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A.
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"Accountability"
refers to the act of taking information and
using it to achieve results within a system of
consequences, standards, and measures.
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B.
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"Administration" refers to Wai'alae School's
CEO.
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C.
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"Association" refers
to the Hawaii State Teachers Association;
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D.
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"Authorized
Association Representative" refers to any person
designated by the Association or the members of
the Association to serve as a faculty
representative, grievance representative, field
representative or in some other representative
capacity as determined by the Association;
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E.
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"Bargaining Unit Member" refers to those
members of Bargaining Unit 5 who teach at
Wai‘alae School;
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F.
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"CEO" refers to Wai‘alae School's Chief
Educational Officer.
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G.
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"Covered employee" refers to all those
members of Bargaining Unit 5 who teach at
Wai‘alae School.
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H.
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"Consensus" refers to that process used by
Wai‘alae School to make decisions in a way
consistent with the Wai‘alae vision and
philosophy. During the 2002-2003 school year a
working group will set out the specific
consensus process used at Wai‘alae
School.
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I.
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"Coordinating Committee" refers to that
Wai‘alae School committee which includes
the CEO, each Grade Level Chairperson, the
Curriculum Coordinator and representative(s)
from special programs.
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J.
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"Employee" refers to members of Bargaining
Unit 5 who teach at the School;
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K.
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"Employer" refers to the
Wai‘alae School Board;
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L.
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"Faculty" or "Faculty Association" refers to
all full-time, half-time and part-time teachers
at Wai‘alae School.
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M.
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"Half-time" teacher refers to teachers and
other personnel working at least 50% of a
fulltime schedule under the same salary schedule
as Bargaining Unit 5 members. Half-time teachers
are eligible for prorated compensation, sick
leave, and personnel leave. Half-time teachers
shall accumulate service for service awards at
the rate of one (1) month credit for every month
of service. Half-time teachers earn service
credit in the same manner as teachers employed
at one hundred (100%) fulltime equivalency.
Tenure rights for teachers shall continue in
full force during periods of less than full-time
employment. If half-time teachers are displaced
from their half-time positions, they may be
placed (if qualified) into other vacant
half-time or vacant full-time positions.
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N.
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"Just cause" refers to
a legitimate reason. The term 'just cause' means
a real cause or basis for dismissal as
distinguished from an arbitrary whim or caprice.
That is, just cause is some cause or reason that
a reasonable employer, acting in good faith in
similar circumstances, would regard as a good
and sufficient basis for terminating the
services of an employee. In order to determine
if there is just cause, the Employer's action
will be reviewed in light of the seven tests of
just cause.
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O.
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"Line position"
refers to a teaching position at Wai‘alae
School which is filled by a Bargaining Unit 5
employee and provides benefits.
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P.
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"Part-time" teacher" refers to those teachers
at the school who are not members of Bargaining
Unit 5 and who work less than a half-time
schedule.
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Q.
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"Probation" refers to
the following: Each new hire at Wai‘alae
will be placed on probation. During the
probationary period, Wai‘alae may choose
discontinue the employment of the probationary
teacher without just cause for no reason. A
teacher will be taken off probation after the
successful completion of four consecutive
semesters teaching at Wai‘alae.
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R.
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"The School" refers to Wai‘alae New
Century Public Charter School.
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S.
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"School Code" refers
to the compilation of Wai‘alae School
policies and procedures which may be based on
the DOE School Code.
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T.
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"Teachers" refers to all Bargaining Unit 5
members employed by the school, including
fulltime and half time teachers, librarians, and
counselors.
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U.
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"Tenure" refers to the
status teachers at Wai‘alae School achieve
after they have completed four consecutive
semesters of probation, have a Hawaii State
teacher's license, and have accepted a permanent
classroom position at Wai‘alae School for
the next year. A tenured teacher at
Wai‘alae School may be dismissed for just
cause and with due process. A tenured teacher at
Wai‘alae School may also be dismissed as
part of a staff reduction following the
procedures set forth below in Article X
below.
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V.
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"WSB" refers to the Wai‘alae School
Board.
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