WESTERVILLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - Westerville City School District

MASTER CONTRACT

BETWEEN THE

WESTERVILLE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

AND THE

WESTERVILLE BOARD OF EDUCATION

September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2015

TABLE OF CONTENTS PREAMBLE.............................................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER 1.............................................................................................................. 4 RECOGNITION.............................................................................................. 4

CHAPTER 2.............................................................................................................. 4 NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE......................................................................... 4

CHAPTER 3.............................................................................................................. 5 ASSOCIATION RIGHTS.................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER 4............................................................................................................... 10 COMMUNICATION PROCEDURE....................................................................... 10

CHAPTER 5............................................................................................................... 10 CLASS SIZE................................................................................................... 10

CHAPTER 6............................................................................................................... 11 CONTRACT DAY............................................................................................ 11

CHAPTER 7............................................................................................................... 13 PERSONNEL FILES.......................................................................................... 13

CHAPTER 8............................................................................................................... 14 INVOLVEMENT IN CURRICULUM STUDIES.......................................................... 14

CHAPTER 9............................................................................................................... 15 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT...................................................................... 15

CHAPTER 10............................................................................................................. 19 FEE WAIVERS................................................................................................ 19

CHAPTER 11............................................................................................................. 21 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE............................................................................... 21

CHAPTER 12............................................................................................................. 22 ENHANCING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND DEVELOPMENT ......................... 22

CHAPTER 13............................................................................................................ 25 FAIR DISMISSAL............................................................................................. 25

CHAPTER 14............................................................................................................ 28 REDUCTION IN FORCE (RIF)........................................................................... 28

CHAPTER 15............................................................................................................ 30 RETIREMENT BENEFITS................................................................................. 30

CHAPTER 16............................................................................................................ 31 PAID LEAVES................................................................................................. 31

CHAPTER 17............................................................................................................ 36 UNPAID LEAVES............................................................................................. 36

CHAPTER 18............................................................................................................ 38 INSURANCE.................................................................................................. 38

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CHAPTER 19............................................................................................................ 41 SALARY AND PROCEDURES........................................................................... 41

CHAPTER 20............................................................................................................ 44 SUPPLEMENTAL SALARY AND PROCEDURES................................................... 44

CHAPTER 21............................................................................................................ 49 SCHOOL CALENDAR AND CONTRACT YEAR..................................................... 49

CHAPTER 22............................................................................................................ 50 ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER........................................................................ 50

CHAPTER 23............................................................................................................ 52 CERTIFICATES/ LICENSES/ STATUS VALIDATION............................................. 52

CHAPTER 24............................................................................................................ 52 INDIVIDUAL CONTRACTS................................................................................ 52

CHAPTER 25............................................................................................................ 54 CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT....................................................................... 54

CHAPTER 26............................................................................................................ 55 SPECIAL EDUCATION AND LEAST RESTRICTIVE ENVIRONMENT........................ 55

CHAPTER 27............................................................................................................ 57 IMPLEMENTATION AND DURATION.................................................................. 57

APPENDIX HS........................................................................................................... 59 SITE-BASED DECISION-MAKING...................................................................... 59

APPENDIX MS........................................................................................................... 65 TEACHING AND LEARNING STEERING COMMITTEE AND SITE COUNCIL ............. 65

MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING....................................................................... 69 FORMS....................................................................................................................... 79 APPENDIX 1 ? WESTERVILLE CITY SCHOOLS - Benefit Summary (Health)....................... 104 APPENDIX 2 ? PREVENTATIVE CARE SERVICES........................................................... 108 APPENDIX 3 ? WESTERVILLE CITY SCHOOLS - Benefit Summary (Dental)........................ 110 INDEX ....................................................................................................................... 111

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PREAMBLE

0.1 This written contract, as referenced in Section 4117.01 (G) of the Ohio Revised Code, is entered into at Westerville, Ohio, this first day of September 1, 2012, between the Westerville Board of Education (a public employer as defined in Section 4117.01 (B) of the Ohio Revised Code and hereinafter referred to as the "Board") and the Westerville Education Association (an employee organization as defined in Section 4117.01 (D) of the Ohio Revised Code; an affiliate of the Ohio Education Association and the National Education Association; and hereinafter referred to as the "Association"). 0.2 Members of the Association's bargaining unit are defined in Chapter 1, Section 1.1, Section 1.1.2 of this contract and may hereinafter be referred to as "teachers," "employees," "bargaining unit members," and/or "unit members." 0.3 As used herein, the term "Superintendent" shall mean the Superintendent or his/her designee. The Superintendent is barred from designating an Association bargaining unit member as his/her designee for any purpose set forth in this contract. 0.4 Unless otherwise specified, "day" shall mean calendar day. (Monday ? Friday, excluding holidays). 0.5 Unless otherwise specified, "request" or "notice" shall mean written or electronic request or written or electronic notice. 0.6 Unless otherwise specified, "seniority" shall mean seniority as defined in Section 14.3. Add 0.7 Unless otherwise specified, "copy" shall mean paper or electronic copy.

