Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

XXII. Working Conditions of Pre-K Employees
12. Employees shall not be required to take the place of a secretary in the
performance of the secretary’s regular duties.
13. College students assigned to schools or centers as part of their course
work shall not be used as substitutes.
14. A female employee shall not be required to remain in any work location
when no other employee is not so located as to hear or see what is going on in
the female employee’s work location.
15. All staff meetings are to be held on work time. Two (2) staff meetings a
month may be extended by a maximum of thirty (30) minutes each beyond
work time.
16. The Office of Early Childhood will assume the responsibility for writing
and disseminating program-wide information that has to go to parents.
17. Except in case of emergency, which cannot be avoided and except for a
meeting to be held during the first four (4) weeks of the school year, at least two
(2) weeks notice shall be given of any staff meeting extending beyond school
time.
18. Assistants are not to float.
19. Except for such classification whose duties and responsibilities require
them to work elsewhere, employees during the regular hours of work shall not
be required to perform any work in other than premises owned or operated by
the School District.
20. Employees shall not be required to take the place of a secretary in the
performance of the secretary’s regular duties.
21. No supervisor shall ask a non-clerical employee to do the supervisor’s
paper work for him/her.
D. Support Services, Facilities and Supplies
1. Effective extermination services shall be provided in the schools and/or
centers.
2. Playground space provided in the school and/or center lease shall be clean
and safe.
3. In accordance with the School District’s procedure, children with communicable
diseases shall be isolated from employees and other children in the
school or center.
4. When space is available, Pre-K employees shall be provided adequate
lounge and eating facilities.
5. Adult sanitary facilities shall be easily available to all employees at each
school or center wherever space permits.
6. All schools or centers shall be provided with heat and hot and cold water
including drinking water.
7. When heat and air conditioning is available in the leased space, it shall
remain in operation until the end of the workday.
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