UTD Contract Table of Contents

UTD In the News

OpEd: Legislators missed lesson of book 'A Nation at Risk'
Tallahassee Democrat
(April 25, 2008)

Focus on South Florida
WFOR - CBS 4
(March 23, 2008)

Miami-Dade Teachers
protest health insurance
The Miami Herald
(March 12, 2008)

Study: Fla. education funding
affecting high wage jobs
WSVN - Fox 7 News
(Feb. 28, 2008)

Dade Schools chief Warns of Possible Layoffs
WFOR - CBS 4
(Feb. 14, 2008)

Teachers Vote To Decide Health Care Futures
WPLG - Local 10
(Feb. 11, 2008)

From Homeless to Multi-Millionaire
WFOR - CBS 4

(Feb. 2, 2008)

AFL-CIO Pushes for ‘No’ vote For Amendment 1
WPLG - Local 10
(Jan. 17, 2008)

Miami 'Zone' Gives Schools Intensive Help
"Education Week"
(Oct. 17, 2007)

Dade Teachers Flourish Under New Leadership
"American Teacher"

UTD/MDCPS Contract

Table of Contents

Article I -- General Purposes

Section 1. Purpose

Section 2. Preservation of Benefits

Section 3. Definitions

Section 4. Severability

Section 5. Policy Statement

Section 6. Compliance with Contracts

Section 7. Titles

Section 8. Reference to Constitutional Rights and State Statutes

Section 9. Conflicts with Law or Rule

Section 10. Collective Bargaining Research Data and Related Materials

Section 11. Non-Discrimination

Section 12. Consolidation

Article II - Recognition

Section 1. Labor Contract Supremacy

Section 2. Managerial/Confidential Exemptions

Section 3. Position Classification

Section 4. Post-Ratification Amendment

Article III - Access and Communications

Section 1. Statement of Philosophy

Section 2. Meet and Confer Procedures

Article IV -- Contracts

Section 1. Individual Contract

Section 2. Contractual Status

Section 3. Contracts for School Social Workers and Exceptional Child Teachers

Section 4. Continuing Contract for Psychologists

Section 5. Guidance Counselors, School Social Workers, and Psychologists

Section 6. Teachers Returning Under Full-Time Contract

Section 7. MDCPS/UTD Contract

Section 8. Maintenance of Contractual Standards

Article V -- Employer Rights

Section 1. Exclusive Management Authority

Section 2. Closing of Schools

Section 3. Contracting Out

Article VI -- Human Rights Provisions

Article VII - Class Size

Article VIII - Safe Learning Environment

Section 1. Student Discipline

Section 2. School Visitations

Section 3. Physical Restraint

Article IX -- Teaching Assignment

Section 1. General Procedures

Section 2. Role of Principal

Section 3. Number of Preparations

Section 4. Adult Program

Article X -- Non-Teaching Duties/Activities

Section 1. Limitations

Section 2. Merchandising

Section 3. Tutoring, Psychological Testing, and/or Therapy

Section 4. Medical Activities

Article XI -- Planning for Teaching and Learning

Article XII-- Hiring, Assigning and Transferring Instructional Personnel

Section 1. Hiring and Assignment of Instructional Personnel

Section 2. Teacher Certification

Section 3. Appointment/Reappointment

Section 4. Reemployment After Retirement

Section 5. New Teacher Orientation

Section 6. Assignment of Surplus Personnel

Section 7. Voluntary/Hardship Transfers

Section 8. Involuntary Transfer

Section 9. Project Employees

Article XIII -- Evaluation

Introduction

Section 1. Fundamental Competencies

Section 2. General Procedures/Accountability

Section 3. PACES Procedures

Section 4. The PACES Domains

Section 5. Monitoring of the PACES Implementation

Section 6. Observation/Evaluation of Itinerant Personnel

Section 7. Professional Service Contract Personnel

Article XIV -- Leaves/Vacation/Temporary Duty

Section 1. Jury Duty and Subpoena as a Witness

Section 2. Notification in the Event of Teacher Absences

Section 3. Legal Commitments -- Military Physical Examinations

Section 4. Leave for Elected or Appointed Public Official

Section 5. Workers' Compensation and Related Benefits

Section 6. Voting Leave

Section 7. Medical and Dental Examination Leave

Section 8. Sick Leave with Pay

Section 9. Sick Leave Accrual

Section 10. Sick Leave Without Pay for Illness

Section 11. Short Term Disability Benefit

Section 12. Sick Leave Bank

Section 13. Personal Leave With Pay

Section 14. Professional Leave

Section 15. Holiday Leave

Section 16. Annual Leave (Vacation Leave) --- Twelve-Month Employees

Section 17. Terminal Pay

Section 18. Temporary Duty Leave

Section 19. Non-School Employment During Leave

Section 20. Extended Leave Without Pay

Section 21. Professional Sabbatical Leave

Article XV -- Personnel Files

Personnel Files Maintenance

Article XVI -- Summer Employment

Section 1. Rules and Procedures for Summer Employment -- Teachers

Section 2. Teacher Assignments in the Summer Program

Section 3. Summer Employment for Paraprofessionals

Section 4. Summer Employment for School Support Personnel

Section 5. Summer Employment for Office Personnel

Section 6. Summer Enrollment

Section 7. Summer Employment Review Committee

Article XVII -- Paraprofessional/Associate Educator/School Support Personnel

Section 1. Paraprofessionals/Associate Educators

Section 2. School Support Personnel

Section 3. Job Listings

Paraprofessionals/Associate Educator Job Listings

School Support Personnel Job Listings

Section 4. Paraprofessional, Associate Educators, and School Support Personnel Salary Schedules 10-month/12-month Effective August 21, 2003

