New Washington Twp. Teacher Contract Has Three Years of 2.5% Pay Raises

It took more than a year of negotiations, but the Washington Township Schools Board of Education and Teacher’s Association have come to terms on a three-year contract.

The school board formally approved the pact at a special meeting in November with both sides agreeing on final terms.

Those terms are retroactive to July 1, 2014, the first day without a new contract, and include three consecutive years of raises.

For the 2014-15 school year, employees received a 2.4-percent raise. For the current 2015-16 school year, employees received a 2.6-percent raise. For the 2016-17 school year, employees will receive a 2.7-percent raise. The three-year average for the salary increases comes to 2.567-percent.

In addition to pay raises, teachers will also receive stipend increases for extracurricular activities in the same amount as the salary increases in each year.

Beginning in the 2015-16 school year, one additional day of professional development will be added to the calendar with no additional compensation. Also, all certificated staff members will be required to complete five hours of state mandated training online during non-work hours without additional compensation.

Beginning in 2016, only two parent-teacher conference days will be early dismissal days, and the other two parent-teacher conference days will be full instructional days.

The new contract ends on June 30, 2017.