I finally sat down and digested the school teachers contract
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Salary step 1 - $39,000 with BA - $45,000 with MA + 60 (?credit hours)
Salary Step 12 (highest) - $63,000 with BA - $73,000 with MA + 60
"salary step and lane placement" - 2010 rates
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daily teacher pay rate = 1 / 183 of teachers base salary daily
(ANNUAL) rate - in case that deductions have to be made for
unauthorized abscences or authorized unpaid leave
workshops - $150 per day
health insurance and annuity payments are deducted from paycheck
longevity pay - after 12 to 15 years - $2600
sick leave buyback at retirement - $35 per day to a maximum of 200 days
comp time of 1 day per year to replace missed preparation time
Teachers work a 10 month work year - teachers report 2 days before the
first day of school
The work day of classroom teachers starts 15 minutes before pupil start time
Teachers are required to provide 80 minutes per week for tutoring /
detention / parent conferences
High School and Middle School run classes from 8 AM to 230 PM
Elementary schools run classes from 815 AM to 215 PM
Elementary school teachers receive a 30 minute duty free lunch period
Middle school and high school teachers receive a duty free lunch
period that matches the pupils lunch period - 22 minutes? plus 56
minutes ?
Class size goals - elementary schools - 25 pupils per class
Teaching load - 2ndary schools (middle school and high school) - 5
days per week - 125 students (100 for English teachers) - 5 periods
per day
Elementary school teachers have a 40 minute preparation period daily
Teachers are required to be available for up to 3 after school
meetings per month (for administrative / school business) - not to
start after 245PM
Teachers are required to attend 1 (daytime) meeting per year
Teachers are required to attend 4 evening meetings per year
15 sick leave days per year are available - plus 2 personal days -
plus 5 emergency days (my term - death in family - etc)
reimbursement is available for up to 12 college credit hours per year
towards a Masters
Sabbaticals - only 2 teachers at once - after 7 years, teacher can
take off one year or one half year - at half pay
Stipends - $1000 to $5000 - after school activiies - approx 50 slots
Lead teachers receive $3000 to $5000 stipends
Job sharing - 50/50 or 60/40 - 2 people share one job / position
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Question - why do lead teachers show as FTE in school budget?
Question - how accurate is the school budget? How many gudiance
counseors are really at the High School?
Question - is there something funky about 182 days vs 185 days vs
showing up 2 days early vs new teachers show up 3 days early
Question - What are workshops?
Question - how mauch time is spent on union work? There are
entitlements in the contract.