NEWS TO CELEBRATE

• GCPS Leadership has included more community voices than ever in developing the GCPS Blueprint for the Future.

• In July, the GCPS Board of Education approved Superintendent Dr. Calvin J. Watts' recommendation of a $3,000 cost-of-living adjustment to the Teacher salary schedule, and a cost-of-living adjustment for other non-teaching staff 4% to 6%.

•  FY 2023 budget included funds to hire additional teaching positions to lower class sizes.

• GCPS leadership acknowledged need to engage SEL strategies to ensure student needs are met and to address student behavior that does not meet GCPS expectations.

• GCPS leadership accepted GCAE's request to be included in 2022-23 New Teacher Orientation and begins monthly meetings with GCAE leadership in order to work together to improve GCPS.

   

AREAS FOR GROWTH

• GCPS has yet to develop a career ladder for teachers that doesn't lead out of the classroom, and according to the most recent data (2020-21) from the Governor's Office of Student Achievement, GCPS continues to have more personnel classified as administrators than the higher performing districts of Cobb and Fulton.

• Our teacher members continue to express appreciation for the space to include SEL in the curriculum. However, many believe the lessons shared from ISC feel too scripted and lacked sufficient input from those currently in the classroom.

• Bus driver members continue to be concerned about a top down process of decision making that lacks sufficient driver input and could make finding quality bus drivers even more difficult.

• Teachers and staff in some schools continue to be pressured to work beyond contract without compensation.

THINGS TO PUT ON YOUR RADAR... 

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