IV. Temporary Leaves of Absence 8
V. Extended Leaves of Absence 10
VI. Use of School Facilities 13

XI. Extra Curricular Compensation 21

Principals, Assistant Principals
Supervisors of Instruction
Supervisor of Special Services

If by the Association to the Board:

Superintendent of Schools
32 Ruckman Road
Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642

Association President
School Building Address or Home Address

The use of masculine or feminine gender in this agreement shall be construed as

(a) any matter for which a method of review is prescribed by law; or
(b) any rule or regulation of the State Commissioner of Education; or
(c) a complaint of a nontenure teacher which arises by reason of his not being reemployed.

(a) The nature of the grievance - including what contract provisions, Board Policy, or Administrative decision is being grieved and what remedy is being sought.

(b) The nature and extent of the injury, loss or inconvenience.

(c) The results of previous discussions.

(a) A request will be made to P.E.R.C. to submit a roster of persons qualified to function as an arbitrator in the dispute in question.
(b) If the parties are unable to determine a mutually satisfactory arbitrator from the submitted list, they will request that P.E.R.C. submit a second roster of names.
(c) If the parties are unable to determine within ten (10) school days of the initial request for arbitration a mutually satisfactory arbitrator from the second submitted list, P.E.R.C. shall be requested by either party to designate an arbitrator.

SALARIES

A. Salaries for all full-time certificated personnel, exclusive of supervisory and executive personnel, shall be as set forth in this Agreement. Part-time certificated personnel shall
be paid a proportionate amount of the appropriate salary guide step.

1. Teachers employed on a ten (10) month basis shall be paid in
twenty (20) equal semi-monthly installments.
2. Employees may individually elect to have a fixed sum (in multiples of $5.00) deducted from their pay. These funds, as provided in Chapter 310, Laws of 1966, shall be paid to a Credit Union, organized under the laws of this State or of the United States, the membership of which is limited to public employees.
Written authorization for such deductions shall be made according to a standard contract form provided by the Hillsdale Board of Education.
3. The staff will be informed of the pay schedule for the school year by the first pay period in September.
C. Summer Employment
1. Full-time Middle School Guidance Counselors will be required to work three
(3) additional weeks after the close of school in June. (One week immediately
after the close of school in June, one week during the summer, and one week
immediately before the opening of school in September.) Full-time Elementary
School Guidance Counselors will be required to work one (1) additional week
after the close of school in June. (One week immediately before the opening of
school in September.) This schedule can be revised with the approval of the
Superintendent.

Counselors, Speech Correctionists, and School Nurses will be the employee’s

contractual daily rate up to a maximum of $300 per diem for the first ten (10)

days and $325 per diem beyond ten (10) days.

Teachers shall be entitled to the following leaves of absence with full pay for each school

Five (5) days for personal, legal, business, household, paternity, or family matters which require absence during school hours. Notification to the Superintendent through the Building Principal or immediate superior of personal leave shall be made at least three (3) days before taking such leave except in the case of emergency. The employee shall not be required to state a reason for taking such leave other than he is taking it under this section, except in the event the employee is to take such a day immediately before or after a holiday in the Hillsdale School District. In such cases, the employee shall give the specific reasons, in writing, for such day(s) and shall be subject to a salary reduction of 1/400 of his/her annual salary for each day taken. This reduction may be waived by the Superintendent. The decision of the Superintendent is final and shall not be subject to the provisions of the grievance procedure.

1. Up to two (2) days for the purpose of visiting other schools or attending meetings or conferences of an educational nature, subject to the approval of the Superintendent.
2. Absence initiated by the Administration or Board for teachers to attend meetings or conventions concerning school business shall not be credited to the above provision.

1. One (1) day at any one time in the event of death of a relative. If death occurs at a distance, extended time for traveling may be granted by the Superintendent with pay,
less the established rate of a substitute.
2. In the event of the death of a teacher or student in the school district, a representative number of teachers, such number to be at the Superintendent's discretion in consultation with the Building Principal and Association leadership shall be granted time off to attend the funeral. Personal Days, as described in Part A. above, may not be used to circumvent this section.

