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What the DCFT Does

It's not just what we do, it's how we do it!

  • Cooperatively negotiates teachers' salaries.
    • What we call general compensation
    • Work with district in the development of compensation budget
  • Cooperatively administrates the Performance Pay Contract.
    • Implementation Team
    • Outstanding Teacher
    • District Responsibility Pay
    • Site Responsibility Pay
    • Group Incentive
    • Master Teacher
    • Skills Blocks
  • Cooperatively manages the teacher's benefit package.
    • Insurance Committee
    • Sick leave management (sick leave bank)
    • All the other leaves specified in the contract (jury, bereavement,etc.)
  • Contract Maintenance
    • Grievance procedures
    • 21st Century Partnership (A progressive contract wavier program)
  • Teacher Evaluation Procedures
    • Due process
    • Complaints against teachers
    • Standards for Instruction
    • Personnel records
  • Working Conditions
    • School facilities
    • Year-round, Multi-track Issues
    • Job assignments and equity
    • Transfers
    • Large class assistance
    • Assistance with inclusion
    • The professional responsibilities of a teacher
    • Non-contact days
  • Professional Development
    • In-service days
    • Development of new programs such as "Foundations of Education," a DCFT skill block as well as "Reading" and "Thinking Math" programs
  • Classroom Issues
    • Discipline standards
    • Books and other educational materials
    • Academic standards and their implementation
  • Help with state and federal legislation
    • Testify on educational bills
    • Lobby for K-12 funding
  • Communication with School Board
    • Express teacher concerns
    • Represent teachers at Board of Education meetings
  • National & Local Benefits
    • $1,000,000 Liability insurance
    • Legal assistance
    • Scholarships and conventions
    • AFT Plus benefits package


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