OCPS, teachers union resolve impasse

The agreement includes teacher salary increases of 2.25% for those rated highly effective (93% of teachers evaluated) and a 1.7% increase for those rated effective (6.5% of teachers evaluated).

By Annabelle Sikes
| 10:45 a.m. October 17, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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Orange County Public Schools and the Orange County Classroom Teacher Association resolved all bargaining issues at an impasse hearing Wednesday, Oct. 16.

The agreement includes teacher salary increases of 2.25% for those rated highly effective (93% of teachers evaluated) and a 1.7% increase for those rated effective (6.5% of teachers evaluated).

The agreement contains also a one-year continuation of retention supplements, a one-year continuation of select supplements, allows three days of district–paid bereavement leave, allows non-classroom teachers to work remotely, adds federal pump act language into the contract, and includes changes to the instructional evaluation article.

Bargaining FAQs can be found here.

OCPS representatives said the School Board strongly urged district and CTA negotiators to go back to the bargaining table to work on a viable comprehensive parental leave program.

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Annabelle Sikes

News Editor Annabelle Sikes was born in Boca Raton and moved to Orlando in 2018 to attend the University of Central Florida. She graduated from UCF in May 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a minor in sociology. Her past journalism experiences include serving as a web producer at the Orlando Sentinel, a reporter at The Community Paper, managing editor for NSM Today, digital manager at Centric Magazine and as an intern for the Orlando Weekly.