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Tentative two-year teacher contract would raise base pay to $46,000, add retention and leave provisions
Summary
At a brief special meeting, a presenter outlined a tentative two-year collective bargaining agreement that would raise the teacher base salary from $44,000 to $46,000, add retention and performance bonuses, expand parental and personal leave rules, and pay new-teacher orientation; the full contract will be presented for board approval at the next regular meeting.
Mrs. Chisum presented the terms of a tentative two-year collective bargaining agreement to the Eastern Pulaski Community School Corporation board, saying the deal "is posted on the website" and expressing optimism about the outcome. "I think we have come to a good agreement for the next two years and I'm excited about that," she said.
The proposal raises the base teacher salary "from 44,000 to 46,000," according to the presentation. The agreement would also include a $2,000 teacher retention base increase for the first year that every eligible teacher would receive. In addition, teachers rated "effective" or "highly effective" would receive a $1,000 payment tied to evaluations, and teachers who earn additional credits approved for state licensing would receive another $1,000.
Teachers who add a literacy endorsement would receive a one-time $250 base increase. Mrs. Chisum further explained that second-year evaluations could make teachers eligible for a $1,000 payment if they are rated effective or highly effective, and that newly hired teachers who obtain the literacy endorsement would receive a $250 increase to base pay.
The tentative agreement also makes several changes to leave and time-off language: it provides five days of parental leave within a 12-week period (the days need not be consecutive); personal business days may accumulate to 10 days; only one personal day will be charged for a school-corporation-sponsored field trip that occurs before or after a recognized break; and new teacher orientation days will be paid at the teacher PDM wage.
The presenter said the tentative agreement is posted online and will be brought to the board at its next regular meeting for formal approval. Following the presentation, board members thanked negotiators and moved to adjourn the brief session; the motion to adjourn passed by voice vote and the meeting was closed.
The tentative agreement contains pay and leave changes that affect classroom staffing costs and teacher compensation; the board must take a formal vote at its next regular meeting to approve the full collective bargaining agreement.
