Top highlights from both licensed and support staff include:

• Increased flexibility in leave—leave can be taken in one-hour increments

• Four days of bereavement leave, which includes pregnancy loss AEA representation on the Health Insurance Selection Advisory Committee to provide employee voice in benefits change

• Guaranteed annual step increase

• Verbal communications with employees regarding corrective actions for performance improvement must be made and kept in confidence

• Staff must be informed of student referral outcomes

  

Licensed Agreement includes:

• Compensation for class coverage at the staff member’s hourly rate

• Four release days for Special Education teachers to work on IEP compliance

• Professional development outside of contract hours is no longer mandatory

• Three unencumbered planning periods every week

• Must adhere to at least 45 consecutive minutes or 360 total minutes allotted weekly for elementary planning time

• No more than two staff meetings per month

 

Support Staff Agreement includes:

• 35 minutes duty-free lunch

• Work assigned outside of contract hours must be performed during contract hours unless otherwise directed

• Physicals occur during contract time, require 7 days’ notice and follow State Board of Education (BoE) requirements

• Professional Standards Stipend extends to all support employees

• Annual allowance for uniforms