Know Thy Rights FAQ

“Collective commitments shall include a meeting summary based on work done during the meeting related to the four questions (to be completed on the PLC Learning Team form or form mutually agreed upon between the PLC team and administrator). The summary form used is to be completed within the allotted PLC time.”

“Collaboration agendas shall be mutually agreed upon between the site administration and the Site Leadership Team, (or specialty group PLC team in the absence of a representative on the Site Leadership Team). Site Leaders shall actively seek input from those they represent to inform the development of collaboration agendas.”

“Collaboration agendas shall be mutually agreed upon between the site administration and the Site Leadership Team, (or specialty group PLC team in the absence of a representative on the Site Leadership Team). Site Leaders shall actively seek input from those they represent to inform the development of collaboration agendas.”

“The process of discussing or collecting trend data from one or more teachers, such as walk-throughs, is not considered to be evaluative.”

“Final evaluation comments must relate to administrative observations and/or written communications to individual employees during the formal observation period. Informal observations shall not count towards a certificated employee’s evaluation.”

“The process of discussing or collecting trend data from one or more teachers, such as walk-throughs, is not considered to be evaluative.”

“No bargaining unit member can evaluate another bargaining unit member, or direct other bargaining unit members to change their teaching method or implementation of the curriculum.”

The contract does not address opting out of peer observations. This is the closest related language.

“The evaluation of a permanent certificated employee may be at least every five (5) years based on the following:

a. The permanent certificated employee: i. Has been employed for ten (10) complete cumulative school years with the District, ii. Is determined to be highly qualified, if serving in a position that is required to be filled by a highly qualified professional as defined by the federal law and/or regulations, and iii. Previous evaluation rated the employee as overall satisfactory.

b. The evaluator and the permanent certificated employee being evaluated must agree to the five-year evaluation cycle. The permanent certificated employee or the evaluator may withdraw consent at any time. The stated reason for withdrawing consent shall be in writing and shall not be arbitrary, capricious, or retaliatory.”

“The Governing Board encourages the use of supplementary instructional materials to enrich the curriculum and enhance student learning. Such materials shall be aligned with district goals, curriculum objectives, and academic standards and shall supplement and not supplant the use of Board-adopted basic instructional materials that serve as the primary learning resources.”

“Supplementary instructional materials may be selected by the Superintendent or designee, school administrators, or teachers, as applicable, and obtained through donations to the district and/or available funding sources designated for these purposes.”

“Whenever a district employee proposes to use a supplementary resource which is not included in the approved learning resources of the district, he/she shall preview the material to determine whether, in his/her professional judgment, it is appropriate for the grade level taught and is consistent with district criteria for the selection of supplementary instructional materials. The employee shall confer with the Superintendent or designee as necessary to determine the compliance of the material with district criteria. The primary considerations should be the educational value, appropriateness, and relevance of the materials as well as the ages and maturity of the students.”

Grades K-6: instructional materials “are approved for classroom instruction if they meet any one of the criteria below: … 5. Supplementary support materials which are age appropriate and directly relate to and support state content area standards and the district approved course of study.”

Grades 7-12: instructional materials “are approved for classroom instruction if they meet any one of the criteria below: … 4. Supplementary support materials which are age appropriate and directly relate to and support state content area standards and the district approved course of study.”

“A teacher may suspend any pupil from class, for any of the acts enumerated in Section 48900, for the day of the suspension and the day following. The teacher shall immediately report the suspension to the principal of the school and send the pupil to the principal or the designee of the principal for appropriate action. If that action requires the continued presence of the pupil at the schoolsite, the pupil shall be under appropriate supervision, as defined in policies and related regulations adopted by the governing board of the school district. As soon as possible, the teacher shall ask the parent or guardian of the pupil to attend a parent-teacher conference regarding the suspension. If practicable, a school counselor or a school psychologist may attend the conference. A school administrator shall attend the conference if the teacher or the parent or guardian so requests. The pupil shall not be returned to the class from which he or she was suspended, during the period of the suspension, without the concurrence of the teacher of the class and the principal.”

“Both bargaining unit members and administration will adhere to and enforce Education Code section 48910, the teacher’s right to suspend from the classroom.”

“The District and Association agree that all PreK-6 teachers will have a duty free lunch on all school days.”

“All grades shall have at least one recess that is a minimum of fifteen (15) minutes in length.”

“Prep time not received due to holiday, full-day professional development, field trips, or minimum day will not be made up.”

“Prep time not received due to holiday, full-day professional development, field trips, or minimum day will not be made up.”

“The District and Association agree that all PreK-6 teachers will have a duty free lunch on all school days. A duty free lunch may be circumvented by assigning additional duties on rainy days. On rainy days, for sites that are unable to develop a system to free teachers for their full lunch period, principals may assign from one (1) to five (5) teachers on a rotating basis to supervise students. In all cases, teachers will receive a full 30-minute lunch.”

“Teachers may be assigned periods 1-8 or 0-7 (6 class periods, 1 lunch period, and 1 preparation period) on a voluntary basis. Teachers will receive an 8th period stipend for six teaching periods (i.e. classes paid as 8th period stipend).”

“If there are not enough credentialed and qualified teachers to teach the needed 8th period optional(s) at a 7-8 site(s), then credentialed and qualified teachers at the other 7-8 sites will be offered the optional period(s). If no 7-8 teacher is interested, then qualified teachers at the TK-6 and 9-12 level will be given the opportunity to fill the need. If there are no TK-12 teachers available or willing to teach the 8th period optional(s), then the principal at the individual 7-8 school may assign a credentialed and qualified teacher from their staff to teach the needed 8th period optional(s).”

This sentence is in the section for grades 7-8. The section for grades 9-12 (Art. IV, Sec. M, p. 25) does not mention a 0-7 schedule.

“There shall be a weekly elementary preparation period at each elementary school site (which includes special education), for grades TK-6 within the following guidelines: 1. Two thirty (30) minute preparation times during the student instructional day for each TK-6 teacher. Administration will schedule each TK-6 teacher’s preparation time. 2. Certificated employees who are teacher of record will receive prep time.”

“The District and Association agree that all PreK-6 teachers will have a duty free lunch on all school days.”

“Caseloads for resource specialists shall be stated in the local policies developed pursuant to Section 56195.8 and in accordance with regulations established by the board. A resource specialist shall not have a caseload that exceeds 28 pupils.”

“Resource Specialist caseloads shall be based on the average for the year and in accordance with Education Code when determining initial staffing allocations.”

“Caseloads will be reviewed each month to determine whether additional resources are needed immediately based on consistent counts over caseload or trends in numbers from month-to-month. Temporary assistance may be provided through sharing of resource time between sites that are over twenty-eight (28) and those that are twenty (20) or under. Assistance to overloaded sites may also be provided by a rover, substitute or other additional time (e.g. paraprofessional allocation), or at 7-12 with optional periods.”