GRANITE FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT
PERSONNEL POLICY
POLICY 4010: JOB-SHARING STAFF MEMBERS
A job-sharing assignment is the shared performance of the duties of one full-time, regular
position by two employees.
The superintendent is responsible for recommending to the board when the best interests
of the district would be served by creating a job-sharing assignment for a particular
position.
The district reserves the authority to:
A. Approve job share proposals;
B. Discontinue any job-sharing assignment, or change a job-sharing position to a full
time position held by one employee;
C. Consider any request to create a job-sharing position in a position currently held by
one employee;
D. Should a job share participant resign or take a leave of absence prior to or during the
school year, the job share situation will be handled as follows:
1. Offer full time employment to the remaining job share person;
2. Seek a compatible replacement, with remaining partner working full time until a
replacement is found;
3. If the remaining partner is unable to assume the full time responsibility until a
replacement is found, a substitute will be identified to work until a replacement is
found.
Employees wishing to share a position shall submit an application as a team in writing to
the building principal that will forward to the superintendent for approval. The
application shall identify contingencies that may arise during the course of employment
including, but not limited to, responsibility for participation in staff meetings and
committees.
The conditions provided by this policy are not intended to discourage job sharing nor to
impose disproportionate burdens upon job-sharing staff members. The superintendent
shall establish job-sharing procedures that describe the duties, responsibilities, salaries
and benefits for individuals sharing a position.
Cross References: Policy 4000, 4001, 4005, 4015, 4065
Legal References: RCW 28A.400.300 Hiring and discharging employees--Leaves for
employees--Seniority and leave benefits, retention upon transfers between schools; RCW
28A.405.070 Job Sharing
ADOPTED: DECEMBER 21, 1995
AMENDED: APRIL 27, 2000
AMENDED: APRIL 16, 2003 procedure only
POLICY 4010 PROCEDURES
Definition:
Job sharing is when two (2) applicants wish to take responsibility for all the functions of
one (l) full-time position.
Application Procedures (General):
Individuals must apply together following the procedures and format outlined below.
The initial job sharing arrangement is for one year only. If job sharing partners wish to
continue for ensuing years, they shall reevaluate their positions and continue to
reevaluate on a yearly basis making necessary changes.
Participation in the job-sharing program is voluntary on the part of participants.
Application Procedures (Specific):
Two (2) current staff members who wish to be considered for job sharing must make
application as a team, in writing, to the building principal. The application must address
all of the items needed to share the duties and responsibilities of one (l) position,
including but not limited to the criteria listed below:
How the following items will be covered: faculty meetings, parent conferences/reports,
report cards, class parties, field trips, SLOs, staff development, inservice, open house,
parent/student orientation, first and last day of school, substituting, MDT conferences.
The agreement on an acceptable division of teaching assignment: morning afternoon; 2
1/2 days; 3 days-2 days; or another agreed upon division of time, depending on grade
level, position (resource room), etc., division of teaching tasks, including subject matter
Basic ground rules on discipline:
A communication system: between selves, with principal, with parents, conflict
resolution.
How job share will be evaluated:
Principal, job sharing partners
A listing of equipment and materials that can be shared and what materials would need to
be purchased, when and how the job share partners are going to provide for joint
planning, an agreed upon plan of how the job sharing relationship will be discontinued if
this situation arises.
External applicants or a current employee and an external applicant who wish to be
considered for job sharing may apply for a position to the District personnel office
following standard District procedures. The District will post the 1/2 job sharing position
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available for one year only. In addition to the normal application process, successful
applicants must submit a written plan, as a team, including but not limited to the abovementioned items.
Administrative Approval:
The administration must approve the job-sharing proposal before it can be implemented.
Items to consider prior to granting approval or disapproval include, but are not limited to:
The job share partners have, in the judgement of the administration, a well developed
plan for job sharing an assignment, neither job share partner is undergoing evaluation for
below-average performance, job share partners hold proper certification, teacher
compatibility in such areas as: educational philosophy, areas of effectiveness experience,
disciplinary expectations and sharing space and room arrangement.
Financial and Contractual Arrangements:
Continuing contract staff members holding job-sharing assignments shall be granted the
appropriate annual fractional leave during the period of job sharing.
Job sharing participants will receive benefits in the same ratio as their part-time service
bears to full-time service (i.e. their individual FTE).
Should a job share participant resign or take a leave of absence prior to or during the
school year, the job share situation will be handled as follows:
1. Offer full-time employment to the remaining job share person;
2. Seek a compatible replacement, with remaining partner working full-time until a
replacement is found; or
3. If the remaining partner is unable to assume the full-time responsibility until a
replacement is found, a substitute will be identified to work until a replacement is
found.
If feasible, job share partners will substitute for one another: specifying the number of
days, or partial days, each person will work and adjusting workdays to accommodate
substituting. If job share partners are unable to exchange job sharing days for substituting
purposes, then substituting partner would receive current substitute rate of pay.
Job share positions are exempt from Article IV, Section 9-assignment, vacancies,
promotion, and transfer section of the collective bargaining agreement.
Continuing contract employees who wish to job share must apply for a leave of absence
from their former position for one year. At the end of one year, and if job share partners
do not wish to continue sharing, the employees shall be placed in the position last held.
Job share partners who wish to continue job sharing after one year, may make an
application for an additional year. Applicants will not be guaranteed a full FTE position
after the first year. Job share participants will qualify for salary advancement and
experience credit per state guidelines.