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President’s Thoughts on the Governor’s Proposal for Teacher Salaries
Governor DeSantis has proposed using around $600 Million to raise the starting teacher pay to $47,500. While it is great news that he is hearing about the dismal pay in this state, I'm not sure his program actually hits the intended mark. Gov. DeSantis talks about doing this to "recruit and retain" teachers in this Read more2020 Reading Endorsement Requirements
If you would like to download a copy of the 2020 Reading Endorsement Requirements, please click here for the PDF version. Read moreInstructional Bargaining Update for the Week of 9/23/2019
Instructional Bargaining Update #2 September 19th, 2019 The District asked for a joint session with both the Instructional and SRP Bargaining Teams. The District brought the Health and Welfare Language that was passed by both the SRP and Instructional. Many of the issues brought up by our teams were addressed by the District’s counter to Read moreSRP Bargaining Update for the Week of 9/23/2019
SRP Bargaining Update for the Week of 9/23/2019 After a long hiatus, the USEP and District bargaining teams reconvened on Wednesday, September 18th, to resume contract negotiations for this current school year. The District passed a counter proposal to us concerning our “Safety and Health†language to help further protect all SRP in their positions. Read moreBargaining Update 8/9/2019
2019-2020 Instructional Negotiations Update #1 August 9, 2019 IMPORTANT: ALL SIGNED LANGUAGE AND MOUs can be found on our website - USEPonline.org. NEXT SESSION: Not yet scheduled SUMMARY: As of this date, USEP and the District have been to the table on two occasions. During the first session on July 24th, the parties signed Ground Read moreUSEP/District Joint Announcement on Teacher Evaluations
USEP/District Joint Announcement on Teacher Evaluations We are pleased to announce that at the opening session of instructional bargaining, contract language was signed for teacher evaluation. This is the result of tireless efforts of a joint workgroup comprised of teachers, administrators, and both USEP and District leadership that has met to discuss changes to the Read moreSRP Bargaining Update – Week of 7/15/2019
USEP SRP Bargaining Update The USEP SRP bargaining team met with the district-team again (for the third time) on Monday, July 15, 2019 to continue discussions related to the 2019/ 2020 contract negotiations. Below is a brief summary of what’s been proposed and/ or accomplished so far: The following contact language proposals were signed off: Read moreUpdate on “6 of 6” District Initiative
We hope you are enjoying your summer break and perhaps beginning to think about returning to school. We wanted to contact you all and give you an update as to developments on the Superintendent’s teaching “6 of 6†district objective. We are having conversations with the District staff in regard to this initiative because of Read more