1. A female teacher shall notify the Superintendent of her pregnancy in writing, accompanied by her physician's note stating expected date of delivery, at least twelve (12) weeks prior to the requested commencement date of the leave unless a shorter period of time for such notice is made necessary by the medical condition of the teacher.

a. The Board need not grant or extend the leave of absence of any nontenured teacher beyond the end of the contract school year in which the leave is obtained unless the Board, in its own discretion, agrees to an extension of said leave.
b. The granting of Child Care Leave to a nontenured teacher shall under no circumstances be deemed to be an offer of employment within the meaning of N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10 for any school year or portion of a school year in which such leave is granted.

c. If a tenured teacher wishes to return to work after the close of the school year, she
may do so at the beginning of the first or second September 1st (if the date of leave
is during the school year) or the second September 1st (if the child is born during
July or August) provided she gives the Board notice in writing on or before March 1st
of the year she intends to return. If a tenured teacher wishes to return to school on
the first February 1st following the date she left, she must give notice in writing to
the Board by the previous November 1st.

pregnant. She may be removed based upon one of the following conditions:
a. Her teaching performance has substantially declined from the accepted standard of performance established for the teachers in which such teacher is employed.

by her own physician and the Board's physician, or where these physicians disagree, by a third physician jointly selected by the Board 's and the teacher's physician whose opinion on medical capacity shall be final and binding..
c. Any other ground for which a nonpregnant teacher may be removed.

A leave of absence without pay up to one year may be granted for the purpose of caring for a member of the teacher's immediate family.

1. Teachers on extended leaves of absence shall notify the Administration before March lst of his/her desire to return effective September lst.
2. Upon return from leave granted pursuant to section B of this Article, a teacher shall be placed on the salary schedule at the level he would have achieved if he had not been absent. In all other instances, time on leave will not count toward salary guide movement. The time spent on leave shall not count toward the fulfillment of time requirements necessary for acquiring tenure.

A. Representatives of the Hillsdale Education Association shall be permitted to transact official Association business on school property at all reasonable times, provided that this shall not interfere with or interrupt normal school operations.

D. The Association shall be permitted to use the interschool courier service and school mail boxes as it deems necessary. Materials will be distributed by the H.E.A. representatives.

A. Teachers will be given written notice of their tentative assignment to grade, and/or subject area, and building for the ensuing year on the date of issuance of contracts. In the event changes in assignment become necessary, the teacher or teachers affected will be notified in writing. Such teachers shall have the option of meeting with the Superintendent or his representative to discuss the changes involved. Final decision of assignment will remain the prerogative of the Superintendent.
B. The parties to this Agreement recognize that it is difficult, if not impossible, to schedule teacher preparation time and pupil contact time in a manner which would eliminate all instances of unequal work load among teaching staff personnel because of factors such as unexpected absences of teaching staff personnel, budgetary constraints and the need of supervisory personnel to have flexibility in making assignments to meet emergencies and the like. In an effort to minimize such instances of unequal workload, however, the parties hereto agree that every effort will be made to provide each teacher with their schedule for the following school year before school closes in June.
C. In preparing such schedule, the Principal of each school shall make an earnest effort to
satisfy the following criteria:
(1) Full-time teaching staff members assigned to Meadowbrook and Ann Blanche Smith
Schools shall have two hundred eighty (280) minutes per week of preparation time
(at least one (1) preparation period per day). Such teaching staff members who are
part-time shall have a prorata share of such preparation time. The teacher workday
will be seven consecutive hours, including a duty-free lunch period equal to that of
the students. No modification in teacher arrival and dismissal times will be in excess
of fifteen minutes (8:30 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.) unless agreed to by the Association.

C. (2) Full-time teaching staff members assigned to the George G.White School and who do not follow a "departmental schedule" shall have three hundred fifteen (315) minutes per week of preparation time (at least one (1) preparation period per day). Such teaching staff members who are part-time shall have a prorata share of such preparation time. The teacher workday will be seven consecutive hours, ten minutes, including a duty-free lunch period equal to that of the students. No modification in teacher arrival and dismissal times will be in excess of fifteen minutes (8:00 A.M. - 3:10 P.M.) unless agreed to by the Association.
(3) Full-time teaching staff members assigned to the George G.White School and who follow a "departmental schedule" shall have a maximum of thirty (30) teaching periods per week. No more than six (6) teaching periods may be assigned per day. Teachers will receive eight (8) preparation periods per week (at least one (1) per day), and two (2) special assignment periods per week. The teacher workday will be a consecutive seven hours ten minutes, including a duty-free lunch period equal to that of students, provided, however, that no teachers shall be required to sign out later than 3:50 P.M. except on days when district wide meetings are scheduled.
(4) Teaching in a "departmental schedule" is defined as: More than half a teacher's schedule being assigned to the 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
(5) Preparation periods are defined as: To prepare lesson plans, grade student work, meet with parents, meet with other teachers and/or administrators on individual, grade level, and/or curriculum matters, and for similar responsibilities.
(6) Preparation time will be within the official entrance and ending time of the student's school day. (Entrance time is defined as ten (10) minutes prior to the official opening time of school.)
(7) Preparation periods will consist of an uninterrupted block of time of no less than forty (40) minutes.

