AGREEMENT between the BOARD OF EDUCATION District 205, Cook County and the FACULTY ASSOCIATION of District 205 IEA/NEA August 1, 2018 through July 31, 2023 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT ARTICLE ONE Preamble .................................................................................................................... 1 ARTICLE TWO Fair Share .................................................................................................................. 1 ARTICLE THREE Procedures .............................................................................................................. 1 ARTICLE FOUR Request for Mediation ............................................................................................. 1 ARTICLE FIVE Prohibited Activities ................................................................................................... 2 ARTICLE SIX Amendments ................................................................................................................ 2 ARTICLE SEVEN Relationships .......................................................................................................... 2 ARTICLE EIGHT Association and Teacher Rights .............................................................................. 2 ARTICLE NINE Academic Freedom ................................................................................................... 5 ARTICLE TEN Citizenship .................................................................................................................. 5 ARTICLE ELEVEN Teacher Protection ............................................................................................... 5 ARTICLE TWELVE Professional Qualifications and Assignments ...................................................... 6 ARTICLE THIRTEEN Teaching Hours and Assignments .................................................................... 7 ARTICLE FOURTEEN Teacher Conditions and Staff Facilities ......................................................... 11 ARTICLE FIFTEEN Reduction in Personnel ...................................................................................... 15 ARTICLE SIXTEEN Vacancies, Transfers and Promotions ............................................................... 16 ARTICLE SEVENTEEN Evaluation of Professional Certificated Employees ..................................... 16 ARTICLE EIGHTEEN Student Teaching and Counselor Intern Program Assistance ........................ 24 ARTICLE NINETEEN Student Discipline ........................................................................................... 25 ARTICLE TWENTY Special Pupil Programs ...................................................................................... 25 ARTICLE TWENTY-ONE Leaves ....................................................................................................... 26 ARTICLE TWENTY-TWO Professional Compensation and Related Provisions ............................... 31 ARTICLE TWENTY-THREE Maintenance of Standards .................................................................... 35 ARTICLE TWENTY-FOUR Professional Grievance Procedure ......................................................... 35 ARTICLE TWENTY-FIVE Teacher Discipline/Rights/Guarantees ..................................................... 37 ARTICLE TWENTY-SIX Staff Committee Assignments .................................................................... 39 ARTICLE TWENTY-SEVEN Tuition Reimbursement ......................................................................... 40 ARTICLE TWENTY-EIGHT Summer School ...................................................................................... 40 ARTICLE TWENTY-NINE Teacher-Administrator-Board Committee ............................................... 41 ARTICLE THIRTY Teacher-Administration Collaboration and Committees .................................... 42 ARTICLE THIRTY-ONE Effect of Agreement .................................................................................... 43 ARTICLE THIRTY-TWO No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB/Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) ...................................................................................................................... 43 ARTICLE THIRTY-THREE Management Rights ................................................................................. 44 ARTICLE THIRTY-FOUR Duration and Acceptance of Agreement .................................................. 44 LETTERS OF UNDERSTANDING ....................................................................................................... 45 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING-Credit Recovery ............................................................... 46 APPENDIX A District 205 School Calendar ..................................................................................... 48 APPENDIX B Educational Credit for Salary Schedule ..................................................................... 49 APPENDIX C Extra Compensation Schedule ................................................................................... 55 APPENDIX D Professional Evaluation Forms .................................................................................. 61 APPENDIX E District 205 Waivers ................................................................................................... 61 APPENDIX F District 205 Committee Structure .............................................................................. 66 APPENDIX G Insurance Plans ......................................................................................................... 67 APPENDIX H Teacher Investigation Letter Template ..................................................................... 68 i TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROFESSIONAL NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT ARTICLE ONE Preamble The Board of Education of District 205 recognizes the Faculty Association of District 205, an affiliate of the Illinois Education Association/N.E.A. and the National Education Association, as the exclusive bargaining representative for all professional certificated employees, including psychologists, but excluding assistant principals, principals, and central office administrative personnel. ARTICLE TWO Fair Share [Deleted. See parties’ Letter of Understanding attached hereto.] ARTICLE THREE Procedures A. Committee Membership A member or members of the Board and their designated representatives, and representatives of the Faculty Association of District 205 shall constitute a joint negotiation committee. B. Meetings Regular meetings between the Superintendent or his representative and the Association representative shall be held on the second Monday of each month by mutual consent or on an alternate date mutually agreed upon. Additional meetings between the participating parties will be called upon written request of any of the parties. A request shall contain the reason or reasons for the meeting. A meeting shall be held within ten (10) calendar days of the date appearing on the written request at a mutually agreeable time. Formal negotiations shall commence no later than the first Monday following the first Tuesday in March. C. Communications Requests to the Superintendent shall be made to him or his designated representative; requests to the Board shall be made to the Board and the Superintendent; and requests to the Association shall be made to the President. D. Information The Superintendent and the central administrative staff may serve as resource consultants and will furnish copies of the tentative budget, the school district's annual financial report, Board salary proposals and copies of proposed amendments and additions to Administrative and Board policies affecting professional certificate personnel and such other readily available and pertinent information as the Association may request. Nothing herein shall require the central administrative staff to research and assemble information. The Association will furnish any pertinent information as requested by the Superintendent, central administrative staff, or Board. E. Scope The Association and the Board agree that negotiations over wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment will be in good faith and in accordance with the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board and its rules and regulations. F. Participation Should it ever become necessary for a member of the bargaining unit to participate during working hours in mutually scheduled conferences, meetings, or negotiations, which have been mutually agreed upon by the Superintendent or his representative and the Association's representative, the member of the bargaining unit shall suffer no loss of pay or loss of time allotted for sickness or personal leave. The number of members of the bargaining unit called for a mutually scheduled meeting shall not exceed three (3). ARTICLE FOUR Request for Mediation It is agreed that the parties will jointly request the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) if either party to this agreement declares impasse. Should FMCS be unavailable, the parties shall immediately commence discussions as to a replacement. In the event the parties cannot agree upon a replacement, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board shall be notified. 1 ARTICLE FIVE Prohibited Activities A. The Board Of Education And Administration Shall Not: 1. Refuse to permit the Association to have access at reasonable times to work areas of these certificated employees whom it represents. 2. Refuse