B. All supervisors, with the exception of the Supervisor of Special Education/Guidance, will work a ten (10) months contract with additional days detailed in section “A” above.

The Supervisor of Special Service/Guidance will work a twelve (12) month contract and:

Is entitled to twenty-five (25) vacation days per year. He/she will be entitled to roll over up to five (5) vacation days per year (with the prior approval of the superintendent), and may use no more than thirty (30) vacation days in a given contract year. If the Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance is not permitted to take any of his/her yearly allotment of twenty-five vacation days due to a Board directive that he/she work on a particular day or days, he/she will be paid at his/her per diem rate for all vacation days (a maximum of twenty [20]) which he/she could not take due to said directive.

Upon separation of employment, the Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance shall be entitled to his/her then existing per diem rate for the number of yearly allotted vacation days (25) which he did not use in the year of separation.

The Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance shall work all weekdays except the following holidays: Labor Day, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, NJEA Convention, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, December 24, 25, and 26, December 31, January 1, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, and July 4, unless school is in session. Unless the Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance chooses to use his/her vacation days during school recesses, said recesses shall not be holidays under this agreement.

The Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance shall be entitled to twelve (12) sick days per year.

The evaluation criteria will be mutually agreed upon by the Superintendent of Schools and the NHSA.

1. 2009-2010: Each supervisor will receive a $2,000 adjustment and an increase of 4.0%.

2011-2012: Each supervisor will receive an increase of 4.5% .
There will be a $1,000 Honorarium each year for an earned doctorate.

A. For the 2009-2010 school year, any and all provisions of the Agreement between the Board and the Northern Highlands Education Association not stipulated in this Agreement will automatically be part of the agreement between the Board and the NHSA.

B. By May 1, 2010 or sooner, the NHSA will create a separate and full document between the Board and NHSA, subject to approval by both parties, to take effect July 1, 2010. It is understood that NHSA members will maintain the same benefits as detailed in the 2009-2012 Combined Agreement between the Board and the Northern Highlands Education Association.

C. Each supervisor will have available to him/her a total of no more than $3,000.00 per year for use in professional development as a dedicated fund budgeted annually. This amount is the sole source of funds available for professional development. The supervisor must receive approval from the superintendent for attending any convention/conference prior to its occurrence. Department supervisors may, with the approval of the superintendent, share these professional development monies with members of their department. In addition, with approval of the superintendent, supervisors may share these monies among departments. However, no supervisor may spend more than $2,500 on professional development for him/herself.

D. In general, supervisors will teach two (2) periods. However, specific supervisory assignments are subject to change based upon equitable workload among all supervisors and the specific needs of the district. Absent of an emergency situation or unforeseen circumstances, the Supervisor of Special Services/Guidance will not be assigned classes.

E. Any supervisor who retires from Northern Highlands Regional High School according to the provisions of the TPAF and has completed, at the time of retirement, at least twenty-five (25) years of service as a teacher/supervisor, shall be reimbursed for all accumulated sick leave days, after the first fifty (50) days, which shall be deductible, at the rate of $100.00 per day, to a maximum of $18,000.00.

Each supervisor shall be limited to a maximum of one (1) paid co-curricular activity at Northern Highlands and none outside the district.

A supervisor may tutor a Northern Highlands student only for standardized tests.