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Change Of Employment Status
A. Teachers (Other than School Nurses)
1. Any person who for a period in excess of 90 school days fills a particular position which is
permanently vacant for at least that period, shall then be employed under partial year or
annual contract, or as a Continuing Substitute teacher.
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Transfer Notification
Notice of transfer or non-transfer will be given in writing to each teacher making a request under Article 9:3
as soon as practicable and under normal circumstances not later than June 30. After June 30 until the
beginning of the new school year, notice of all personnel actions with respect to transfers will be sent to the
UNION and posted in the Administration Building and in each school, within five work days.
Intrabuilding Reassignments
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B. A full time nurse shall be assigned to each large school to care for children who become ill and to
carry out a program of health education through lecture and demonstration.
C. Weighing and measuring of children shall be done, or supervised, by the school nurse.
Scholarship and Standards
Teachers shall maintain the right and responsibility to grade pupils based upon records maintained by the
teacher with respect to each pupil.
Job Descriptions
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G.
3. A “period of class instruction” and a “class preparation” do not include a period of up to
twenty (20) minutes to provide students with opportunities for advisory, co-curricular,
make-up, enrichment or extra help, with time provided for preparation during the school
day. A joint labor-management committee will be formed to assess the effectiveness of
how this time is used.
Each school nurse shall be entitled to a thirty (30) minute duty-free lunch break except in
emergencies.
8:3 Planning Periods
A.
However, it is expected that, as a minimum all teachers, other than school nurses, will be in their
respective classrooms or performing supervisory or instructionally related activities fifteen (15)
minutes prior to the beginning of the pupil school day and ten (10) minutes after the close of the
pupil school day. The Principal may require sufficient teachers, other than school nurses, not to
exceed 1/3 of the staff on any day on an equitable rotating basis to be on duty to supervise
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Four days for teachers and nurses new to Nashua School District, and one day for
teachers and nurses experienced in the Nashua School District. These days shall be
immediately preceding the opening of the pupil school year to be used as pre-school
planning and organizing days, and for orientation.
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F. Should a teacher who has seniority in more than one designated area be laid off in a given
designated area, that teacher shall be considered in the pool of teachers in the alternate
designated area(s) for the purpose of reduction in staff under the same provisions as contained in
Article 7:8C.
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accrued seniority. Unit members who transfer out of the unit into another District position
shall lose all accrued seniority after two years in such position.
3. In all cases of permanent termination of employment with the District, the teacher shall
lose all accrued seniority.
For the purpose of accruing seniority, the percentage of the teacher's regular work schedule in
relation to the work year of a full-time teacher will determine the yearly credit or proportion thereof.
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The membership of the Professional Development Master Plan Committee shall include an equal
number of teachers appointed by the Nashua Teachers’ Union and representatives appointed by
the Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent's appointments may include administrators,
teachers, a parent/community member(s), a para-educator(s), and/or a member of the Nashua
Board of Education.
Evaluation of Teachers
A.
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