A teacher who submits an irrevocable letter of intent to retire on or before the first work day of the 2012-13 school year, and who retires at the end of the 2012-13 school year, shall be eligible to receive a post-retirement, non-creditable payment in the amount of $4,000, provided the teacher works until the date indicated on the letter of intent to retire. Such payment shall be made by the District within thirty (30) calendar days following the teacher’s receipt of his/her final paycheck for regular earnings.
A teacher who submits an irrevocable letter of intent to retire on or before the first work day of the 2013-14 school year, and who retires at the end of the 2013-14 school year, shall be eligible to receive a post-retirement, non-creditable payment in the amount of $2,000, provided the teacher works until the date indicated on the letter of intent to retire. Such payment shall be made by the District within thirty (30) calendar days following the teacher’s receipt of his/her final paycheck for regular earnings.
ARTICLE XXIII
BOARD RIGHTS
23.1 Association Recognition of Board Rights
The Association agrees that the Board is responsible to all residents of the School District to provide continuing education to students in the District and that legal responsibility for education is vested solely in the Board and cannot be delegated. The Board in carrying out its duties must consider complex variables in exercise of its powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as conferred upon and vested in it by the Constitution of the State of Illinois and by its Statutes. However, the exercise by the Board of its rights may neither contravene nor be contrary to the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE XXIV
STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS
24.1 Lockouts and Strikes
During the term of this Agreement, there shall be no lockout by the Board and there shall be no strike, picketing, slow-down, stoppage of work, boycott or any other conduct which interferes with the operations of the District by the Association, its officers, agents, members or the certified staff members covered by this Agreement. Any certified staff member who engages in any conduct prohibited by the Article may be subject to appropriate discipline.
ARTICLE XXV
EMERGENCY SET-ASIDE
25.1 Emergency Set-Aside
In the event of an emergency posing a potential threat to students or staff, the parties acknowledge that the administration shall have the right to set aside any provisions addressing work day conditions (e.g., planning periods, length of day, supplemental pay, bus duty, etc.) and may instead direct the certified staff members to perform such supervisory responsibilities as are necessary for the protection of students and staff.
APPENDIX A
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
SUPPORT DUTY AT MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND HIGH SCHOOL
Middle Schools
The LZEA and the Board agree on the importance of providing additional support to students who may: 1) be at risk of academic failure; 2) need additional assistance with homework, understanding/mastering a skill or concept, or improving problem-solving skills; or 3) benefit from the positive encouragement and motivation from a certified staff member.
To provide such support, both Middle Schools will restructure the current homeroom period to provide targeted supports to students during this time. Students may not be assigned to the same homeroom for the entire school year. Rather, the student’s assigned homeroom will change, as necessary, based on the recommendations of the teaching teams, which meet regularly to discuss the specific and unique needs of students and will then determine how any necessary support services will be delivered during the homeroom period. It is expected that students will have access to multiple staff members to ensure the ability to obtain support on an ongoing basis. All staff will be responsible for supervising a homeroom period at some point during the school year. Some staff may be assigned to a “study hall – type” homeroom to which a large number of students are assigned, while other staff members may be expected to provide support for specific subject areas to a smaller number of assigned students. Again, it is expected that, throughout the course of a school year, a student’s homeroom assignment may rotate between one or more support-based homerooms and/or a study hall-type homeroom, depending on the student’s needs at the time.
The goal is to involve the staff in determining what types of support they believe would benefit students and coordinate joint efforts in providing such supports. Administration recognizes that this is extra support for students and is not instruction, therefore no Certified Staff Member will be evaluated specifically on the academic growth of students receiving support in the subject specific homerooms.
Support will NOT Include: Support MAY Include: Lesson planning
Progress monitoring Whole group instruction
Fixed student assignments, needs to remain fluid and flexible
Grading or assessment Presentations
Formal reporting Full lesson teaching
Individual help
Checking in with students Mentoring
Homework help
Teacher availability to answer student questions
Reviewing a concept or lesson based on teacher recommendation or
Problem solving with students on school and academic issues Acting as a resource to students One-on-one or small group help Promoting a positive learning
HIGH SCHOOL
The LZEA and the Board agree on the importance of providing additional support to students who may: 1) be at risk of academic failure; 2) need additional assistance with homework, understanding/mastering a skill or concept, or improving problem-solving skills; or 3) benefit from the positive encouragement and motivation from a certified staff member.