CHAPTER 1 RECOGNITION

1.1 Recognition 1.1.1 The Board recognizes the Association as the exclusive representative of all bargaining unit members as defined in Section 1.1.2 below. 1.1.2 The bargaining unit shall include all certificated/licensed employees except substitute teachers who are employed to work less than one school year, all supervisors and management level employees, and all non-certificated employees.

CHAPTER 2 NEGOTIATIONS PROCEDURE

2.1 Negotiations Procedure 2.1.1 Either party desiring to terminate, modify, or negotiate a successor collective bargaining Agreement shall serve written notice of the proposed termination, modification, or successor Agreement. The initiating party must serve the notice not less than ninety (90) calendar days prior to the expiration of the existing Agreement. 2.1.2 All initial proposals for negotiations shall be in writing and exchanged at the first collective bargaining meeting between the parties. Such meeting shall be held no earlier than seventy-five (75) days or later than seventy (70) days prior to the expiration of the existing agreement. If, however, the existing Agreement expires between August 15 and October 15, then such meeting shall occur no later than the next to last work day as defined by the adopted school calendar. 2.1.3 Those chapters in the existing Agreement which are not proposed to be modified or terminated by either party shall become a part of the successor collective bargaining Agreement.

2.2 Negotiations Responsibility 2.2.1 Either party may call upon professional or lay representatives to consider matters under discussion and to make presentations to the other party during negotiating meetings. 2.2.2 The collective bargaining representatives of each party's team shall consist of no more than five (5) individuals, unless otherwise mutually agreed upon. 2.2.3 As negotiation items receive tentative agreement, they shall be reduced to writing and initialed by the chair of each party 2.2.4 When tentative agreement is reached on all issues

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proposed, each party's negotiation representatives shall respectively urge and recommend the adoption of such agreement. Such agreement shall be reduced to writing and submitted to the Association membership for approval. If approved, the agreement shall be submitted to the Board for approval at the next regular or special meeting of the Board. When approved by the Association and the Board, the Agreement shall become a binding collective bargaining Agreement between the Association and the Board and shall supersede any Board policy, rule, or regulation that might conflict with any term or condition of the Agreement. 2.2.5 The Board and the Association admit observers to negotiation meetings. Observers are to retain the confidentiality of the negotiations process. Each party may have up to three (3) observers attend negotiation meetings, unless more or less is mutually agreed upon. The Board observers designated by the Board are restricted to present/elect Board members, supervisors, and management level employees as defined in Section 1.1.2. The Association observers are restricted to members of its bargaining unit as defined in Section 1.1.2. 2.3 Inability to Reach Agreement 2.3.1 If an agreement has not been reached after consideration of proposals and counterproposals, either party may petition the Federal Mediation Conciliation Service (FMCS) to assign a mediator. In the event that the parties have not reached agreement thirty (30) calendar days prior to expiration of the contract, they shall petition FMCS to assign a mediator. 2.3.2 The mediation process shall commence with the assignment of the mediator and continue for twenty-one (21) calendar days. (In no instance shall mediation continue beyond expiration of the contract except by written mutual agreement of the parties.) The mediator shall have no authority to bind the parties to any agreement, nor shall he/she alter, modify, or amend any agreement between the parties. The process described herein shall not abrogate the Association's right under O.R.C. 4117.14.D.2 to conduct a lawful strike, providing the mediation process described above has been completed. 2.4 The procedure outlined in Section 2.3 is the parties' mutually agreed to Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedure and supersedes the dispute resolution procedures of O.R.C. 4117.14 (C)(2-6). 2.5 During the term of this Agreement, any interim negotiations shall be governed by the bargaining impasse procedures as set forth in O.R.C. 4117.14 up to and including Fact Finding, i.e. 4117.14 (C)(6). 2.6 Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit the parties, at any time, from voluntarily agreeing to submit any or all of the issues in dispute to any other alternative dispute settlement procedure.

CHAPTER 3 ASSOCIATION RIGHTS

3.1 Association representatives shall be herein defined to be limited to Association officers, faculty representatives, committee chairpersons, and employees of the Association. 3.2 The Association shall be the only organization representing or attempting to gain authority to represent bargaining unit members, as defined in Section 1.1.2 of this contract, to be granted the following rights and privileges. 3.3 Association representatives who are bargaining unit members shall have the right to schedule the use of school buildings to conduct meetings provided that such use does not interfere with or interrupt normal instructional programs, building maintenance, health and safety conditions, or previously scheduled activities. 3.4 Association representatives shall be permitted to transact official business on school property provided that such use does not interfere with or interrupt normal instructional programs, building maintenance, health and safety conditions, or previously scheduled activities. 3.5 Association representatives who are bargaining unit members shall have the right to use school equipment normally used by members of the bargaining unit in the course of their employment provided that such use does not interfere with or interrupt normal instructional programs of the school district, maintenance, health and safety conditions, or previously scheduled usage. Other school equipment may

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