NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT - Faith School District
NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT - Faith School District
NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT - Faith School District
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presented, including through witnesses, and cross-examination, and rebuttal<br />
witnesses. The employee may have a representative at his/her hearing before<br />
the Board under the same conditions as the first hearing. <strong>School</strong> Board<br />
decisions may be appealed according the S.D. statute.<br />
V. ASSOCIATION RIGHTS<br />
A. The Association shall have the right to use school facilities for meetings<br />
beyond the established school day. Such use shall not interfere with the school<br />
program.<br />
B. The Association shall have the right to use the inter-school mail, employee<br />
mailboxes, and bulletin boards so long as such usage does not increase the<br />
workload of any district employee. Reasonable use of school equipment, e.g.<br />
computers and copy machines, will be allowed.<br />
VI.<br />
VII.<br />
WORKDAY/WORKWEEK<br />
A. The workday for teachers will be 7:50A.M. to 3:50P.M. inclusive of any noon<br />
supervision.<br />
B. The workweek will be four days, with the exception of those Fridays set aside<br />
for professional development and/or teacher’s meetings.<br />
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION<br />
A. PAYROLL<br />
1. Employees will be allowed the option of receiving their paychecks in<br />
equal installments over nine (9), ten (10), or twelve (12) month periods.<br />
Notification shall be given to the business office no later than September<br />
15 of the current contract year of the option chosen. Salary checks will be<br />
issued on the 25 th of each month unless the 25 th falls on a weekend or<br />
during a vacation period. In such case the checks will be issued on the last<br />
working day prior to the weekend or vacation.<br />
B. SALARIES<br />
1. Salaries of teachers of the school district shall be determined by schedule.<br />
The current salary schedule is Appendix C and the current extra duty<br />
schedule is Appendix D. A new experienced teacher entering the system<br />
shall be given credit for up to 10 years actual experience in another<br />
system. The <strong>School</strong> Board reserves the right to negotiate salary with any<br />
personnel, above the salary schedule, in the case of hardship due to the<br />
lack of qualified applicants, as outlined in B.1.a. and B.1.b.<br />
a. In a hardship case a new experienced teacher may receive<br />
credit for an additional 5 years, regardless of actual experience,<br />
for a period of 2 years, during which time his/her salary is<br />
frozen. The third year he/she returns to the normal salary<br />
schedule equal to his/her actual years of experience.<br />
b. A first-year teacher in a hardship case may be given a<br />
$3,000.00 signing bonus, receiving $1,000.00 each year for the<br />
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