Over the two-year period of this agreement salaries will increase by 12%, pending passage of a new parcel tax for employee salaries. BUSD salaries will become significantly more competitive in Alameda County which will help to retain our excellent teachers and hire high-quality new employees.

2019-2020:

• A 2.5% raise retroactive to July 1, 2019.

2020-2021

• A 2.5% raise effective July 1, 2020.
• An additional 7% raise contingent on passage of a parcel tax for employee salaries on the March 2020 Berkeley ballot. 

Special education case managers will have limits on the number of assessments they can be assigned, and caps on the size of their caseloads. This will allow these teachers to truly serve their students, strengthen our full inclusion model and help to retain our fabulous special education case managers.

In addition, Independent Study Teachers will be placed on the K-12 Salary Schedule and have a path to permanent status. Please see additional highlights and the full tentative agreement on our website. 

You can access the Tentative Agreement Documents here. 

Ballots are due to the BFT office by 5pm on Thursday, November 14th.

If you are sending your ballot envelope through district mail please make sure you send it by Friday, November 8. You can also drop your ballot envelope off at the BFT Office (1432 University Ave.). 

Remember that you must submit sealed, official transcripts to HR. Ask your Site Rep if you have any questions.

This workshop will take place Thursday, January 9th at 4:00 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room at the Berkeley Adult School, 1701 San Pablo Ave. (at Virginia).

This workshop is designed for educators approaching retirement, but all members are welcome. STRS counselors will explain the basics of STRS retirement, the three decisions to make when retiring, and what you should be doing to prepare for retirement.