All receive overtime compensation for working more than 40 hours in a workweek. All must have a high school diploma or equivalent. The job descriptions for represented and unrepresented instructional assistants are the same. All instructional assistants perform duties listed in one or more of the three instructional assistant classifications. All instructional assistants work in schools in ESD's boundaries.
All instructional assistants work in classrooms under the direction of licensed teachers.
Several instructional assistants may be assigned to a single classroom. All instructional assistants receive the same annual notice concerning continued employment. This Board has jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter of this dispute. The petition proposes an appropriate bargaining unit. This is the third time these parties have appeared before us concerning these part-time employees.