The Prince George's County school system finalized a three-year contract agreement with the Prince George’s County Educators’ Association, which runs through June 2025.
profession back to the educators, and starts to set the stage for our educators to have more autonomy and voice in their own profession,” Christy said in an interview Monday.
Under the contract, teachers will get a 6 percent cost-of-living increase during the first fiscal yearwhich began July 1. It will be followed by a 4 percent increase the following year, and an additional 3 percent increase during the third fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2024.Teachers who have a National Board Certification — a voluntary, advanced teaching certification — receive an additional boost of $13,000 in salary pay, Christy said.
Administrators also can’t cut into teacher’s allotted personal planning time by scheduling “collaborative planning” during those periods, when educators across a department meet. Christy explained that many union members had run into problems with their personal planning time being used instead for collaborative planning.
Last week’s school board vote solidifies the tentative agreement reached last month. The new contract is retroactive tomade over 100 proposals during the contract negotiation process. It reached an agreement with the school system on about 80 of those proposals, Christy said.
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