Philadelphia Federation of Teachers School District of Philadelphia

XVIII. Working Conditions of Teachers
8. In addition to the foregoing, the School District shall maintain special education
classes with the class size maximum required by the Pennsylvania
Department of Education as they may be amended from time to time and
posted on the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s website.
9. The mutual goal of the parties is to eliminate split classes in elementary
schools. To that end, split classes shall be eliminated unless they are required to
meet the physical constraints of a school building or for budgetary requirements.
In such cases, the Principal shall provide the reason(s) in writing to the
teacher of the class in which this has occurred.
Article XiX
Working Conditions of Secretaries
A. Work Schedule
1. Twelve (12) month secretaries currently assigned on September 1, 2000 to
administrative offices shall work no more than a total of three (3) days during
the Winter and Spring holidays.
2. Any current ten (10) month secretary assigned on September 1, 2000 who
transfers to a twelve (12) month position in an administrative office shall work
no more than five (5) days during the Winter and Spring holidays.
3. Any secretary hired on or after January 1, 2001, who is assigned to an
administrative office, shall be entitled to take vacation days during the Winter
and Spring holidays.
B. Assignment and transfers
1. A satisfactory employee may apply for a summer position, and in the order
of system seniority shall be assigned to such position if the position exists, provided
that he/she meets the criteria posted for the position.
2. Secretaries shall be given home school preference for summer school and/
or summer program assignments.
3. Transfers are granted on the basis of seniority of service. Seniority is calculated
from the effective date of appointment or of the last voluntary transfer,
except when an employee has received a forced transfer.
4. Transfers are granted to the same type of position only. Appointments to
other types of position are made from an eligible list. A person whose name is
on more than one (1) list, in accepting an appointment, does not have his/her
name removed from the other list, and may be assigned to the other type of
work at such time as his/her name is reached. Such later assignment is not a
transfer.
5. To be eligible for transfer, an employee must serve for at least one (1) year
in the position to which he/she has been appointed from an eligibility list or to
which he/she has voluntarily transferred.
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