- Class
Size and Staffing
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- The Board
of Education should be cognizant of class size when it examines
and approves the annual student assignment plan. The Association
shall be given a copy of the plan prior to Board approval.
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- The following
staffing guidelines will be used to determine each building's
allocation for clerical and program assistance:
|
Elementary
Staffing Guidelines |
Program/Clerical
Assistant Time |
| Each
class section of K-6 |
=
1 hour |
| Each
class section of 30 or more students |
=
1 additional hour |
| Regular
education classes with 32 or more students |
=
2 additional hours |
| Each
multi-age classroom |
=
1 additional hour |
Each
5 percentage points above the District
average for mobility and low income as per
the school report card from the previous year |
=1
additional hour |
| Each
section of bilingual |
=
3 additional hours |
| Each
section of bilingual of 28 or more students |
=
1 additional hour |
| Each
section of bilingual of 30 or more students |
=
2 additional hours |
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|
Junior
High Staffing Guidelines |
Program/Clerical
Assistant Time |
- Three
sections of Core/Homeroom
|
=
1 hour |
Each
Core/Homeroom section of 30 or more
students |
=
1 additional hour |
Each
5 percentage points above the District
average for mobility and low income as per
the school report card from the previous year |
=1
additional hour |
| Each
section of bilingual |
=
3 additional hours |
| Each
section of bilingual of 28 or more students |
=
1 additional hour |
| Each
section of bilingual of 30 or more students |
=
2 additional hours |
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- Once
the allocation is determined, ample time for staff discussion
and input will be given before the Teachers and principal in
each school jointly decide, by consensus, how many clerical and
program assistants are to be employed and what their assignments
will be, with the understanding that all of the clerical and
program assistants are to be used to support the instructional
program.
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- After
the above has been completed, the Teachers who receive program/clerical
assistant time shall determine what duties the program/clerical
assistant will perform and what hours of the day are best suited
to support the instructional program of those Teachers.
- The instructional
program for the purpose of assigning program/clerical assistant
time includes regular, bilingual, and special area Teachers.
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- A building
may request additional program/clerical assistant time when special
circumstances occur.
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- The District
shall provide program assistant time to service all reading intervention
programs including but not limited to Kindergarten Intervention
Program (KIP), First Grade Literacy Intervention Program (FLIP),
Second Grade Acceleration in Literacy Program (SAIL), and Soar
to Success. This program assistant time is in addition to the
staffing limits above.
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