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From: Yocum, Stephanie Sent: Friday, February 19, 2021 4:12 PM To: Bridges, Wes <[email protected]>; Cunningham, Lori <[email protected]>; Fields, Kay Harris <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Fortney, Sarah D. <[email protected]>; Reynolds, Sara Beth <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Miller, Lisa <[email protected]> Cc: Porteous, Teddra <[email protected]>; Jason Vail <[email protected]>; Byrd, Jacqueline <[email protected]> Subject: School District of Polk County and Polk Education Association Impasse SM-2020-19 Good afternoon Board Members and Mr. Bridges, Please see attached a copy of the Polk Education Association’s position pursuant to Section 447.403(4)(b), Florida Statutes for the issues at impasse between the parties. Please direct any questions to Mr. Bridges. Thank you. Stephanie Yocum President-Polk Education Association 730 E. Davidson St. Bartow, FL 33830 863-533-0908 www.polkea.org www.feaweb.org FEA | 213 S. Adams St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 | 850.201.2800 | Fax 850.222.1840 Send an email to [email protected] to opt-out from receiving future messages. Only the individual sender is responsible for the content of the message, and the message does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Florida Education Association or its affiliates. This e-mail, including attachments, may contain information that is confidential, and is only intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed.

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From: Yocum, Stephanie Sent: Monday, March 1, 2021 1:32 PM To: Bridges, Wes <[email protected]> Cc: Porteous, Teddra <[email protected]>; Byrd, Jacqueline <[email protected]>; Kevin Moran <[email protected]>; Wilfredo Tellado <[email protected]> Subject: PEA Revised Impasse Resolution for the Teacher Contract Importance: High Good afternoon, Last Thursday, February 25th, PEA and the District Bargaining Teams convened for PEA to present and discuss a revised salary proposal for the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation funds for instructional salary raises. The District Team is currently reviewing our proposal and cost out, and they have stated that PEA will receive their answer on whether they will accept or reject our proposal by March 10th. On behalf of the PEA Bargaining Team, I am officially updating our recommendation for impasse resolution with the proposal that was presented this past Thursday. While our team staunchly believes that any type of level compression is harmful and restrictive to the future ability to provide raises, we also realistically understand that compression is inevitable with the magistrate’s recommendations for the Teacher Salary Increase Allocation law. Our bargaining team reviewed the District’s current proposal, and we were able to group the level compression differently while also lowering the vacancy numbers to be more in line with current open positions. Our team was able to reach the District’s proposed minimum base salary of $45,172 through compression, and we agree with the District team that $45,172 is the maximum base salary attainable with the allocated funds. However, by grouping the compression differently and using adjusted vacancy numbers, we were able to provide more money to veteran teachers with the lowest raise amount at $1500. The separate salary schedules for school psychologists and occupational and physical therapists still apply the same pattern both the District and PEA have used to address those raises by adding our respective lowest raise amount for the general pay for performance and grandfathered schedules to all school psychologists and OT/PT staff. In this revised proposal from PEA, school psychologists and OT/PT staff would all realize a $1500 raise. We sent the original recommendation for impasse resolution via email and certified mail. Would you also like this revised recommendation sent via certified mail as well, Mr. Bridges? I also didn’t address the entire school board to avoid any statutory prohibitions in discussing impasse issues with board members during the insulation period before the Legislative Hearing. Please forward as necessary to the board, or on your direction, I will send to the entire school board. Sincerely, Stephanie Yocum President-Polk Education Association 730 E. Davidson St., Bartow, FL 33830 863-533-0908 www.polkea.org www.feaweb.org FEA | 213 S. Adams St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 | 850.201.2800 | Fax 850.222.1840 Send an email to [email protected] to opt-out from receiving future messages. Only the individual sender is responsible for the content of the message, and the message does not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Florida Education Association or its affiliates. This e-mail, including attachments, may contain information that is confidential, and is only intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed.

September 2, 2020- Union Initial Salary Proposal Instructional

September 16, 2020- District Salary Counter Instructional

September 23, 2020- Union Salary Counter Instructional


October 15, 2020- Union Salary Counter Instructional

February 25, 2021 Union Salary Revised Counter Instructional

All salary proposals are retroactive to July 1, 2020.

