Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

Article 206
Teaching Environment and New Buildings
206.03 Teachers shall be permitted to have coffee-making
devices and coffee and soft drink vending machines in
theteachers’ lounges as space permits. Teachers shall be
permitted to have efficiency-type ranges, microwave
ovens and refrigerators in teachers’ lounges as space and
the availability of utilities permit. All such devices and
equipment shall be maintained by the faculty. Teachers
shall not be required to perform the custodial duties in
the staff lounge and shall not be required to prepare
food, clean tables or perform other significant custodial
chores in connection with the lunch programs. Teachers
who use the staff lounge or use the appliances in the staff
lounge may be required to share in the cleaning of the
appliances, to keep their personal property cleaned and
stored and to leave their eatingareainaclean and orderly
condition. The expenditure of any profits realized from
the above-mentioned vendingmachines shall be in accordance
with guidelines established by the principal in consultation
with the Association Building Council where
the development of such guidelines are requested by the
Association Building Council.
206.07 Where an extension telephone for the use of the
professional staff is not presently available in a school
building, one shall be installed upon request of the
Association Building Council. The location of the extension
telephone shall be determined by the principal. Such
telephones may not be locked during the normal school
day or teachers otherwise unreasonably inconvenienced
in their use.
206.10 The expenditure of any profits received from fundraising
projects for a school’s General Fund in which
teachers were directly involved may be considered by the
Association Building Council with appropriate recommendations
to the principal.
Article 208
Classroom Atmosphere
208.03 Theprincipal, in consultation with his/her
Association Building Council, will establish procedures
for the administration of all forms of discipline within
the school. Such will include procedures related to suspension
and recommendation for expulsion. Written
building discipline plans shall be in place at the beginning
of the school year. Failure of a principal to establish
abuilding discipline plan by the first day of student
attendance is grievable at Step 2 of the grievance procedure.
In the event the principal is newly appointed, transferred
or assigned, such failure must first be brought to
his/her attention in writing at least ten (10) calendar
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