To provide such support, the High School will restructure the current duty period. Beginning in 2012-2013, the High School will establish “Resource Centers.” Initially, the Resource Centers will be in the core subject areas (i.e., math, science, English, social studies and world languages). In the future, the Resource Centers may be extended to non-core subject areas. To best meet student needs, the Resource Centers will be open to students as many periods as possible throughout the attendance day, taking into consideration the number of core staff available. All core staff will be assigned to a Resource Center for one (1) semester (note: rotation must be on a semester basis as attendance is linked in E-School for study hall periods by teacher) and will be assigned to a study hall or non-resource duty for the other semester. In view of the assignment of core staff to the Resource Centers, the list of supervisory duties will be reduced. Additionally, all staff members will have limited opportunities to select specific duties. Until such time as any non-core Resource Centers are established, all non-core staff members will be assigned to a study hall or other non-resource duty during each of the semesters, based on the needs in the building.
Classroom teachers will refer a student to a Resource Center when the classroom teacher identifies a need for such supports. The referring teacher will complete a referral form for the Resource Center and the referring teacher will monitor the student’s compliance with the referral and will assess the student’s progress. Teachers should continue to encourage student initiative, therefore students are encouraged to be self-advocates in seeking assistance from Resource personnel; teachers assigned to a Resource Center will not be required to monitor individual needs.
High School administration will work with staff members to provide flexibility in the staff member’s schedule; however, it is possible a staff member will be scheduled for three consecutive teaching periods, followed immediately by Resource Center duty. Scheduling may change based on student needs. The High School will continue to welcome staff input concerning data on the use of the centers, future changes, or other areas of need/opportunity that could be addressed in the future. Administration recognizes that this is extra support for students and is not instruction, therefore no Certified Staff Member will be evaluated on the academic growth of students utilizing the Resource Center or any other supportive supervisory duty.
Support will NOT Incude: Support MAY Include: Lesson planning
Progress monitoring Whole group instruction
Fixed student assignments, needs to remain fluid and flexible
Grading or assessment Presentations
Formal reporting
Individual help Homework help
Teacher availability to answer student questions
Reviewing a concept or lesson based on teacher recommendation
Problem solving with students on school and academic issues
Full lesson teaching Acting as a resource to students One on one or small group help Monitoring student’s on task behavior
and promoting a positive learning environment
APPENDIX B
COMPENSATION SCHEDULES
Salary Schedule 2012-2013
Any staff member in the final cell of their lane for the 2011-12 school year (BA-12(L), BA15-13(M), BA-15 longevity to MA45 longevity) will receive a 2% salary increase for the 2012-13 school year. If those staff members do not have a lane change for the following year(s), their salary placement and dollar amount will be frozen at the 2012-13 amount. Any staff members that reach the maximum placement on the salary schedule in years past 2012-13, will be frozen at that amount with no salary increase until a lane change (for example from MA to MA+15) is achieved. Staff members frozen at their maximum placement that have a subsequent lane change will move over to the nearest cell that will NOT result in a decrease in pay.