(8) Teachers who are assigned to substitute during their preparation period will have the option of being relieved of a duty assignment or being compensated at the rate of $10.00 per class after the third such substitute assignment each school year. This option or compensation will only apply when coverage infringes upon terms outlined in C. 1, 2, and 3, above. Relief from duty assignment will continue to be the practice at the Middle School during the first three substitute assignments.
(9) Teaching staff members required to travel between either Meadowbrook, Smith School and/or George G. White School during the day will be provided with twenty (20) minutes in their schedule on the day of travel. Every effort will be made to schedule travel time either directly before or after lunchtime, except in those cases, where scheduling such travel time would negatively impact the arrangement of teaching classes.
(10) Lunch times described in C. 1, 2, and 3 above may be reduced to a minimum of thirty minutes duty free, twice a month (twenty times yearly) on a rotating basis in order to provide lunch-time supervision of students.

instructional teaching time with pupils for the first twenty (20) minutes following the
official sign-in time in the morning.

In addition to the teachers' regular in-school workday, teachers shall be required to attend, where appropriate, Seminar/Back to School Nights, Open Houses, and Parent Orientation Programs. With regards to teachers who are assigned to more than one school, past practice procedures will be maintained. Teachers may also be required to attend two evening parent conferences per year -- each not to exceed three hours in duration. There will be an early pupil dismissal on one (1)
Parent Evening Conference school day. Teachers who do not have any parent conferences
scheduled on an early pupil dismissal day, will remain in their assigned school until the normal
sign-out time. During the 2005-2006 school year, a committee will be formed to study alternative
ways to implement parent-teacher conferences.

Notice of vacancies in teaching and administrative positions shall be publicized in the following manner:
Superintendent shall send a list of vacancies to all Building Principals for posting on the General Bulletin Board located in the school office, as well as a copy of all vacancies to the President of the H.E.A.
The notice for each position will be posted fifteen (15) school days prior to final date for filing of application.

-Vacancies that require less than fifteen (15) days' notice, the H.E.A. President will be so notified.

-Any teacher who desires to apply for a different position which may be filled during the summer period shall submit his name to the Superintendent, together with the position for which he/she wishes to apply, and an address and telephone number where he can be reached for the summer. The Superintendent, or his designee, shall notify the Hillsdale Education Association President and only these teachers of any vacancy in a position for which they have applied. Such notice shall be sent in writing as far in advance as is practicable.

Each teacher shall have the right to inspect his or her personnel file at any reasonable and convenient time during the normal business hours of the Hillsdale School District, provided, however, that such teacher make an appointment for such inspection with the secretary of the Hillsdale Superintendent of Schools, and further provided, that such inspection of the teacher's file shall be made in the presence of the Superintendent's secretary or other person designated by Superintendent. Any statement placed in a teacher's personnel file with the exception of:
1. employment and character references from former

2. references sent to prospective employers on such teacher

3. pre-employment investigations,

4. official college transcripts
must be shown to the teacher before it is placed in the file and the teacher shall be given the opportunity to attach written comments to such material.

The Board will pay the full premium for individuals eligible under State law and eligible dependents for all health insurance presently included in the New Jersey State Health Benefits Program. (Eligible employees are defined as employees working twenty-five (25) hours or more per week.) Employees hired prior to July 1, 1999, who worked more than twenty-two (22) hours per week during the 1998-99 school year, whose work hours are subsequently reduced to twenty (20) or more will continue to receive all benefits as outlined above.
In addition, employees who worked more than twenty-two (22) hours during the 2004-05 school
year will continue to receive all benefits as outlined above as long as they continue to work a
minimum of twenty-two (22) hours in the Hillsdale School District.

The Board shall provide for coverage of eligible employees and eligible dependents in the New Jersey Dental Plan, Inc., or other plan which is mutually accepted. An "eligible employee" under this Paragraph B of this Article X shall be an employee who is eligible to receive the Health Plan Benefits of Paragraph A of this Article X. Employees hired on or after July 1, 1995, will be subject to a twenty-five (25) percent co-pay for their initial three (3) years of employment.

(1) The employee must have at least thirteen (13) years of service in the Hillsdale
School District as a certificated employee under contract as of the effective date of retirement or the date of death. In computing the required thirteen (13) years of service, any paid or unpaid leave of absence having a time duration of one-half of a school year or longer, other than a sabbatical leave, shall not be counted.
(2) The employee must have at least sixty five (65) days of accumulated sick leave as of the effective date of retirement or the date of death. In computing the required number of days of accumulated sick leave, only sick leave days accruing under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:30-2 shall be counted. In no event shall sick leave days accruing or awarded under the provisions of N.J.S.A. 18A:30-2.1, 18A:30-6 or any other law be counted.

A written notice of intention to retire complying with the provisions of this Paragraph B may be filed with the Hillsdale Board of Education in lieu of the written application specified in Section (4) of Paragraph A of this Article XII, if such written notice of intention to retire is filed prior to the expiration of the twelve (12) month time period specified in said Section (4) of Paragraph A; it being the intention of the parties to this Agreement that no payment for unused sick leave shall be paid to any employee unless either the written application specified in Section (4) of Paragraph A or the written notice of intention to retire specified in this Paragraph B is filed with the Board prior to the expiration of the twelve (12) month period specified in Section (4) of Paragraph A.

