Monday, September 17, 2012

Here's what the Chicago teachers turned down




Highlights
Term: Three Years, 3%, 2%, 2% with an option for a 4th year at 3% raise by mutual agreement. Eliminate “wage reopener” 47-2.2.
Maintain PSRPs’ Annual Salary Table. PSRPs get 4%--2% COLA with 2% for the longer year. Steps and Lanes: full value of steps are preserved, increase raises for steps 14, 15 and 16. Lanes
are preserved. No merit pay.
Benefits: Health Care benefits preserved at current levels with no increase in rates or co-pays. Wellness program.
School Calendar: 175 full student attendance days; 6 half days; 7 full PD days; 6 half days; 2 report card pickup days (non-student attendance)=190 days total. 8 holidays; 10 days of vacation. We WILL make up the days lost to strike.
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Forces Board to hire 512 additional “specials” teachers—art, music, physical education, etc.
Longer Day
No Merit Pay (“Differentiated Compensation”) and Preserves Lanes
Maintains full value of teachers/PSRPs career ladder (steps); increases value of highest steps (14, 15, and 16)
Eliminates “PEP”
Longer Year
New Recall rights • Creates “CPS Hiring List”—at least 1/2 of all CPS hires must be displaced members • 10 months “true recall” to same school if position opens • Teachers “follow students” in closing, phase- out, and consolidation
Cuts layoff benefits to 1⁄2 former level (5 months RTP, 5 months Cadre for school closings, school actions)
Improves language on • PSRPs: “The BOARD shall not reclassify a Teacher Assistant to a Special Education Classroom Assistant who does not perform diapering and feeding.” • Unified Calendar • Preparation periods for clinicians • Provides for books on day 1 • Creates recess • Board commits to hire nurses and social workers if it gets new revenue • Paperwork reduction language—new paperwork shall be accompanied by a corresponding reduction of existing paperwork. • Anti-bullying provision
New Right: mediation/arbitration in discipline cases.

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