600 BEA Members Strong! 

Thank you for choosing to Stick with the BEA!!  Of 625 teachers who work in BPS, nearly 96% elected to be members of the BEA!!

Negotiating Better Salary, Benefits, and Working Conditions!

• Speak out on your behalf to Board of Education
• Advocate to improve district Climate and Culture
• MESSA Insurance
• Duty Free lunch or $28/hr for working during lunch
• $1800 raise for BEA members at top of pay scale by the 2017-2018 school year
• 2/3rd years full steps for those on salary schedule; $1700-$3500 increase per year
• $1 million Liability Insurance (if sued on the job)
• 25% discount on legal fees for non-work related issues.
• Supplemental Pay for after school, coaching, and extra duties beyond the school day
• $10,000/yr increase in salary for obtaining a Master’s Degree
• Use PD Courses and District PD to advance Salary Lane
• Days By Arrangement (Take a vacation day when you need it)
• $1600 extra pay for working 26 years in BPS
• 9 Sick days, 3 Personal Business days, and 2 Religious days each year
• $27/hr for PD meetings during your prep time
• $28/hr for curriculum and PD work after school
• $84/day for evening events
• Help improve the evaluation system
• MEA Legal Representation on reprimands, evaluations, and grievances
• Calendar with holidays breaks, snow days, compensation days, and record days
• Paid maternity Leave (with sick days)
• Leaves of Absence to care for your family
• Short term and Long Term disability insurance with district paid health care
• Donation of Days for Members on long term illness with no sick days

If you need to update your account information to make sure you are staying timeline with dues payments, click on this link http://www.mea.org/MembersOnly.  If you need help, contact Sandy Riccardi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 248-559-4770.  The first dues payment or account charge will be made at the 25th of each month for 10 months (Sept-June).

590 BEA Members Strong! 

Thank you for choosing to Stick with the BEA!!  Of 625 teachers who work in BPS, nearly 95% elected to be members of the BEA!!

If you need to update your account information to make sure you are staying timeline with dues payments, click on this link http://www.mea.org/MembersOnly.  If you need help, contact Sandy Riccardi at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call 248-559-4770.  The first dues payment or account charge will be made at the 25th of each month for 10 months (Sept-June).

Negotiating Better Salary, Benefits, and Working Conditions!

• Help implement a better evaluation system
• Speak out on your behalf to Board of Education
• Advocate to improve district Climate and Culture
• MESSA Insurance
• Duty Free lunch or $27/hr for working during lunch
• $1800 in off-scheduled payments for BEA members at top of pay scale in the 2017-2018 School Year
• 2/3rd years full steps for those on salary schedule; $1700-$3500 increase per year
• $1 million Liability Insurance (if sued on the job)
• Supplemental Pay for after school, coaching, and extra duties beyond the school day
• $10,000/yr increase in salary for obtaining a Master’s Degree
• Use PD Courses and District PD to advance Salary Lane
• Days By Arrangement (Take a vacation day when you need it)
• $1600 extra pay for working 25 years in BPS
• 9 Sick days, 3 Personal Business days, and 2 Religious days each year
• $27/hr for PD meetings during your prep time
• $28/hr for curriculum and PD work after school
• $28/hr for missed lunch
• $84/day for evening events
• MEA Legal Representation on reprimands, evaluations, and grievances
• School Calendar with holidays breaks, snow days, compensation days, and record days
• Paid maternity Leave (with sick days) and Leaves of Absence to care for your children
• Short term and Long Term disability insurance with district paid health care

As you may remember from last year, having two-weeks off for this holiday break is not a given. It exists because of the BEA-BPS Contract (see language below) negotiated by your union. A few years ago, Oakland County school superintendents voted to cut the holiday break short and have classes resume on Thursday, January 2nd in order to meet a state mandated calendar requirement, with questionable benefits for student learning. But through the creativity of your bargaining team and your support, the BEA was able to lengthen the holiday break, maintain a full week of February break, and end the school year at the same time as other districts.

Enjoy the next two days off!!

"The parties [the Birmingham Education Association and the Birmingham Board of Education] will negotiate a calendar. The calendar negotiated shall be submitted to the parties for ratification by the BEA membership and approval by the Board of Education.”