Colleagues,
As promised at the start of this school year, all *teachers and teacher types** will receive a three-percent salary increase on the September 21, 2018 paycheck and it will be retroactive to your first day of work this school year. Even if you are at the max of the appropriate salary range you will be awarded a one-time bonus equal to the increase amount above the max of the range in a separate payment. This may, however, result in a split payment, but don’t worry, the money will still arrive and be reflected in your employee portal no later than Thursday September 20, 2018.
Because of the unfortunate issues with TN Ready, the TN Department of Education has advised and we agree that performance-based increases simply cannot be calculated this year using results from last year’s faulty measure. Therefore, after my proposal the board approved the across-the-board, three-percent teacher increase that you’ll receive this week in an attempt to offset the loss of the performance-based increases we had planned to issue.
Excluding any additional challenges with TN Ready performance-based increases will be reactivated during the 2019-2020 school year, and the subsequent stipends you were eligible for will still be valid. This means the State’s inability to provide a reliable measure this year will not halt your opportunity to receive stipends in subsequent years.
We appreciate your commitment to quality teaching and learning and know you’re very deserving of this financial reward.
If you have any questions, please contact Employee HR Portal 416-5304.
DH
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Applies to Teachers who were continuously employed prior to January 1, 2018.
**Teachers/Teacher-Types - Anyone in a teacher or teacher-type role includes classroom teachers, librarians, counselors, school-based instructional facilitators and PLC coaches, social workers, psychologists, ROTC instructors, alcohol/drug counselors, occupational therapists, audiologists, physical therapists and speech therapists, etc.
