Orange County Public Schools

A: Highly Effective teachers will receive a one-year salary increase of 9.7% on their current base salary including a cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase (2% COLA + 7.7% Performance Increase).

A: Effective teachers will receive a one-year salary increase of 7.75% on their current base salary including a cost- of-living adjustment (COLA) increase (2% COLA + 5.75% Performance Increase).

A: Under the original fixed-dollar offer, Highly Effective teachers would receiving a salary increase of $5,350; Effective teachers would receive a salary increase of $4,275.

Under the percentage offer, increases would be variable based on a teacher's current salary.

For example:

Highly Effective teacher making $48,400: $4,725 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $50,000: $4,850 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $52,500: $5,100 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $55,000: $5,350 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $57,500: $5,600 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $60,000: $5,825 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $62,500: $6,075 increase
Highly Effective teacher making $65,000: $6,325 increase

Effective teacher making $48,400: $3,775 increase
Effective teacher making $50,000: $3,875 increase
Effective teacher making $52,500: $4,075 increase
Effective teacher making $55,000: $4,275 increase
Effective teacher making $57,500:$4,475 increase
Effective teacher making $60,000: $4,650 increase
Effective teacher making $62,500: $4,850 increase
Effective teacher making $65,000: $5,050 increase

A: All instructional staff who worked in the school year of 2022-23 will receive the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase of 2% on their current base salary. All new hires and rehires who did not work last year and are below the new minimum, will be moved to the new beginning teacher salary of $49,100.

A: A Highly Effective Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) will be eligible for the COLA and performance pay outlined above. If the SLP has at least five years of OCPS experience they will be eligible for a retention supplement. The district has also offered additional supplements for this group of employees. Please see an example below:

Speech Language Pathologist with Master’s Degree and 20 years of OCPS experience 

2022-23 Base Salary $57,900 + Master’s Supplement $3,405 = $61,305 annual salary


**this total additional dollars includes COLA, Performance, the difference in the advanced degree from 2022-23 to 2023-24, and the supplements.

A: A retention supplement is based on an instructional employee's years of OCPS service. Please refer to the chart below:

A: Yes, we proposed increases to the service amounts. Also, we included all OCPS years of service, not just OCPS teaching experience.

A: Because the district and the bargaining unit ratified the current salary schedule and adopted it before July 1, 2014, it serves as both the “grandfathered” and the “performance” salary schedule. The definition of “grandfathered schedule” is any salary schedule adopted before July 1, 2014. This allows all OCPS teachers, regardless of contract status, to receive performance pay without having to give up their Professional Services Contract.

A: The total cost for the teacher raises including supplement is $103.5 million for one year. The total funding consists of $98.5 million from general operating dollars and $5 million from Federal ESSER funding.