collective bargaining agreement contract between - Bureau of Indian ...

Section 15. Stipends(2) Employees whose performance is rated Superior will be considered for an additionalsalary increment or an award (as outlined in 370 DM 430) to reward performance andencourage continued performance; and(3) Employees whose performance is rated Exceptional shall receive one additional salaryincrement and serious consideration will be given to a second increment to rewardperformance and encourage continued performance.(4) Teachers who become certified by the National Board of Professional TeachingStandards or the National Council on Teacher Quality may receive an annual stipend upto twenty (20) percent of their base salary under the authority of 25 USC Section 2012(r).(5) The annual salary rate for those employees on a school year contract shall be based on180 days of service. Employees shall be paid on a prorated basis (1/180 of annual salary)for any additional days of service in a school year.A. Stipends for extracurricular activities will be established jointly by Management and the UnionContact for the affected area and will be determined in the following manner:(1) The three largest school districts in the area with schools having comparable enrollmentswill jointly be surveyed to determine schools with student populations in the categoriesnamed below. Such surveys will be conducted by mail or telephone at each area by arepresentative of Management and the Union by July 1 of each year. A simple arithmeticaverage, rounded up to the nearest dollar, will be made of the rates paid by the surveyedschools for each enrollment category as follows: 600 to 1,000; 300 to 599; 50 to 299.This average will be the scheduled stipend for the upcoming school year for all Bureauoperated schools in the area. In those instances where less than three comparableschools, by size, are found, the next smaller school district will be surveyed until anaverage can be computed. If no comparable activities are found, i.e., Pow Wow Club, thestipend will be determined by arithmetic average of club stipends in the schools surveyed.This survey will divide athletics and non-athletics to arrive at separate schedules for eachof these extracurricular activities.(2) Any recognized extracurricular activity which consumes a minimum of twenty-five (25)hours per semester of time beyond an employee’s tour of duty will be considered astipend activity.(3) Elementary and junior high stipends will be set at seventy (70) percent of high schoolstipends in each category of enrollment.(4) Stipends for an activity will be advertised to the entire staff at the beginning of each newschool year. Advertisement of activities may not be circumscribed by dollar limits. All109