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District and union haggle over added collaboration time, pay and logistics
Summary
Negotiators debated a proposal to add a daily 10-minute transition and three weekly 30-minute teacher collaboration blocks (40 minutes total each selected day), how that time would be paid and whether a base salary increase offered by the district fairly compensates teachers for added time.
District and union negotiators spent the bulk of a bargaining session on Oct. 11 debating a proposal that would add 10 minutes of transition time to the school day for all teachers and three 30-minute collaboration periods each week, and how those minutes should be paid.
The district presenter (Staff member, Speaker 5) outlined the proposal and the pay treatment: "we would move the base to 51 1 80, and that would include adding 10 minutes to the day for that transition time. ... That would be built into the salary schedule. ... And I know, originally, we had talked about trying to, ask for 5 days, on that. And I think you guys worked 4 days, your offer. We would ... ask for 3 days of 30 minutes collab time at the end of the day." The presenter said the 10 minutes would be built into the base salary and the 30 minutes would be listed separately on the contract and paid from at-risk funds: "10 payable out of the general fund and 30 payable out of average fund."
Why it matters: negotiators said the change is intended to regularize teacher collaboration time districtwide, but union members raised questions about whether the offered base increase…
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