Section 4. Paraprofessional, Associate Educators, and School Support Personnel Salary Schedules 10-month/12-month Effective January 2, 2004

Article XVIII -- Office Employees

Introduction

Section 1. Work Schedule

Section 2. Overtime Rate

Section 3. Additional Part-Time Employment

Section 4. Job Vacancies

Section 5. Transfer/Promotions

Section 6. Layoffs

Section 7. Recall Pool

Section 8. Job Classification

Section 9. Probationary Employees

Section 10. Job Descriptions

Section 11. Early Release on Working Day Preceding Holiday

Section 12 Re-employment/Longevity Rights

Section 13. Technological Impact

Section 14. Assignment -- Members of the Same Family

Section 15. Temporary Duty

Section 16. Professionalization of Office Employees

Section 17. Tuition Reimbursement -- Office Employees

Section 18. Dismissal, Suspension, Reduction-in-Grade, or Non-Reappointment of Office Employees

Section 19. Employee Absences

Section 20. Salary

10-Month (U0) Effective August 21, 2003

12-Month (U0) Effective August 21, 2003

10-Month (U0) Effective January 2, 2004

12-Month (U0) Effective January 2, 2004

Section 22. Job Listing

Article XIX -- Temporary Instructors/Interim Teachers

Section 1. Use of Temporary Instructors

Section 2. Interim Teachers (3100s)

Section 3. Pool Temporary Instructor

Section 4. Emergency Temporary Instructors

Section 5. Temporary Instructors for Special Teachers

Section 6. Use of Special Teachers

Section 7. Emergency/Pool Temporary Instructor Salary Schedule - (AS)

Section 8. Enhancing achievement Through Temporary Instructor Teacher Training (EATTI)

Article XX - Teaching Conditions

Section 1. Pre-School Work Period

Section 2. Work Year

Section 3. Workday

Section 4. Faculty Meetings

Section 5. Planning/Preparation Days

Section 6. Duty-Free Lunch

Section 7. Planning/Preparation Periods

Section 8. Grade Changes

Section 9. Time to Teach

Section 10. Alternative Planning Days/Work Year

Section 11. Teacher-Parent Communication

Section 12. Employee Parental Privilege

Section 13. Medicaid Reimbursement

Section 14. Uniforms for Instructional Employees

Article XXI - Employee Rights and Due Process

Section 1. Due Process

Section 2. Employee Rights

Section 3. Procedures for Continued Employment of Educational Support Personnel

Article XXII -- Academic Freedom

Section 1. Role of the Board

Section 2. Academic Freedom Guidelines

Article XXIII - Union Rights

Section 1. Union Activities

Section 2. Union Meetings

Section 3. Union Activities at Work Locations

Section 4. Time for Union Representatives

Section 5. Bulletin Boards

Section 6. Temporary Duty -- Union Officers

Section 7. Contract Implementation/Professional Development Days

Section 8. Parking Privileges

Section 9. New Employee Orientation

Section 10. Use of Work Location Facilities for Meetings

Section 11. Information to the Union

Section 12. Released Time to Attend Board Meetings

Section 13. Solicitation Rights

Section 14. Exclusivity Rights

Section 15. Reasonable Access

Article XXIV -- Credential Payment

Section 1. Statement of Purpose

Section 2. Oversight

Section 3. General Agreements

Section 4. Application, Processing and Appeal Procedures

Section 5. Degrees and Course Work Defined as Infield

Article XXV -- Incentive Pay Plans

Section 1. Professional Incentive Program (PIP)

Section 2. Alternative Education Stipend

Section 3. Critical Staff Shortage

Section 4. Graduate Certificate and Urban Education Programs

Section 5. Tuition Reimbursement for Certificated Employees

Section 6. Montessori Training Program

Section 7. Minority Evaluation Needs Program

Article XXVI -- Professionalization of Teaching/Education

Section 1. MDCPS/UTD Professionalization of Teaching Task Force (POTTF)

Section 2. Professionalization Issues Review Council (PIRC)

Section 3. Other Joint Task Forces

Section 4. The Role of the PACES

Section 5. Educational Excellence School Advisory Councils (EESACs)

Section 6. MDCPS Professional Opportunities Program (POP) for Teachers

Section 7. Dade Academy for the Teaching Arts (DATA)

