ARTICLE 23

TEACHER-ADMINISTRATOR LIAISON

A. Faculty Meetings

Except in emergency situations, employees shall be notified of faculty meetings at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance.  The agenda shall be available and given to the employees when a faculty meeting is called.

B. Salary Check Distribution

Employees' salary checks and payroll documents shall be contained in a sealed envelope and distributed in a manner which assures privacy, security, and confidentiality.

C. Charitable Contributions

Charitable contributions collected from employees shall be purely voluntary, enclosed in a sealed envelope, and delivered without being opened, to the office of the involved institution for accounting and recording purposes.  Charitable contributions shall not be a matter of school record.

D. Attendance Recording

Principals may establish any appropriate means for recording the presence of each employee each day, but employees shall not be required to record their exact time of arrival or departure.

E. Visitors

All schools shall establish and enforce a pass system for visitors.  No teacher should be interrupted during regularly scheduled teaching periods to confer with a parent or by any visitor, except in unusual or emergency situations and then only with the authorization of the principal.

F. Superintendent/Association Meetings

Representatives of the Association shall meet with the Superintendent and such other administrators as he/she may designate, according to a schedule mutually agreed upon, to review and discuss current school problems, practices, and the administration of this Agreement.

G. School District Information

1. The Association shall be furnished with twenty-five (25) copies of the School District Directory.

2. The Association will, upon written request, be furnished with the names and addresses by school of members of the Unit. 

H. Student Teacher Eligibility

A minimum of three (3) years teaching experience may be required for a teacher to qualify to have a student teacher, unless an exception is authorized by the Personnel Department.  Special authorization from the Personnel Department is required for any teacher to have more than one (1) student teacher in a school year.

I. University Vouchers

In those instances when university course vouchers are made available to the Syracuse City School District, the disposition of these vouchers shall be determined through a procedure and criteria jointly agreed to by the Association and the District.