Old Letter
New
# BA BA+15 MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45 MA+60
A 1 42,969 43,196 45,463 46,099 47,477 48,855 50,280 B 2 43,399 43,628 45,918 46,560 47,952 49,344 50,783 C 3 45,135 45,373 47,755 48,422 49,870 51,318 52,815 D 4 46,882 47,130 49,607 50,301 51,806 53,312 54,869 E 5 48,642 48,900 51,475 52,198 53,763 55,329 56,948 F 6 50,415 50,683 53,362 54,113 55,741 57,370 59,054 G 7 52,203 52,482 55,268 56,049 57,742 59,436 61,187 H 8 54,006 54,297 57,194 58,007 59,767 61,530 63,351 I 9 55,809 56,111 59,124 59,970 61,800 63,633 65,526 J 10 57,598 57,912 61,046 61,925 63,829 65,734 67,704 K 11 61,317 61,656 65,040 65,992 68,048 70,107 72,530 L 12 63,043 63,395 65,848 67,904 70,043 72,185 74,398 M 13 65,244 68,904 69,950 72,182 74,418 76,726 N 14 70,918 72,018 74,348 76,681 79,089 O 15 72,914 74,063 76,481 78,905 81,406
LONGEVITY Closed Closed
LONG- MA LONG- MA+15 LONG- MA+30 LONG- MA+45 LONG- MA+60 L1 16 75,724 76,913 79,427 81,945 84,545 L2 17 76,913 78,451 81,015 83,584 86,236 L3 18 87,927 L4 19 89,618 L5 20 91,308 L6 21 92,999 L7 22 94,690 L8 23 96,381 L9 24 98,072 L10 25 99,763 L11 26 101,454 L12 27 103,145 L13 28 104,836 L14 29 106,527 L15 30 108,217 L16 31 109,908 L17 32 111,599 L18 33 113,290 L19 34 114,981 L20 35 116,672 L21 36 118,363
Closed
Salary Schedule 2013-2014
Step # BA BA+15 MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45 MA+60
1 43,392 43,622 45,911 46,553 47,944 49,337 50,776 2 44,049 44,282 46,606 47,258 48,671 50,084 51,545 3 44,490 44,725 47,072 47,731 49,157 50,585 52,060 4 46,270 46,514 48,955 49,640 51,124 52,608 54,143 5 48,061 48,315 50,854 51,566 53,109 54,653 56,249 6 49,865 50,129 52,770 53,510 55,115 56,721 58,380 7 51,683 51,958 54,704 55,474 57,143 58,813 60,539 8 53,515 53,801 56,657 57,458 59,194 60,930 62,726 9 55,364 55,662 58,632 59,466 61,270 63,077 64,944 10 57,213 57,521 60,611 61,478 63,354 65,233 67,174 11 59,046 59,368 62,581 63,482 65,434 67,387 69,406 12 62,859 63,206 66,676 67,652 69,759 71,870 74,354 13 64,989 67,504 69,611 71,805 74,000 76,269 14 70,637 71,709 73,997 76,289 78,655 15 72,701 73,829 76,217 78,610 81,078
Longevity Closed Closed
LONG- MA LONG- MA+15 LONG- MA+30 LONG- MA+45 LONG- MA+60 16 74,372 75,544 78,011 80,483 83,034 17 77,239 78,451 81,015 83,584 86,236 18 87,960 19 89,685 20 91,410 21 93,135 22 94,859 23 96,584 24 98,309 25 100,033 26 101,758 27 103,483 28 105,208 29 106,932 30 108,657 31 110,382 32 112,106 33 113,831 34 115,556 35 117,281 36 119,005 37 120,730
Any staff member in the final cell of their lane for the 2011-12 school year (BA-12(L), BA15-13(M), BA-15 longevity to MA45 longevity) will receive a 2% salary increase for the 2012-13 school year. If those staff members do not have a lane change for the following year(s), their salary placement and dollar amount will be frozen at the 2012-13 amount. Any staff members that reach the maximum placement on the salary schedule in years past 2012-13, will be frozen at that amount with no salary increase until a lane change (for example from MA to MA+15) is achieved. Staff members frozen at their maximum placement that have a subsequent lane change will move over to the nearest cell that will NOT result in a decrease in pay.
