their seniority. If excessing occurs because of lack of work, the least senior employee will be excessed from the school or site, except that he/she may...
Article Seven — Career Training
It is the joint purpose of the parties that employees in the bargaining unit be afforded an opportunity to qualify for advancement to professional positions including positions other than classroom teacher, with the Board of Education through...
Article Thirteen — Working Conditions of Per Diem Substitutes, Substitute Vocational Assistants and Teacher's Assistants
Per Diem Substitutes back to top Applicability back to top Per diem substitutes covered by this Agreement are: Full term substitutes: serving after the fifteenth day of the school term for the duration of that term in a full-time or regularly...
Article Thirty-Seven — Definitions
Wherever the term “semester hours” is used in this Agreement, it shall mean college credits. Wherever the term “Board” is used in the Agreement, it shall mean the City Board, it being understood, nevertheless, that this contract is binding on all...
Article Thirty-Six — Minimum Educational Requirements
The Commissioner's regulations regarding minimum educational requirements are applicable to paraprofessionals covered by this Agreement.
Article Thirty— Restriction On Union Activities
No employee shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to duty, except that members of the Union’s negotiating committee shall, upon proper application, be excused without loss of pay for working time spent in negotiations...
Article Twenty-Eight — Consulation With Union Committee
Appropriate representatives at Board headquarters level and representatives of the Union shall meet once a month during the school year to consult on matters of paraprofessional policy and questions relating to the implementation of this Agreement.
Article Fourteen — Transfers
Effective school year 2005-2006, principals will advertise all vacancies. Interviews will be conducted by school-based human resources committees (made up of pedagogues and administration) with the final decision to be made by the principal...
Article Seventeen — Assault and Injury In Line of Duty
A. Disability Benefits A leave of absence with pay and without charge to time allowance, for a period not to exceed one calendar year, shall be granted, subject to established administrative practices, upon the determination of the Chancellor that...
Appendix E — False Accusations
December 17, 2007 Joel I. Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms. Weingarten: Notwithstanding any provision of the...
Article Twenty-Nine — Union Meetings
Upon request to the head of the school, members of the Union who are in the bargaining unit shall be permitted to meet within the school under circumstances which will not interfere with the paraprofessional program or other school activities. Such...
Article Nineteen — Leaves
A. Sick Leave Employees will be granted one day’s sick leave with pay for each month of work during the regular school year. Unused sick leave shall be cumulative from month to month during the school year and from year to year up to a maximum of 145...
Article Eight — Per Session Work
Summer and other per session work which is available in the district shall be given to applicants in the bargaining unit in the district in order of their seniority 9. If no bargaining unit employee in the district applies, the senior bargaining unit...
Article Thirty-Four — Copy of Agreement
The parties will have available copies of this Agreement upon request.
Article Ten — Substitute Coverage
Where the Board is legally required to provide coverage for mandated paraprofessional services to children in special education programs, paraprofessionals employed to provide such coverage shall serve under the following conditions: No fewer than...
Article Forty-Three — Duration
This Agreement shall become effective as of November 1, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect through November 30, 2018.
Article Forty — District 79 Reorganization
The Memorandum of Agreement controlling the rights of employees regarding the 2007 reorganization of District 79 is contained in Appendix C.
Article Thirty-Two — Matters Not Covered
With respect to matters not covered by this Agreement which are proper subjects for collective bargaining, the Board agrees that it will make no changes without appropriate prior consultation and negotiation with the Union.
Article Twenty-Five — Pay Practices
A. Itemization The Board will recommend to the Comptroller of the City of New York that he/she itemize more fully employee pay checks and that he/she provide accompanying explanations when lump sum payments are made. B. Biweekly Payroll The parties...
Article One — Union Recognition
The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of all employees employed in the titles of Teacher Aide, Educational Assistant, Educational Associate, Auxiliary Trainer and Bilingual Professional Assistant. These persons and...
Article Eighteen — Excusable Absences With Pay
Employees will be excused with pay for absence during working hours subject to established policies covering non-attendance of pedagogical employees. These policies cover but are not limited to absences for the following reasons: bereavement, jury...
Article Four — Hours
A. Work Year The work year for employees in the bargaining unit will begin on the Tuesday following Labor Day and will end at the conclusion of the regular school year in June. Employees assigned to programs which start at the beginning of the school...
Article Twenty-Six — Information At The School
All official Board of Education circulars which deal with the working conditions or the welfare of employees covered by this Agreement shall be posted promptly. A copy of the seniority list for employees in the bargaining unit shall be posted in each...
Article Thirty-Eight — Notice Legislative Action
The following Article is required by the Public Employees Fair Employment Act, as amended by Section 204a, approved March 10, 1969: It is agreed by and between the parties that any provision of this Agreement requiring legislative action to permit...
Article Thirty-Five — No-Strike Pledge
The Union and the Board recognize that strikes and other forms of work stoppages by employees are contrary to law and public policy. The Union and the Board subscribe to the principle that differences shall be resolved by peaceful and appropriate...
Article Sixteen — Staffing New Or Redesigned Schools
The following applies to staffing of New or Redesigned Schools (“Schools”): A Personnel Committee shall be established, consisting of two Union representatives designated by the UFT President, two Board representatives designated by the community...
Article Fifteen — Labor/Management Committee On Long Term Reforms
With regard to the long term recommendations the 2005 Fact Finders made subject to adequate CFE funding, the parties shall establish a Labor Management Committee to discuss the following issues: a) bonuses, including housing bonuses, for shortage...
Article Thirty-Three — Conformity to Law-Saving Clause
If any provision of this Agreement is or shall at any time be contrary to law then such provision shall not be applicable or performed or enforced, except to the extent permitted by law and any substitute action shall be subject to appropriate...
Article Twenty-Three — Discharge Review Procedures
It is the policy of the Board that the discharge of an employee should be based on good and sufficient reason and that such action should be taken by the supervisor having such authority only after he/she has given due consideration to the matter. If...
Article Twenty — Pensions
A. Pension Legislation The parties have agreed to jointly support pension legislation as set forth in the letter attached as Appendix D. B. Tax Deferred Annuity Plan The parties agree to enroll newly-hired employees who do not enroll in a retirement...
Article Thirteen — Layoff and Recall
A. Layoff In the event of layoff of employees in the bargaining unit because of a city-wide lack of work, the employee with the least seniority shall be selected for layoff except that an employee who would otherwise be laid off on the basis of...
Article Twenty-One — Safety
A. School Safety Plan The principal is charged with the responsibility of maintaining security, safety and discipline in the school. To meet this responsibility, he/she shall develop in collaboration with the Union chapter committee and the parents...
Article Two — Fair Practices
The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent all employees by continuing to admit persons to membership without discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, handicapping...
Article Eleven — Instructional Conditions in Schools
A. School-Based Management/Shared Decision-Making (SBM/SDM) The Union and the Board agree that SBM/SDM is a process in which all members of the school community collaborate in identifying issues, defining goals, formulating policy and implementing...
Article Forty-Two — Lead Educational Associate
A. Eligibility and Selection of Lead Educational Associate The minimum requirements for this position will be a Bachelor’s Degree and any other requirements created by the Joint District UFT-DOE Selection Committee. A Lead Educational Associate will...