Kent Education Asssociation

Tentative Agreements, Remaining Proposals, Withdrawn Proposals

KEA Proposals with Tentative Agreements (as of August 22)

1. District to provide KEA with 250 hard copies of the labor agreement at no charge.
This would be an increase from the current agreement for 100 copies. (
Tentative Agreement -The district agreed to provide KEA with the contract as a single
electronic Word document.

2. Students with a history of violence would not be allowed in school until a plan is in
place and all affected teachers notified. Tentative Agreement, August 14

3. When required to move to another classroom during the school year, the teacher
will be relieved of teaching duties for three school days.
The current contract provides one day for elementary teachers to move classrooms during the
school year. In addition, the District agrees to provide necessary moving supplies and support
staff to accomplish the move. Tentative Agreement on modified language for this section.

4. Clarify language regarding shared leaves for injury or illness, to align with district
policy and state law.
Tentative Agreement May 19.

5. Medical benefits would be paid under certain circumstances while on unpaid leave
of absence.
Tentative Agreement, August 19. (associated with item #10)

6. Substitute teachers would receive 70% of a beginning teachers' daily rate.

Tentative Agreement with modified language, August 21.

7. Increase pay for specialists.

Tentative Agreement, August 20. Implementation of this proposal will cost approximately
$600,000 over two years.

8. Administrators would complete the Guest Teacher Feedback Form. (Currently,

teachers complete this form regarding their substitute teachers.)
Tentative Agreement with modified language, August 21.

9. When teachers voluntarily or involuntarily move to a different school during the

summer, they will receive 5 extra days of pay.
Tentative Agreement with modified language, August 19. (2 days pay)

10.Expand options and increase medical benefits relative to maternity or paternity

leave.
Tentative Agreement, August 19.

11.Employees would receive full pay and benefits whenever injured or taken ill on the
job.
Tentative Agreement with modified language, August 20.

12. Teachers would be allowed to take time off from work to attend annual union
convention.
Tentative Agreement with modified language, August 21.
KEA Proposals Remaining (as of August 22)
1. Decrease class size and caseloads
August 21, KEA presented a new, lower cost class size and case load proposal. Estimated cost is
in excess of $32M.

2. Extra-curricular/Extra-duty pay: Compensate the new position of Webmaster

$4,000 at high schools and $2,000 at middle and elementary schools. Estimated
cost: $105,000

3. Extra-curricular/Extra-duty pay: Create a new position of School Rostermaster and

pay each $1,000 in each high school and middle school. Estimated cost: $12,000

4. Modify how the district communicates to teachers and the union regarding
allegations of misconduct.

5. Expand options for using the 3 paid personal leave days.

6. Allow teachers to take up to 5 paid days leave for the death of any individual with
whom the employee had a close, personal relationship.

7. Teachers completing the Individual Educational Plans (IEP) would receive that
special pay through monthly installments instead of a lump sum.

8. Provide extra pay to teachers for every IEP, Multi-Disciplinary Team, Guidance
Team, Student Support Team, and Evaluation Team meeting that is held outside of
the regular work day.

9. Increase by approximately 10% the extra pay for teachers who are scheduled to
teach more classes than a full-time position.

10.Increase class coverage pay by approximately 10%.

11.Optional workshop days would become mandatory and teachers would be allowed
to use sick leave or discretionary leave and not attend.

12. Teachers and Educational Staff Associates (ESAs - e.g., counselors, nurses, etc.)
would not have to report for work on floating report card days. Currently, teachers
do not have to report to the work site. Because ESAs do not complete report cards,
they are currently scheduled for training on these days.

13.Delete language regarding annual goal-setting conference so that teachers are

automatically paid for their annual goal setting conference work.

14.Increase new teachers' pay for their training days by approximately 10%.
15.Automatically provide teachers with the state-funded benefit amount.

16. Limit before/after-school faculty meetings to one per month & staff development
training to one per month.

17.Limit of one meeting per week per teacher for the following topics: Vertical Team,
Grade Level Team, School Improvement Team, Collaborative Academic Support
Team & Classroom Assessment for Student Learning — this does not apply to
meetings covered by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

18.In order to introduce new programs, Kent School District must first decrease
teachers' current work load and reach agreement on the new program with KEA.

19. Teachers would be provided additional planning time during parent conference
week.

20.Teachers would vote to hold parent conferences outside of the workday if

contiguous work time is reduced.

21.No teacher would be required to create or maintain a website - or use other online
tools, e.g. Moodle or SWIFT, to inform parents of their child's academic progress.

22. Reduce district's cash reserves from 5% to 3%; eliminate all administrative
positions beyond the state Basic Education Allocation; eliminate all travel funds
for administrators before making any teaching staff reductions.

