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by Should I move?
Nov 24, 2015
I'm looking at different states to move to so as to teach, and NV ended up on my list. It's been rather hard to find real teacher input on whether this is a good place to teach or not. Help?
by CCSD Teacher
Jan 7, 2016
If you work for CCSD and have not taken a good hard look at the new contract and salary schedule it might be worth your time to look it over carefully.
Go to the CCEA website and click on the Questions/Answers button for information. There are several things to read through, so follow the links and check it all out.
One key piece ...See MoreIf you work for CCSD and have not taken a good hard look at the new contract and salary schedule it might be worth your time to look it over carefully.
Go to the CCEA website and click on the Questions/Answers button for information. There are several things to read through, so follow the links and check it all out.
One key piece to look for is the calculator that they have for figuring out your placement on the new salary scale. For some teachers it looks really scary.
A teacher at my school put in her information today and was shocked at her placement. On the old schedule she was all the way to the right having completed a Masters plus 32 and the CTE certificates. She has done everything except a PhD. She has been working her way down the schedule and planned on topping out just over $70,000/year.
Using the information from the calculator she will be all the way back at Step 3. If she does no additional PD she will top out at $63,000. She can complete additional PD to move over on the new schedule, but she has already done tons of classes and isn't really that excited to be starting over almost from scratch.
To move over on the new schedule teachers will have to complete 675 hours of PD to make one jump to a new step. They will be able to make one jump every 2-3-4 years depending on what school they are at.
From the information we have it looks like the teacher at my school will have to do the following to move all the way to the right on the new salary schedule.
-Make five jumps across the steps. -This will take her 10-15 years. -Complete 3375 hours of PD classes. (This works out to 225 one credit PDE classes.) -Create a personalized PD plan. -Have her administrator review and approve her plan. -Document and collect evidence of her progress. -Complete a yearly review of the plan and her progress. -Submit documentation and reflections of her progress.
For teachers that disagree with their placement will have the opportunity to appeal that placement with the Joint Hearing Panel. This is from the CCEA website.
"What Is the Joint Hearing Panel? The Joint Hearing Panel is made up of three representatives from CCSD and CCEA. It is designed to address issues regarding placement on the new salary schedule. Educators will be able to appeal their current salary to the Joint Hearing Panel if they have a question regarding their years of service and/or education attainment. Further instruction will be made available immediately upon finalization; however, the deadline for the appeal is January 29, 2016. The Joint Hearing Panel must make a determination by February 12, 2016."
We don't have a specific date for when the appeal paperwork will be available to teachers and we don't know what documentation will be required with that paperwork. From the discussions at my school it looks like about 40&37; of the teachers are planning on filing an appeal.
If anyone out there has more information please enlighten us. Lots of people have lots of questions but thus far we have not had any substantive responses from CCEA. We have tried calling their office, sending emails to their office, and leaving messages on their Facebook page. Everyday the questions pile up higher and higher and the frustrations grow and grow.
PS There is some good news. It looks like we will all be making a bit more money next year and teachers that are willing to do the work to make all the lane jumps will top out at $90,000 a year.
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Hi,
I renewed my teaching contract with CCSD but am considering staying home to home school my kids, as my son just got an IEP last year and it was a rough year. I wanted to start him in 1st grade and see how he does, and if he's struggling, pull him out and home school him. Does anyone know the penalty for breaking my contract mid-way thr...See MoreHi,
I renewed my teaching contract with CCSD but am considering staying home to home school my kids, as my son just got an IEP last year and it was a rough year. I wanted to start him in 1st grade and see how he does, and if he's struggling, pull him out and home school him. Does anyone know the penalty for breaking my contract mid-way through the year?
My school is short teachers and we have an average of 2-3 long term subs filling permanent positions every year, so my admin seems supportive and still wants to keep me as long as possible if he can, even though he knows I might leave.
I am thinking maybe I should just resign and sub until I see how my son settles, but I hate to do all the resignation paperwork if I do end up staying.
Thanks in advance
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> On 12/02/15, Real Teacher wrote:
>> On 11/24/15, Should I move? wrote:
>>> I'm looking at different states to move to so as to
>> teach,
>>> and NV ended up on my list. It's been rather hard to find
>>> real teacher input on...See More