Key Documents

The DFT Elections Committee has prepared documents for the Spring 2026 Election Cycle. You will find the information here for 2 sets of elections:

• delegates election for AFT Michigan and the AFT National Conventions
• positions on the Election Committee

The Election Committee presented the information at the January General Membership Meeting.

Planning ahead: AFT Michigan Convention will be Saturday, May 2nd at Huntington Place in Detroit while the AFT National Convention will be held in Washington, D.C. from Thursday, July 16 to Sunday, July 19, 2026.

Here are the documents:

1. Duties of Election Committee (2026)
2. Delegate Instructions (2026)
3. 2026 Election Committee Calendar
4. 2026 Delegate Election Calendar
5. 2026 Election Committee Nomination & Acceptance Form
6. 2026 Delegate Nomination & Acceptance Form

All questions about the Spring 2026 Elections can be directed to the DFT Election Committee @ dft231ec@gmail.com.

Please make sure you understand your right to representation when you suspect you may be called in to any kind of meeting that could be disciplinary.  Please make sure you keep this with you at your work place in the event it is needed. These cards will be available at general membership meetings. 

Weingarten Rights

The DFT Constitution and By-laws [Download here] or here dft_constitution.pdf.

Here are the highlights of the 2024-2026 Collective Bargaining Agreement:

https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/109/777/original/2024-2026_Contract_Highlights.pdf

Here is the link for the two year ratified agreement between DPSCD and DFT:  DPSCD-DFT 2024-2026 AGREEMENT.

Here are the calendars for 2024-2026: 2024-2025 Calendar  and  2025-2026 Calendar

The salary schedule is posted.

Please click here to see the 2023-2024 Tentative Agreement:  https://actionnetwork.org/user_files/user_files/000/096/060/original/DFT-DPSCD_2023-2024_Ratification_Packet_8.21.23_corrected.pdf

Please click the link, 2021-23 TA, to view the Tentative Agreement in full. 

Please click the following links to review the 2020-2021 Tentative Agreement (TA) with the Detroit Public Schools Community District.  

• 2020-2021 TA Section 1-5
• 2020-2021 TA Section 6-14
• 2020-2021 TA Section 15-19

2017-2020 Contract:  http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-01/2017-2020_contract_.pdf

APPENDIXES: 

2017-18 Salary Schedules   http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-01/apendix_a_2017_18_first_second_semester.pdf

2017-19 Salary Schedules Various Classifications http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-01/apendix_a_2018_19_first_second_semester_others.pdf

2018-19 Salary Schedules   http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-01/apendix_a_2018_19_first_second_semester.pdf

Workship Rates and Extra-Curricular Program Schedules  http://dft231.mi.aft.org/sites/default/files/article_pdf_files/2018-01/atheltic_programs.pdf

Please read this document for frequently asked questions about the evaluation process: Evaluation Exemption FAQ. Principals notified teachers on October 8, 2024 as to their status.