ARTICLE L21
JOB SHARING
L21.01 General
The parties agree that job sharing
is an arrangement which involves sharing the duties and
responsibilities of a permanent teaching position on a part-time
basis with another Teacher. The Board and Union agree that job
sharing may be a feasible and desirable employment option for
Teachers in some circumstances, while having due regard for the
provision of the program and the safety and well-being of the
pupils.
The Board agrees that two Teachers,
both having completed a minimum of two (2) years continuous
employment with the Board and neither of whom have been declared
redundant, may choose to share a particular single teaching
position and its attendant timetable for a school year to a maximum
of a five (5) year period provided the following requirements are
met.
L21.02
Job sharing may take the form of
sharing on a time basis approved by all parties involved.
L21.03 Process
a) Prior to 1 March, the Board shall
prepare and post a notice in each elementary school detailing the
availability and application process for job sharing.
b) At least one of the Teachers
proposing a shared year must be assured of a fulltime position
which will be available to share in the applicable year.
c) Application shall be made to the
Director of Education or designate on or before 1 April in the year
prior to entering the plan. By agreement of all parties, this date
may be waived. Permission to share a teaching position may only be
granted by the Director of Education or designate.
d) At the time of granting of the
leave, agreement in writing shall be reached on the date of return
to full-time teaching. The date may be extended by mutual agreement
between the Teachers and the Board.
e) The division of hours of work
shall be determined by mutual agreement between the two (2)
employees and the Principal.
f) Subject to the approval of the
appropriate Superintendent(s) of Schools the proposed sharing
arrangement shall be considered only upon written recommendation of
the Principal(s) involved, and the Superintendent shall be assured
to his/her satisfaction that the sharing arrangements result in the
continued functioning of all duties involved in a position. Prior
to providing a written recommendation to the Superintendent of
Instruction, the Principal must be satisfied that the teachers have
developed a satisfactory plan with 64 To Alphabetical List respect
to communication with parents, assessment and evaluation and
division of responsibility for sharing of curricular areas.
g) Written acceptance or refusal of
the application by the Board with explanations shall be forwarded
to the Teachers by May 1 in the same school year the request was
made.
L21.04 Job Sharing Conditions
The following conditions shall apply
during and following the year of sharing the position as
indicated:
a) The salary paid to each Teacher
shall be a pro-rated portion of the salary he/she would earn as a
full-time Teacher for the applicable year. The pro-rating shall be
in accordance with the division of duties of the full-time position
and shall be agreed upon by the Teachers concerned and the Director
of Education or designate before permission is granted.
b) A Teacher in the job sharing plan
shall have his/her salary, benefits as per ARTICLE L14 and sick
leave credits pro-rated in relation to what he/she would receive as
a full- time Teacher.
c) The Teacher shall have the option
of contributing the difference between the amount of benefit
premiums paid by the Board and the amount that would have been paid
had the Teacher remained full-time.
d) Experience credit for the shared
year, for salary purposes in the application of ARTICLE L10 in
succeeding years, shall be pro-rated in the same proportion as
determined in (a) above.
e) Seniority shall continue to
accumulate for each Teacher participating in the plan.
f) The two Teachers, in consultation
with the Principal, shall be required to co plan in the job
share.
g) In the year following the end of
the job share, and subject to the surplus, transfer, layoff
and recall provisions of this agreement, each Teacher shall have a
right to a position equal to their full contract status prior to
the beginning of the job share. More specifically, each Teacher
will retain a right to a position within the school where the job
sharing took place equal to their status during the job share and a
right to be placed in a position within the elementary school
system for the balance of their contract status subject to the
surplus, transfer, layoff and recall provisions of this
agreement.
List L21.05
Individuals who are participating in
job share as of 30 June 2001 shall continue to be exempted from the
maximum five (5) year period asidentified above in Article
L21.01.