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Job Share involves two teachers
who are willing to share one full-time position.
(Different from co-teaching in that only one teacher
is working at a time).
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Pay is half what one would make
in a 196-day positions plus one day. For a beginning
teacher, the pay is $18,689.55.
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Teachers must find their own
partner. Principals must approve.
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Teachers are considered
full-time, but only one of the teachers can get
health insurance and flex benefits. The partners
must decide and agree which one gets benefits.
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Both partners get retirement
benefits.
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Only one partner can be a first
year teacher.
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Each partner will work 99 days
on a special calendar that will involve a rotating
3/2 schedule. (3 days one week and 2 the next)
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If each partner works 99 days
in a year, each will get experience credit on the
salary schedule for that year.
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Holidays will be shared
equally.
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Partners who work the entire
year will each accrue 5 sick leave days.
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Each partner will be eligible
for a sub if absent.
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If one partner resigns or is
terminated, the other partner must find a qualified
and acceptable replacement in a reasonable time
period or assume the full time position and finish
the year.
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Job Shares can start at anytime
through the year, but teachers who start in one
after the first day will not work 99 days and will
not get experience credit for that year.
