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Tchrs - maternity leave & salary guide

MamaofGAPMamaofGAP member
in January 2016 Moms
Hi ladies! Question for my fellow teachers :) I'll go on maternity leave 12/23 and plan to return at the beginning of May. One question I need to ask HR is if this will affect my movement on the salary guide. Being that I've worked sept-dec + may/June, I'm still hopeful that I'll move up a step on the guide. I'm just curious as to what the policy is like in your district? I realize it'll be different based on all of our contracts and how long each of us is out, but wanted a point of comparison. Thanks in advance for any feedback you can offer! :smile:
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  • KTLynn19KTLynn19 member
    We must be in the classroom for 120 working days in order to move up on the salary schedule. After taking the full 12 weeks for FMLA and returning in May, I'll be at 120.5 haha! Let's hope that baby doesn't get sick those last two weeks!
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  • willashbabywillashbaby member
    I'm only taking maternity disability (6-8 weeks) so I won't be affected since I'm using my sick days to stay on payroll, if I was taking any more than that it would pause until I came back and the scale would be off. It's one of the reasons I'm going back, I have 2 raises coming this year that I will not have pushed off. 
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  • mamadcbmamadcb member
    In my district you have to teach 75% of the total school days to move up, so I will not be advancing this year!
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  • MamabeagleMamabeagle member
    I can't speak to the salary bands but I know that my mother had all her maternity leaves taken out of her service time and after 5 babies including premature twins, she's having to delay her retirement over a year. So my best guess is if you're using disability it won't count as service time but vacation time would.
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  • MamaGooGooMamaGooGoo member
    I'm just jealous that you all get raises. I've been teaching in south Florida for 7.5 years and my yearly salary is only about $1,000 more than the year I started. No steps! First year teachers make more than me. It is ridiculous. 
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  • missperkymissperky member
    Yikes. I never even thought about this. Luckily I jumped two steps this year due to continuing ed.
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  • willashbabywillashbaby member
    MamaGooGoo said:
    I'm just jealous that you all get raises. I've been teaching in south Florida for 7.5 years and my yearly salary is only about $1,000 more than the year I started. No steps! First year teachers make more than me. It is ridiculous. 
    That shit is why unions are so important. Working in NY might be hard but at least we (eventually) get what we should be getting. We get an annual "step" increase for years of teaching experience years 1-5 and bi-annual for years 6-8. Aside from that we get "longevity" increases for time worked in NYC. At 5, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, & 22 years. We also get raises for continued education but only to 30+ above a MS. I started with a MS and now I'm 7 years in with my 30+, my salary has gone up over 20k. 
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  • chein1chein1 member
    Lurking from October 2015, but our salary raises are based on annual evaluations which are based on SLO's and formal observations so maternity leave alone does not factor into getting my raise, however not being there for the last two months will probably have an impact on my ability to exceed my SLO...we shall see!
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  • lwebleylwebley member
    edited December 2015
    MamaGooGoo said:

    I'm just jealous that you all get raises. I've been teaching in south Florida for 7.5 years and my yearly salary is only about $1,000 more than the year I started. No steps! First year teachers make more than me. It is ridiculous. 

    Many states require different things to be able to teach. It seems the more hoops they make you jump through the more you get paid. I know CA and NY require a one year "credential" program to teach and most teachers get their master's degree just so we can move up on the pay scale a bit. Our unions play a huge part in us receiving fair pay as well.

    Edited, since it sounded rude and I didn't mean for it to.
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  • lwebleylwebley member
    edited December 2015
    My district (in CA) requires you work 75% of the school year to advance a year/step on the pay scale (effects my seniority date too). Also, using my sick days counted towards "days worked" for me which really helped with my first. I have been on bedrest since 29 weeks this time, so I doubt my year will count this time.
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  • sherks11sherks11 member
    My district requires you to work 60% of the year. With my original due date of jan 24th and taking the rest of the semester off, I was 8 days short. Then add on any sick days that I took 1st semester. I decided it was worth it to me to be at home with both kids (and not pay day care costs) so I'm just sucking it up and not getting my step. Totally worth the time at home imo. I'd rather work an extra year when my kids are out of the house and I'm about to retire!
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  • nickicb7nickicb7 member
    Interesting to see how the whole pay thing works in the states! Similar in Canada, we have a grid. It has 10 years in rows and 4 columns based on qualifications. The more qualifications you have the further across the grid you move A1 to A4. Then your years of experience you move up from year 0 to year 10 based on days worked. As a non-permanent teacher I still get placed on the grid but my movement is based on days worked, where as a permanent teacher will move up every year. So this year I will not move because I will not have worked the required days. But I will get moved to A4 qualifications when I return, based on some courses I finished this year. So that still equals a raise!
    STM - EDD June 24 '18
    DD - January 2016
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