Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

XX. Working Conditions of Non-Teaching Assistants
ments, to summer employment in that school on the basis of the highest NTA
school seniority of all NTAs for whom it is the home school.
(d) Those ten (10) month NTAs who apply for summer employment, but who
have not designated their home school in their application, or whose home school
is not conducting any activity at any time during the summer or who are not
entitled on the basis of their seniority to summer employment in their home
school, shall be assigned on the basis of their systemwide seniority as an NTA.
6. An employee who has been forced transferred may file a right-to-return to
his/her former work location within one (1) year of the effective date of his/her
new assignment. The right-to-return transfer must be refiled each year in order
to remain valid.
C. NTAs will be provided with on-going professional development to enhance
their ability to manage student behavior.
D. Duties
1. The duties of NTAs include non-teaching duties heretofore or presently
performed by teachers, and other related duties as assigned.
2. Duties may be assigned to NTAs by the Principal of the school in which
they work and such duties are performed under the general supervision of the
school’s Principal or Assistant Principal.
E. equipment, Supplies and Facilities
1. An adequate clothing locker shall be made available to each employee.
Where the space is available and when his/her duties require it, an employee
shall be provided with a work location so equipped as to enable him/her with
reasonable comfort and efficiency to carry out such duties.
F. examinations and Appointment
1. In preparing lists from which appointments are to be made, wherever
there are identical scores, position on the list shall be determined by school
system seniority.
2. Appointment to the position of twelve (12) month NTA shall be made on
the basis of system-wide seniority from among those ten (10) month NTAs
applying for such positions who are rated satisfactory on the date of appointment
and are not subject to any pending disciplinary process.
3. Not less than seven (7) school days before the appointment is to be made
notice thereof shall be posted in every school. A ten (10) month NTA desiring
to apply for such a position shall do so on a form to be furnished by the
Principal.
4. The Principal and Building Committee shall jointly formulate the criteria
to be used in the selection of an NTA for an assignment within a school, including
the position of “Lead NTA”, provided, however, that participation in other
uncompensated duties or activities within the School District shall not be one of
such criteria. In the event of inability to agree on the criteria, the determination
of the Principal shall be final, provided it is neither arbitrary nor capricious. All
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