AFT Seattle Community Colleges, Local 1789

Advanced Degree Differential Chart

The link below is to a pdf chart that shows your advanced degree differential established last payroll year for employees current at that time. This amount will not change, but will carry forward with you for the remainder of your employment with HISD.

The differential was calculated based on the amount required at your given step to provide an $1,100.00 raise last year. That amount will now be added your current step after the 2% raise was factored in as shown in the example.

Component of Pay	14-15 SY	15-16 SY	Increase
Step - Base Pay	$69,956	$71,500	2%
Teacher Allotment	$1,500	$1,500	0%
Master's Differential	$3,504	$3,504	0%
Total Compensation	$74,960	$76,504	2%

You must ensure that you use your step last year to determine your differential. This amount will not be included on the salary schedule, but you should see it in your payroll information for next year online.

Link to chart ------> http://hft.tx.aft.org/files/advanced_degree_differential_chart.pdf

Community Meetings scheduled to discuss BCPS Police carrying guns in schools

During the month of July, 2015, Baltimore City Public Schools will be hosting a series of community conversations around Baltimore City to discuss how school police can work with

“IT’S A BRAVE NEW WORLD…or is it”

It’s been a perfect storm, so to speak, that has resulted in forward strides tempered with “dancing backward.”

Negotiations Update #8

June 16, 2015

Dear Colleagues,

It is regrettable that we have been unable to reach agreement with the district during our reopener negotiations for the 2015-16 school year. The main barrier to our reaching an agreement involved the longstanding issue of inequitable preparation time for our K-3 teachers. Despite our efforts to secure 30 minutes of guaranteed preparation time for the 2015-16 school year and 90 minutes of guaranteed preparation time for the 2016-17 school year, the district would not agree to safeguard this valuable time needed to prepare for instruction from mandatory collaboration meetings. The district wouldn’t even agree to give the K-3 teachers 2 substitute release days! We were willing to increase the elementary instructional minutes in order to allow for K-3 preparation time. By including “collaboration” meetings within the definition of conference/preparation time, the district could force K-3 teachers to forego valuable preparation time to work with your colleagues on Principal directed assignments, paperwork unrelated to instruction, and other directed tasks.

Concerning Recent News Media Reports on Wage Reductions

The news media is reporting that General Assembly leadership and Gov. Malloy have reached a tentative budget agreement that assumes state employee concessions, in the form of a half percent reduction in raises, which would be negotiated for the 2016-17 fiscal year.

We have not agreed to any such reductions in wage increases nor have we had any discussions regarding this possibility. The proposal that has been put forward is a reduction in the “reserve for salary adjustment” line item in the budget.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Calling all MPEC union members
who serve as team coaches in their community:

We currently have available up to 25 Baltimore ORIOLES game tickets for two separate dates to distribute free to two worthy teams. Dates are August 17, 2015 or August 20, 2015.

August 30 -- Black Latino Unity Picnic

Penn Park, 2101 Fisher St., Madison, WI
Sunday, Aug. 30
1:00 - 5:00 pm

Facebook Event Page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/672912516173516/

Food, Music and a great Discussion on how to Unite our Communities to bring Progress! Sponsored by the Immigrant Workers Union.

More information or to volunteer: (608) 576-5230

Scranton Teachers-One of Founding Members of American Federation of Teachers

100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

On June 19, 2015, OSER sent the comp plan to the Joint Committee on Employment Relations (JCOER). It includes no general wage adjustment for either year of the biennium. Combined with the coming increases to the group health insurance plans, this means another two years of pay cuts.

Read the Cover Letter

Read the Summary

Read LFB Paper on Comp Reserves