Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

XX. Working Conditions of Non-Teaching Assistants
11. An employee may take one (1) week of unpaid time per year in addition
to his/her vacation. Requests for such time shall be submitted in the same manner
as requests for vacation.
12. Ten (10) month employees working in the summer shall be permitted,
during any summer, to use sick leave accumulated and not used during past
regular school sessions.
13. Ten (10) month employees working in the summer shall be permitted,
during any summer, the same funeral leave as during the regular school year.
14. Ten (10) month employees working in the summer shall be permitted,
during any summer, to use personal leave days for urgent personal business
which cannot be conveniently scheduled on other than workdays or for personal
emergencies requiring immediate attention. No more than three (3) personal
leave days may be used without loss of salary by any employee during any
calendar year.
B. Assignment and transfers
1. Assignments and reassignments shall be made in accordance with the
needs of the school system as determined by the Superintendent and/or CEO.
2. Except for emergency situations, it is the School District’s policy to retain
an NTA in his/her school. Temporary assignments may be made in the event of
an emergency affecting the safety and welfare of the children in the school to
which such assignment is made. The temporary assignment shall terminate with
termination of the emergency.
3. NTAs may file with the Office of Human Resources written requests for
transfer from one (1) school to another. Such a request shall contain the names
of those schools to which the NTA would be willing to transfer. When a vacancy
occurs in the position of NTA, such a request for transfer will be honored on a
basis of system-wide seniority unless it is determined not to be in accordance
with the needs of the school system. Transfer requests must be received in the
Office of Human Resources between January 1 and May 1. For purposes of
seniority, all transfers will be effectuated immediately. Transfers will occur as
soon as practical but in no event later than July 1.
4. A satisfactory employee may apply for a summer position. The number of
NTA summer positions and the number of hours allotted for each position shall
be determined each year based on the needs of the school programs.
5. Summer work assignments shall be made in accordance with the following
provisions:
(a) Notice naming the schools in which NTA positions will be available for
the summer and the number of positions in each school shall be sent out no later
than June 7.
(b) Applications for NTAs to fill such positions shall be submitted within two
(2) weeks after notice is published.
(c) In assigning NTAs to summer employment in any school, the NTAs whose
home school it is will be assigned, to the number necessary to fulfill its require-
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