New Teacher Contracts in North Carolina Understanding the Implications of Section 9.6 from Senate...

New Teacher Contractsin North Carolina

Understanding the Implications of Section 9.6 from Senate Bill 402

Current Teacher Contracts• A fully licensed teacher that works for four

consecutive years with one school system and has a clear license and proficient evaluations throughout this time is awarded career status.

• During the four year tenure-track term, the teacher has probationary status.

• A teacher that is hired late and doesn’t work an entire year and/or is not fully licensed has temporary status.

Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013• Eliminates career status of all “teachers” by July 1, 2018.

• Any teacher who did not attain career status in their current LEA prior to the 2013-14 school year cannot attain career status.

• This includes probationary teachers and teachers new to an LEA who previously earned career status in another system.

• BOTTOM LINE: If you didn’t get career status in the LEA in which you were employed in 2012-13, then you won’t be getting it.

• These teachers, and all newly hired teachers, are considered probationary teachers during the 2013-14 school year.

Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013The Excellent Public Schools Act of 2013 provides that beginning September 1, 2013, the superintendent must review the performance and evaluations of all teachers who have been employed by the board of education for at least three consecutive years. Based on this review, the superintendent must identify and recommend to the board twenty-five percent (25%) of those teachers who have been employed by the board for at least three consecutive years to be offered four-year contracts to be effective beginning with the 2014–2015 school year. The local board of education shall review the superintendent’s recommendation and may approve that recommendation or may select other teachers as part of the 25% to offer four-year contracts, but the local board shall not offer any teacher a four-year contract unless that teacher has shown effectiveness as demonstrated by proficiency on the teacher evaluation instrument.

The 25% Rule…Specifically, beginning September 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, career status teachers and probationary teachers may be offered a four-year contract effective at the start of the 2014-2015 school year if all of the following apply:

• The teacher has three (3) consecutive years of service with the school system;

• The teacher has shown effectiveness as demonstrated by proficiency on the teacher evaluation instrument;

• The teacher is selected by the Board of Education following the recommendation from the Superintendent, based on performance and evaluations (Note: only 25% of teachers with at least 3 consecutive years of service may be selected); and

• The contract offer is accepted no later than June 30, 2014.

25% RuleIf a teacher is offered and accepts a 4-yearcontract (2014-2018), they also get:

• $500 annual pay raise for each year of the contract.

• $500 annual (cumulative) pay raise = $5,000 total over the next 4 years.

Understanding Teacher Contracts in North Carolina

Four Year Contract

• The $500 is added to the teacher’s base salary every year. So a teacher whose base salary would be $40,000 would earn the following over the four years:

2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

$40,000

Base

$40,500

Base + $500

$41,000

Base + $1000

$41,500

Base + $1500

$42,000

Base + $2000

• Step increases or raises which might occur in state budgeting would change the above but our understanding is that the additional $500 to base will be included yearly

• 25% of which teachers?From 9.6(g) of SB 402:“…the superintendent shall identify and recommend to the local board twenty-five percent (25%) of those teachers employed by the local board for at least three consecutive years to be awarded four-year contracts beginning with the 2014-2015 school year.”

New State Statutes Governing Teacher Effectiveness and Contract Awards

Time Line

August 2013Career Status can no longer be awarded

2013 - 2014 School Year

September 1, 2013 – May 1, 2014Local decisions, planning and review of teacher performance and evaluation in preparation for issuance of contracts

January 2014SBE to provide a model contract to LEAs

June 30 2014Deadline for all 4-year contracts to be made and accepted

June 30, 2018Permanent elimination of career status for all teachers

Proficient?

Not Proficient?

3 or more years?

consecutive in district

Less Than 3 years?

consecutive in district

Career Status(rare but possible; in

cases of recent transfers into districts)

No Career Status

One Year Contract

Continued Career Status Ending June 30, 2018

Career Status

No Career Status

Four Year Contract

• 25% of teachers with 3 or more consecutive years in district

• If Career Status, must agree to relinquish

• Additional $500 every year (of 4) on base salary


Decisions that must be made priorto June 30 2014Draft - Represents our current understanding of the law. This is not a Recommended decision-making path, rather an economical way to represent the decision on a single slide.

Non-Renewal

Subject to all existing protections

One Year Contract

Key

Law requires

District decision point


Time Line 2014-15 to 2018-19

By June 30 2014 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

25% of teachers with 3 or more

consecutive years in district &

Proficient or Above

Teachers with Career Status

who do not receive 4-year

Contract

Teachers without Career Status


Contractrs

Four Year Contract

Continued Career Status

One Year Contract

One Year Contract

One Year Contract

One Year Contract


Time Line 2014-15 to 2018-19

By June 30 2014 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

25% of teachers with 3 or more

years in district

Teachers with Career Status


Contract

Teachers without Career Status


Contractrs

Four Year Contract

Continued Career Status

One Year Contract

One Year Contract

Issued Prior to the beginning of each school year based on Superintendent recommendation

Things Change in 2018-2019!

1. No Career Status for anyone

2. Starting in 2018-2019 there will be three types of contracts• 1-year• 2-year• 4-year

3. As of now, the salary implications of these contracts are not spelled out but the stated intent of the GA is to move to a pay for performance model built on robust measures of teacher effectiveness

Proficient?

Not Proficient?

3-years?continuous in district

Less Than 3?continuous in district



No Career Status

One Year Contract


Career Status

No Career Status(rare)

Four Year Contract





Decisions that must be made priorto June 30 2014

Non-Renewal


One Year Contract

Key

Law requires

District Decision point

Essential QuestionHow do LEAs make fair decisions about who gets a four-year contract?

Proficient?

Not Proficient?

3-years?continuous in district

Less Than 3?continuous in district



No Career Status

One Year Contract


Career Status

No Career Status(rare)

Four Year ContractNew State Statutes Governing Teacher Effectiveness and Contract Awards

Decisions that must be made priorto June 30 2014

Non-Renewal


One Year Contract

Key

Law requires

District Decision point

Making DecisionsDPI Guidance for District Process

Think about it nowConsult with school board and attorneys being aware of avoiding potential legal claims

Determine a process with stakeholder input Teacher groups explicitly as well as others

Be transparent Publicize the methodology your district will use as far in advance of June 30 2014 as possible




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