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. Within five (5) days following the agreement by the b) 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. The parties shall share equally the expenses of the c) mediation. The grievant shall have the right to be present at the d) mediation session(s). The mediators shall have the authority to caucus e) separately with either party, but shall not have the authority to compel the resolution of a grievance. The
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
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