Working Conditions
This is the number of days included in the standard teacher contract for WCPS.
What is 190 days and/or 10 month contract?
The hourly rate that a unit member can be paid for covering another unit member's class when a substitute is not available.
What is $35?
You've used almost all your sick leave because you had the flu and took a couple of lone weekends for "mental health" days to run marathons and visit your honey. When you return from your latest sick leave absence, your principal requests a doctor's note.
What is a vent?
This is the deadline for resignation without penalty from WCPS for a non-tenured unit member.
What is May 1?
This is the name of sub-article that says that no unit member will be disciplined, reprimanded, or reduced in rank or compensation without it.
This is the expected length of the standard teacher workday in the contract for WCPS.
What is 7.5 hours?
The additional compensation that a unit member receives in the year after earning their National Board Certification for the first time.
What is $10,000?
You're not given an interview for a transfer to an open position that you are qualified for and that you applied for.
What is a gripe?
This is the time frame for feedback to be provided to the unit member following the day of the classroom observation.
What is 5 days?
From the following list, this is the one that is not allowed as part of bargaining in the State of Maryland: salary, academic freedom, political activities, class size, transfer process.
What is class size?
This is the minimum number of minutes that must be provided per week for planning for both elementary and secondary teachers.
What is 250?
The rate of pay for professional development opportunities offered after the school day or during the summer.
What is $30?
Your assistant principal isn't nice to you. He doesn't even greet you in the hallway!
What is a vent?
This is the time frame for presenting a written grievance to the immediate supervisor by the Association from the date of the event giving rise to the grievance or the date on which the employee knew or should have known of the event giving a rise to the grievance.
What is thirty (30) calendar days?
This is the title of the article that includes provisions for Dues Check-off, Impasse Procedures, and Grievances.
What is Article 1 or "Labor-Management Relationship"?
This is the person that a unit member should notify in writing if the unit member suspects or faces an unsafe working conditions.
Who is the principal?
In terms of the health insurance benefit offered to unit members, the percent of the individual and dependent premium cost for a PPO health insurance plan.
What is 85%?
You are given a class with multiple students with IEP's and 504's who need accommodations, but a colleague of your has only a few students who need accommodations.
What is a gripe?
This is the article that provides a way for unit members to donate sick leave to colleagues who need it to care for their loved ones.
What is Family Crisis Leave Exchange?
Other than salary, these are the two articles that are currently open in contract negotiations this year.
What are Professional Assignments and Health Insurance?
This is the maximum amount of reimbursement the unit member can request in the event they have any clothing or personal property damaged as a result of an assault or result of intervening in a student altercation.
What is $1,000?
In terms of tuition reimbursement, this is the amount per credit hour earned that can be paid, subject to available funds.
What is $450 (per credit hour)?
A supervisor requires you to work with a student needing remediation during your designated lunch break.
What is a grievance?
From the following list, this type of payroll deduction is not allowed under the WCPS Negotiated Agreement: Washington County Federal Teachers Credit Union deductions, Tax Sheltered Annuity Plan deductions, non-Maryland state tax deductions, Political Action Contributions (PAC).
What is non-Maryland state tax deductions?
These are found at the end of the contract to represent agreements made outside the regular negotiations process.
What are Memoranda of Understanding (MOU)?