January 16, 2017 at 7:30 AM - Human Resources Committee

Description:  I.       Current language in the Teacher Employment Guidelines states that, “Teachers new to the district (probationary teachers) shall be formally evaluated each of their first three years in the district.  Because the evaluation process is very time intensive, administration is recommending that if a teacher new to our district has more than 10 years of teaching experience and their evaluation during the first year in our district indicates absolutely no concerns, they be placed on the three year evaluation cycle.  They would still be considered probationary teachers and could be non-renewed at the discretion of the Board
of Education.  Administration retains the right to place any teacher on the evaluation schedule at any time if deemed necessary.  Language is attached for your review.

Description:  I.       Our first QTI study of the Administrative Assistant group was completed in November of 2015.  We have implemented their recommendations as part of pay increases that were given in March 2016 and December 2016.  The firs pay increase was retroactive to July 1, 2015, and the second was retroactive to July 1, 2016.  All administrative assistants are now at or above the minimum recommended  pay level
for their position if they have been in that position for less than 5 years, or at or above the recommended midpoint for their position if they have been in that position for 5 years or more.
 
The numbers we are using for minimum and midpoint pay levels re directly from the study that was completed slightly over a year ago.  For our pay ranges to remain competitive, we need to adjust them on an annual basis.  The purpose of this agenda item is to discuss the process that will be followed in updating the pay ranges for the administrative assistant group and for the rest of the classified staff when we have their study results from QTI.

Description:  I.       At their regular meeting in November, the Board waived the District retirement eligibility equirements for a staff member who met the years of service requirement but the not age requirement.  She had to retire because of a serious illness, and she met the eligibility requirements for WRS disability retirement.  At the time, the Board indicated an interest in adding language to our employment guidelines for each employee group that would waive the age requirement to retire for employees who met the years of service requirement AND qualified for WRS disability retirement.   Language is attached for your review.

Description:  Please see attached proposal from Tom Grunder