Teacher Grandfathered Salary Schedule (196 days)

(Statutorily mandated for teachers with a Professional Services or Continuing Contract)

For the 2019-2020 school year employees will continue to be paid the same salary as 2018-2019 with no salary level

advancement due to budgetary constraints. The intent of the language is to freeze salaries for the 2019-2020 school

year.

This schedule includes Teacher Network Managers who will remain on the Grandfather Schedule. Years of

Experience 0-8 are only available to Network Managers.

Years of Experience prior to

2899

3220

2019-2020 Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Specialist Degree Doctorate Degree

0 $ 41,572 $ 43,753 $ 44,471 $ 44,792

1 $ 41,871 $ 44,052 $ 44,770 $ 45,091

2 $ 42,470 $ 44,651 $ 45,369 $ 45,690

3 $ 42,770 $ 44,951 $ 45,669 $ 45,990

4 $ 43,070 $ 45,251 $ 45,969 $ 46,290

5 $ 43,370 $ 45,551 $ 46,269 $ 46,590

6 $ 43,670 $ 45,851 $ 46,569 $ 46,890

7 $ 43,970 $ 46,151 $ 46,869 $ 47,190

8 $ 44,270 $ 46,451 $ 47,169 $ 47,490

9 $ 44,870 $ 47,051 $ 47,769 $ 48,090

10 $ 45,170 $ 47,351 $ 48,069 $ 48,390

11 $ 46,070 $ 48,251 $ 48,969 $ 49,290

12 $ 46,370 $ 48,551 $ 49,269 $ 49,590

13 $ 46,970 $ 49,151 $ 49,869 $ 50,190

14 $ 47,570 $ 49,751 $ 50,469 $ 50,790

15 $ 48,170 $ 50,351 $ 51,069 $ 51,390

16 $ 48,770 $ 50,951 $ 51,669 $ 51,990

17 $ 49,370 $ 51,551 $ 52,269 $ 52,590

18 $ 49,970 $ 52,151 $ 52,869 $ 53,190

19 $ 50,570 $ 52,751 $ 53,469 $ 53,790

20 $ 51,170 $ 53,351 $ 54,069 $ 54,390

21 $ 51,770 $ 53,951 $ 54,669 $ 54,990

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22 $ 52,370 $ 54,551 $ 55,269 $ 55,590

23 $ 52,970 $ 55,151 $ 55,869 $ 56,190

24 $ 53,570 $ 55,751 $ 56,469 $ 56,790

25 $ 54,170 $ 56,351 $ 57,069 $ 57,390

26 $ 55,670 $ 57,851 $ 58,569 $ 58,890

27 $ 56,870 $ 59,051 $ 59,769 $ 60,090

28 $ 58,070 $ 60,251 $ 60,969 $ 61,290

29 $ 60,770 $ 62,951 $ 63,669 $ 63,990

30+ $ 62,870 $ 65,051 $ 65,769 $ 66,090








Years of Experience prior to300

2899

3220

2020-2021 Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Specialist Degree Doctorate Degree

0 45172 47353 48071 48392

1 45172 47353 48071 48392

2 45172 47353 48071 48392

3 45172 47353 48071 48392

4 45172 47353 48071 48392

5 45470 47651 48369 48690

6 45470 47651 48369 48690

7 45470 47651 48369 48690

8 45770 47951 48669 48990

9 46370 48551 49269 49590

10 46670 48851 49569 49890

11 47570 49751 50469 50790

12 47870 50051 50769 51090

13 48470 50651 51369 51690

14 49070 51251 51969 52290

15 49670 51851 52569 52890

16 50270 52451 53169 53490

17 50870 53051 53769 54090

18 51470 53651 54369 54690

19 52070 54251 54969 55290

20 52670 54851 55569 55890

21 53270 55451 56169 56490

22 53870 56051 56769 57090

23 54470 56651 57369 57690

24 55070 57251 57969 58290

25 55670 57851 58569 58890

26 57170 59351 60069 60390

27 58370 60551 61269 61590

28 59570 61751 62469 62790








29 62270 64451 65169 65490

30+ 64370 66551 67269 67590








Teacher Performance Salary Schedule Initial Placement Matrix

This Matrix is only for the initial placement of teachers based upon their credited years of experience on

the Teacher Performance Salary Schedule below.

