Negotiations Updates

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January 22, 2010 - Contract Talks Going to Mediation

The board's team indicated the district will file for mediation. More. . .

January 21, 2010 - Team Requests Teacher Input

Bargaining team asks all teacher members to take a brief survey on professional development issues. More . . .

November 24, 2009 - Talks Continue Slowly

Board responds to teacher proposals, proposes changes to salary, health insurance, and inservice requirements. More. . .

July 15, 2009 - MPS Imposes Calendars

MPS is implementing 3 calendars without concluding negotiations with your union. Read more . . .

June 30, 2009 - Calendar Resolved (Almost)

MTEA and school board negotiators agree on most elements of the 2009-10 calendar, but banking days remain in dispute.

May 14, 2009 - Board Rejects Proposals

The school board's team introduced an 88-page "take-it or leave-it" package on May 5, rejecting your team's proposals.

It included 2 proposals the Board tied to federal stimulus funds - a longer day for elementary teachers and increasing faculty meeting times for all teachers.

March 16, 2009 - Bargaining Teams to Meet

Your teacher team is scheduled to meet with the School Board's team:

March 19 - safety and discipline, class size, and individual preparation and planning.

March 30 & 31 - MPS will present detailed proposals on health insurance

April 2 - topic(s) TBD

See e-mail update for more information. The team will send another update on April 1.

March 12, 2009 - Agreement Reached on Job Sharing

Your teacher team and the School Board's team have agreed to extend job sharing through June 30, 2012.

The agreement maintains the current contractual provision with 1 major change: the elimination of the option of 1 job-sharing partner teaching the 1st semester and the other the 2nd semester.

The teams agreed to implement the new provision this March.

March 2, 2009

We want to know what you think about your team's proposals as well as the Board's proposals. Take our 4-question survey now.

February 17, 2009

Negotiations officially began this morning when the teacher bargaining team and the School Board's team exchanged initial proposals. 

Read the MTEA's proposals .

Read the School Board's proposals .

Read our press release .

When you review the Board's proposals, you will find much of the language vague and subject to many interpretations. Our team asked clarifying questions, and we are preparing a Negotiations News publication which will include the explanations provided to our team.

Sign up to receive negotiations updates if you would like to receive the publication by e-mail as soon as it's ready.