WEST BEND SCHOOL DISTRICT TENTATIVE AGREEMENT SUMMARY

1.Two year contract covering the period of July 1, 2009 – June 30, 2011
2.Any and all savings achieved as a result of this contract settlement shall be used to offset programmatic reductions in 2010-11. Any and all savings achieved as a result of this contract settlement shall not be used to under-levy 2010-11.
COMPENSATION:
3.Provide salary schedule step and lane increments in each year, and increase salary schedule by 0%/cell effective July 1, 2009 and 3%/cell effective July1, 2010.
4.Effective July 1, 2010, delete one (1) full step from 2010-2011 salary schedule.
(My note: this brings a B.A. Teacher's starting salary from $36,338 to $37,920)
5.Effective July 1, 2010, increase the NBPTS(National Board Professional Teaching Standards) stipend by one thousand dollars ($1,000) to twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500).
6.Effective July 1, 2010 award six (6) credits for salary schedule movement to an employee who completes a guided PDP for relicensure under pilot MOU for 2010-11-Appendix M
7.Effective September 1, 2010, credits taken at University of Laverne or McPherson College will need to be preapproved under a pilot for 2010-11-Appendix M
BENEFITS:
8.Effective July 1, 2010, increase the employee contribution to the family health plan by ten dollars ($10) to establish the new rate at sixty dollars ($60) per month.
LANGUAGE:
9.Expand language on interschool mail to include electronic mail boxes. Add language that acknowledges the District Technology Use Policy and expectations that staff abide by this policy.
10.Expand language related to EEO protected classes to include all classes protected by federal and state law.
CALENDAR:
11.Create two (2) one-half (½) teacher workdays out of student-contact days. These
days will be March 25, 2011 and June 9, 2011. These days are accomplished by
restructuring the minutes of the student day and do not extend the school year.