Salary and Benefits

We feel proud of our benefits and compensation package, and we also know there are intangible benefits of our strong school culture and organization systems that contribute to daily personal and professional fulfillment, including:  

• Weekly 1:1 coaching through instructional coach or manager whose role is to support each teacher in his/her development
• Up to 3 plan periods a day for lesson planning, team meetings, and coaching with instructional coach
• Teaching one content prep a day 
• Guaranteed Dean of Students in each school to support daily with student culture 
• Tracking PTO by hours, not by days or ½ days, which allows team members to maximize the 6 PTO days (60 hours) they have to use throughout the year
• Full Operations team that eliminates barriers for educators through owning tasks like supply ordering (books, materials for labs, etc.), leading arrival and dismissal, planning field trips, maintaining copy machines, providing on-site IT support, and providing other behind-the-scenes support designed to increase teacher efficiency
• Each Friday, students dismiss at 1:30 pm; instructional staff engages in professional development from 2-4:30 pm.

• 25+ vacation days built into the year for national holidays and breaks. 
• Teachers have a rotating Friday morning off once every 4-6 weeks. After supporting with entrance/breakfast duties, teachers have Friday mornings off for personal appointments, etc. and return back for lunch/end-of-day duties. Teachers use this 3.5 hour block to take care of personal appointments, catch up on tasks, etc.
• Additionally, team members have 60 hours of PTO for immovable events and/or personal time.
• Employees who remain employed through June 30 will be compensated for any unused PTO from the previous school year, payed out at each team member's hourly rate.
• Teachers complete training in early June and late July/August. Teachers have 5 weeks of summer break time.

• Annual review of salaries among charter schools in the region to ensure Kauffman School salaries are in the top 25th percentile. Team members receive an annual salary increase of at least 2%.
• Team members are eligible for supplemental pay for supporting with any after-school clubs or sports teams.

• Kauffman School offers full health coverage through United Health Care (UHC) and dental, vision, and all non-medical through Guardian. Our employee premiums for these robust plans are significantly below market rate. See chart below with more information about rates. 
• All team members are required to contribute 9% to the KC Public School Retirement System pension plan.
• Team members who elect to contribute to the Fidelity 403B will receive up to a 4% match by the school.
• Kauffman School provides Basic Life Insurance and AD&D at no charge to employee.
• Kauffman School provides up to a $500 match on health savings account contributions (HSA).

As part of our staff and student wellness priority, all staff members will have access to Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).  This includes in the moment support: reach a licensed clinician by phone for immediate assistance. Financial expertise and legal consultation are available through a financial counselor and local attorney.