Years of

Experience

Completed

Placement Level

0 001

1 003

2 005

3 007

4 009

5 010

6 011

7 012

8 013

9 014

10 015

11 016

12 019

13 021

14 023

15 025

16 027

17 029

18 031

19 033

20 035

21 037

22 039

23 041

24 043

25 045

26 047

27 049

28 051

29 053

30 055

31 057

32 059

33 061








Teacher Performance Salary Schedule (196 days):

(Statutorily mandated for teachers holding or accepting Annual Contracts, or, Probationary Contracts)

For the 2019-2020 school year employees will continue to be paid the same salary as 2018-2019 with no

salary level advancement due to budgetary constraints. The intent of the language is to freeze salaries for

the 2019-2020 school year.

Performance Salary Schedule

Level Salary Level Salary Level Salary

001 $40,972 002 $41,272 003 $41,572

004 $41,872 005 $42,172 006 $42,472

007 $42,772 008 $43,072 009 $43,372

010 $43,672 011 $43,972 012 $44,272

013 $44,572 014 $44,872 015 $45,172

016 $45,472 017 $45,772 018 $46,072

019 $46,372 020 $46,672 021 $46,972

022 $47,272 023 $47,572 024 $47,872

025 $48,172 026 $48,472 027 $48,772

028 $49,072 029 $49,372 030 $49,672

031 $49,972 032 $50,272 033 $50,572

034 $50,872 035 $51,172 036 $51,472

037 $51,772 038 $52,072 039 $52,372

040 $52,672 041 $52,972 042 $53,272

043 $53,572 044 $53,872 045 $54,172

046 $54,472 047 $54,772 048 $55,072

049 $55,372 050 $55,672 051 $55,972

052 $56,272 053 $56,572 054 $56,872

055 $57,172 056 $57,472 057 $57,772

058 $58,072 059 $58,372 060 $58,672

061 $58,972 062 $59,272 063 $59,572

064 $59,872 065 $60,172 066 $60,472

067 $60,772 068 $61,072 069 $61,372

070 $61,672 071 $61,972 072 $62,272

073 $62,572 074 $62,872 075 $63,172

076 $63,472 077 $63,772 078 $64,072








Years of

Experience

Completed

Old Placement

Level

(not years of

experience)

New Placement

Level

0-3 001-008 A

4-6 009-011 B

7 012 C

8 013 D

9 014 E

10 015 F

11 016 G

12 019 K

13 021 M

14 023 P

15 025 R

16 027 T

17 029 V

18 031 X

19 033 Z

20 035 BB

21 037 DD

22 039 FF

23 041 HH

24 043 KK

25 045 MM

26 047 PP

27 049 RR

28 051 TT

29 053 UU

30 055 XX

31 057 ZZ

32 059 BBB

33 061 DDD

34 063 FFF

35 065 HHH








Teacher Performance Salary Schedule (196 days):

(Statutorily mandated for teachers holding or accepting Annual Contracts, or, Probationary Contracts)

For the 2019-2020 school year employees will continue to be paid the same salary as 2018-2019 with no

salary level advancement due to budgetary constraints. The intent of the language is to freeze salaries for

the 2019-2020 school year.

