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Adam’s Update (6.29.20) Salary Schedules & Adjustments
Dear Colleagues, Please find attached the salary schedules that reflect the recent salary adjustment for the 2019-2020 school year as well as the projected salary schedule for the next school year (2020-2021). Please note the following:- The salary adjustments for the 2019-2020 school year reflect the difference between the salary with the Triborough increase only (that teachers already received as of July 1, 2019) and the recently agreed-upon benchmarking increase (3.31%). Increases vary depending on each step of the salary schedule. To identify yours, first locate your salary for the 2019-2020 school year (it is also on your payroll statement, next to “bi-weekly”). Then find the same salary level in the Triborough 2019-2020 schedule. Move horizontally to the right to find the final agreed-upon salary for the 2019-2020 school year that also includes the salary benchmarking adjustment for that year.- Move down diagonally from that step to the next step to identify your beginning...
read moreAdam’s Update (6.4.20) Last Day of School, Negotiations, SPED Displacements, Tenure, Rochester Teachers Care
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update about current issues; - Last Day of School. We have worked...
Adam’s Update (6.3.20) …And Justice for All…
Rochester teachers and their union stand in solidarity with all who are demanding that racial...
Adam’s Update (5.28.20) Layoff Information and Meeting, ROC-SOS Action
Colleagues, This is an especially tough week for all of us because approximately 200 of our...
Adam’s Update (5.21.20) Negotiations, Staffing & Transfers, Exempt Schools, Cleaning Out Lockers & Desks, Ed Week Article, PD, Rochester Teachers Care
Colleagues, Yes, this Monday, Memorial Day, is a day off from work for you and your students. It’s...
Adam’s Update (5.11.20) Planned Layoffs, Negotiations, Continued Learning, ELT, Evaluations, School Closures, Rochester Teachers Care
Colleagues, Here’s a brief update on some current issues: - Planned Layoffs. The school board...
Adam’s Update (4.30.20) Budget, Continued Learning, Supts. Day, Rochester Teachers Care, Employee Assistance Plan, RTA Scholarships, Reopening Of Schools
Colleagues, As we soon conclude yet another week of remote teaching and learning, here are some...
Adam’s Update (4.23.20) Caravan, Relationship Breakdown between the Superintendent & BOE
Colleagues,Just a reminder that today’s Rochester Community Coalition to Save Our Schools...
Adam’s Update (4.21.20)
Colleagues, By Executive Order of the Governor, as you probably already know, schools in New York...
Adam’s Update (4.14.20)
Colleagues, In the ongoing effort to balance next year's budget, the Rochester City School...