Salary Schedule 2014-2015
Step # BA BA+15 MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45 MA+60
1 43,772 44,003 46,312 46,960 48,364 49,768 51,220 2 45,056 45,294 47,671 48,338 49,783 51,228 52,722 3 45,694 45,936 48,347 49,023 50,488 51,954 53,469 4 46,107 46,350 48,783 49,465 50,944 52,423 53,952 5 47,905 48,158 50,685 51,394 52,930 54,467 56,056 6 49,711 49,974 52,600 53,337 54,933 56,530 58,180 7 51,527 51,801 54,529 55,294 56,952 58,612 60,327 8 53,354 53,638 56,473 57,268 58,991 60,715 62,496 9 55,192 55,487 58,433 59,259 61,049 62,840 64,691 10 57,044 57,351 60,411 61,270 63,129 64,991 66,914 11 58,891 59,209 62,389 63,281 65,212 67,147 69,145 12 60,719 61,050 64,355 65,282 67,288 69,297 71,373 13 64,934 68,499 69,501 71,666 73,835 76,387 14 69,282 71,445 73,696 75,949 78,277 15 72,426 73,526 75,872 78,222 80,648
Longevity Closed Closed
LONG- MA LONG- MA+15 LONG- MA+30 LONG- MA+45 LONG- MA+60 16 74,155 75,305 77,742 80,182 82,700 17 75,860 77,055 79,571 82,092 84,694 18 87,960 19 89,720 20 91,479 21 93,178 22 94,843 23 96,504 24 98,162 25 99,817 26 101,534 27 103,285 28 105,035 29 106,786 30 108,536 31 110,287 32 112,037 33 113,788 34 115,539 35 117,289 36 119,040 37 120,790 38 122,541
Any staff member in the final cell of their lane for the 2011-12 school year (BA-12(L), BA15-13(M), BA-15 longevity to MA45 longevity) will receive a 2% salary increase for the 2012-13 school year. If those staff members do not have a lane change for the following year(s), their salary placement and dollar amount will be frozen at the 2012-13 amount. Any staff members that reach the maximum placement on the salary schedule in years past 2012-13, will be frozen at that amount with no salary increase until a lane change (for example from MA to MA+15) is achieved. Staff members frozen at their maximum placement that have a subsequent lane change will move over to the nearest cell that will NOT result in a decrease in pay.
APPENDIX C
EXTRA-CURRICULAR STIPENDS
All stipends will be frozen for the length of the contract; coaches/sponsors will
be allowed to move steps for years of experience.
**Any activity that is in or using a physical fitness facility requires the sponsor to be CPR/AED
certified. The sponsor must show evidence of the certification no later than two weeks prior to
the first day of activity.
Lane
A
Lane
B
Lane
C
Lane
D
Lane
E
Lane
F
Lane
G
Lane
H
Lane
I
1-2 Years7999 7063 6127 5191 4255 3276 2340 1447
723
3-5 Years8319 7345 6372 5398 4425 3407 2434 1504
752
6+ Years8652 7639 6627 5614 4602 3544 2531 1565
782
The Board and the Association have agreed to the lane placement on the Extra-curricular positions below. It is up to the Board’s discretion whether a stipend will be offered from year to year based on need and available funds. The Board will post the list of available stipends by June 1st for the following school year. Any activity that is in or using a physical fitness facility requires the sponsor to be CPR/AED certified. The sponsor must show evidence of the certification no later than two weeks prior to the first day of activity.
Extracurricular -Elementary School Positions
Lane H
5
thGrade Band
5
thGrade Orchestra
4
thGrade Orchestra
Lane I
Elementary Intramural – Fall
Elementary Intramural – Winter
Elementary Intramural – Spring
Elementary Chorus
The Board and the Association have agreed to the lane placement on the Extra-curricular positions below. It is up to the Board’s discretion whether a stipend will be offered from year to year based on need and available funds. The Board will post the list of available stipends by June 1st for the following school year. Any activity that is in or using a physical fitness facility requires the sponsor/coach to be CPR/AED certified. The sponsor/coach must show evidence of the certification no later than two weeks prior to the first day of activity.
