Prairie Crossing Charter School

If the Union is not satisfied with the disposition of the grievance at Step Three, or the time limits expire without the issuance of the Board's written reply, the Union may submit the grievance to binding arbitration.

Baseline salary for incoming teachers in 2024 – 2025 will be defined as follows: Entry $ 42,269.89 (Bachelors)

For the 2024 – 2025 school year, all employees will receive a four percent (4%) Base Rate Increase (BRI) on their 'Earnable Compensation' from 2023 – 2024.

In the event of the death of a member of the employee's family, the employee shall, without deduction in pay, be entitled to three (3) days bereavement leave, with up to five (5) days utilizing personal and/or sick days, for each death in the family.

The school term shall consist of one hundred, eighty-eight (188) school days for Teachers and Support Staff, of which one hundred, eighty-five (185) shall be the maximum number of student attendance days and three (3) shall be in-service days.

District Dental Insurance Contribution $ 37/ month - full time

All non-tenured educators shall be evaluated annually. All tenured educators who have worked at PCCS for five (5) consecutive years shall be evaluated at least biennially, if they have been evaluated proficient or excellent the past five (5) years.

Step One: Dean or immediate supervisor. Step Two: Executive Director. Step Three: Board. Step Four: binding arbitration if Union not satisfied at Step Three.

District Health Insurance Contribution $ 725/ month - full time

The employee workday shall run from 7:30 am until 3:45 pm and student attendance from 8:00 am until 3:30 pm... seven (7) hours and thirty (30) minutes for student attendance.

Baseline hourly rate of pay for incoming Support Staff in 2024 – 2025 will be defined as follows: Instructional Assistant Certified Teacher $ 17.25

teachers who move from a BA degree to an MA degree during their employment with PCCS shall receive an additional six thousand dollars ($6,000) added to their base salary contingent upon completion of the PCCS Professional Advancement Plan.

Full-time employees shall, without deduction in pay, be entitled to three (3) personal leave days per year. Personal leave requests should be submitted at least two (2) days before the requested date and are subject to approval by the Administration.

Those employees who are not part of the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) will have Social Security and Medicare deducted but not TRS. Support Staff are covered under IMRF per standard Illinois municipal retirement.

Employees receiving written notice of dismissal for reduction in force... shall have the right of recall if a vacancy or a newly created position occurs within the employee's specific category of employment... within one (1) calendar year from the beginning of the school year.

Baseline salary for incoming teachers in 2024 – 2025 will be defined as follows: Bachelors and Masters columns

Years of Experience: Entry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (six total steps in salary schedule)

Full-time employees shall, without deduction in pay, be entitled to fourteen (14) days' sick leave per year. Sick leave is intended to be used during times of personal illness or to attend to the illness of a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, or other members of the extended family.