Grievance
Arbitration Binding — true
If the grievance is not resolved satisfactorily to the Union within five (5) days after consideration by the Board, there shall be available a fifth step of impartial binding arbitration. The decision of the arbitrator will be binding on the parties.
Compensation
Ba Min Salary — BA minimum salary, Lane BA Step 1, 2014-2015
Will County School District 92 2014/2015 Salary Schedule - Teachers BA Lane Step 1: 42,099
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr1 — Approximate salary schedule increase from 2014-2015 to 2015-2016 based on BA Step 1 movement from 42,099 to 42,731
2014/2015 BA Step 1: 42,099; 2015/2016 BA Step 1: 42,731
Compensation
Base Salary Increase Yr2 — Approximate salary schedule increase from 2015-2016 to 2016-2017 based on BA Step 1 movement from 42,731 to 43,372
2015/2016 BA Step 1: 42,731; 2016/2017 BA Step 1: 43,372
Leave
Bereavement Days — A maximum of three scheduled school days shall be granted for each death with additional days considered in each individual case
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Death in the immediate family as aforesaid interpreted shall not be counted as sick leave. A maximum of three scheduled school days shall be granted for each death with additional days considered in each individual case.
Workday
Contract Days Teacher — The annual school calendar shall consist of one hundred eighty-five (185) days, of which actual pupil attendance shall be one hundred seventy-six (176) days. Four (4) days shall be officially declared full-day institutes. Five (5) days shall be designated as emergency days.
The annual school calendar shall consist of one hundred eighty-five (185) days, of which actual pupil attendance shall be one hundred seventy-six (176) days. Four (4) days shall be officially declared full-day institutes. Five (5) days shall be designated as emergency days and will be used only in lieu of days lost because of emergency school closing.
Insurance
Dental Coverage — true
The Board of Education will provide medical and dental insurance coverage for all teachers and their dependents.
Evaluation
Evaluation Cycle Years — Evaluation cycle not explicitly stated. Joint Teacher/Administration Evaluation Committee (TEC) monitors evaluation plan but frequency not specified.
A joint Teacher/Administration Evaluation Committee (TEC) shall continue as a sub-committee of the joint bargaining teams of the Board and the Union. The TEC committee shall continue to monitor the evaluation plan for all bargaining unit members.
Grievance
Grievance Steps — Five-step grievance procedure: informal discussion, written grievance to principal, appeal to superintendent, appeal to board, binding arbitration
FIRST STEP: informal discussion. SECOND STEP: written grievance to principal. THIRD STEP: appeal to superintendent. FOURTH STEP: appeal to Board of Education. FIFTH STEP: impartial binding arbitration.
Insurance
Health Single Premium — The Board of Education will provide medical and dental insurance coverage for all teachers and their dependents. Premium amounts not specified in contract.
The Board of Education will provide medical and dental insurance coverage for all teachers and their dependents. The Board of Education will also provide $30,000 in term life insurance coverage on each teacher.
Compensation
Lane Advancement Allowed — true
Teachers who wish to qualify for horizontal lane advancement must provide proof of successful completion of course work with a grade report or professor's letter by September 15 and an official transcript by October 15.
Leave
Personal Days Annual — Teachers shall be granted a maximum of three (3) personal leave days (pro rata to FTE) per year with pay
Teachers shall be granted a maximum of three (3) personal leave days (pro rata to FTE) per year with pay. A personal leave day is defined as a day to allow personal time to conduct personal business (but not vacation, travel, income production or work stoppage), which is impossible to schedule at a time other than during a school day.
Retirement
Retirement Pickup Pct — Employer TRS pickup percentage not explicitly stated in contract. Board payment of teacher TRS contribution is indicated but percentage not quantified.
It is expressly understood that the figures appearing on this schedule include a sum equal to the amount required by law for TRS contribution of the base salary of each teacher which is in fact not payable to the individual teacher but is instead a reflection of the sum paid by the board to the Teacher's Retirement System on the teacher's behalf.
Retirement
Retirement System — TRS (Teachers' Retirement System of Illinois)
An employee who qualifies for participation in the District Retirement Program is eligible to apply his/her District 92 earned unused sick leave accumulation to the Illinois Teachers' Retirement System to receive additional creditable service for retirement purposes.
Rif
Rif Recall Years — Riffed teachers called for substitute positions per seniority; recall rights period governed by Illinois School Code Section 24-12
Riffed teachers will be called in the order of seniority as stated in Section 24-12 of the Illinois School Code. Only teachers who are qualified to fill the position will be called. A riffed teacher is a teacher who was released due to a reduction in force during the prior school year.
Compensation
Salary Lanes Count — Total number of education lanes: BA, BA+15, BA+30, MA, MA+15, MA+30, MA+45
Will County School District 92 2014/2015 Salary Schedule - Teachers BA BA+15 BA+30 MA MA+15 MA+30 MA+45
Compensation
Salary Steps Count — Total number of experience steps on the salary schedule
Salary schedule extends from Step 1 through Step 24 across all lanes and years
Leave
Sick Days Annual — All full-time teachers shall be granted sixteen (16) days sick leave per school year
All full-time teachers shall be granted sixteen (16) days sick leave per school year. If any such teacher or employee does not use the full amount of annual leave thus allowed, the unused amount shall accumulate to a maximum available leave of three hundred and sixty (360) days at full pay.
Leave
Sick Leave Max Days — Maximum sick leave accumulation of 360 days at full pay
the unused amount shall accumulate to a maximum available leave of three hundred and sixty (360) days at full pay. In the event a teacher has accumulated the maximum available leave of 360 days, that teacher shall be granted the 16 days sick leave as all other teachers, but shall not be allowed to accumulate more than 360 days.
Compensation
Step Increase — A TEACHER MAY PROGRESS ONLY ONE STEP VERTICALLY IN ANY YEAR. Specific percentage not quantified.
A TEACHER MAY PROGRESS ONLY ONE STEP VERTICALLY IN ANY YEAR.