Extracurricular -Middle School Positions
Lane D
Assistant Athletic Director
Lane E
6th-8th Grade Boys Wrestling
Lane F
8th Grade Boys Basketball 8th Grade Girls Basketball 7th Grade Boys Basketball 7th Grade Girls Basketball 8th Grade Boys Volleyball 8th Grade Girls Volleyball 6th-7th Grade Boys Volleyball 6th-7th Grade Girls Volleyball Yearbook
Middle School Band Middle School Orchestra
6th-8th Grade Assistant Boys Wrestling
Lane G
6th-8th Grade Boys Cross Country 6th-8th Grade Girls Cross Country 6th-8th Grade Boys Soccer 6th-8th Grade Girls Soccer 8th Grade Boys Track 8th Grade Girls Track 6th-7th Grade Boys Track 6th-7th Grade Girls Track 6th-8th Grade Girls Softball Pom Pon Sponsor
6-8th Grade Cheerleading sponsor Drama Director
Musical Director
Assistant Musical Director Middle School Chorus
Lane H
6th-8th Grade Assistant Boys Cross Country 6th-8th Grade Assistant Girls Cross Country 6th-8th Grade Assistant Boys Track
6th-8th Grade Assistant Girls Track Student Government
Newspaper
8th Grade Scholastic Bowl Advisor 6th-7th Grade Scholastic Bowl Advisor Choreographer for the Musical
Music Director for the Musical Stage Craft - Fall
Stage Craft – Spring Literary Magazine
Lane I
Science Olympiad
MS Academic/Athletic Intramural – Fall MS Academic/Athletic Intramural – Winter MS Academic/Athletic Intramural – Spring Production Assistant -Fall
Production Assistant –Spring Jazz Band
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The Board and the Association have agreed to the lane placement on the Extra-curricular positions below. It is up to the Board’s discretion whether a stipend will be offered from year to year based on need and available funds. The Board will post the list of available stipends by June 1st for the following school year. Any activity that is in or using a physical fitness facility requires the sponsor/coach to be CPR/AED certified. The sponsor/coach must show evidence of the certification no later than two weeks prior to the first day of activity.
Extracurricular – High School Activity Positions
Lane C Musical Director Band Director Lane D Student Council Choir Director Lane E Drama Director Yearbook Sponsor Assistant Band Director Speech/Debate Team Assistant Musical Director
Lane F
Orchestra Director National Honor Society Children's Theater
Assistant Speech/Debate Team Scholastic Bowl (Acad.Team) Orchesis
Assistant Choir Director Technology Club
Costume Coordinator - Musical
Lane G
Newspaper
Assistant Scholastic Bowl (Acad.Team) Costume Coordinator - Fall Play
Winter Guard
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Lane H
FBLA
Choreographer - Musical Color Guard
Art Club
Costume Coordinator - Children's Math Team
Recycling Club Science Club
Percussion Director - Band Pit Orchestra - Musical Senior Class Sponsor SNAP
Buddy Program Habitat For Humanity Operation Click
Lane I
Sophomore Class Sponsor Drama Club
Freshman Class Sponsor Gay/Straight Alliance German Club French Club Spanish Club EAC Literary Magazine Ultimate Frisbee Chamber Strings
Junior Class Sponsor House Manager
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The Board and the Association have agreed to the lane placement on the Extra-curricular positions below. It is up to the Board’s discretion whether a stipend will be offered from year to year based on need and available funds. The Board will post the list of available stipends by June 1st for the following school year. Any activity that is in or using a physical fitness facility requires the sponsor/coach to be CPR/AED certified. The sponsor/coach must show evidence of the certification no later than two weeks prior to the first day of activity.
Extracurricular – High School Athletic Positions
Lane A
Athletic Trainer - Fall Athletic Trainer - Winter Athletic Trainer - Spring Head Boys Basketball Head Football
Head Girls Basketball Head Wrestling Head Boys Track Head Girls Track
Lane B
Head Baseball Head Softball
Assistant Boys Basketball Assistant Football
Assistant Girls Basketball Assistant Wrestling Assistant Boys Track Assistant Girls Track
Lane C
Head Boys Tennis Head Girls Volleyball Head Boys Volleyball Head Girls Soccer Head Boys Soccer Assistant Baseball Assistant Softball
Lane D
Head Girls Tennis Head Boys Bowling Head Girls Bowling Head Boys Cross Country Head Girls Cross Country Head Boys Golf
Head Girls Golf Head Poms Winter
Head Cheerleading Winter Assistant Boys Tennis Assistant Girls Volleyball Assistant Boys Volleyball Assistant Girls Soccer Assistant Boys Soccer
Lane E
Head Poms Fall
Head Cheerleading Fall Weight Room AM Weight Room PM Assistant Girls Tennis
Assistant Boys Cross Country Assistant Girls Cross Country Assistant Boys Golf
Assistant Cheerleading Winter Assistant Poms Winter
Lane F