AGREEMENT BETWEEN Montgomery County Education …

CONTRACT

AGREEMENT BETWEEN

Montgomery County Education Association

AND

Board of Education of Montgomery County

ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND

SCHOOL YEARS 2021 ? 2022

Table of Contents

PREAMBLE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

THE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONSHIP: ARTICLE 1--Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARTICLE 2--School Board Authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARTICLE 3--Association Rights & Privileges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ARTICLE 4--Negotiation Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ARTICLE 5--Grievance Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ARTICLE 6--Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ARTICLE 7--General. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: ARTICLE 8--Equity & Access. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 ARTICLE 9--School Quality & Improvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 ARTICLE 10--Positive, Safe, and Orderly School Learning Climate. . . . . . . . . 22 ARTICLE 11--Physical Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 ARTICLE 12--Personal & Academic Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 ARTICLE 13--Security of Staff, Students, & Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ARTICLE 14--Instructional Materials & Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH SYSTEM: ARTICLE 15--Professional Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ARTICLE 16--Evaluations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

TIME FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING: ARTICLE 17--Schedules & Work Load . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ARTICLE 18--Staffing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 ARTICLE 19--Assignments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

COMPENSATION: ARTICLE 20--Salaries & Supplements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ARTICLE 21--Extracurricular Stipends. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 ARTICLE 22--Other Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ARTICLE 23--Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 ARTICLE 24--Deductions from Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: ARTICLE 25--Voluntary Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ARTICLE 26--Involuntary Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 ARTICLE 27--Transfers from Schools That Are Closing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 ARTICLE 28--Twelve-Month Positions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ARTICLE 29--Part-time Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 ARTICLE 30--Procedures for Reduction in Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ARTICLE 31--Leaves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 ARTICLE 32--Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 ARTICLE 33--Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

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SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS' CONTRACT: PREAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ARTICLE 1--Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ARTICLE 2--Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ARTICLE 3--Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 ARTICLE 4--Professional Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ARTICLE 5--Schedules & Work Load. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ARTICLE 6--Working Conditions; Due Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 ARTICLE 7--Salaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ARTICLE 8--Authorized Absences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 ARTICLE 9--Supplement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ARTICLE 10--Duration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

HOME & HOSPITAL TEACHERS' CONTRACT: PREAMBLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 ARTICLE 1--Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ARTICLE 2--Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ARTICLE 3--Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ARTICLE 4--Professional Development. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ARTICLE 5--Working Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 ARTICLE 6--Compensation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ARTICLE 7--Supplement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 ARTICLE 8--Duration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

APPENDIX A Unit Composition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

APPENDIX B A Compact Regarding Respect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

APPENDIX C Work Schedule Guidelines for Teachers Employed Less than Full-Time . . . . . . 85

APPENDIX D Salary Scale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Preamble

The parties to this Agreement believe that a high-quality education is a fundamental right of every child. All children can learn. We have the responsibility to preserve the right of all students to succeed and to promote success for every student. We further recognize and greatly appreciate the extraordinary commitment of all school employees and the efforts they make every day to meet the needs and promote the best interests of students. We dedicate ourselves to a shared commitment to the four goals of MCPS, as expressed in Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence.

A Compact for Collaboration This negotiated Agreement between Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) and the Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA). It is much more than a contract that describes the wages, hours, and working conditions of the unit members covered by it.

School systems across the country that have made progress in improving the quality of teaching and learning--the key to improving student performance--have done it by creating a culture of ownership and participation by teachers and other staff in the development of strategies for improvement. We believe that a culture of ownership must include supportive, collaborative relationships among teachers, principals, and other staff, and structures that facilitate institutional collaboration.

MCPS is committed to creating organizational structures and processes that solidify the collaborative relationship between MCPS and the teachers' representative organization, MCEA, so that all parties will work together to do what is best for students.

This Agreement describes a relationship of collaboration being forged between the teachers' union and the school system, dedicated to the continuous improvement of the quality of education in Montgomery County Public Schools. "Continuous improvement" in an educational setting vests employees closest to the work done with students with the shared responsibility to decide how that work is to be done. For the union, taking responsibility for the improvement of the quality of teaching and learning represents an expanded role in public education. For the administration, nurturing a partnership with the union dedicated to the improvement of instruction, schools, and the school system has become a priority.

In effect, this Agreement becomes a compact that defines how we work together in the best interest of students. We commit to work together to obtain and/or realign resources necessary to implement the goals and concepts described throughout this Agreement.

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