The following is a detailed analysis of the current Farmington Public Schools union contract that covers teachers as well as a few other employee groups. The district employs about 890 teachers and enrolls 11,900 students. Of its $158 million operating budget (outlined in this 321-page document), 67 percent goes toward paying employees working under this contract.
Table of Contents:
Salary Schedule
Fringe Benefits
Pension and Retirement Benefits
Bonus Pay for Additional Duties or Certification
Leave/Sick Time
Work Schedule/Environment
Extra Curricular Activities Compensation
Salary Schedule
- Base salaries are determined strictly by "steps," which use a matrix of years experience and graduate credit hours and degrees.
- There are 11 "steps" on the schedule, meaning teachers get automatic pay raises for their first 11 years in the district.
- Most of these pay raises are between 4 and 6 percent, except the last "step" which is worth an automatic 23 percent pay hike.
- In addition to step increases, the entire salary schedule increases by 1 percent each year.
- Teachers also receive annual longevity payments: $500 for each year between 15 and 19, $750 for 20 through 24, and $1000 for more than 25 years.
- 74 percent of teachers have graduate degrees and 73 percent have more than 5 years experience, meaning the vast majority of teachers' base salary is between $56,799 and $88,303.
- TheMichigan Department of Educationreported the average teacher salary in Farmington in 2007-08 was $71,264.
Fringe Benefits
- In 2008, Farmington spent $13.8 million on health insurance for instructional employees, or about $1,162 per pupil.
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The district uses a self-funded insurance plan
and teacher have 4 options:
- Farmington Health Plan 1: $250/$500 deductible, $5/$30 RX, $25/$50/$75 monthly employee premium (depending on plan type)
- Farmington Health Plan 2: $100/$200 deductible, $5/$20 RX, district pays $250/$500 of co-pay maximums (50%)
- HMO: $5/$10 RX, $10 office copay, $50 emergency room
- Opt out of medical insurance: $500 annually payment with $5/$20 RX coverage
- All fulltime teachers also receive long-term disability, dental, vision and life insurance ($50,000).
Pension and Retirement Benefits
- As a severance package, teachers receive either $4,000 or $175 per year of public school employee, whichever is greater.
- Teachers also get an additional $250 or $500 for announcing their retirement by a certain date.
- Every teacher participates in the state-run Michigan Public School Employee Retirement System, a defined-benefit lifetime pension system.
- Pension calculation: highest 3-year average compensation X 1.5 percent X years of service
- Retirement eligibility: 30 years of service at age 46 or 15 years of service at age 55
- Teacher contribution: 5.4 percent of salary
- After 55, subsidized medical, dental and vision insurance for life (employees never contribute more than 18 percent of premiums)
- Annual pension based on 30 years experience in Farmington Public Schools with base salary of $88,303 (final M.A. step): $39,736.35
Bonus Pay for Additional Duties or Certification
- National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification: $1,500 annually
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Hourly pay rate = salary/work days/7.25 hours
(or 7.5 in elementary)
- Example: For a teacher making the average salary ($71,264), this equates to $52.86/hr
- Any work in the school building beyond normal school hours receives hourly salary rate as does any work done in the summer.
- $0.35 per mile all required driving of personal automobiles
- Summer school: $28.26/hr
- Drivers education: $28.26/hr
- Teachers acting as temporary substitutes: $28.26/hr
- Cafeteria supervision: $28.26/hr
- Sporting event ticket taker: $30.05/hr
- Sporting even official: $30.05/hr
- Saturday testing program: $24.58/hr
- After school and Saturday detention: $24.58/hr
- Outdoor education: $118.58/hr
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Other extra duties at $24.30/hr:
- School dance supervision
- Grade or class parties
- Athletic events or programs
- Dramatic productions
- Student fairs
- Club meetings and field trips
- Commencement exercises
- Bus supervision
- Emergencies
- Department Chairpersons: (47 different positions): Chairs: $200-$2,607 (depends on size of department)
- Travel between schools during lunch/conference periods: 1/24th of salary ($2,969 annually based on average teacher salary)
- Conferences and conventions allotment: $80 (pooled fund from which teachers can draw a per capita amount)
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Other special assignments: $470-$900 (based on
experience)
- Special education assignments
- Reading specialists
- Art consultants
- Music consultants
- Vocationally certified teachers: $100 stipend, $2 per student enrolled in course
Leave/Sick Time
- Local union president: Year-long leave from all classroom duties with full pay and benefits (unlimited number of extensions)
- Sabbatical: 1 year, 50 percent pay and full benefits
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12 sick leave days per year may be used for the
following:
- Personal illness
- Immediate family illness
- Maternity disability
- Religious holidays
- Funerals
- 3 personal business leave days per year
- MEA/NEA officer: No maximum leave time, may be compensated by district (seniority accrues)
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1 year leaves without pay or benefits (but seniority
accrues):
- Maternity
- Child rearing
- Adoption/Guardian
- Elective public office
- Peace Corps and Vista
- Voluntary layoff
- Health: If physician recommended, 4 year maximum (seniority accrues for 3 of those years)
Work Schedule/Environment
- 186 contractual work days per year
- Regular working day: 7 hours, 15 minutes (elementary: 7 hours, 30 minutes)
- Total annual work hours: 1,349 (elementary: 1,395)
- U.S. average hours per work year: 1,792
- Pay for excessive class size in elementary:: $1,485-$1,543 per student over limit annually
- Duty-free lunch period: 1 hour (elementary), 30 minutes (middle/high school)
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Preparation/conference time per week: minimum of
200 minutes per week
- Teachers may have time deferred and rolled over from year to year
- Each school must be equipped with a staff lunchroom, lounge, restrooms, private telephone facilities and vending machines.
