The Eastern Pulaski School Board has adjusted the pay structure for substitute teachers. Board members approved the change this month, at the recommendation of Superintendent Dara Chezem. “Our sub pay is extremely difficult to track, based on the current policy,” she explained. “Currently, subs get paid one rate for their days one to 20 and then another rate for days 20 plus, and that’s not consecutive days.”
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The Oregon-Davis School Board has renewed its agreement for snow removal services. Green Grass will once again handle snow removal in the schools’ parking lots during the 2019-2020 school year. Superintendent Dr. Don Harman says there are no changes from last year’s agreement. O-D paid Green Grass $475 per visit.
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Residents of the Oregon-Davis school district are calling on school officials to explore ways to cut costs before asking voters for a property tax increase. Some of those in attendance asked if the corporation’s 555 students really justified two principals, as well as all of the corporation’s support staff.
The West Central School Board approved the master teacher contract for the 2016-2017 school year, during a brief special session Monday. The agreement calls for a salary range of $33,056 to $56,776. Continue reading
The teacher evaluation process was explained to the Culver School Board Tuesday. The evaluations help determine which teachers receive performance-based stipends and in the case of a reduction in force, which teachers are more likely to be cut. Continue reading
The Eastern Pulaski School Board got an update this week on teacher evaluation training from Superintendent Dr. Robert Klitzman.
“It’s very complex and it’s brand new,” stated Dr. Klitzman. “Before you can evaluate any teachers, you need to go through a series of training. There are four training sessions and we have now gone through two of them. It’s designed to give feedback, very specifically, with data, with evidence, on what a teacher is doing and how they can perhaps do something differently to have a greater impact on student learning, or highlight, celebrate and recognize the good things they are doing. Ultimately, these evaluations are going to be tied to their compensation.”
