ESPs. As used in this contract, “ESP” or “ESPs” shall refer to all educational support personnel within the bargaining unit.
ESPs. ESPs will attend in-services and workshops pertinent to their job assignment at the discretion of school administration and will be paid for their time at their regular pay rate.
ESPs. An ESP who has completed a minimum of twenty (20) years of full-time employment with the District and is eligible to retire under IMRF, shall be eligible for a salary increase of six percent (6%) of his/her final year’s salary, provided that written notification of retirement is submitted to the Board of Education prior to February 15th of the year of retirement. In addition, an eligible ESP retiree shall receive a severance payment due and payable thirty-one (31), but not more than sixty (60) days after receipt of his/her final regular paycheck or last day of work, whichever is later. This payment shall not be reported as creditable earnings to IMRF. The severance payment shall be calculated on an individual basis at the time of the ESP’s retirement. The severance payment will be equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the total IMRF creditable earnings one (1) year prior to the year of retirement minus the ESP’s total IMRF creditable earnings in the final year of employment.
ESPs. Each full-time ESP shall have a minimum of thirty (30) minutes duty-free lunch. Educational support personnel shall inform the school office when leaving the building during their lunch period. Middle School ESPs will receive the time equivalent of one (1) class period for lunch; thirty (30) minutes of this period shall be duty-free. The ESPs may be assigned duties for time beyond the duty-free thirty (30) minutes. They may be expected to assist in duties such as student transitions (walking students to lunch or to the classroom) or teacher transitions. Classroom ESPs shall meet with building administration to clarify these individual responsibilities.
ESPs. Leave shall be with pay from the employer. The Association will reimburse the District the costs for substitute ESPs unless the absence is covered by compensation time or non certified volunteers.
ESPs. 1. S ick Leave Allotment ESPs, who are scheduled to work more than six hundred (600) hours yearly, shall be granted sick leave with full pay as follows:
ESPs. An ESP who has completed a minimum of twenty (20) years of full-time employment with the District and is eligible to retire under IMRF, shall be eligible for a salary increase of six percent (6%) of their previous years’ IMRF earnings, provided that written notification of retirement is submitted to the Board of Education prior to February 15th of the year of retirement. Any longevity payment will be paid at a six percent (6%) increase to their previous years’ longevity payment and be included in their IMRF earnings for their last year of employment. Under this Agreement, there would be no additional longevity payment at the end of their last year of employment. In addition, an eligible ESP retiree shall receive a severance payment due and payable thirty-one (31), but not more than sixty (60) days after receipt of their final regular paycheck or last day of work, whichever is later. This payment shall not be reported as earnings to IMRF. The severance payment shall be calculated on an individual basis at the time of the ESP’s retirement. The severance payment will be equal to fifteen percent (15%) of the total IMRF earnings one (1) year prior to the year of retirement minus the ESP’s total IMRF earnings in the final year of employment. Example Prior Year IMRF Earnings (not including longevity): $24,000 Prior Year Longevity: $ 1,000 Prior Year IMRF Earnings x 1.06: $25,440 Prior Year Longevity x 1.06 (Longevity payment for year of retirement) $ 1,060 Total Creditable Earnings: $26,500 Prior Year IMRF Earnings x 1.15: $28,750 Total IMRF Earnings in Year of Retirement: $26,500 Severance Payment: $ 2,250
ESPs. An ESP who has completed a minimum of twenty (20) years of full-time employment with the District and is eligible to retire under IMRF, shall be eligible for a salary increase of ten percent (10%) of his/her final year’s salary, provided that written notification of retirement is submitted to the Board of Education prior to February 15th of the year prior to retirement.
ESPs. ESPs shall receive the following dollar amount and/or percentage increase to the hourly rate during the term of this Agreement, provided the ESP worked no less than one hundred and twenty (120) (prorated accordingly for part time ESPs) paid days or (2) if the ESP is hired after the first day of school and the ESP worked or utilized paid leave at least sixty-six percent (66%) of the days available to work from the date of his/her hire, in the prior school year: School Year: 2022-2023 $2.00 2023-2024 5.0% 2024-2025 4.5% ESP’s newly employed by District 107 shall be paid on the salary matrix set forth in Appendix D. Any currently employed ESP who would receive a lower hourly rate than a newly hired ESP’s hourly rate on the Appendix D matrix shall have his/her hourly rate adjusted to the higher amount. This adjustment shall be fifty cents ($0.50) more than an ESP hired in the prior year, provided the increase allows the ESP to make more than that school year’s starting rate and not be equal or exceed an ESP with more years of service with the District.
ESPs. ESP’s who have been employed by District No. 107 prior to the start of the 2015- 2016 school year shall receive the following flat percentage salary increases (computed upon the salary amount paid to each ESP in the prior school year) during the term of this Agreement: School Year 2015-16 4% 2016-17 4% 2017-18 3% 2018-19 3.25% 2019-20 4% ESP’s newly employed by District No. 107 for the 2015-2016 school year and in any subsequent year of this Agreement shall be paid on the salary matrix set forth in Appendix D.
