IRCEA Welcome! 9/??/15 Please sign in and take an agenda and fill out a raffle ticket. School Name

New Executive Board & open positions  We need a new Social Media Coordinator  Executive Board position  TOPICS editor  Stipend included in position

Membership Recruitment  Our first social at CJ Cannon’s had 42 in attendance (all members)  Bring a potential member to the next social at Pareidolia

MOU Vote  Fellsmere continues to be listed in the bottom 300. Last year we ratified an MOU regarding adding an extra hour to their day.  This year, the district realized they could get the extra hour of reading instructional time by adding only 15 minutes to the students’  The MOU we will be voting on is adjusting the previous language to meet this goal on the early release day, September 23 rd.

Negotiations As of 9:00 PM Friday. September 11 th, we have completed negotiations for the contract. Liz Cannon will be setting up dates to come around to the schools to talk about the contract in the coming weeks. We have not set up a voting date.

Negotiations What we have agreed to…  $900 per year added to each increment of the salary schedule. This is in addition to our performance pay increases. This is a guaranteed increase over the next three years!  Beginning in , increase the work day by 30 minutes; administration is only permitted to use 60% of that time, the rest is available for teacher planning.  Increase the board contribution to health insurance by $18 per pay period (increase of $432 per year)  Differentiated pay will be 5% of federal funds (no strings attached) with reopener if additional schools added in subsequent years. Contract StatusNI/D/UEffectiveHighly Effective AC$900$1800$2100 PSC/CC$900$1500$1800

Negotiations What we have agreed to…  ESE Compensatory adjustment  if MBU teaching non-VAM class can document that a student was absent for at least 10% of instructional time, student shall be removed from roster upon request  Clarity to Performance Deficiency definition & procedures  VAM cut scores (statute)  Supplement committee recommendations  We kept AC teachers renewed for earning HE or E, added contingency for discipline resulting in suspension

Negotiations What we have agreed to…  Big wins on observation procedures in Article IV –MBUs must receive written feedback on any element scored D/B/NU, if the element is in Domain 1, MBU must receive description of what “went wrong” and specific suggestions for improved performance  If any element is scored D/B/NU, next observation cannot occur until at least five days after receipt of written feedback (unless MBU and evaluator agree to waive)  “Additional observations” can only occur “within a mutually agreed upon timeframe”

Negotiations What we have agreed to…  Grievance timeline: informal discussion must be initiated within 15 days of the later of either:  When the alleged contract violation occurred  When the grievant should have known that the alleged contract violation occurred  Evaluation grievances are an exception – the timeline does not start until receipt of summative evaluation result  Any portion of evaluation (e.g., IPS) may be grieved before then

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