- Union contract provisions narrow candidates for some of 184 open positions
"Ann Arbor Public Schools received 540 applicants in 2019 for a single job as a general education teacher in an elementary school.
At the other extreme, the district did not attract a single application this year for six teacher openings out of the 184 it posted. The six were: fifth grade elementary, high school math, high school special education (two postings), middle school social studies and a middle school social worker.
The Ann Arbor school district’s experience is not unusual.
Additionally there are challenges in finding teachers that match the diversity of our student population.”
...The teachers union contract states: “The parties also agree that it shall be their mutual goal to assign at least two African-American classroom teachers to each building.”
As with every other conventional and unionized school district in Michigan, teachers in Ann Arbor work under a single union pay scale that bases salaries exclusively on seniority and on having additional academic credentials.
Such provisions restrict school districts’ ability to attract candidates for hard-to-staff positions by paying them more..."
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