DEA's Legacy
Benefits DEA Has Negotiated
Elementary
- Elementary prep time
- Added compensatory time for elementary teachers with unusually large conferencing loads
- No recess duty
- Job Sharing provisions
Secondary
- Approval by JSSC of all junior high Friday early out and high school late start activities
- Pay increase for coaches and athletic directors
Special Ed
- District Special Education Committee formed to address special education issues
- 2 extra paid days for special educators’ paperwork
Benefits for Everyone
- Four professional development days retained during the work year despite reduced funding
- Extra-duty Teaching pay at educator’s hourly rate
- Extra-duty Non-Teaching hourly pay increase
- Pay increase for playground and lunch supervision
- JSSC/teacher participation in site-based decisions – language strengthened
- Seniority-based protection for involuntary transfers
- When provisional educators are involuntarily transferred, every effort should be given to place them in the exact grade or subject area
- Catastrophic Leave bank
- Health and Dental insurance options
- Mid-year lane changes
- Paid professional leave
- Personal Leave days including some accumulation
- Elimination of Staff Development class fees
- Annual stipend for National Board Certified teachers ($1,000)
- Full year step credit for half-time teachers
- Stipend for New Teacher Orientation attendees
- Created single lane salary table with no maximum step (ongoing)
- Adoption Leave
- Teachers’ children get first consideration for school and track placement
- Limit on number of required after school meetings including faculty meetings
- Reimbursement of expenses due to on-the-job damage to personal property
- 2 extra paid days for special educators’ paperwork
- Evaluation system centered on assisting employees
- Review of Services procedure to resolve problems with other employees or programs.
- DEA representation on district committees
- Procedure for review of the adequacy of educators’ work space, including itinerants
- Early Retirement Incentives which include Social Security bridge payments
- Increase in mileage reimbursement for travel
- 30-minute duty free lunch policy
- Extended family leave (FMLA) to half-time teachers
- Guidelines and protections for teachers new to the profession added to the negotiated agreement
- Additional time for counselors, library media teachers and special education teachers
DEA's Past Presidents and Directors
| PRESIDENT | YEARS SERVED | SCHOOL | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR /ASSOCIATE |
| Denise Willmore | 2023-2024 | Literacy Coach Whitesides Elementary | Susan Firmage Interem/Tim Bell |
| Denise Willmore | 2022-2023 | Literacy Coach Whitesides Elementary | Cindy Formeller |
| Denise Willmore | 2021-2022 | Valley View Elementary | Patrick Riley/Cindy Formeller |
| Yvonne Speckman | 2017-2021 | Buffalo Point Elementary | Patrick Riley |
| Don Paver | 2012-2017 | Columbia Elementary | Patrick Riley |
| Don Paver | 2011-2012 | Columbia Elementary | Joel Briscoe/Patrick Riley |
| Susan Firmage | 2009-2011 | Layton Elementary | Joel Briscoe/Patrick Riley |
| Susan Firmage | 2008-2009 | Layton Elementary | Becky Bouvang/Joel Briscoe |
| Susan Firmage | 2007-2008 | Layton Elementary | Becky Bouvang/Sheri Sauve |
| Susan Firmage | 2006 | Layton Elementary | Becky Bouvang/Amber Schwartz |
| Ellen Thompson | 2005 | NLJHS | Becky Bouvang/Amber Schwartz |
| Ellen Thompson | 2004-2005 | NLJHS | Jake and Becky Bouvang |
| Ellen Thompson | 2003-2004 | NLJHS | Vik Arnold, Jake Lemann, Becky Bouvang |
| Kathleen Leatham | 2001-2003 | Crestview Elememtary | Vik Arnold/Jake Lemann |
| Kathleen Leatham | 1999-2001 | Crestview Elememtary | Kaye Chatterton/Vik Arnold |
| Kalyn Denny | 1995-1999 | West Bountiful Elementary | Kaye Chatterton |
| Vik Arnold | 1992-1995 | Young Parents | Kaye Chatterton |
| Joel Briscoe | 1990-1992 | Bountiful High School | Kaye Chatterton |
| Kathie Bone | 1988-1990 | Whitesides Elementary | Steve Sirkin |
| Beth Beck | 1987-1988 | Millcreek Jr. High | Steve Sirkin |
| Jeannine Crabtree | 1986-1987 | Farmington Elementary | Dee Burningham |
| Ann Keller | 1985-1986 | District Office | |
| Debert Francom | 1984-1985 | retired | |
| Doug Cannon | 1983-1984 | NLJHS | |
| Dave King | 1982-1983 | Davis High School | |
| Earl Spencer | 1981-1982 | Woods Cross High School | |
| Richard Cook | 1980-1981 | Viewmont High School | |
| Mary Ellen Leatham | 1979-1980 | retired | |
| Dave VanLangeveld | 1978-1979 | Clearfield High School | |
| Wayne Cable | 1977-1978 | Woods Cross High School |