Ocps 2021 22 Pay Calendar

This includes a list of schools and worksites with COVID-19 outbreaks and what is being done to sanitize those worksites and keep students, teachers and all employees safe. The community is entitled to information to make informed and fact-based decisions. District leaders refused to expedite impasse to bypass the special magistrate to ensure teachers have the peace of mind that they are working in safe schools. This District certainly gives the impression that it doesn't give a damn about its employees' peace of mind, health or safety. How did OCPS respond when asked about the number of teachers resigning or retiring because they feel unsafe at their work sites, feel unappreciated and disrespected?

It reported numbers from 2019 to include 2 more weeks than those from this school year. According to your own school board records, there have been 611 members of our bargaining unit who have resigned or retired since July 1st. OCCTA is continuing to notify each principal where violations of social distancing, mask policies and the safety and health of employees and students is at risk.

We are filing grievances in cases where corrective action is not being made. If you are a member and you believe your health or safety is at risk contact us immediately at with your full name, school or worksite, and contact information. OCPS "Legal" claimed that OCCTA's email communication is "derogatory to the board." Truth is derogatory?

Putting the lives of students, teachers and the community at risk is derogatory. Making unilateral, reckless decisions outside of the bargaining table is derogatory. Refusing to disclose the schools and worksites where employees or students tested positive COVID-19 is derogatory. Day in and day out disrespect for teachers is derogatory. The committee members discussed many of the mask issues that OCCTA had asked the District about and submitted in writing to the District on August 6, 2020, based on the COVID-19 Policy and Procedures Manual.

We asked where would "mask breaks" take place, who would supervise them and if, and how, social distancing would be observed. We asked about the grade and brands of the masks being provided and how many would be provided for teachers. We are encouraged by the OCPS School Board's Medical Advisory Committee recommendations, including that students and employees be provided three or more masks a day because they get dirty and wet from wear.

They also stated that there is no medical reason for not wearing a mask and the only students who could be "exempt" would be autistic or other special needs students. Dr. Nielsen expressed if all students did not wear masks, teachers, staff and other students would be at risk. The panel members also stated those not complying or unable to keep masks on should be made to take distance learning. The Hillsborough School Board and District leaders took a stand to do what they believed was necessary to preserve the health and welfare of students and employees. Other school districts are not reopening in August for face-to-face instruction, including Miami and Broward. Their plans were accepted by the FLDOE and you can read all of the district plans at this link.

An elementary school teacher emailed OCCTA to report that she was not feeling well so she went for a rapid COVID-19 test, which came back negative and she reported to work. After developing more symptoms, a second test came back positive, so she notified her principal. The teacher is concerned because as of Wednesday, OCPS still had not informed teachers or parents. The teacher believes that the class was exposed on Friday, August 31, 2020 and stated that the administrators are following orders from the District.

Now is the time for all educators to speak out with one united voice! Unilateral decisions made by OCPS have negatively impacted your working conditions and threatened your health and safety. Unilateral decisions made by OCPS have negatively impacted students' learning conditions and threaten their health and safety. The district can bypass a special magistrate hearing to expedite impasse and bring the case directly to the School Board.

We ask you to appeal to the school board members to request that this be done. The District has failed to meaningfully engage with stakeholders including educators, parents, and health experts. The District has failed to be transparent and turn over public records OCCTA has asked for on behalf of students and educators regarding the safety of the OCPS community. The District has failed its students and educators. M. Employees shall be scheduled for a minimum of 25 minutes for lunch, which shall be within the scheduled lunch periods for students except on field trips on in unplanned emergencies.

On student contact days, in work locations where there is no lunchroom or in job assignments which permit flexible lunch schedules, an employee may be given approximately one hour for lunch by mutual agreement with his/her administrator. In such cases, the workday for the employee may be proportionately extended to provide for equity with other employees, without violating this Contract. On any non-student contact day, employees shall have a lunch period of one hour which may be off site. The District did not mention this issue, but OCCTA is hearing that teachers who opted for face-to-face are being told that they will eat lunch in their classrooms or be called on to supervise lunches. Teachers do not have to eat lunch in their classrooms with their students. It poses several problems that we brought up at bargaining.