23.Determine seniority status using each teacher's experience in Washington; out-of-

state experience would not be recognized.

24.Part-time employees would have their seniority determined in a pro-rated manner.

25.Teacher layoffs would be determined as follows: volunteers first, followed by

seniority status and endorsements.

26.When staffing reductions result in transfers, volunteer requests will be honored

first.

27.When recalled, teachers would be able to choose their assignment if there is more
than one position available. Teachers can choose to be removed from the re-
employment pool.

28. Seniority would be the determining factor when recalling laid-off teachers to fill
substitute teacher positions.

29.When given an employment offer, teachers would have 48 hours to respond rather
than the current 24- hour time frame.
30. In the first year teachers would have control of all release time for currently
existing late start/early release days, and in the second year there would be 1 late
start/early release day for each week that has four or more days in the work week
(approximately 36 total late start/early release days in a typical school year).
The Kent School District Board of Directors has committed to conduct community listening
sessions during the 2009-10 school year in order to determine the feasibility of changing the
current configuration of the late arrival/early dismissal

31. Teachers would be offered the option of paying for vision insurance.
The parties are in agreement on this concept, working toward identifying an insurance carrier.

32. KEA proposal would provide overall salary increases of approximately 6% in the
first year, and 4% in the second year, a total cost increase of approximately $16Million
over two years. This proposal replaces 2 days of district directed professional
development with the same amount of teacher directed time.

In response, the district proposal would provide overall salary increases of approximately 3% in
the first year, and 1.5% in the second year, a total cost increase of approximately $8.5 Million
over two years.(This includes the $600,000 pay increase for specialists, tentatively agreed to on
August 20th) The district’s proposal includes additional days of teacher directed and district
directed time for professional development.
 KEA Proposals Withdrawn (as of August 22)
1. Provide 4.3% cost-of-living increase.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal, replacing it with a new proposal, #32 above.

2. Teachers would not be required to obtain permission or approval to take their 7

paid days of professional development leave.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal

3. Teachers pursuing a master's degree or certification would receive an additional 3

paid days of leave per year.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal

4. Automatically provide teachers with the state-funded benefit amount.

KEA has withdrawn this proposal.

5. Calculate per diem for ESAs (occupational therapists, physical therapists,

counselors, nurses, and psychologists) based on placement on state salary scale,
including experience not recognized by the Washington state.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal

6. Teachers would be able to increase the number of instances when they can take
time off without pay.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal.

7. Increase pay for having National Board Certification based on the level of poverty
in the teacher's school.
KEA has withdrawn this proposal
 Kent School District
Tentative Agreements, Remaining Proposals, Withdrawn Proposals

KSD Proposals with Tentative Agreements (as of August 22)

1. Consider retaining the current level of professional development support for new
teachers.
The district has agreed to provide one professional development day for teachers who are new
to Kent School District. The district has agreed to provide five days for teachers who are new to
the profession.

KSD Proposals Remaining (as of August 22)

1. Permit the district to contract specialist services when reasonable efforts to hire
employees for those services have failed.

2. Provide assurance that teacher goals will align with student and district goals.
The district has withdrawn this proposal.

3. Establish a one-year term for this labor contract.

The parties are currently working toward a two-year agreement.

4. Discontinue the practice of giving sick leave to the teacher who is on leave while
serving as KEA president. KEA president currently receives these leave benefits
but does not have to charge leave when he/she takes leave.

5. Revise layoff and recall language. (KSD presented a revised proposal on August 22 )

KSD Proposals Withdrawn: (pertinent details noted.)

1. Allow the district to reassign staff to a different building when necessary.
The district has withdrawn this proposal.

2. Given the loss of state funding, consider reduction or elimination of up to 7

effective education days. The current agreement requires that these days be
negotiated annually because of potential loss of funding.
The district has withdrawn this proposal and has proposed to restore all 7 effective education
days.

3. Pay teachers the IEP stipend when work is completed on time, in order to meet
state requirements and avoid penalties.
The district has withdrawn this proposal.

6. Allow the district the opportunity to seek the best benefit package for the
dollars available.
The district has withdrawn this proposal.
7. Given the loss of state funding for one of the two Learning Improvement Days,
consider elimination of one Learning Improvement Day.
The district has withdrawn this proposal. The district has agreed to pay for this additional day
with district funds, the cost of this is approximately $1 Million over two years.

8. Clarify that principal-directed late arrival and early dismissal days will focus on
instructional needs and student achievement as determined by the principal.
The district has withdrawn this proposal.

9. Clean up outdated and unnecessary language in contract.

The district has withdrawn this proposal.