A Win for Literacy Teachers

After discussions with AACPS HR, below is an overview for Literacy Teachers who have been tasked with Equity PD work.

First, AACPS has agreed to the following:
All literacy teachers are approved for 2 hours of bluesheet stipend pay for each equity PD in recognition of the extra work you’re doing. This payment will not require you to track hours or file grievances to receive. You will just need to request it from your principal. My understanding is that with three remaining PDs, that should equal $180 for each of you ($30/hour x 2 hours x 3 PDs). While this isn’t $1000, or even $500 as half of what the equity liaisons receive, it is payment you don’t need to proactively demonstrate overwork to receive. If you go over two hours of additional work beyond the duty day, we can still track and submit it for additional time and grieve denials if necessary as we originally planned.

In addition to compensation, they’ve agreed to the following boundaries and limitations of your work supporting equity PDs. AACPS will share this information with your principals:

Literacy Teachers will provide a supporting, not a primary, role in delivering Equity Professional Development trainings. Their role will focus only on how literacy supports the overall goals of the AACPS Equity Office.
Their additional tasks shall be limited to the following:
1. Co-presentation of the Equity PD trainings on those sections relevant to the Literacy Teacher’s particular expertise.
2. No more than two hours of preparation time, during the duty day, with the Equity Liaison prior to delivery of the training.
Literacy Teachers will not be required to attend any portion of the Equity Liaison preparation meetings with the Equity Office prior to delivery of the Equity PD.
Building administrators will proactively schedule time for the Literacy Teacher to complete these additional duties by adjusting, removing, or otherwise changing their duties to ensure these responsibilities can be completed during the regular duty day.

In summary, literacy teachers will all receive additional compensation for the work and cannot be asked to take on additional responsibilities beyond those listed above. If you work beyond the two approved additional hours, or anticipate doing do, contact your admin immediately using this message. Admin either needs to adjust your workload or provide additional compensation in those cases.

A Win for Literacy Teachers

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