Performance Salary Schedule

Old Level

New Level Salary

001 A 45172

002 A 45172

003 A 45172

004 A 45172

005 A 45172

006 A 45172

007 A 45172

008 A 45172

009 B 45472

010 B 45472

011 B 45472

012 C 45772

013 D 46072

014 E 46372

015 F 46672

016 G 46972

017 H 47272

018 J 47572

019 K 47872

020 L 48172

021 M 48472

022 N 48772

023 P 49072

024 Q 49372

025 R 49672

026 S 49972








027 T 50272

028 U 50572

029 V 50872

030 W 51172

031 X 51472

032 Y 51772

033 Z 52072

034 AA 52372

035 BB 52672

036 CC 52972

037 DD 53272

038 EE 53572

039 FF 53872

040 GG 54172

041 HH 54472

042 JJ 54772

043 KK 55072

044 LL 55372

045 MM 55672

046 NN 55972

047 PP 56272

048 QQ 56572

049 RR 56872

050 SS 57172

051 TT 57472

052 UU 57772

053 VV 58072

054 WW 58372

055 XX 58672

056 YY 58972

057 ZZ 59272

058 AAA 59572

059 BBB 59872

060 CCC 60172

061 DDD 60472

062 EEE 60772

063 FFF 61072

064 GGG 61372








ADVANCED DEGREES

For employees paid on the Teacher Salary Schedule, the compensation for a credited Advanced Degree

shall be added to their assigned pay level and be a part of their permanent base pay unless earned after June 30, 2011. For all advanced degrees earned after June 30, 2011 and for employees hired after June 30, 2011,

the additional compensation for a credited advanced degree will be paid as a supplement. Advanced degree

pay is part of an employee’s daily rate of pay calculation when employees are contracted for additional

days or hours.

All Master’s Degrees: Adds $2,181 to an employee’s salary.

Specialist Degrees: Adds $2,899 to an employee’s salary.

Doctorate Degrees: Adds $3,220 to an employee’s salary.

065 HHH 61672

066 JJJ 61972

067 LLL 62272

068 MMM 62572

069 NNN 62872

070 PPP 63172

071 QQQ 63472

072 RRR 63772

073 SSS 64072

074 TTT 64372

075 UUU 64672

076 VVV 64972

077 WWW 65272

078 XXX 65572

079 YYY 65972

080 ZZZ 66272








PSYCHOLOGIST GRANDFATHERED SALARY SCHEDULE

(216-day Work Schedule)

(Statutorily mandated for Psychologists with a Professional Services or Continuing Contract)

Years of Experience 0 is based on Years of Experience 12, Teacher Salary Schedule with Master’s Degree

For the 2019-2020 school year employees will continue to be paid the same salary as 2018-2019 with

no salary level advancement due to budgetary constraints. The intent of the language is to freeze

salaries for the 2019-2020 school year.

Years of

Experience as a Psychologist

Prior to 2019-

2020 2020-2021 The current year

The current year

8 $ 58,795 $60,295

9 $ 59,456 $60,956

10 $ 60,117 $61,617

11 $ 60,779 $62,279

12 $ 61,440 $62,940

13 $ 62,101 $63,601

14 $ 63,754 $65,254

15 $ 65,077 $66,577

16 $ 66,399 $67,899

17 $ 69,375 $70,875

18+ $ 71,689 $73,189








Psychologist Performance Salary Schedule Initial Placement Matrix

This Matrix is only for the initial placement of psychologists on the Psychologist Salary Performance

Schedule below.

Years of Experience

Completed Prior to the

Current Year.

Placement Level

0 020

1 022

2 024

3 026

4 028

5 030

6 032

7 034

8 036

9 038

10 040

11 045

12 049

13 053

14 062

15+ 069








Psychologist Performance Salary Schedule (216 days):

(Statutorily mandated for psychologists holding or accepting Annual

Contracts, or, Probationary Contracts)

All Levels are based on the equivalent level on the Teacher Performance Salary Schedule with Master’s Degree




