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Classroom Moves

There is release time or compensation for anyone being forced or directed to move classrooms. Below are the different scenarios that qualify for time or pay. Additionally, the district will provide boxes and moving supplies and will move materials. You may request these supplies from your office manager.

Change in Assignment to a Different School

If you are being forced out of your building and moved to a different building due to the IVT, you are entitled to 3 days of release time OR 3 days (22.5 hours) of per diem pay. This includes anyone who volunteered to be transferred.

Change in Assignment within Same School

If you are being changed to another teaching assignment within your building that also results in moving classrooms, you are entitled to 2 days of release time OR 2 days (15 hours) of per diem pay.

Classroom Move within Same School

If you are being directed to move classrooms within your current building, you are entitled to 2 days of release time OR 2 days (15 hours) of per diem pay. 

Make sure to ask your building admin if you are being directed to move classrooms. If you volunteer to move, you are not entitled to release time or compensation.

Change in Curricular Responsibilities

With the Fall IVT process currently underway, some internal shifting of existing building staff may occur. Our contract has provisions regarding changes of this nature. A change in curricular responsibilities can include:

• Change in content or grade level with no training or experience in that content or grade level within the preceding four (4) years.
• Change in special education programs (Example: reassignment from an IP classroom to an ASC classroom).
• An employee moving to a school where there is a significant difference in a school-wide program. (Example: moving from a school with a traditional grading system to a school with a standard based grading).

If one of those three situations applies to you, and there is no district training provided, employees may, select up to two (2) of the following District paid options, including but not limited to:

• One day (7.5 hours) per diem time for preparation of instructional material
• One district in-service workshop in the new curriculum area
• One day of paid release time for classroom observation in the new curriculum area
• Participation in a district-sponsored training workshop
• Other options, as mutually agreed upon with the employee’s supervisor
• Seven and one-half (7.5) hours of Principal Effective Education hours.

Timesheets

Any timesheets for work that occurred last school year are due to payroll by October 15^th. This includes any timesheets that you may need to submit for classroom moves that occurred over the summer.