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TO JENN

In the interest of

everyone’s sanity,

SCARY LARRY…

Understanding Davis School District’s Leave

Policies

ATTENDANCE AT TRAININGS

Educators are provided 5 Professional Days

School trainings on Professional Days shall be

planned in consultation with our department’s JSSC.

January 18, 2012 – 2 Hour Training

Educators new to Davis District are obliged to attend

new employee trainings that may require time in

addition to their regular contract days.

WHAT ARE MY OBLIGATIONS

BEYOND CONTRACT TIME?

FULL-TIME LICENSED EMPLOYEES

Administrators may require their faculties to

attend up to 2 monthly meetings of 45 minutes each

immediately before or after school . Attendance at

these meetings is not optional and shall not entitle

educators to additional compensation. (6.11.1[c])

In addition, Counselors and related servers will

receive 2 hours of released time per month to attend

District professional development activitites (4.13.4)

PART-TIME LICENSED EMPLOYEES

…part-time employees shall be subject to the same

District policies, procedures, and assignments as any

other licensed employees. They shall attend faculty

meetings, parent/teacher conferences and other

meetings required by the principal without

additional compensation. (6.2.3)

Part-time employees are expected to work their

regular hours AND attend faculty/staff training

days.

BUT I WORK 20 HOURS/WEEK OR LESS!

In consultation with DEA, it has been determined that it is

reasonable to require employees who work 20 hours or less

weekly to attend 1.5 hours of training 1 time per month

without additional compensation.

These employees are strongly encouraged to attend a full

½ day of training once per month (faculty/staff training

day). If employees choose to only attend for 1.5 hours, it is

their responsibility to gather the information they missed.

THE BRASS TACKS…

We have a legal obligation to provide SpEd services to

students as required by their IEPs. It is also expected

that professionals will adhere to the schedules they

have arranged with their schools as closely as

possible.

As such, employees will not be permitted to trade days

or adjust their hours in order to be compensated for their

time at faculty/staff meetings.

WHAT ABOUT OTHER TRAININGS?

When required to attend trainings during the

school day, part-time and full-time employees

(when applicable) need to work with RS

department administrators to arrange for services

to be delivered to their students by other

professionals (i.e. substitutes when possible).

HOW ABOUT COMP TIME?

As licensed personnel, all

employees are expected to

work until their job

responsibilities have been met.

• Full-time employees will not receive additional compensation for hours they work beyond their daily contract time.

• Part-time employees will not receive comp time for the hours they work beyond their daily contract time.• Please do not ask to “bank” hours and then use

those hours as leave or comp time at a later date.• If part-timers need to miss their regular work

hours due to illness or personal commitments, please do not ask to “trade” days. Please report and use the leave you have been given.

BITS OF COMPENSATION…

Medicaid Hours

SEP Makeup Hours

WHAT ABOUT PART-

TIMERS AND HOLIDAYS?

AS IN THE PAST…

If you are a part-timer, you are encouraged to work

the days that are in the middle of the week as much

as possible. • This provides students with the best bang for their

buck.

The size of your paycheck will not be affected by

having a Monday or Friday off.

Use the information provided by Meridee with your

time card to determine how many hours to work on

short weeks.

FOR EXAMPLE…

Labor Day is September 5th. That

leaves 32 hours of work for the week

for full-time employees. Multiply 32

hours by your FTE to find how many

hours you are to work for the week. If

you are .4 FTE, you need to work 12.8

hours.

LEAVE WITHOUT PAY?

All applicable paid leave available to an employee shall be

used prior to unpaid leave usage (5.12.1[b])

Unpaid leaves of absences for fewer than 10 work days may

be approved by the principal or program supervisor. (5.12.4)• The reason for the leave and the employee’s previous leave

history will be taken into account when making this determination.

Unpaid leave beyond 10 work days must be approved by the

Superintendent (5.12.14)

What if something

WEIRD

happens?!

WE ARE NICE PEOPLE

Our entire Related Services administrative team

considers and discusses leave requests in great

depth. We know life throws people curve-balls.

PLEASE let us know when emergencies come up!

We are absolutely willing to work with you to find

reasonable solutions when unexpected problems

arise.