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Article Twenty-Two — Working Conditions of Per Diem Substitutes
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...
Article Twenty-One — Chapter 683 Program
Employees who elect to be employed in the Board's program which implements Chapter 683 of the Laws of 1986 (“Program”) shall serve under the following terms and conditions of employment during July and August: The gross annual salary rate of each...
Article Twenty — Counselors Assigned
A. Benefits and Working Conditions Counselors assigned shall be covered by the provisions of this Agreement except that: A counselor assigned who has been granted additional compensation by Board resolution shall continue to receive such additional...
Article Nineteen — Rates of Pay and Working Conditions of Per Session Counselors
A. Rates of Pay Except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, 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. Counselors employed in the New...
Article Eighteen — Professional Conciliation
The Board and the Union agree that professional involvement of counselors in educational issues should be encouraged. However, it is recognized that there may be differences in professional judgment. A. School Level Where differences related to...
Article Seventeen — Special Complaints
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...
Article Sixteen — Grievance Procedure
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...
Article Fifteen — Due Process and Review Procedures
A. Counselor Files Official counselor files in a school shall be maintained under the following circumstances: No material derogatory to a counselor's conduct, service, character or personality shall be placed in the files unless the counselor has...
Article Fourteen — 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. The Board will continue...
Article Thirteen — Union Activities, Privledges and Responsibilities
A. Restriction on Union Activities No counselor shall engage in Union activities during the time he/she is assigned to duty. Members of the Chapter's negotiating committee shall, upon proper application, be excused without loss of pay for working...
Article Twelve — Transfers and Staffing
A. General Transfers 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. Vacancies are...
Article Eleven — Excessing and Layoff
A. Excessing Rules — Appointed Counselors Before applying the Rules for involuntary excessing, the senior counselor within license who volunteers will be excessed from the school or program to a vacancy within the same district or, in the case of...
Article Ten — Leaves
A. Cumulative Absence Reserves and Sick Leave Counselors reinstated after retirement will be credited with the cumulative reserves remaining to their credit upon retirement and such reserves as they accumulated as regular substitutes. Counselors...
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 Eight — Safety and Health
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 and to the Victim Support Program that an assault upon an...
Article Seven — Assignments and Counseling Conditions
A. Selection for Available Assignments Licensed guidance counselors will be given an opportunity to apply for available guidance assignments within the school and selection will be made on the basis of layoff seniority where qualifications are equal...
Article Six — Hours
A. Hours of Work Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, counselors shall work six hours and thirty minutes on each school day, exclusive of a lunch period, and such additional time as the by-laws provide. The gross annual salary of...
Article Five — Licensure and Appointment
A. Regularized Licensure The Board of Education shall provide for the regular licensure of guidance counselor personnel consistent with the needs of the instructional program and subject to applicable law and the by-laws of the Board of Education...
Article Four — Pension and Retirement Program
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 counselor who is at the maximum step of his/her salary schedule. The Board will seek such...
About the School Counselors Chapter
New York City public school counselors are professional educators certified by the New York State Department of Education and licensed by the New York City Department of Education. School counselors are trained to serve the entire K-12 school...
Article Three — Salaries and Benefits of Day School Counselors
A. Salaries and Differentials Salary Schedules The salaries and differentials of day school counselors, and the eligibility requirements therefor, shall be as follows: Effective May 19, 2008 Step VIh VIh2 1A $51,186 $57,170 1B $51,186 $57,170 2A $54...
Article Two — Fair Practices
The Union agrees to maintain its eligibility to represent counselors 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 One — Union Recognition
The Board recognizes the Union as the exclusive bargaining representative of all persons employed in the titles of Educational and Vocational Counselor and Guidance Counselor in the regular day school instructional program (hereinafter referred to as...
Appendix L — Consultants
Joel I. Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 December 17, 2007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms. Weingarten: The parties have agreed to the...
Appendix K — Pension Legislation
October 17, 2007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway - 14th Floor New York, NY 10004 Dear Ms. Weingarten: This letter will confirm certain mutual understandings and agreements of the parties. The parties agree to...
Appendix J — False Accusations
Joel I Klein Chancellor Department of Education 52 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 November 17, 2007 Randi Weingarten President United Federation of Teachers 52 Broadway New York, NY 10002 Dear Ms. Weingarten: Notwithstanding any provision of the...
Appendix I — District 79 Reorganization
Memorandum of Agreement entered into this 29th day of June 2007, by and between the Board of Education of the City School District of the City of New York (hereinafter referred to as the "BOE") and the United Federation of Teachers, Local 2, AFT, AFL...
Appendix H — Housing Support Program for Shortage Area Teachers
Program Overview back to top The Housing Support Program for shortage area teachers - which would be offered to certified, experienced teachers in middle and high school level math and science, and special education at all levels - is aimed at...
Appendix G — Procedures for Probable Cause Hearings
On October 2, 2005 the following understanding was reached regarding probable cause hearings: The UFT will conduct a meeting of lawyers who represent UFT members at Education Law §3020-a proceedings to inform them about the new procedures regarding...
Appendix F — Salary Schedules of Adult Education Teachers
Adult Education teachers will be paid in accordance with the following salary schedules: Adult Education Teacher Salary Schedule — May 19, 2008 BA C1 EARNED MA OR EQUIV C2 + PD C2+ID+PD MA+30 C6 Earned MA or Equiv + 30 C6+PD 1A $45,530 $51,425 $54...
Appendix E — Health Insurance
In accordance with the LOBA determination and award in Case No. IA-1-85 and subsequent agreements, the following shall apply: Effective July 1, 1983 and thereafter, the Employer's cost for each contract for each Employee under age 65 and for each...
Appendix D — Mentor Teacher Internship
On June 10, 2002, the following understanding was reached regarding the Mentor Teacher Internship Program: The Mentor Advisory Selection Committee, subject to selection criteria, recommends teachers and retirees to Superintendents for approval to act...
Appendix C — Grievance Forms Step 1 Grievance
The form below is a sample. Learn more about filing a grievance here. Grievance Sample Form School: Name of Grievant: Title: (teacher, guidance counselor, etc.:) File number: Date Grievance Occurred: Set forth specifically the act or condition and...
Appendix B — Special Circular
A child who threatens or engages in physical violence to himself, his/her fellow students, or a teacher may be directed by the teacher to report immediately to the principal or other designated supervisor under such escort as is prescribed by the...
Appendix A — Salary Schedules of Day School Teachers
I Back to top In any and all schedules hereinafter set forth advancement by increments shall be conditioned upon regulations adopted by the Board of Education upon recommendation of the Chancellor. Whenever, in the schedules which follow, provision...