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Substitute Recruitment Incentive Program

Members Only Sub Incentive Plan

The St. Tammany Parish School System has been discussing the shortage of substitutes in the system.  As a result, our council decided to look at our finances to see what we could do to help incentivize current members to help find employees to add to the substitute pool. 

Some key facts of our plan are as follows:

  1. Our funds are composed of membership dues money, so anything we decide to do with the money shall be for members only.  So, this plan will only be able to reward members.
  2. At this time, our council has approved $5,000 for this plan with the ability to go
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BESE Update: October 2022

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Tuesday’s committee meetings began with a public hearing to receive public recommendations regarding the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP), which is the funding formula for Louisiana public schools. As expected, advocates from the Louisiana Association of School Superintendents, the Louisiana School Boards Association, and the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools testified in favor of increasing funding in level one of the MFP – which is the part of the formula that gives school districts the greatest flexibility in how they can use the additional funding. The Louisiana Federation of Teachers (LFT) has continued to advocate for additional funding to be directed into level four of the MFP, which is the portion of the formula that funds teacher and school employee salaries. The only way to ensure that teachers and school employees receive a raise next year is for additional funding to go into level four. MORE

Tell BESE to Prioritize Raises for Teachers & School Employees

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On Tuesday, October 11th, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education will hear public recommendations regarding the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) for next year (2023-2024). As we do each year, LFT will advocate for the largest raise possible for teachers and school employees.

Despite pay increases in recent years, Louisiana teachers and school employees remain below the Southern Regional Average and National Average for pay. In fact, recent state-wide pay raises have been canceled out by increases to insurance premiums from the Office of Group Benefits (OGB). This has

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Meet the Federation's Endorsed Candidates

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How Do You Feel: LDOE extends the deadline for eSER data, but not for IEP entry.

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After receiving emails from hundreds of LFT members, LDOE announced that they would give teachers until December 16th to get all their information into the glitchy eSER system. Teachers are still required to get in all their IEPs by October 1st, the only difference is that now you're allowed to submit them on paper, as long as you re-enter the information into the electronic system by December 16th.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t help teachers who have already sunk hours into navigating a broken system and are still under enormous pressure to submit everything by the end of the week. LDOE’s

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Show of Solidarity

We have been receiving a large number of reports about various issues, ranging from violence in the workplace, to the ongoing crisis in transportation, to the impact of shortages, micromanagement, workplace bullying, slow delivery of textbooks and other materials, SWE paper load, classroom behavior, and an overall lack of support. Please consider these two ways to get involved and to let your voice be heard. 


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