Ridgecrest School Board Case Study

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Ridgecrest School Board & Teachers' Association Negotiation March 20, 2011 Negotiation Professor: Dr. Monika Renard Spring 2012 Table of Contents Summary of the Issues 3 Reduction in Staff Preparation, Progress, and Solution 4 Benefits Preparation, Progress, and Solution 5 Workload Preparation, Progress, and Solution 8 Salary Preparation, Progress, and Solution 9 Binding Arbitration of Employee Grievances 11 Preparation, Progress, and Solution Evaluation of Teachers Preparation, Progress, and Solution 14 Conclusion 15 Project 1 Paper: Distributive Negotiation This negotiation took place between the Ridgecrest School Board and the Ridgecrest Teachers’…show more content…
They explained that they would like a 7 and a half hour day, will be teaching time, 5 and a half of which would be teaching time, 1 hour would be “prep” time, and 1 hour would be “duty-free” time. We countered their initial offer with our initial offer of 8 hours and 45 minutes, 8 hours and 20 minutes of teaching, and 25 minutes of duty free time. The Teachers Association said they just could not accept this offer because they were already overloaded with the amount of work they have to get done in such a short amount of time. The Board then offered an 8 and a half hour day, with 8 hours and 5 minutes of teaching and 25 minutes of duty-free time. After realizing that our bracket offers were becoming smaller and smaller the Teachers’ Association agreed to our offer of 8 and a half hour work day. We also negotiated the emergency assignments and general obligations. Our offer was that the Teachers’ must work in the positions for at least 2 months unless someone else is hired which will allow the new hire to take on the unwanted position. The Teacher’s Association didn’t agree with our initial offer and counter offered it with 6 weeks of involuntary job. The Board agreed to these

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