1. PAT – PPS joint contract training
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PAT – PPS joint contract training
Please sit together by cluster, with building/program reps. and principals/program administrators seated together.

2. PAT – PPS joint contract training
Work year/workday/workload – Art. 5/App. f

3. administration of Agreement (Article 25 section d, p. 69)
Building/Program Representatives and Principals/Program Administrators meet monthly to review administration of the contract.
Opportunity for checking in and problem solving
Solutions must be consistent with the Collective Bargaining Agreement or Contract Exceptions must be approved.
If there are disagreements over the meaning of the Contract, follow the process outlined in Article 5, C9d and C10d.
Provides context for the primary purpose of these joint training sessions – about both content and process

4. Work year

5. Work year (Article 5 section b, p. 10)
Standard Year = 192 days (Sec. B.1 and B.2.a)
Monday through Friday
178 Instructional days
8 Planning days (Sec. B.4)
6 Holidays - Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, New Year’s Day, Presidents Day and Memorial Day (Sec. B.3)

6. Work year (Article 5) Extended Year
Librarians & Counselors 202 days, Athletic Directors 200 (Sec. B.2.e, f & g)
Others by mutual agreement paid at per diem rate (Sec. 5.B.2.d)
Up to 3 additional PD days (Focus and Priority Schools)* (Sec. B.2.b)
*Budget dependent, guidance on scheduling for next year will be provided soon.

7. Work year (Article 5 section b, p. 10)
PAT Representative Assembly No activities for building reps. on the Monday before professional educators start (Sec. B.1.c)

8. Work year (Article 5 section b, p. 10)
Planning Days (Sec. B.4)
3 before start of school
1 day for professional development
1 full day for teachers to prepare for the year
Up to ½ of the other planning day for meetings
4 quarterly grading days
Up to 2 hour meeting on remaining planning day (usually at the end of year)

9. Work year (Article 5 section b, p. 10)
Evening Events/Conferences
Up to 3 evenings per year (try to keep to 2) – excludes conferences
Generally up to 2 hours, Mon – Thur, end by 9:00 PM (Sec. B.5.a)
1 evening of parent conferences = ½ day off* (Sec. B.5.b)
* 2nd evening conferences and full day off with contract exception and waiver

10. Contract exceptions (Art. 1 Section h, p. 3)
PAT process to allow educators at a work site to apply for an exception to the terms of the contract
Go to the PAT Advocacy Committee and, if approved, to PPS
Good for one year
Waiver is a district process, school requests a waiver from a district requirement
Examples: Staff meetings in AM – contract exception, no waiver; Cancel late start – waiver, no exception; 2nd evening of conferences - both

11. CONTRACT EXCEPTIONS WAIVERS
Kathi Koenig and Al Rabchuk
Link for form:
WAIVERS
Greg Wolleck

12. Table talk
Discuss at your table: Year-round programs
How does your school/program calendar meet the work year provisions of the contract?
Do you have/need a contract exception or waiver?
Do you need clarification or support?
Instructions

13. Workday

14. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Standard workday 7½ hours (8 hours for certain specialists on list.) (Sec. C.1 & 2)
15 minutes before & after the student day (up to 7½ minutes duty each 15 minutes) (Sec. C.3)
30 minute duty-free lunch – 2/3 FTE or full day (Sec. C.4.a & b)
Start 7:45 or later, end by 4:00 PM* (Sec. C.3)
* For program reasons, can extend to 5:00 PM for a few, volunteers sought

15. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Individual Planning Time – 2/3 FTE or full day (Sec. C.6)
High schools – not less than 1 standard class period per day
Middle grades (6th – 8th) – not less than 1 standard class period per day
Elementary (PK – 5th, self-contained 6th) – 260 minutes per week, at least one block of 40 minutes each day.

16. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Staff Meetings (Sec. C.8)
Up to 2 hours per week
After the contract day
Monday or Tuesday (not both)

17. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Itinerants/Travel Time (Sec. C.9)
Travelling/being split between school cannot extend the day
Adequate travel time allowed within the work day
Travelling time can not be over lunch or planning time

18. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Part-time
Workday and workload proportional
Percentage of full-time
FTE bands
.5 to .66
.67 to .74
.75 to .99

19. Workday (Article 5 section c, p. 12)
Itinerant and Part-time If supervisor and rep. can’t come to consensus around an itinerant or part-time educator’s schedule or workload, they can refer to HR and PAT for resolution. (Sec. C.9.d and C.10.d) Send to: Brock Logan Kathi Koenig

20. Table talk
Discuss at your table:
How does your school schedule meet the workday provisions of the contract?
Is there anything in your schedule you need to change?
Do you need clarification or support?
Repeat instructions

21. break
10 minutes

22. workload

23. Workload (Article 5 section D, p. 14)
Base year for workload determination is 2010 – 2011
Except as modified by the workday provisions (Sec. D.1)
Good faith and consideration of fairness and balance in assigning duty (Sec. D.2)
Subs. or compensation for IEP conferences & plans (Sec. D.5)

24. Workload (Article 5) Progress/Grade Reports
No more than 4 progress/grade reports
Except Mid-Term reports – danger of failing/significant decline
Guidance on Elementary Parent/Teacher conferences and first quarter grade/progress reports forthcoming early next week.

25. Workload (Article 5 section d, p. 14)
Workload committee
Equal membership PAT and PPS appointees (Sec. D.10.a)
Look for ways to eliminate aspects of workload (Sec. D.10.b)
Review issues and data impacting workload
Offset workload impacts of new initiatives and mandates
System to review individual educator concerns about inequitable workload (Sec. D.10.c)
Introduce Suzane and Gina; load their presentation

26. EVALUATION (Article 23
Performance evaluated in writing in accordance with the PPS Handbook for Professional Growth and Evaluation (Sec. A; p.65)
Evaluator’s ratings shall be based on direct evidence.
(Sec. C; p. 65)
Handbook, appendices including the framework and forms shall be distributed to professional educators.

27. Evaluation committee

28. THANK YOU