teacher of a violation, misinterpretation or misapplication of this Agreement has not been satisfactorily resolved at any Step of the grievance procedure, either party may present a written request for mediation to the other party. Upon receipt of the request, the receiving party shall respond in writing to the requesting party within five (5) days of receipt. 8 F. a) The Department of Education (DOE) and the Association or teacher must mutually to submit a grievance to mediation. If the parties agree to submit a grievance to mediation, the time lines and procedures contained in this Agreement shall be suspended for no more than ten (10) days to accommodate the mediation process. b) Within five (5) days following the agreement by the DOE and the Association to mediate the grievance, the respective parties shall appoint a joint mediation team composed of one (1) DOE representative and one (1) Association representative. No mediation team shall be directly involved in representational matters within the district in which the grievance arose. c) The parties shall share equally the expenses of the mediation. d) The grievant shall have the right to be present at the mediation session(s). e) The mediators shall have the authority to caucus separately with either party, but shall not have the authority to compel the resolution of a grievance. The
administrator may make a separate evaluation of a student. In the event that an administrator makes a separate evaluation of a student, a written explanation shall be attached to the administrator’s evaluation and a copy of the administrator’s explanation forwarded to the teacher of the affected student. The deadline for the submittal of grades shall be no earlier than end of the work day on the fourth student day following the end of each quarter except for the fourth quarter. Fourth quarter grades shall be completed by the end of the teachers’ last work day. Teachers who presently have more time to submit grades at the end of a quarter or semester shall not lose that time. R. 19 S. CLASSROOM INTERRUPTIONS Classroom interruptions shall be minimized. The Employer make reasonable efforts to eliminate excessive noise-producing activities during the school day. Assistance of other agencies may be sought if necessary to eliminate noise-producing activities. STUDENT MEDICATION Teachers not administer student medication. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE OF BUILDINGS The Employer be responsible for the maintenance and cleanliness of the campus, classrooms and offices.
National Education Association and the Hawaii Education Association. Such authorization shall continue in effect from year to year unless revoked in writing between June 1 and September 1 of any year. Pursuant to such authorization, the Employer shall deduct one twenty-fourth (1/24) of such dues from each check of teachers. The Employer shall promptly remit all sums deducted pursuant to Section A above to the Association accompanied by a list of all teachers for which dues are remitted, and the amounts deducted for each and other information as presently provided. The Association agrees to promptly advise the Employer of all members of the Association in good standing from time to time and to furnish other information needed by the Employer to fulfill the provisions of this Article, and not otherwise available to the Employer. Upon issuance and transmission of a check to the Association, the Employer’s responsibility shall cease with respect to deductions covered thereby. The Employer shall not be bound in any manner to see the application of the proceeds of any check, to investigate the authority of any Association officer to certify the amount of dues to be deducted, or to accept or collect any check. The Association hereby undertakes to indemnify and hold the Employer harmless from all claims against it for or on account of any deductions made from the of a teacher pursuant to Article XIV, Sections A and B - Payroll Deductions, of this Agreement. 53 monthly