MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

REGARDING TEACHER INCENTIVES FOR

TARGETED PROFESSIONAL GROWTH

The Monona Grove School District and the Monona Grove Education Association hereby agree as follows to conditions under which teachers will receive salary schedule credits for horizontal movement on the salary schedule. Such credits shall also be subject to the same terms already set forth in the Collective Bargaining Agreement in conformance with the timelines and procedures under Article X, Section 4, Paragraphs 1-6. These conditions shall apply to all teachers, including those who possess lifetime teaching licenses. The credits earned hereunder can be used to fulfill the CTC requirements of Article IX, Section 8, Paragraphs 1-45. The District shall promptly issue a certificate of completion to each teacher completing a course under the terms of this Memorandum and such certificate shall serve as evidence of completion.

Teachers shall receive credits for use toward horizontal movement on the salary schedule of the Collective Bargaining Agreement by participating in approved courses outside of the normal workday, under the following conditions:

a) Courses must be approved by the Director of Instruction as “Targeted Growth Courses.”

b) Targeted Growth Courses are courses designed to assist teachers in gaining mastery in instructional methods identified by District initiatives.

c) When a Targeted Growth Course is not offered for university credit, teachers will receive one credit for use in advancing horizontally on the salary schedule upon successful completion of fifteen (15) hours in a Targeted Growth Course(s).

d) When a Targeted Growth Course is offered optionally for university credit, the teacher shall have the option to select only one of the following options:

i) Elect to receive university credit and thereby receive a total number of salary schedule credits equal to the number of university credits earned; or

ii) Elect not to receive university credit and receive salary schedule credits equal to the number of university credits offered for the course.

e) When a Targeted Growth Course is not offered for university credit and is taught by a Monona Grove School District teacher, this teacher shall:

i) Receive one credit for use in advancing horizontally on the salary schedule for each 7.5 hours of instruction in a particular Targeted Growth Course for the first time within the term that this Memorandum of Understanding is in effect. If the teacher elects to be compensated monetarily for teaching the course, the teacher shall receive no credits for the purpose of advancing on the salary schedule, but shall instead be compensated at three times the curriculum rate for each hour of instruction (currently $49.50/hour).

ii) Receive twice the curriculum rate for each hour of instruction in a particular Targeted Growth Course for the second and subsequent times within the term that this Memorandum of Understanding is in effect (currently $33.00/hour).

f) If a Targeted Growth Course is offered optionally for university credit and is taught by a Monona Grove School District teacher, this teacher shall:

i) Receive two credits for every university credit being offered for use in advancing on the salary schedule for the first time teaching the course within the term that this Memorandum of Understanding is in effect. If the teacher elects to be compensated monetarily for teaching the course, the teacher shall receive no credits for the purpose of advancing on the salary schedule, but shall instead be compensated for 15 hours per university credit being offered, at three times the curriculum rate (currently $49.50/hour).

ii) Be compensated for 15 hours per university credit being offered, at twice the curriculum rate (currently $33.00/hour), for the second and subsequent times within the term that this Memorandum of Understanding is in effect.

g) Teachers participating in any approved courses, under the terms of this Memorandum of Understanding, which are in progress as of June 30, 2005 shall receive credit/compensation for the completion of such courses even if the completion occurs after June 30, 2005. All credits earned pursuant to the terms of this Memorandum of Understanding shall continue to be counted as credits for purposes of salary schedule placement for the balance of the teacher’s employment with the District, surviving the effective duration of this Memorandum of Understanding.

This Memorandum of Understanding shall sunset on June 30, 2005 and shall have no further force and effect, regardless of the status of collective bargaining for a successor agreement unless the parties mutually agree to extend its terms beyond said date. Further, the Association explicitly and knowingly waives its right to insist that this Memorandum of Understanding be implemented as part of a qualified economic offer. Thus, the parties specifically agree that this Memorandum of Understanding will not be construed as a “fringe benefit” for purposes of any qualified economic offer implemented in accordance with Wis. Stat. §111.70, and related administrative code regulations. As such the Association specifically agrees that it shall make no claim in any forum that any refusal by the District to continue this Memorandum of Understanding beyond June 30, 2005 affects the District’s right to make or implement an otherwise valid qualified economic offer. It is further agreed that the placement of the Memorandum of Understanding in the 2003-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement does not alter the parties’ agreement that this benefit shall not be part of the status quo to be maintained after the expiration of the 2003-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

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