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7. Harassment of an Employee A member has complained to her local representative of harassment by the assistant principal. She says that he admonished her in the presence of her students on one occasion when he was observing the class. Since that time, he has returned to her room on three consecutive days, and again twice during the current week. Following each observation, he has written an adverse report on her performance, itemizing petty irregularities. She feels that he has singled her out because she has been an active member of the association. She wants the representative to talk either to him or to the principal. A. Would this member have a grievance under the terms of your contract? B. How would you proceed in this case? 8. Representation A member has asked the Executive Committee to censure an AR for failure to represent him at Step 1 of the grievance procedure. The following statement has been made by the AR in a flier to the members: 38 – AR Handbook “Your Association Representative formally informs the members that he will no longer service the grievance claims of one of its members, Mr. Brown. All further claims Mr. Brown has will be referred directly to the local president for processing. This decision has been made as a result of the fact that this member is deliberately undermining the activities of this local by regularly filing grievances that cannot be supported by the negotiated contract. Mr. Brown has regularly used this technique to intimidate the officials of the school. To continue to represent him would be to condone his actions.” A. How would you proceed as a member of the Executive Committee? B. Why? 9. Extension of Hours The special education classes have dismissed at 1:30 p.m. and teachers have not been required to stay past 2 p.m. The Child Study Team has decided to “mainstream” the special education students. The board has put the special education students on a regular schedule which requires teachers of special education to remain at school until at least 3:30 p.m. A. Would these teachers/members have a grievance under the terms of your contract? B. How would you draft this grievance? C. What remedy would you seek? 10. Lunch Time As district grievance committee chair you find out today that the paraprofessionals in one of your elementary schools have only been getting 26 minutes for lunch since a new program was instituted into that school the first week of February. A. Would this member have a grievance under the terms of your contract? B. How would you proceed in this case?


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