Column Advancement. Column advancement is effective as of the first service day of the fall term each year. It is the responsibility of the bargaining unit member to petition the District for column advancement. A form for this petitioning process will be made available to members of the Bargaining Unit. The receipt of the column advancement form, including relevant documentation for the subsequent fall term, must be received by Human Resources no later than June 30. All units and degrees must meet the criteria identified in Section 22.2.2 of the Agreement. Units as used in this procedure refer to semester units.
Column Advancement. “Plan for Salary Advancement” is incorporated into this Agreement by reference as Appendix B and shall be subject to the grievance procedure, except for the section “Salary Advancement Categories.”
Column Advancement. Employees who earn a credit level necessary to advance horizontally shall advance to the appropriate column, provided the credits meet one of the following criteria: successfully completed (grade C or pass) graduate credits which are relevant to the employee’s assignment, current endorsement areas, or and licensure renewal plan; and approved in advance by the District. Employees must submit transcripts to the District no later than November 1 to verify this new credit level.
Column Advancement. Movement across columns is possible by completing additional academic units or equivalent experience. To guarantee that an applicant receives credit, prior approval must be obtained before beginning coursework or equivalent experience by completing the YCCD form “Request for Professional Improvement Activity” and by creating a Professional Improvement Proposal (Guidelines are available through Human Resources; See also APPENDIX A-4 and A-5). Professional Improvement Proposals for course work or activities completed during the academic year without prior approval may be submitted for approval in the month of April each year. This window of opportunity for post-approval will open April 1st and close April 30th of each year. Transcripts or a Post Activity Report (Guidelines are available through Human Resources) must be submitted to Human Resources no later than August 1st in order to receive unit credit for the upcoming academic year. Note: If a course you are attending for credit ends in August after the August 1st deadline, you must notify Human Resources by August 1st. The procedural steps, appeals process for an activity denial, the list of approved activities of Professional Improvement, and the conversion formulas for activities into course units are all located on the Human Resources website and can be found in APPENDIX A in the Faculty Contract.
Column Advancement. Any teacher who in the course of a year (September 1 to August 31) becomes eligible for column advancement shall be advanced immediately following September 1st (if transcript is received no later than September 30th) or February 1st (if transcript is received no later than February 28th) to the higher rate provided in the salary schedule. For payroll purposes, all eligible will be compensated retroactively by October 15th for September 1st and by March 15th for February 1st. For administrative purposes, all eligible must send a letter of intent for lane change to Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources no later than September 15th or February 15th. Effective July 1, 2004, employees shall be entitled to advance no more than one lane per year for all post Masters Degree coursework.
Column Advancement. 12.7.1 Unit members shall be advanced on the salary schedule on the basis of approved educational and professional growth units, verified by transcript forms/or District approved verification forms, which the unit member completes beyond the requirements of the Bachelor’s Degree
Column Advancement a. After the date of hire, for the purpose of column advancement, nine
Column Advancement. 1. The intent of this section is to encourage unit members to continue their formal education and at the same time provide reasonable parameters so that the courses taken will enhance employees’ job performance. Courses taken for purposes of meeting requirements for salary track advancement must be taken outside of the unit member’s work day, must not be duplicative of courses previously taken, and must meet one of the following criteria:
Column Advancement. Paraprofessionals shall advance to the next highest column in the salary schedule representing their classification upon completion of the educational requirements for that column, and upon providing all necessary documentation to the Employer for verifying that the requirements have been made. Upon providing such documentation, the effective date of advancement shall be retroactive back to July 1 of the current fiscal year or the completion date of the educational requirement whichever date is later.
Column Advancement. The unit member is responsible for submitting a written application for transfer from class to class on the salary schedule by May of the school year prior to the school year of the proposed class transfer. The transfer request is to be submitted to the Human Resources Office. Transfers from class to class will be affected at two time periods during the year, only. The first time is in the fall when verification of course work completed by September 1 must be submitted to the Human Resources Office no later than November 15; the salary adjustment is then made retroactive to the beginning of the unit member’s regular work year. The second time is in the early spring when verification of course work completed by February 1 must be submitted no later than April 1; the salary adjustment is then made retroactive to February 1.
