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Board ratifies substitute educator contract with pay and benefit changes
Summary
The Beaverton Education Association’s licensed substitute unit ratified a three-year contract that the board approved unanimously; the agreement includes roughly a 14% pay increase over its term and expanded access to sick leave and training for long-term substitutes.
The Beaverton School District board unanimously approved a three-year collective bargaining agreement for licensed substitute teachers on May 13 after the unit voted to ratify the tentative agreement.
Lindsey Ray, president of the Beaverton Education Association, told the board the bargaining team secured changes intended to recruit and retain substitute educators, including a pay increase totaling roughly 14% over the life of the contract, paid time for jury duty for long-term substitutes, a codified statutory sick-leave provision, access to online curriculum resources for classes substitutes cover, and paid safety-care training for long-term substitutes working in specialized programs.
Ray said the contract will help the district “continue to come to this district and stay in our district,” and urged board approval. District staff told the board that the changes are part of a three-year agreement that runs through the end of the 2027–28 school year and that membership of the affected unit ratified the agreement.
The board approved the ratified contract unanimously. The district said it will reopen bargaining with the unit at the end of the contract term for a successor agreement.
What it means: Substitutes will receive the negotiated wage increases and access to the listed benefits. The district said paid safety-care training for long-term substitutes in specialized programs is intended to increase safety and continuity in classrooms that serve students with higher needs.
