Sentences with phrase «teacher contract provisions»

And for the past year, Governor Charlie Baker has failed to gain legislative approval to create «innovation zones» in which a select group of schools within a district would gain charter - school - like flexibility to extend school days and get around other teacher contract provisions.

By freeing up the schools from the central office bureaucracy and most teacher contract provisions, local and state officials say, the Springfield middle schools are in complete control of their curriculums, staffing, budgeting, and ultimately their own destinies.

It's not clear whether or not schools or local school boards have the legal standing to reject the teacher contract provision of the law.

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And he said he can do it under a turn - around provision in the exisiting contract with the teachers» union.

The teachers» contract also includes a provision to create $ 1 billion in health care savings, which allowed the administration to spend more money elsewhere.

With the support of the Colorado Education Association, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, along with five teachers, sued the Denver Public Schools, claiming that the mutual - consent provision violated the teachers» contract clause and property rights under the Colorado ConstTeachers Association, along with five teachers, sued the Denver Public Schools, claiming that the mutual - consent provision violated the teachers» contract clause and property rights under the Colorado Constteachers, sued the Denver Public Schools, claiming that the mutual - consent provision violated the teachers» contract clause and property rights under the Colorado Constteachers» contract clause and property rights under the Colorado Constitution.

Teachers in Horace Mann charter schools must belong to the local union, but they may be subject to a thin contract that waives most of the provisions not associated with compensation.

But the superintendents came up with solutions to these barriers to overcome teacher - credentialing limitations at the elementary and secondary levels, line - of - sight rules, class - size limits, and restrictive provisions in union contracts that specify the instructional and non-instructional time for each teacher in a given day.

He also pressed for reform of the onerous work rules in the teachers» contract, including eliminating the seniority provisions, making it easier to fire incompetents, and establishing a system of merit pay.

Because many of the schools on our list occupy distinctive niches within their local communities, districts, or states, we were also curious whether their teachers are fully subject to the provisions of collective - bargaining contracts.

Dan and his co-authors find that CBA seniority transfer provisions are associated with how long different types of teachers stay in more disadvantaged schools: Contracts that prioritize seniority in involuntary transfers are more likely to see veteran teachers leave disadvantaged schools.

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Yet, seniority is the single most expensive teacher - contract provision.

Unlike charter schools, however, pilot schools remain part of the Boston school district and their teachers are BTU members covered by most contract provisions related to pay and seniority.

Pilot teachers sign an election - to - work agreement that spells out the extent to which union contract provisions apply.

Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court last week agreed to review a federal appeals court's nullification of the agency - fee provisions of the contract negotiated in 1982 by the Chicago Board of Education and the city's local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers.

Unions see the proposals as an attack on the performance of teachers in traditional schools as well as a threat to their workplace rights because the proposals could reduce union contract provisions.

«Almost without exception, principals and faculty members talked to me about this [teacher contract] provision and the incredibly demoralizing effect it is having in combination with other legislative changes that happened this year.»

All of the teachers and support staff at Murray Middle School in New Hanover County have signed a petition to oppose the contract provision and reject any state money associated with it.

Where academies have decided to adopt the STPCD's provisions to determine teachers» pay, as the majority have, contract law is likely to require these provisions to be followed in full when pay decisions are taken (and they will continue to apply under TUPE legislation to teachers whose employment transferred when the school became an academy).

But it remains to be seen just how much autonomy school principals in the more autonomous «laboratory schools» will really have and which provisions of the teachers» contract a school can really choose to ignore.

The contract also includes provisions for additional pay of up to $ 1,500 for hard - to - fill positions or for teachers working in designated «turnaround schools» that are the district's lowest performing.

About $ 50 million of a 2010 gift from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg helped pay for provisions in the five - year contract, including higher base salaries for all Newark teachers plus annual raises for teachers who are rated well under a new evaluation system.

Governor Christie on Friday called for schools across New Jersey and the nation to emulate the performance - pay provisions in Newark's new teachers» contract, but some skeptics were asking how other districts could afford to follow suit.

His support was somewhat confusing, though, because the union's contracts have long included provisions for evaluating teachers, including requiring twice - yearly evaluations for new teachers.

(3) If the towns can not find places and money for the teachers and administrators who have been fired they are still liable for the contract provisions that are in place AND any unemployment consequences for those teachers and administrators.

-- The district will hire 600 more teachers for art, music, physical education, world languages and other «special» classes, and another contract provision stipulates that half of all new district hires must consist of laid - off members.

The Madison Metropolitan School District extended its teacher contract for two years — through the 2013 - 2014 school year — after Dane County Judge Juan Colas struck down key provisions of Act 10 in September 2012.

Likewise in Minnesota, the district judge said that the plaintiffs failed to establish that they had been harmed in any way by the statutes, but even if they had, «because Plaintiffs» alleged harms are not fairly traceable to the teacher tenure and the continuing contract provisions they challenge, a decision by the Court to strike those laws would not redress the harms.»

The Gates grant yielded a five - year contract that includes merit pay provisions and a new teacher evaluation system, RISE, that involves teacher consultations with principals.

Chicago has a provision in its teacher contract that ultimately allows teachers to be laid off if they can not secure placements.

In contrast to previous highly contentious contract negotiations, the most recent collective bargaining agreement, approved in April 2013, was reached relatively amicably and contains numerous provisions and mechanisms for collaboration between administrators and teachers.

(e) The board shall establish the information needed in an application for the approval of a charter school; provided that the application shall include, but not be limited to, a description of: (i) the mission, purpose, innovation and specialized focus of the proposed charter school; (ii) the innovative methods to be used in the charter school and how they differ from the district or districts from which the charter school is expected to enroll students; (iii) the organization of the school by ages of students or grades to be taught, an estimate of the total enrollment of the school and the district or districts from which the school will enroll students; (iv) the method for admission to the charter school; (v) the educational program, instructional methodology and services to be offered to students, including research on how the proposed program may improve the academic performance of the subgroups listed in the recruitment and retention plan; (vi) the school's capacity to address the particular needs of limited English - proficient students, if applicable, to learn English and learn content matter, including the employment of staff that meets the criteria established by the department; (vii) how the school shall involve parents as partners in the education of their children; (viii) the school governance and bylaws; (ix) a proposed arrangement or contract with an organization that shall manage or operate the school, including any proposed or agreed upon payments to such organization; (x) the financial plan for the operation of the school; (xi) the provision of school facilities and pupil transportation; (xii) the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed; (xiii) procedures for evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators; (xiv) a statement of equal educational opportunity which shall state that charter schools shall be open to all students, on a space available basis, and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, sex, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, age, ancestry, athletic performance, special need, proficiency in the English language or academic achievement; (xv) a student recruitment and retention plan, including deliberate, specific strategies the school will use to ensure the provision of equal educational opportunity as stated in clause (xiv) and to attract, enroll and retain a student population that, when compared to students in similar grades in schools from which the charter school is expected to enroll students, contains a comparable academic and demographic profile; and (xvi) plans for disseminating successes and innovations of the charter school to other non-charter public schools.

Schools in the network are given access to extra financial resources and can be granted exemptions from rules and provisions in the teachers» union contract.

The state government appeared to side with the teachers union, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said firing provisions would be arranged during contract negotiations instead of through legislation.

The group of New York City teachers delivered high marks to the new provisions around professional development (A) and teacher evaluation (B +) but flunked the deal for failing to improve the due process system (D) and reduce the complexity of the contract itself (D +).

Fiery union president Karen Lewis, who has called Emanuel a «liar and a bully,» said the two sides had agreed on only six of nearly 50 provisions of a new teacher contract.