First, teachers have a duty free lunch of 25 minutes. Second, if you are in a confined space with students who have removed their masks, you are at a serious risk for contracting COVID-19 if a student is infected. The exceptions cited in this contract would not apply, including field trips and an unplanned emergency. Clearly, the District has had ample time to plan for a duty-free lunch for every teacher. A contributor to this white paper is Michael Muszynski, MD, FAAP—Pediatric Infectious Diseases who sits on the OCPS School Board's Medical Advisory Committee. At the August 12, 2020 OCPS Medical Advisory Committee meeting, Dr. Muszynski was adamant about keeping schools closed for face-to- face instruction until it was safe to reopen.

Like teachers, other non-management employees, including paraprofessionals, secretaries, cafeteria workers, bus drivers, custodians and others have gone above and beyond in this time of crisis. The teachers and support staff professionals are the OCPS employees with boots on the ground –not the administrators in the bronze tower or front offices. The teachers and support staff professionals are the heart of every school. The District's behavior demonstrates a total lack of compassion, common sense and consideration for the safety and health of the workforce, students and community. A teacher was told by her administrator to turn in her seating chart from a specific period because a student tested positive. She further stated that the school had two cases, however the dashboard listed them days after teachers were notified.

This school year is more stressful and unpredictable than any other that teachers have ever experienced. There are constant changes in procedures, policies, and teaching methods –all being made unilaterally by the District leaders without bargaining and without consulting the union. In too many cases, the number of students assigned to teachers has changed weekly and in some cases, daily. Teachers are asked to teach using untested and challenging methods including teaching face-to-face and virtual simultaneously.

In other words, teachers are asked to teach two classes at once! Overall, there have been unrealistic and unreasonable expectations heaped upon teachers this school year. Therefore, it is OCCTA's position that it will take a major reduction in evaluation procedures this year for the process to be fair. My experience working at Orange County Public Schools probably one of the worst ones. This county likes to work harder instead of smarter. Sorry but I have nothing nice to say except some District office personnel were always courteous and professional but that's about it!!!

The school schedule consists of you doing nothing but duties throughout the day so your actual job is never getting done. When you meet with admin regarding your concerns all they do is yell at you and bring you down with no resolution in the end. I've had five principals in my past and this one has horrible work and people ethic.

Learn to appreciate the ones that actually work hard and are dedicated. Good luck to anyone that decides to give it a try. Ocps Pay Period Calendar 2021 – The pay period is the interval of time between an employee's paychecks. The employee's working time is tracked to determine how much they are paid. Common intervals for pay periods include weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, and semi-monthly.

FLVS is one of the world's leading online learning providers that delivers engaging and innovative experiences so students can enjoy a safe, reliable, and flexible education in a supportive environment. Learn more about our school options by grade level. Doreen Concolino, the district's interim chief financial officer, told union leaders the school district overall will receive less state money than last year but expects to educate about 4,000 more students. Total enrollment is to be nearly 205,000 students. We should be working together on planning for the safe and effective re-opening of schools in Orange County.

Instead, with just a few weeks to go, we are still in the dark about the District's plans to keep students and teachers safe. Since the District leadership has shown that they will not stand up for the health and safety of this community, we have no choice but to challenge their illegal actions in court. K. The Board agrees to maintain safe and healthful working conditions, including the provision of safety equipment. The District shall investigate complaints of harmful indoor air quality and take measures to reasonably accommodate employees if necessary.

"We agree with the judge that teachers are the foundation of public education and that public school classrooms are the best place for kids, but safety has to come first. Still, it is almost incomprehensible that educators had to go to court to force Governor DeSantis and his education commissioner to comply with the constitution and start caring about the people they're sworn to serve. Today we learned that ESE teachers, counselors and other instructional personnel who had been given ADA accommodations and allowed to work from home are now being required to report to their schools or worksites.

Even teachers who have no face-to-face students are being required to report to their schools and teach LaunchED from their empty classrooms. This includes fearful teachers who have received ADA accommodations. If you received approval for ADA accommodations, and are being required to report to a school or worksite and fear for your health and safety, contact OCCTA file a grievance. Include your name, the name of your school or worksite and immediate supervisor or principal.

