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Class Size Maxima: 2007 - 2008
We have tenaciously fought for class size reductions over the last two decades. They are most important to us and most important to the children we teach. Please see the attached schedule of permissible class size numbers.
If any of your classes is in violation of the allowed maxima, please speak to your BTU building rep. and he/she will make sure that a grievance is promptly filed. Procrastination does not pay. File your grievance when the maxima is exceeded. A student who has been enrolled and who has not been discharged counts on your class roster.
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* REGULAR EDUCATION * |
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Kindergarten - Grade 2 |
22 |
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Kindergarten - Grade 2 |
20 |
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Grades 3 - 5 |
25 |
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Grades 3 - 5 |
23 |
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Grades 6 - 8 |
28 |
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Grades 6 - 8 |
26 |
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Grades 9 - 12 |
31 |
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Grades 9 - 12 |
29 |
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Grade Combinations (Elem.) |
22 |
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Grade Combinations (Elem.) |
20 |
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Industrial Classes |
20 |
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IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE IS ONLY ONE REGULAR EDUCATION CLASS IN A GRADE LEVEL, THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MAY EXCEED THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMA BY ONE OR TWO STUDENTS. FOR ONE STUDENT OVER THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMA THE TEACHER WILL RECEIVE $1,500. AND FOR TWO STUDENTS $3,000. |
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IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS WHERE THERE IS A SINGULAR REGULAR EDUCATION COURSE OFFERING, THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT MAY EXCEED THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMA BY ONE OR TWO STUDENTS. FOR ONE STUDENT OVER THE CLASS SIZE MAXIMA THE TEACHER WILL RECEIVE $300. PER CLASS AND FOR TWO STUDENTS $600. |
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* SPECIAL EDUCATION * |
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Resource Room |
10 |
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With one para |
12 |
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With two paras |
16 |
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Early Childhood |
6 |
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With one para |
9 |
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Substantially Separate |
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With one para |
12 |
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SOME VERY SPECIALIZED CLASSES, E.G. LAB CLUSTER, MAY HAVE A SMALLER CLASS SIZE. |
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* BILINGUAL, ESL & SHELTERED IMMERSION * |
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ANY Grade |
20 |
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With One Para |
25 |
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Teachers should immediately report class size violations to the Executive Vice-President. |
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Union Dues
Union dues and agency fee this school year will be $38.78 per check for teachers on a 26 payroll check cycle, $45.83 per check for teachers on a 22 payroll check cycle.
ISSP
No ISSP's on your time - The school department will provide time for individuals to do ISSP's, The time they must provide comes from their time, not your time. It cannot come out of your teacher-directed P&D's. Elementary teachers get four teacher-directed P&D's per week. Secondary teachers get five. ISSP's cannot be given to you as a duty or obligation to be completed at home.
Individual Benchmark testing
All K2-3 will be provided with the equivalent of two days of substitute coverage to do benchmark testing. One day's equivalency will be given in September, the other in June.
Personal and Sick Leave
Leave for Personal Reasons:
Teachers granted leave with pay shall be permitted to continue to establish creditable service towards retirement while on such leave.
Sick Leave:
- Annual leave for fifteen (15) days without loss of pay for absences caused by illness or by injury, or by exposure to contagious disease.
- Sick leave may accumulate from year to year.
- Each September, 15 days of sick leave shall be added to the reserve of each person in actual service on or before October 1 of that school year.
- A person appointed after October 1 of any school year shall be granted sick leave for that school year on the following basis:
a. A person appointed after October 1 but before January 1 shall be granted twelve (12) days sick leave for that school year.
b. A person appointed after January 1 but before April 1 shall be granted eight (8) days of sick leave for that school year.
c. A person appointed after April 1 shall be granted four (4) days leave for that school year.
Up to thirty(30) days of accumulated sick leave may
be used for family illness in each school year. Additional leave for this
purpose is subject to the approval of the Personnel Department.
Personal Leave and Miscellaneous
Paid Leave
A. General
- Personal leave may be used for personal needs not otherwise provided for, such as to receive a college degree; graduation of immediate member, including niece and nephew; veteran’s and educational; and funerals of family/friends/teachers.
- Request for personal leave other than in an emergency shall be submitted to the building administrator as early as possible prior to the day being requested.
- In no event will a personal leave be granted during a school emergency.
- Employees shall be entitled to use up to four (4) personal days per school year. Up to three (3) such personal days not used in the year for which they are granted are added to the person’s sick leave.
B. Limit on Number of Persons Taking Leave at the same time
- Except at the discretion of the building administrator, not more than five (5) percent of the teachers may be eligible for personal leave on the same day.
C. Limit on Personal Days Before & After School Vacations
- No teacher may take a personal day on both the day before and the after a school vacation, including the Thanksgiving recess.
D. Religious Holidays
- Up to two (2) days without loss of pay or personal leave for the observance of the Jewish Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, and for the observance of the Muslim religious holidays, Eidul-Fitr and Eidul-Adha.
- One (1) day without loss of pay for Good Friday observance of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
E. Death in Immediate Family
- Up to five (5) days without the loss of pay, in the event of a death in the immediate family, including mother-in-law or father-in-law or anyone residing in the same household with the teacher. (Days are consecutive school days immediately preceding, following or including the day of death. Holidays, vacations or suspended sessions shall be considered school days under this provision.
- One (1) day without loss of pay, shall be provided for a niece, nephew, uncle, aunt, and in-law other than above.
- Three (3) days without loss of pay shall be provided for the death of a grandchild or grandparent.
F. Court Leave
- The Boston School Department will provide release time without loss of pay for court appearances on school business, including cases involving job-related teacher assaults.
Health Insurance
Health insurance is provided to the membership through the city of Boston's Group Insurance Office at (617) 635-4570. Call that number for more information or visit at Boston City Hall, Room 807.