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...

A. Assistance in Assault Cases Supervisors shall report as soon as possible but within 24 hours to the Office of Legal Services and to the Chief Executive of School Safety and Planning and to the Victim Support Program that an assault upon an...

A. Posting and Filling Assignments A copy of the current social worker and psychologist assignments will be posted in each superintendency. Open assignments occurring for Psychologists and Social Workers shall be filled in accordance with the Open...

A. Schedule of Hours Psychologists and social workers shall have a continuous workday of six hours and fifty minutes exclusive of lunch, which shall be not less than thirty minutes per day and no longer than the lunch period at the school or facility...

A. Regularized Licensure The Board of Education shall provide for the regular licensure of psychologist and social worker personnel consistent with the needs of the instructional program and subject to applicable law and the by-laws of the Board of...

A. Annuity Fund The Board shall contribute at the rate of $400 per year to the Teachers’ Retirement System to be credited monthly to the annuity account of each employee who is at the maximum step of his/her salary schedule. The Board will seek such...

A. Salaries and Differentials The salaries and differentials of psychologists and social workers covered by this Agreement, and the eligibility requirements therefor, shall be as follows: Salary Schedules The following salary schedules shall apply to...

Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...

This Agreement shall become effective as of October 13, 2007 and shall continue in full force and effect through October 31, 2009.

The following Article is required by the Public Employee’s 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...

It is the declared objective of the parties to encourage the prompt and informal resolution of special complaints not covered by the Grievance Procedure and to dispose of such complaints as they arise and to provide recourse to orderly procedures for...

It is the policy of the Board to encourage discussion on an informal basis between a supervisor and an employee of any employee complaint. Such discussion should be held with a view to reaching an understanding which will dispose of the matter in a...

A. Restriction on Union Activities No teacher shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to teaching or other duties, except that members of the Union's negotiating committee and its special consultants shall, upon proper...

A. Teacher Files Official teacher files in a school shall be maintained under the following circumstances: No material derogatory to a teacher's conduct, service, character or personality shall be placed in the files unless the teacher has had an...

A. Assistance in Assault Cases The principal shall report as soon as possible but within 24 hours to the Office of Legal Services and to the Chief Executive of School Safety and Planning that an assault upon a teacher has been reported to him/her...

The parties recognize the importance of providing day-to-day substitute teachers with the facilities, supplies and support they need in order to carry out their responsibilities in the most professional and effective manner. Teachers should have the...

The Board and the UFT jointly support, and pledge to work together to implement on a pilot basis, a school-wide based bonus program pursuant to which educators will be awarded substantial cash bonuses for student achievement gains. The program will...

A. Hours Teachers serving in the schools shall have a six-hour and 20-minute day and such additional time as provided for below. The pay rates of employees covered by this agreement will be increased in accordance with the rates set forth herein. The...

A. Reimbursement for Medical Expenses Teachers shall be reimbursed by the Board for reasonable medical expenses, not exceeding $750, incurred because of injuries in the line of duty, to the extent that such expenses are not covered by insurance. In...

A. Rates of Pay During the term of this Agreement the pay rates applicable to teachers shall be: Effective Date Rate October 13, 2007 $147.59 May 19, 2008 $154.97 B. Frequency of Payment Payments to teachers shall continue to be made on a semi...

Enhanced student achievement based upon high standards and expectations must be the driving force behind every activity of New York City public schools. To accomplish this, we must reinvent schools so that decision making is shared by those closest...

The determination and award of the arbitration panel in Case No IA-1-85 is incorporated into this Agreement and made a part hereof.

The parties will have available copies of this Agreement upon request.

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...

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 community school districts in accordance with Section 2590 of the Education Law. Wherever the...

The Union and the Board recognize that strikes and other forms of work stoppages by school secretaries are contrary to law and public policy. The Union and the Board subscribe to the principle that differences shall be resolved by peaceful and...

A. Mission To achieve success and outstanding results through a truly collaborative environment for all schools at all levels among the key stakeholders responsible for educating New York City’s schoolchildren – teachers and other school-based staff...

A. Applicability 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 scheduled part-time position. Other-than...

A. Applicable Provisions Substitute School Secretary Interns shall serve under the terms and conditions of this Agreement except as otherwise set forth in this Article or elsewhere in this Agreement. B. Inapplicable Provisions The following...

It is the declared objective of the parties to encourage the prompt and informal resolution of employee complaints as they arise and to provide recourse to orderly procedures for the satisfactory adjustment of complaints. A resolution should occur at...

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 Chapter. The Board will continue...

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...

A. Training to Upgrade Skills The Board will provide, to the extent possible, training on new types of office machines, including computers and word processors, to upgrade the skills of school secretaries. B. Joint Committee The Board and the Union...

A. Assignments to Schools No school secretary shall be assigned to more than two schools per week during the school year. A school secretary serving in a split assignment shall be reassigned in accordance with her or his seniority in the system to a...

A. Hours School Secretaries Serving in Schools A school secretary serving in a school will have an uninterrupted lunch period within the basic seven hour and 20 minute working day equal to the length of the lunch period of teachers in the school. The...

A. Regularized Licensure The Board of Education shall provide for the regular licensure of school secretary personnel consistent with the needs of the instructional program and subject to applicable law and the by-laws of the Board of Education. The...