The WCTA-WCBOE Negotiations Process for the 2024-2025 contract year has ended with both teams coming to tentative agreement at the table. WCTA members now must vote either to ratify the tentative agreement or vote to reject it.
- Vote via Email Ballot between June 19 and June 26.
- Ratification Ballots will be sent to personal emails on file with WCTA. Please respond ASAP and by close of business on Wednesday, June 26, so we can complete this process before July 1, 2024.
- If you do not currently have a personal email on file or cannot locate your ballot, email Carol or call her at the WCTA Office, 301-797-7682.
WCTA opened two articles this year, 8.1 and 7.14, and the Board’s team opened two articles, 13.3 and 23.14. The following links provide the new language as well as the existing contract language of the articles for comparison.
For a screencast from Mary explaining the proposed language changes in the articles above, please click here.
In addition to the proposed changes noted above, WCTA President Carol Mowen and UniServ Director Mary Heeringa worked with HR Director Terri Baker and Chief Legal Counsel Ilissa Ramm to come to agreement on the following Memoranda of Understanding documents between the Board of Education and the Association. These will be added to the 2024-2025 Negotiated Agreement. Since these MOU documents do not impact the salary scales of all Unit members, they do not require ratification by the membership.
- MOU on Article 7.14 Planning Time (New MOU – as per Article 7.14 Above)
- MOU on HHT Pay for Licensed Teachers (New MOU to provide additional pay for licensed teachers who provide HHT to students)
- MOU on Girls Flag Football (New MOU funded by the Baltimore Ravens and UnderArmour)
- MOU on NBCT (Already existing MOU, updated for 2024-2025)
- MOU on SLP Virtual and In Person Options (Already existing MOU)
- MOU on the Agreement Modifications In Total (Standard MOU)
For a screencast from Mary explaining these MOUs, please click here.
Salary consideration includes the already ratified Memorandum of Understanding for an additional 2% to the scale. That scale adjustment was made as of the May 24, 2024, pay date. The Board is offering an additional 1% that will be added to the already adjusted scale. So, in total, the salary increase from the July 1, 2023, agreement is 3% (the 2% in the May MOU plus this additional 1%).
If ratified, that new scale will go into effect for the 2024-2025 contract year. In addition, the Career Ladder provides the expectations for NBCT as per the legislation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. It does not include any additional stipends due to lack of local county funding. The state’s Blueprint formula for providing funding will substantially change for the next funding cycle, so the Career Ladder will continue to be negotiated each year as additional state funding and implemention deadlines related to Blueprint occur.
For a screencast from Mary explaining the salary and career ladder proposals, please click here.
Questions? Email Mary or Carol, or call the WCTA Office.