Welcome, new Canby educators!

Dear New to Canby Educators,

Welcome! We are so pleased that you've decided to join our team and look forward to having you as part of our Canby school community. I've met some of you already and look forward to getting to know all of you more.

As we look ahead to the 2022-23 school year, below are a few updates from the Human Resources team for you to be aware of. If you have any questions about the information in this email or about your new position, please don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to make your transition into Canby as smooth as possible.

Best wishes,

Andy McKean

Director of Human Resources

We're happy to report that we recently agreed on a new three-year contract with our licensed association, which includes updated salary schedules for 2022-23, 2023-24, and 2024-25. The new salary schedules reflect a 4 percent COLA and additional 3 percent step added at the bottom of each column as of 2022-23. Additionally, we added several annual stipends; please see below for the full list of current CSD stipends:

• Doctorate: $1,000 (prorated to FTE)
• DLI: $2,500 (prorated to FTE)
• Nurse/OT/PT/School Psychologist/SLP: $2,500 (prorated to FTE)
• National Board Certification: $1,000 (prorated to FTE)

To review the salary schedule for 2022-23, click here. To access the full contract, click here.

IMPORTANT: Please note that our previous salary schedule did not include a Step 1, but our current one does. As such, if you were hired prior to finalization of the new contract, your step placement on the new salary schedule will be one step lower than the estimated salary placement you received at hiring. Please rest assured, your step placement in terms of experience credited hasn't been reduced.

Other updates of note from the new contract:

• Added language affirming our commitment to inclusion and non-discrimination
• Added option for educators to work remotely on grading days and non-student days that don't require in-person meetings
• Increased prep time for all educators to a minimum of 70 minutes per day
• Established that educators who participate in student meetings during their prep time will be paid their per diem rate or receive comp time
• Provided 24 hours of paid workload relief time for educators who are responsible for preparing IEPs
  
• Increased personal leave to five days, with up to three personal days paid out at the end of the year at the base substitute rate
• Increased insurance contribution and established 10 percent opt-out stipend
• Increased curriculum rate
  

Some of you come to us with many years of teaching experience under your belt, while others of you are fresh from college and getting ready to start your teaching career. For those of you who are new to the education profession, we invite you to participate in our professional educator mentorship program, in which you'll be paired with an experienced and established Canby educator who will help support you during what will likely be one of the most challenging but wonderful times of your life. Please click here to let us know if you're interested in participating.