Graphic 5: Sample of Surveyed School Districts Redefining “Teacher”
School District |
Definition of new employee group |
Allegan |
“Ancillary staff”[82] |
Allendale |
“Ancillary staff”[83] |
Byron Center |
“Ancillary staff”[84] |
Chelsea |
“Non-certified professional staff”[85] |
Chippewa Valley |
“Teachers who are not regulated by the Michigan Teacher Tenure Act”[86] |
Comstock Park |
“Ancillary staff”[87] |
Coopersville |
“Ancillary staff”[88] |
Dearborn Heights |
“Non-teacher certified employee”[89] |
East Grand Rapids |
“Student service professionals”[90] |
Fitzgerald |
“Ancillary staff”[91] |
Flushing |
“[B]argaining unit members whose employment is not subject to the Teacher Tenure Act”[92] |
Gaylord |
“Ancillary staff”[93] |
Godwin Heights |
“Non-tenure eligible”[94] |
Gull Lake |
“Non-teaching professional staff members”[95] |
Holland |
“Non-classroom professional”[96] |
Hudsonville |
“Ancillary staff”[97] |
Ionia |
“Professional staff member”[98] |
Kalamazoo |
“Ancillary staff”[99] |
Kearsley |
“Non-teaching professional staff member”[100] |
Kelleggsville |
“[P]rohibited subjects of bargaining ... do not apply to teachers eligible for tenure status”[101] |
Lapeer |
“Non-certificated, non-classroom professional”[102] |
Lowell |
“Ancillary staff”[103] |
Marquette |
“Excluding teachers”[104] |
Marshall |
“Non certified professional staff”[105] |
Midland |
“Social Workers, Psychologists, and Therapists”[106] |
Milan |
“[E]mployees … NOT regulated by the Teachers’ Tenure Act”[107] |
Monroe |
“Non-teachers”[108] |
Northview |
“Ancillary staff”[109] |
Northville |
“Ancillary staff”[110] |
Northwest |
“Employees holding positions not governed by the Tenure Act”[111] |
Plymouth-Canton |
“NOT teachers”[112] |
Reeths-Puffer |
“Non-teaching professional staff member”[113] |
Rockford |
Employees “covered by section 15(3)(k) of PERA”[114] |
South Lyon |
“Non-teaching professional staff member”[115] |
Spring Lake |
“Individuals not subject to the Michigan Teacher Tenure Act”[116] |
St. Joseph |
“[Teachers] NOT COVERED BY THE TENURE ACT…”[117] |
Trenton |
“[B]argaining unit members who are not subject to the Michigan Teacher Tenure Act”[118] |
Walled Lake |
“Non-tenured track teacher”[119] |
Warren Consolidated |
“[M]embers of the Association ... not regulated by…MCL 38.71 to 38.191”[120] |
Warren Woods |
“[E]mployees ... not regulated by the Teacher Tenure Act”[121] |
Waterford |
“Non-certificated teachers”[122] |
Waverly |
“Specialists”[123] |
West Bloomfield |
“[B]argaining unit members ... not regulated by the Michigan Teacher’s Tenure Act”[124] |
Western |
“Non-teaching professional staff member”[125] |
Woodhaven-Brownstown |
Prohibited subjects do not apply to employees “covered by the Teacher Tenure Act”[126] |