5th Grade Teacher

Collective Bargaining Agreement

Proper Illinois Licensure and Middle School Endorsement Required.

The School Board recognizes the Canton Education Association-IEA-NEA or its duly appointed representative(s) as the exclusive and sole bargaining representative for All full-time and part-time certificated teachers, instructional coaches, nurses, maintenance technicians, custodial, grounds athletic custodians, bus mechanics, bus drivers, paraprofessionals, principal's helpers, bus monitors, secretaries, clerks, teacher assistants, reading aides, social workers, counselors, and tech specialists, and whose duties are not administrative or managerial in nature, hereinafter referred to as employees. This does not include all substitute teachers, superintendent, assistant superintendent, curriculum director, special education director, athletic director, athletic trainer, principals, assistant principals, technology director, maintenance supervisor, custodian supervisor, transportation director, superintendent's secretary, assistant superintendent's secretary, accounts payable person, bookkeeper, and all managerial, supervisory, confidential, and short-term employees as defined by the Act.

The School Board agrees not to negotiate with any employees' organization other than the Association on matters contained herein during the duration of the Agreement.

The Association and the Board recognize the importance of communication in maintaining good relationships. Meetings with the administration will be held upon request at the mutually agreed upon time of the Association following reasonable written notice stating the term or items to be discussed at such meetings. The Administration will notify the Association of the three (3) members chosen to attend such meetings. The Association will designate not more than three (3) representatives to attend said meetings and will notify the Board's representative(s) in writing of their selection. These meetings are not intended to bypass the grievance procedure. Whenever possible, all meetings between the parties will be scheduled to take place when the employees involved are free from assigned responsibilities unless otherwise agreed.

The Canton Education Association will submit authorization for dues deductions for those members requesting such deductions. The authorization will include whether it is an annual or continuing authorization. Thereafter, those continuing members will not have to sign an annual authorization. The Association will annually specify the total dues amount per member. The administration will, within ten (10) days of each payday, remit deductions to the Association. A list of employees from whom deductions have been made will be included with the remittance. There will be twelve (12) consecutive deductions beginning no earlier than the second pay period in October. Those employees who leave the District prior to the beginning of the second semester may, within (40) days prior notice, authorize a withdrawal. Association dues will be pro rata as agreed in the deduction payment schedule (1). Continuing members must sign a withdrawal prior to October 15 to revoke a continuing authorization.

Names, addresses, experience, levels, and degree preparations of newly hired teachers will be provided to the Association following School Board approval of their contracts. ESP Officer Shift Switch Association officers (Co-President, Co-Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Department Representatives) may be permitted to switch work shifts to attend Association meetings, to meet with the Administration or Board on problems, or to attend negotiations sessions. Insurance committee members will be allowed to alter their shift for insurance committee meetings. Such schedule shifts may be rejected in whole or in part for good cause by the Administration or Board. The Association will have the right to use employees' mailboxes. Communications will be limited to official business of the Association. The Local Association and its IEA/NEA representative will have the right to use the school buildings before and after the contract day, provided it does not interrupt normal school operations, and provided that when special custodial service is rendered, the School Board may make a reasonable charge therefore. Duly authorized representatives of the Association and their respective affiliates will have the right to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times before and after school, and duty-free lunch periods, provided that this will not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations. Further provided, no Association's views on matters relating to supervisor-teacher relationships will be discussed in the presence of students. The School Board agrees to make available to the Association, in response to reasonable requests from time to time, all regularly and routinely prepared information concerning the financial condition of the school district including, but not limited to, financial statements and adopted budget. In addition, the School Board and the administration will grant reasonable requests for any other readily available and pertinent information which may be relevant to negotiations. Nothing herein will require the central administrative staff to research and assemble information. The Association will be provided with bulletin board space in each facility. Only authorized representatives of the Association will use bulletin boards for Association announcements. The Association Co-Presidents will be given the Board agenda in his/her mailbox including any proposed changes in the Board Policy Manual affecting employees (which are available for the Board) on the Thursday preceding the Monday Board meeting. Representatives of the Association will be allowed to address the Board on any agenda item. A copy of public Board Meeting minutes will be mailed to or placed in the mailbox of the Co-Presidents of the Association as soon as they have been approved by the Board.

The School Board, on its own behalf and on behalf of the electors of the School District, hereby retains and reserves unto itself all powers, rights, authority, duties, responsibilities, and obligations conferred upon and vested in it by the laws and the Constitution of the State of Illinois and of the United States. They shall not be required to bargain over matters of inherent managerial policy pursuant to IELRA.

No action of the Board or Administration will operate to directly or indirectly discourage or deprive an employee of any right covered by law.

The School Board hereby agrees that every employee will have the right to organize, join, and support the Association for the purpose of engaging in collective bargaining and/or negotiations.

Nothing herein will require any employee to be a member of, or participate in, the activities of the Association.

The School Board and the Association agree that they will not discriminate against any employee by reason of membership or non-membership in the Association, participation in collective bargaining, or the institution of any grievance, complaint, or provision under this agreement, nor will any provision of the Agreement be applied in a discriminatory or inconsistent fashion.

The term "good faith" is defined as the mutual responsibility of the School Board and the Association to deal with each other openly and fairly and in total, sincerely endeavor to reach agreement. It does not imply that either party concedes, compromise, or agree to any particular item.

The successor Agreement will be bargained pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act (P.A. 83-1014) however, bargaining shall begin no earlier than January 1 and no later than March 31 of the year this agreement expires except by mutual agreement.

The whole tentative agreement will be subject to ratification by the Association and the School Board and following ratification shall be signed by the parties. The Contract will be ready for reproduction within thirty (30) days after ratification and a final copy will be given to the Association Co-Presidents at that time. After reproduction, the Board will provide each employee with a digital copy of the Agreement. The cost of extra copies desired by the Association shall be borne by the Association.

NO STRIKE The association agrees that it will not authorize, sanction, condone, or acquiesce in, nor will any member of the Association take part in any strike, withholding services whole or part or work stoppage during the term of this Agreement.

The Board and the Association will follow the rules and regulations of the IELRA regarding picketing.

The Employer shall not engage in a lockout of bargaining unit members during the term of this agreement.

The calendar will contain no more than the following: Minimum state pupil attendance days (176). No more than 4 institute days including: a. First day teacher workshop b. End of year records day There will not be more than one hundred eighty (180) teacher attendance days required annually.

The Association will review and comment on the school calendar prior to its adoption. No changes to the scheduled Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Spring Break will be made to the District's adopted calendar after July 1 of each school year.

All teachers will be entitled to a duty-free uninterrupted lunch period each day as required in Sec. 24-9 of The School Code. A teacher engaged during the school day in the hearing of any grievance or arbitration will be released from regular duties without loss of salary. If mutually deemed of benefit to the parties, teachers may be released with pay to negotiate a successor contract. Each teacher working with the K-4 elementary and/or special education programs will be provided with a minimum of 225 minutes of individual preparation time, with at least four (4) thirty-five (35) consecutive-minute preparation periods during the regular student school day per week, with a goal of five (5) such periods per week. Additional individual preparation time beyond 35 minutes will be in blocks of time not less than 25 minutes which can include library time. A teacher may use for individual preparation all time during which his/her classes are receiving instruction from teaching specialists. A teacher will be compensated for each day, other than late start days, during which he or she does not have a