LAUSD Teacher Contracts, Credentials and Standards
UTLA Contract (see below for details for TLs)
UTLA Agreements for Distance Learning & School Re-openings
Teacher Librarian Job Description (LAUSD)
Teacher Librarian Services Credential (CTC)
Model School Library Standards and other Information from CA Dept. of Ed.
Library Task Force Report from 2014
General Fund School Programs Manual 2021-22 (see page 23 re: TL funding)
Other Useful Resources
Library Aide Job Description (LAUSD)
AASL Position Statements on School Libraries and School Librarians
TL job number and designation as part of UTLA bargaining unit (page 22)
Section 3.4 of ARTICLE IX: HOURS, DUTIES, AND WORK YEAR: outlines TL hours (page 36)
3.0 and 3.1 Schedules for classroom teachers and required minutes (so this applies to us, also)
Article IX, 3.1 states: Secondary instructional time is inclusive of passing periods and exclusive of the preparation period, lunch and nutrition periods.
5.0 of ARTICLE IX: HOURS, DUTIES, AND WORK YEAR guarantees a Duty Free Lunch (page 36)
6.0 of ARTICLE IX: HOURS, DUTIES, AND WORK YEAR guarantees a Conference Period (page 36)
2.0 of ARTICLE X EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT AND EVALUATION (page 86) has some problematic language of TLs as special support personnel, but includes them in evaluations; this may come from TLs being funded at the district level or at one time being classified as itinerant. Nonetheless, we are subject to evaluation like other teachers on campus.
1.1 under ARTICLE XIV SALARIES specifies hours for payroll purposes only (page 176) and specifies Library Media Teachers as it's own classification (not out of classroom)
28.0 under ARTICLE XIV SALARIES ( page 198) references replacement pay for teachers / library media teachers if the teacher is absent (auxilary pay).
5.1 under Article XVIII – Class Size (page 242) designates the district will provide a Teacher Librarian for every secondary school with a library.
Pages 338, 361, and 384 specify the Library Media Teacher's differential
Page 405 has the additional TL staffing agreed upon in the MOU from our strike