Section 8. Saturn School Project

Section 9. Professional Leave Bank/Sabbatical Leave

Section 10. Modified Elementary School Day

Section 11. Satellite Learning Centers/Schools

Section 12. Saturday School Program

Section 13. Educational Issues Forum

Section 14. Alternative Instructional Program Delivery Systems

Section 15. Community Report Card

Section 16. Computer Network for Use by Teachers

Section 17. Future Educators of America (FEA)

Section 18. Networks for Educational Reform

Section 19. Joint Professionalization Publications and Public Relations

Section 20. Teacher Education Center

Section 21. Educational Facilities Planning

Section 22. Electronic Mail Hook-up for UTD

Article XXVI -- Professionalization of Teaching/Education (Continued)

Section 23. Teacher Participation in Principal/Assistant Principal Selection and Assessment

Section 24. Community Activities and Partnerships

Section 25. Teacher Recruitment

Section 26. Joint Legislative Action

Section 27. Commissioner of Education's Workforce Development

Section 28. Paperwork Reduction

Section 29. Teacher Supervision of Interns

Section 30. Retired Teachers' Day

Section 31. Standardized Testing/Assessment of Educational Progress

Section 32. Title 1 Programs

Section 33. Faculty Workroom Professionalization Initiative

Section 34. Child-Care Program

Section 35. Parental Involvement In and Support for Education

Section 36. Inservice Education

Section 37. Joint Collective Bargaining Professionalization Proposals

Section 38. Interactive Professionalization Teleconferences

Section 39. Quality Educational Standards in Teaching (QuEST)

Section 40. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Section 41. Joint Principal/UTD Steward Training

Section 42. Job Sharing

Section 43. Elderly Care Programs

Section 44. Prototype School Experiment

Section 45. Teacher Mentor Program

Section 46. Performance-Based Compensation

Section 47. Professional Development

Section 48. Testing Proctors

Section 49. MDCPS/UTD New Educators Support Team (NEST)

Article XXVII -- Budget Reduction

Article XXVIII -- Ratification and Final Disposition

Appendix A -- Grievance Procedure

A. Purpose

B. Definitions

C. Special Provisions

D. Letter of Inquiry

E. Implementation

F. Alternative Grievance Procedure

Appendix B -- Dues Check-off and Payroll Deduction Procedures

A. Services of payroll deduction of dues

B. Administrative Procedures for Dues Check-Off

C. Deductions for Economic Services

D. Repayment of Educational Loans

Appendix C -- Reduction-in-Force

A. Seniority exclusively

B. Apply to all positions in UTD bargaining unit

C. Source of funding

D. Joint Board/Union committee to make recommendations

E. Layoff

F. Board shall determine net positions to be reduced

G. When total number of teaching positions is reduced

H. Teachers who are administratively assigned out-of-field or who are assigned out-of-field

I. Teachers who possess certification in multiple areas

J. Any subject area/program category not listed

K. Teachers who are laid off

L. Teachers will be recalled

M. Seniority defined

N. Ties in seniority ranking

O. Teachers in a recall pool

P. If vacancy exists which cannot be filled

Q. Remain in pool for term of Contract

R. Categories of subject areas/programs

S. Employees with positions which there is no required certification or alternate form of certification

T. Employees in the UTD bargaining unit who hold positions as Adult General Basic Ed and/or Adult General High School teachers

Appendix D -- Compensatory Benefits

Section 1. Legal Services

Section 2. Insurance and Other Benefits

Section 3. Travel Reimbursement

Section 4. Copyright - Educational Media

Section 5. Tax Sheltered Investment Program

Section 6. Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) Plan

Section 7. Personal Property Loss Fund

Section 8. Deferred Retirement Option Program (DROP)

Section 9. Florida Prepaid College Program

Section 10. U.S. Savings Bonds

Appendix E -- Rules and Regulations Governing Salary Schedules, Supplements, and Varsity Athletics

Section 1. General Provisions

Section 2. Criteria for Salary Experience Credit

A0/C0 Salary Schedule Effective August 21, 2003

A0/C0 Salary Schedule
Effective January 2, 2004

Salary Schedule (C0) - Credential Payment

Section 4. Part-Time Hourly Salary Schedule

(AU) Salary Schedule

(AT) Salary Schedule

Section 5. Supplements for Extra Teaching Periods

Section 6. Supplements for Extra Duties/Responsibilities

1. Senior High Athletic Supplements

2. Regular Supplements

Section 7. Alternative Supplement Model

Section 8. Guidelines for Implementation of the Athletic Program

Section 9. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 10. Incentive/Stipend Payments

Section 11. Appendix E Implementation

Appendix F -- Description of Employees in UTD Bargaining Unit

Instructional Job Titles

Office Employee Job Titles

Paraprofessional and School Support Personnel Job Titles

Appendix G -- Sick Leave Bank

Section 1. Rules and Procedures for the UTD Sick Leave Bank

Section 2. Purpose

Section 3. Initial Membership Requirements

Section 4. Withdrawal Procedures

Section 5. Maintenance of the UTD Sick Leave Bank

Section 6. Duration of Agreement

Section 7. Granting of Sick Leave from the Bank

Section 8. UTD Sick Leave Bank Procedures