QTEA Stipends & Retention Bonus

The Quality Teacher and Education Act (QTEA) - Proposition A approved in 2008 and in place for 20 years (2028) - makes San Francisco teacher salaries competitive with those in surrounding school districts; provides financial incentives for teachers to work at schools with historically high turnover and teach in hard-to-fill subject areas such as high school math; increases teacher support while raising teacher accountability; improves academic innovation through research and development; and upgrades school technologies.

For FAQs regarding QTEA Stipend and Retention Bonus, please click here!

Below are the stipends, how they are listed on pay stubs and when they are paid:

• Retention Bonus: "QTEA Retention Bonus After 4 / After 8" - September

• Paraprofessional Stipend: "QTEA Para Stipend" - end of November

• EED Stipend: "QTEA CDP (03) Stipend" - November

• Hard to Staff Stipend: "QTEA Hard to Staff Schls CSF / ADM" - January and June

• Substitute Stipend: "QTEA Hard to Staff DTD Subs" or "QTEA Day to Day Subs" - January and June

• Hard to Fill Stipend: "QTEA Hard to Fill Subjects" - June

If you have a question, please submit a ticket through Zendesk at eis.sfusd.edu.

If you believe you were eligible for a stipend or bonus upon reviewing the FAQs and did not automatically receive it on your paycheck, please contact: qtea@sfusd.edu

Additionally, if you have questions regarding QTEA, please contact: qtea@sfusd.edu

Original Ballot

The Quality Teacher and Education Act: First Year Report

Policy Brief: The Quality Teacher and Education Act in San Francisco: Lessons Learned

The Development of a Teacher Salary Parcel Tax

2013-2014 QTEA Annual Report (published as part of the District Budget - see page 34)

Using Great Technology to Overcome Poverty

For QTEA information in the union contracts, click here to view them.

For information regarding paid Professional Development Hours (formerly called Prop A/QTEA Hours or LWEA/Prop G Hours), click here for more information.