- Teachers may not drive school buses.
- Pay for excessive class size in secondary: $100 per student over limit
- Pay for excessive student contacts per day (averaging more than 30 per period): $100 per student contact
Extra Curricular Activities Compensation
- High school athletic coordinators: $6,016-$11,071
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Coaching (based on experience)
- All coaches receive a 10 percent "loyalty stipend" after accumulated 15 years experience
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Head football, boys basketball and hockey
coaches: $4,252-$7,824
- Assistants: $2,727-$6,421
- Head girls basketball: $4,211-$7,750
- Assistants: $3,169-$6,274
- Head wrestling: $4,051-$7,455
- Assistants: $3,241-$5,956
- Head track: $3,891-$7,159
- Assistants: $3,113-$5,727
- Head gymnastics: $3,810-$7,012
- Assistants: $3,048-$5,610
- Head swimming: $3,730-$6,864
- Head volleyball: $3,650-$6,717
- Assistants: $2,928-$5,388
- Head baseball and softball: $3,570-$6,569
- Assistants: $2,848-$5,388
- Head lacrosse and soccer: $3,489-$6,421
- Assistants: $2,768-$5,388
- Head tennis, cross country and competitive
cheerleading: $3,088-$5,683
- Assistants: $2,366-$4,502
- Head golf: $3,008-$5,536
- Assistants: $2,447-$4,502
- Head sideline cheerleading: $2,527-$4,650
- Assistants: $2,126-$3,912
- M.S. basketball: $2,687-$4,945
- Assistants: $2,510-$3,956
- M.S. cross country: $1,885-$3,469
- Assistants: $1,508-$2,775
- M.S. football and track: $2,366-$4,355
- Assistants: $1,893-$3,484
- M.S. volleyball and wrestling: $2,206-$4,059
- Assistants: $1,765-$3,247
- Special Olympics head coach: $3,008-$5,536
- Assistants: $1,504-$2,768
- Music and Fine Arts
- Auditorium: $8,202-$14,762
- H.S. musical: $7,220-$13,285
- H.S. instrumental music: $4,011-$7,381
- H.S. dance: $3,730-$6,864
- H.S. drama (per play): $3,730-$6,864
- H.S. musical auxiliary support: $3,610-$6,643
- H.S. marching band: $3,489-$6,421
- H.S. vocal music: $3,209-$5,905
- M.S. musical: $3,209-$5,905
- H.S. marching band assistant: $2,607-$4,798
- M.S. band: $2,539-$4,672
- M.S. orchestra: $2,539-$4,672
- M.S. drama (per play): $2,246-$4,178
- M.S. vocal: $2,138-$3,934
- Elem. Instrumental music: $2,005-$3,690
- Elem. Vocal music: $1,067-$1,963
- M.S. musical auxiliary support: $802-$1,476
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Miscellaneous
- Forensics: $3,072-$5,654
- RAGE: $2,940-$5,410
- Student council: $2,671-$4,916
- Poms: $2,539-$4,672
- Debate: $2,246-$4,178
- FUPE: $2,246-$4,178
- M.S. student council: $2,138-$3,934
- M.S. yearbook: $2,138-$3,934
- DECA: $2,005-$3,690
- Yearbook: $1,604-$2,952
- Peer mediation coach: $1,604-$2,952
- Intramurals: $1,468-$2,701
- Quiz Bowl: $1,468-$2,701
- National Honor Society: $1,324-$2,436
- Model U.N.: $1,203-$2,214
- SADD: $1,203-$2,214
- Senior class advisor: $1,203-$2,214
- Interact: $1,203-$2,214
- M.S. intramurals: $1,083-$1,993
- Paper: $1,067-$1,963
- Publication: $1,067-$1,963
- M.S. forensics: $1,067-$1,963
- Junior National Honor Society: $1,067-$1,963
- Service squad: $802-$1,476
- Safety patrol: $802-$1,476
- Elem. Student council: $802-$1,476
- Clubs (teachers may hold multiple positions): $521-$960
- Community service coordinator: $521-$960
- Science Olympics: $521-$960
- Freshman class advisor: $521-$960
- Sophomore class advisor: $521-$960
- Junior class advisor: $521-$960