(3) When the employee is living at the time of payment of this benefit, payment shall be made directly to the employee.
(4) When the employee is deceased at the time of payment of this benefit, payment shall be made to the person named by the employee as beneficiary to receive this benefit on a "Beneficiary Designation" form provided by the Hillsdale Board of Education. If the employee shall fail to name a beneficiary to receive this benefit or if the person so named shall be deceased at the time of payment of this benefit, payment shall be made to the employee's estate.

(1) The Board will grant and fund Mini-Grants during the Summer at a total cost not to exceed $8,000.00 for teacher projects relating to research, curriculum revision, study, or other educational activity which is directly beneficial to the students of the district and approved by the Superintendent.
(2) $4000 of the Mini-Grants will be proposed by the administration and open to all appropriate
staff members to apply. The remaining $4000 will be granted based upon staff application and as recommended by a Committee consisting of an appointee by the Superintendent and
two appointees by the Hillsdale Education Association. Staff members may apply as a team for an individual grant, it being understood that the Mini-Grant Award will be divided equally. Any grant funds not allocated by the Mini-Grant Committee will be re-advertised
for projects deemed appropriate by the administration, it being the intent that every effort be made to award yearly the full sum of $8000.
(3) The application for any Mini-Grant must include the Topic, Time-Frame for completion, desired outcome, and how it will directly benefit the students of the district.

to be granted.

salary credit in the BA+15 or BA+30, and MA+15 or MA+30 columns.

1. The BA+15 or BA+30 columns require approved graduate college credits applicable to an area of certification usable in the grades K-8 in the Hillsdale School District with prior notification to the Superintendent.

(a) Application for approval for credit purposes must be made in writing to the Equivalency Credit Committee in advance of registration. Applications may be obtained from each Principal.
(b) A Committee consisting of one Principal, appointed by the Board, and one teacher member, elected by the H.E.A., shall review applications for graduate equivalency credit.

C. 4. (c) The Committee shall review each application according to the criteria as established by the Committee and approved by the Board.
(d) In the case of a tie vote by the Teacher/Principal Committee, the Superintendent shall make the final decision concerning the application.
(e) One credit for each twelve (12) hours of instruction may be approved at the discretion of the Committee.
(f) Not more than six (6) equivalency credits will be applicable to any salary guide level.
(g) A written notice of completion, certified by the proper authority, shall be submitted to the Committee upon the completion of the course.
(h) The Superintendent shall acknowledge achieved credits, in writing, and apply credits to the individual's degree rating.
5. College courses on the undergraduate level, if requested by the administration, but only on the +15 or +30 columns of the salary guide.

Courses to be recognized under this section must be taken after July 1, 1983, and
also meet the criteria as established in Paragraphs I, A and B of the Associated
Policy, Page 29.
7. All distance Learning courses and Video courses shall have prior approval of the
Superintendent.

equal to the State Department of Education guidelines. (This compensation will
be funded through the State Department of Education or by staff identified as a mentee.)

by the HEA and Board of Education.

of one year toward the second contract for any teacher hired prior to February lst.

Courses to be considered for “Inservice Credit” and to be recognized for salary guide purposes must adhere to the following:
(a) Application for inservice credits shall be made in writing to the
Superintendent at least two weeks in advance of registration.

V. (e) Not more than six (6) Inservice and/or BCEA Equivalency Credits will be applicable to any salary guide level.
(f) A written notice indicating satisfactory completion of all course requirements, as well as hours of attendance certified by the Institute sponsoring the course, shall be submitted to the Superintendent upon completion of the course.
(g) The Superintendent shall acknowledge approved Inservice Credits, in writing, and apply the credits to the individual's proper salary column on the guide.
(h) Approved Inservice courses must be completed prior to September lst to be credited to that following September's salary guide placement. Approved courses completed after September lst will be carried over to the following school year for credit on the guide.

Per after school/evening event: $ 58.
Per night for overnight field trips: $162.

2005-2006

(per person per activity) 698. 760. 822.

(per coach) 1968. 2216. 2464.
(per judge) $125 Plus Travel

Per after school/evening event: $ 60.
Per night for overnight field trips: $169.

2006-2007

(per person per activity) 728. 792. 857.

(per coach) 2052. 2310. 2569.
(per judge) $130 Plus Travel

Per after school/evening event: $ 62.
Per night for overnight field trips: $176.

2007-2008

(per person per activity) 757. 823. 891.

(per coach) 2133. 2401. 2670.
(per judge) $135 Plus Travel