<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">RSU 10 provides an additional $2,000 to their salary for IEP caseloads. Every Spec. Ed teacher receives this.<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 8, 2025, at 8:46 AM, Kelly Wentworth <wentworthk@rsu5.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">RSU5 has the following:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">Article 8, D</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small">It is understood between the parties that meetings regarding a student's program may extend the workday on occasion. Administrators recognize they have a responsibility to respect the educator workday and the educator's time. If an educator participated in IEP meetings outside the school day for more than a total of 20 hours per contract year, then each hour above twenty hours will be compensated at the BA0 per diem rate.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM Andrea Disch <<a href="mailto:adisch@msad11.org">adisch@msad11.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><p><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">I am reaching out to gather information regarding how districts structure compensation for special education personnel. Specifically, do any of your districts provide a </span><strong style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">stipend tied to caseload size</strong><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">, or offer </span><strong style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large">any additional stipend</strong><span style="font-family:garamond,"times new roman",serif;font-size:large"> beyond the contracted salary for the performance of special education duties?</span></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">I would appreciate any insight you can share on whether such stipends are used in your district and, if so, how they are structured.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Thank you in advance for your time and assistance.</font></p>
<p><font face="garamond, times new roman, serif" size="4">Andrea</font></p></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4y02vtQLN6pwWGVEguRSdTE-1TkYG-o9RHWWMnAGvXWOAnsY3fcBcye_4dEyhUUmM9bDDQNmmK_HZmX" data-unique-identifier=""><br></div></div></div></div>
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