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We believe that this revised version of the draft calendar, adding days back to the two holiday weeks, ensures emotional support for all staff ,students and families. We have all been in lock down mode since March, most having the ability to see their families. Students absenteeism will be great and the desired instructional time will be lost. We hope that we will be back to normal in the Spring, so adding two days for instruction there will ensure more traditional instruction under optimum conditions. To make up more minutes, we think it wise to take away the E/R days, especially in the first semester.
MCEA Calendar proposal
Due to unique challenges with the reopening of schools and our shared mutual interests, both parties agree to a delayed start to the 2020/2021 school year. In order to ensure a safe return to school, both parties agree to the following calendar changes. These changes allow schools to be better prepared for the Martin remote on-line learning option and implementation of new health and safety protocols.
Both parties agree to the following calendar changes:
The following days will be added to student and teacher instructional days:
Get rid of August 27th Sept 23th and October 28th(all ER if necessary)
Teachers on an extended contract ( 201) will report to school on _____________
Teachers on extended contract (206) will report to school on ___________
This agreement has no impact to the pay schedule and all employees will receive paychecks according to the existing payroll schedule.
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Karen Resciniti, MCEA President Joe Rodowicz, Chief Negotiator MCSD
As many of you are aware, Governor DeSantis signed into law HB641 (minimum teacher pay law) this past week. The information below seeks to educate MCEA members about the conditions of the law and how it may impact your salary.
Explanation of the Law:
Commentary from President Karen Resciniti on SB 641
We cannot allow this STATE legislation to pit one group of teachers against the other. We must stay unified and continue to fight for what is right for ALL teachers.
For more information and FAQs : https://feaweb.org/news/2020-legislative-session/faqs-about-the-legislatures-salary-plan/
One of the most common questions we get each Spring is: When will the A+ school recognition money be distributed and how much will it be?
Because we know how important this money is to many of our members, we wanted to let you know as quickly as possible that the governor vetoed the school recognition funding from the budget. As a result, there will be no “A School” bonuses, or any other school recognition money for the 2020-21 school year. This, once again, demonstrates why it is essential that policymakers focus on putting money into permanent salary increases, not bonuses.
Will I still be receiving a bonus from the state?
No. Lawmakers repealed the Best and Brightest teacher bonuses this year, and moved all the funding from those performance-based bonuses into raises
The Florida Education Association and MCEA provide the best and broadest employment legal representation available to their members should they ever need it.
This rattles some public officials. That’s why in the last legislative session they revived a failed program to provide liability insurance for educators, earmarking $1.2 million for this in the Florida budget.
Supporters of this program have stated that the politicians’ purpose for passing it is an attempt to eliminate your union – particularly since FEA is the only statewide organization fighting the policies that hurt our students and our profession. Politicians think that this unneeded insurance is going to shrink our numbers, but the truth is your union offers far more than just insurance.And, during the five years the program was in effect a decade ago, our membership grew.
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
DON’T FORGET…
Let’s return this unopened present that we never asked for - and return the money to where it belongs, in our public schools.
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Have you been wondering what the Flex Day at the beginning of next school year is all about?
Well here goes....
The Flex Day and its use are defined in the contract Article II.2.B.7 which states:
7. One (1) flex day will be available to teachers each school year. A flex day is defined as a teacher work day immediately preceding the first teacher pre-school work day. Flex days shall be used for planning and classroom preparation. A teacher may elect to work a flex day and then take one of the other teacher workdays off during the school year, including the last post-school day. Teachers must notify principals in advance as much as possible if a flex day will be utilized during any given school year. The two work days that can be exchanged for the Aug Flex are Friday, January 4th and Friday, May 31st. The day may be used in whole, 7.5 hrs or in half, 3.75.
To clarify further, the flex day for 2018/19 school year is Friday, August 3. You do not have to use the flex day. You can begin your school year on Monday, August 6. MCEA negotiated this so that elementary teachers who tend to need more time at the beginning of the year to set up classrooms could have it and middle and secondary teachers could use the time at the end of the year when they tended to need it more. If you work the flex day in August, you will need to notify your principal of the workday that you will not come in. There is no time specifically stated for this, but the expectation is that you will be professional and give them the information in a timely fashion.