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Article Eight — Staff Development

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...

Article Nine — Education Reform

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 Seven — Assignments

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...

Article Five — Licensure, Assignment and Appointment

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...

Article Six — Hours And Work Year

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...

Article Four — Pension And Retirement Program

A. Annuity Fund Beginning Oct. 1, 1970, 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 secretary who is at the maximum step of his or her salary...

Article Three — Salaries And Benefits

A. Salaries and Differentials The salaries and differentials of employees serving in non-extended time schools covered by this agreement, and the eligibility requirements therefor, shall be as follows: All regularly appointed school secretaries will...

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