ARTICLE I - GENERAL Section A - Definitions The following list of terms will be used frequently in this Agreement and whenever

they are used will refer to the definitions described below unless otherwise stipulated. 1. "EMPLOYEE" - All certificated personnel approved by the Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) to be members of the bargaining unit. "ASSOCIATION" - The Palm Beach County Classroom Teachers Association, the bargaining unit and its duly authorized representative(s) or agent(s). "SUPERINTENDENT" - The Superintendent of Schools of Palm Beach County, Florida, or his/her designee. AREA SUPERINTENDENT - The administrative head, or his/her designee, of a geographic region of schools as determined by the Superintendent and/or School Board. "PRINCIPAL" - The employee's school Principal or other immediate supervisor, as applicable, or his/her designee. "BOARD" - The School Board of Palm Beach County, Florida, its administrative officers or agents. "SCHOOL SYSTEM" or "DISTRICT" or "COUNTY" - The School District of Palm Beach County, Florida. "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS ACT (PERA)" - Chapter 447, Part II, Florida Statutes. "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RELATIONS COMMISSION (PERC)" - The PERC Commission created under F. S. 447.205. "DAY" - Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, "day" shall mean teacher work day. "FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE (FMCS)" "AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION (AAA)" "AGREEMENT" - A Collective Bargaining Agreement or Contract as provided in F. S. 447. "INTERIM EMPLOYEE"- An employee who is filling in for another employee who is on an approved leave of absence (see Article III, Section O) or who is otherwise employed in keeping with Article IV, Section B (1) of this Agreement. YEAR OF SERVICE DEFINED A year of service shall be defined as that sum of compensated duty days of six hours (6) hours or more which exceeds one-half (1/2) of the employees contract year or 99 compensated duty days, whichever is greater. 11

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ARTICLE I - GENERAL Section A - Definitions (contd) 16. SENIORITY - The beginning date of continuous employment with the District in this bargaining unit, including approved leaves. If an employee leaves the unit for another position in the District and returns to a position in this bargaining unit within twelve (12) months, his/her seniority will be the original date of employment in this bargaining unit upon returning. If ties occur in the determination of seniority, they will be broken by the date on which employment was offered by the Division of Human Resources or the date of the Principals recommendation, whichever is earlier. If a tie remains, the determination of who has greater seniority shall be a coin toss and witnessed by an Association representative. Notwithstanding the above paragraph and of any other conflicting provision(s) of this Agreement, those District employees who were in this bargaining unit who left to take other positions in the District and who will be returning to this bargaining unit for the 2011-2012 school year or later, will be permitted to use all of their years of experience in the District as a member of this bargaining unit plus their years of experience in other District positions after they left the bargaining unit, for placement purposes on the Teachers Salary Schedule, minus the number of years employees in this bargaining unit have not been awarded salary steps; and their seniority date in this bargaining unit will revert to what it was when they left this bargaining unit.

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