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Good morning,
I have a question related to the production class thread-but it's slightly different. If you run a production based course where the work during the regular class time is focused on a final performance-do you also receive a supplemental payment/stipend/extra duty pay of some sort? (similar to the supplemental a coach may receive)

If so, how do you justify this to your administration or how does your administration justify this?

Thanks,
Holly

I have a course that is similar but not specific to production... The Advanced class has multiple productions a year (student-directed one-acts and I directed both a full length and multiple one acts) in addition to their regular technique work and competitions/conferences... not quite the same... anyway, I don't get any extra pay for this. The main stage season gives me a small stipend because it occurs after the school day is over for the kids but, because it is during class time and even though all of the performances occur at night, I don't get anything extra.

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Shira Schwartz
Chandler Unified School District
Chandler AZ

Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2016 07:34
From: Holly Thompson
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,
I have a question related to the production class thread-but it's slightly different. If you run a production based course where the work during the regular class time is focused on a final performance-do you also receive a supplemental payment/stipend/extra duty pay of some sort? (similar to the supplemental a coach may receive)

If so, how do you justify this to your administration or how does your administration justify this?

Thanks,
Holly

Good morning,

Yes we receive supplemental pay. The school treats it as extra curricular, like a coach for a sport team. Just as the PE teacher coaches baseball and gets extra pay, we get a lump sum per semester to produce, direct and design.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School

Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2016 07:34
From: Holly Thompson
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,
I have a question related to the production class thread-but it's slightly different. If you run a production based course where the work during the regular class time is focused on a final performance-do you also receive a supplemental payment/stipend/extra duty pay of some sort? (similar to the supplemental a coach may receive)

If so, how do you justify this to your administration or how does your administration justify this?

Thanks,
Holly

My situation is similar to Shira's.  The way my contract is written, I get a stipend for 3 shows per year - one musical and 2 straight plays.  The student directed one acts, any competition pieces my students do, and the 2 student directed shows in our production class are considered part of the curriculum and there is no extra pay for that time.

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Laura Steenson
Theatre Director
Reynolds High School
Troutdale OR

Original Message:
Sent: 07-30-2016 07:05
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,

Yes we receive supplemental pay. The school treats it as extra curricular, like a coach for a sport team. Just as the PE teacher coaches baseball and gets extra pay, we get a lump sum per semester to produce, direct and design.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School

Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2016 07:34
From: Holly Thompson
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,
I have a question related to the production class thread-but it's slightly different. If you run a production based course where the work during the regular class time is focused on a final performance-do you also receive a supplemental payment/stipend/extra duty pay of some sort? (similar to the supplemental a coach may receive)

If so, how do you justify this to your administration or how does your administration justify this?

Thanks,
Holly

My "production" class is part of my FTE, the same as any other class I teach,  and is .2 of my pay even though the class is after school hours and is an elective.  However, because it does occur after school, I receive an extra stipend of about 800 dollars per year via union contract.  The compensation is better this way for me because when I did it as an extra, I got paid a stipend of 2500 to do the same thing, but it was on top of teaching all day.  This way I get a morning period off every day and .2 of my full time salary.  I spent many, many years lobbying for this.

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Richard Silberg
Drama/ESL Specialist
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School
Berkeley, California
( On leave 2015-16 for teaching fellowship in Cambodia)

Original Message:
Sent: 08-06-2016 19:27
From: Laura Steenson
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

My situation is similar to Shira's.  The way my contract is written, I get a stipend for 3 shows per year - one musical and 2 straight plays.  The student directed one acts, any competition pieces my students do, and the 2 student directed shows in our production class are considered part of the curriculum and there is no extra pay for that time.

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Laura Steenson
Theatre Director
Reynolds High School
Troutdale OR

Original Message:
Sent: 07-30-2016 07:05
From: Crit Fisher
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,

Yes we receive supplemental pay. The school treats it as extra curricular, like a coach for a sport team. Just as the PE teacher coaches baseball and gets extra pay, we get a lump sum per semester to produce, direct and design.

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Crit Fisher
Lighting/Sound Designer
New Albany High School

Original Message:
Sent: 07-29-2016 07:34
From: Holly Thompson
Subject: production class/ extra duty-supplemental pay

Good morning,
I have a question related to the production class thread-but it's slightly different. If you run a production based course where the work during the regular class time is focused on a final performance-do you also receive a supplemental payment/stipend/extra duty pay of some sort? (similar to the supplemental a coach may receive)

If so, how do you justify this to your administration or how does your administration justify this?

Thanks,
Holly