Chicago teacher strike: Issues at the center of contract negotiations
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Chicago School Board President David Vitale, making a brief announcement regarding his disappointment with the decision of the Chicago Teacher's Union to continue with the strike. (Nuccio DiNuzzo, Chicago Tribune / September 16, 2012) |
As the Chicago teachers strike moves into a second school week, the primary — and often thorny — issues continue to revolve around how teachers are paid, evaluated and rehired when a school closes. Here is an update of the key issues:
Teacher pay: The union and Chicago Public Schools appear to agree on a traditional salary schedule that other districts have begun to abandon. CPS teachers will be eligible for three kinds of raises: a base raise; a "step" raise for adding a year of experience, and a "lane" raise for a master's degree and additional graduate credits.
The automatic base increase would be 3 percent in the first year and 2 percent in the next two years, under a three-year contract. If the contract is extended to a fourth year, the base raise would be 3 percent. Step and lane increases would continue, though it was not clear how