OCCTA is fighting for the safety and health of every student, teacher and community member. We are greatly concerned with the District's plans, procedures and policies concerning reopening of schools that were created by the District with no input from the union or teachers. We are especially concerned with the District's lack of urgency, lack of honesty and lack of transparency in releasing data and documentation on positive cases of COVID-19 in schools. One teacher was in her room before face to face classes started when a custodian entered and inquired where a certain student sat.

He stated that the student had tested positive and cleaned only that student's desk. The teacher was quarantined and had herself tested. She does not show up on the OCPS dashboard, however 5 students are confirmed as positive. The teacher who tested positive received a quarantine letter from the Department of Health, which stated in part, "You were identified as being exposed to the case. You will need to quarantine at home until ____and may return to work thereafter.

The teacher was not required to have a negative COVID-19 test before returning. We bargain for every member of our bargaining unit. The District is asking OCCTA to sign an agreement that would omit FLDOE certified Pre-K teachers who earn under $47,500 from receiving a raise, while every other member of the bargaining unit will be raised to a base salary of $47,500. It would cost the District $211,000 to include every Pre-K teacher, who are excluded from the state-funded raise per state legislation.

It is important to raise their salaries now because after this year the Pre-K teachers who make under $47,500 will be stuck with the lower salaries as they watch their peers' salaries climb. Teachers in the district will be paid their daily rate of pay for this extended summer school, Vasquez said, adding that all services associated with these summer classes would be funded using federal dollars. But Doromal said the school district had millions of dollars in its reserve fund and could steer some of that to teacher raises. Bonuses and supplements are appreciated but do not help teachers with long-term financial security the way salary hikes do, she said.

Facing a "difficult year financially," Orange County Public Schools wants to give teachers bonuses — and help those left out of the governor's bonus plan — but Central Florida's largest school district sees little room to boost salaries. The District gave parents a choice for the three options; they gave teachers a preference. Many OCPS teachers are parents and selected LaunchEd as the selection for their children for themselves. However, many are now being told that their "preference" for LaunchEd cannot be honored because they are needed to go into a classroom to teach LaunchEd for some face-to-face students. The District unilaterally decides whose preference is honored, whose is changed and why.

OCPS could open schools brick and mortar for special needs students and others who require individual accommodations to be provided in very strict compliance to CDC guidelines and the FCAAP guidelines. The state has mandated that VPK meet for face-to-face instruction. OCPS has an obligation to split these classes so the recommended guidelines can be followed as far as masks, PPE and social distancing. The District has sent the letter seen here to teachers who have tested positive.

Several expressed concern with the line, "You are to not to . Most teachers who have tested positive feel a moral obligation to inform others so they can take steps to get tested, protect their health and prevent community spread. Those employees who test positive absolutely can speak up if they have COVID-19.

If you are afraid contact OCCTA and we will announce the school or worksite. It is difficult to sit at the table where the District has intentionally made sure that the two sides are extremely unequal partners. OCPS has created a school district in which teachers and other instructional personnel are treated as disposable, replaceable labor units. You have created a top-down, authoritative system in which school and district administrators and management have been strategically placed in an upper class within OCPS. All other employees are beneath you in every manner possible and are routinely and purposely denied respect, dignity, gratitude, value and appreciation.

OCPS leaders have deliberately created a class system to reward obedient administrators and punish the disrespected teachers. In the disingenuous "News You Can't Use" message that the District sent to employees on October 30th, the District stated that they offer this costly perk because it is a state law and they are permitted to. They state that it is an effort to retain and recruit administrators.

It is a state law that employees can extend their DROP for three years with approval of the superintendent. In other Districts this is routine and employees in their 5th year of DROP are offered a form to complete to extend their DROP to submit for approval. In OCPS, administrators are coveted and teachers are regarded as disposable, replaceable labor units. The District claims it follows laws because they are there, then it should follow all of them. It is time to prioritize retaining and recruiting teachers –not just administrators. In the District's message it was stated that the District "should not use nonrecurring funds to pay for recurring salaries." The District can and should use these funds.