2008 SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT
BURBANK UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
Office of Human Resources Services
REPORT TO THE BOARD
TO: Members of the Board of Education
SUBMITTED BY: Gabe Soumakian, Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources Services
PREPARED BY: Kathy Granger, Director, Human Resources Services
DATE: May 15, 2008
SUBJECT: Public Disclosure of the Negotiated 2007 – 2010 Successor Agreement between the Burbank Unified School District and the Burbank Teachers Association (BTA)
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Burbank Teachers Association and the District have tentatively agreed to a 2007-2010 Successor Agreement. Pursuant to the public disclosure requirements of Government Code section 3547.5, the following is a summary of the changes recommended to the previous Agreement and, where applicable, their additional costs to the District:
Article 1: Agreement
This Agreement is a three-year agreement for the period of time from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2010.
Article 7: Compensation
Effective retroactive to July 1, 2007, the following salary schedules shall receive a 3.75% increase:
A-1 Certificated Bargaining Unit
A-1NC Non-credentialed Certificated Bargaining Unit
A-1R Retired Certificated Bargaining Unit Members
B-1 Children’s Center Teachers Monthly
C Coaching Services
D-1 Adult School Certificated Hourly
D-3 Adult Education Resource Teacher and Evening Program Coordinator
E Regional Occupational Program Hourly
F Miscellaneous Hourly Rate
G Extra Compensation for Co/Extracurricular Activities
H Certificated Pay Schedule for Hourly or Special Assignment
Article 8: Health and Welfare Benefits
Effective January 1, 2008, the District shall contribute up to $9,769 per plan year toward
the cost of medical benefits for eligible bargaining unit members.
Article 9: Hours of Employment
9.3.2 Eliminates Option 3 for Divided Opening, as shown on page three of Exhibit K-1.
9.3.4.1 Increased the number of days from 10 to 15 for High School Staff Development collaboration.
9.4.3.1 Added to the criteria for class assignments for high school, that teachers meet state and federal accountability mandates.
9.8.3 Language that allowed kindergarten teacher to teach an extended day upon mutual agreement.
9.8.8 District to provide disaster training staff outside the working hours.
Article 11: Class Size
11.6 Site administrators would provide site FTE allocation to the Association.
11.8 Director of Special Education or designee will respond to teacher concerns for the composition of the class within 10 working days.
11.9 Language to allow meeting with Speech Language Specialist and District staff to address student caseload.
Article 12: Evaluation Procedures
12.1.5 Established Standard Six Language: Standard for Developing as a Professional Educator.
12.3.4 Changed the term “Professional Growth Plan” to “Professional Assistance Plan” and provided definitions for both terms.
Article 13: Leaves
Updated language to define current nomenclature. Example: “tape” was replaced with “District Substitute System”
Article 15: Safety
15.1 Further defined language regarding use of reasonable force by employee.
15.5.1 District would provide general information regarding hazardous conditions.
Article 23: Peer Assistance and Review
Updated language to define current nomenclature. Example: “Professional Growth” was replaced with “Professional Assistance.”
Article 26: Summer School
26.1 Updated language to define current nomenclature and current practice in terms of days
and hours of employment.
26.3.1 Additional criteria for the selection of summer school teachers to include that teachers meet state and federal accountability standards.
26.7 Teachers will be notified when they are not offered a summer school assignment and can request a written explanation.
Article 27: Professional Growth
Deleted the Article due to change of the Commission on Teaching Credential requirements for the 150 hours of professional development.
Article 28: Job Sharing
28.1.2 Added language that job share assignment will be composed of pairs of teachers. If the
job shares requests are denied, the District shall provide an explanation.
28.1.3 If the job share plan is not approved, the District shall provide an explanation.
Article 29: Special Programs
Updated language to define current nomenclature and current practice. Example: Replaced “Limited English Proficient” with “English Language Learners”
Article 34: Conclusiveness of Agreement
Updated Article to reflect the change of associated dates.
Exhibit H: BUSD School Calendars
Exhibits include school calendars for 2008-2009 (including Monterey HS and Adult School)
Exhibit K-1: Examples of Elementary Schedule Options
Removed Option 3 in the Divided Opening and simplified the Elementary school schedules.
Form A1 and B1: Modified to align with the new Rubric structure.
Form A2 and B2: The Rubrics were revised through the collaborative work of the BTA and District administrative staff to move from a four-point to a three-point rubric to provide clarity to the evaluation process.
Side Letter of Agreement
Committee to Revise Evaluation System :
A side letter was agreed to further explore the continued refinement of Article 12, specifically focusing on element 6.1: Reflecting on teaching practice and planning Professional Development.