Psychologists Performance Salary Schedule 2019-2020

Level Salary Level Salary Level Salary

20 $53,837 21 $54,168

22 $54,499 23 $54,829 24 $55,160

25 $55,490 26 $55,821 27 $56,152

28 $56,482 29 $56,813 30 $57,144

31 $57,474 32 $57,805 33 $58,135

34 $58,466 35 $58,797 36 $59,127

37 $59,458 38 $59,788 39 $60,119

40 $60,450 41 $60,780 42 $61,111

43 $61,441 44 $61,772 45 $62,103

46 $62,433 47 $62,764 48 $63,095

49 $63,425 50 $63,756 51 $64,086

52 $64,417 53 $64,748 54 $65,078

55 $65,409 56 $65,739 57 $66,070

58 $66,401 59 $66,731 60 $67,062

61 $67,392 62 $67,723 63 $68,054

64 $68,384 65 $68,715 66 $69,046

67 $69,376 68 $69,707 69 $70,037

70 $70,368 71 $70,699 72 $71,029

73 $71,360 74 $71,690 75 $72,021

76 $72,351 77 $72,681 78 $73,011








Psychologists Performance Salary Schedule 2020-2021

Level Salary

20 $ 55,337

21 $ 55,668

22 $ 55,999

23 $ 56,329

24 $ 56,660

25 $ 56,990

26 $ 57,321

27 $ 57,652

28 $ 57,982

29 $ 58,313

30 $ 58,644

31 $ 58,974

32 $ 59,305

33 $ 59,635

34 $ 59,966

35 $ 60,297

36 $ 60,627

37 $ 60,958

38 $ 61,288

39 $ 61,619

40 $ 61,950

41 $ 62,280

42 $ 62,611

43 $ 62,941

44 $ 63,272

45 $ 63,603

46 $ 63,933

47 $ 64,264

48 $ 64,595

49 $ 64,925

50 $ 65,256

51 $ 65,586

52 $ 65,917

53 $ 66,248

54 $ 66,578








55 $ 66,909

56 $ 67,239

57 $ 67,570

58 $ 67,901

59 $ 68,231

60 $ 68,562

61 $ 68,892

62 $ 69,223

63 $ 69,554

64 $ 69,884

65 $ 70,215

66 $ 70,546

67 $ 70,876

68 $ 71,207

69 $ 71,537

70 $ 71,868

71 $ 72,199

72 $ 72,529

73 $ 72,860

74 $ 73,190

75 $ 73,521

76 $ 73,851

77 $ 74,181

78 $ 74,511

79 $ 74,841

80 $ 75,171

81 $ 75,501

82 $ 75,831








OCCUPATIONAL & PHYSICAL THERAPIST SALARY SCHEDULE

(196-day Work Schedule)




Initial Step 2018-2019

2020-2021

0 $46,350 $47,850

1 $47,250 $48,750

2 $48,150 $49,650

3 $49,050 $50,550

4 $49,950 $51,450

5 $50,850 $52,350

6 $51,750 $53,250

7 $52,650 $54,150

8 $53,550 $55,050

9 $54,450 $55,950

10 $55,350 $56,850

11 $56,250 $57,750

12 $57,150 $58,650

13 $58,050 $59,550

14 $58,950 $60,450

15 $59,850 $61,350

16 $60,750 $62,250

17 $61,650 $63,150

18 $62,550 $64,050

19 $63,450 $64,950

20 $64,350 $65,850

21 $65,250 $66,750

22 $66,150 $67,650

23 $67,050 $68,550

24 $67,950 $69,450

25 $68,850 $70,350

26+ $69,750 $71,250








NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION

Teachers with National Board Certification will be guaranteed a supplement from the State. If the State

funding of this supplement falls below $1,000.00 the Board will make up the difference up to a $1,000.00 maximum. If the State funding is unexpectedly withdrawn or withheld, the parties agree to reopen

discussion on this issue.

TEACHER OF THE YEAR

$15,750.00 will be set aside to reward the Area Finalists, Overall Runner-Up, and the Winner of the Teacher

of the Year for their performance.

Speech/Language Pathologist Supplement

Bachelor of Arts (grandfathered) Bachelor Level SLP with permanent FLDOE certification $1,045

Master of Arts 262

Master of Arts w/Certificate of Clinical Competency 5,227

Speech/Language Pathologists with a Certificate of Clinical Competency are given a supplement from

IDEA funds. If IDEA funds are not available for this purpose, the Polk County School Board will make up

the difference up to $1,000 maximum.

EXTENDED CONTRACTS

Employees with extended contracts shall receive 1/196 additional salary for all additional days based on

the appropriate 196-day Teacher Salary Schedule.

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