Common use of Compensation Schedules Clause in Contracts

Compensation Schedules. The parties agree to a “salary schedule freeze” during the 2011-2012 school term. Accordingly, except for those teachers receiving a retirement incentive, every employee covered by this Agreement shall receive the same base salary he/she received during the 2010-2011 school term and no vertical or horizontal advancement shall be permitted during the 2011-2012 school term. New employees shall be appropriately placed on the 2010-2011 salary schedule. In lieu of any other increase, except for those employees receiving a retirement incentive, every full-time employee covered by this Agreement who worked full-time in the District during 2010-11 and is now working in 2011-2012, shall receive a non-recurring payment of seven hundred dollars ($700.00). Such sum shall be paid in two (2) equal installments to be paid on December, 15, 2011 and on June 30, 2012. Part-time employees shall receive a pro-rated bonus based on their percentage of full time employment during the 2011-2012 school term. (The following paragraph will not be applicable during 2011-2012.) Each school year, teachers, psychologists, social workers, certified school nurses, speech-language pathologists, vocational facilitators, and educational diagnosticians shall be placed on the appropriate level of the Compensation Schedule (one [1] level higher than the previous year), except part-time staff shall receive experience increments every other year as provided before. Teachers who at hire date hold a Master’s Degree which requires sixty (60) or more hours of credit shall be initially placed in the MA +30 Column. Teachers may be required to present certification of the requirement for the sixty (60) Hour Masters. Teachers who at hire date hold a sixty (60) hour Masters shall have a one hundred eighty five (185) day work year. All other teachers, certified school nurses, speech-language pathologists, vocational facilitators, and educational diagnosticians shall have a one hundred eighty (180) day work year, unless the host district in which the teacher is placed conducts a regularly scheduled work year which is longer than one hundred eighty (180) days (excluding “snow” days); in such case, the staff member shall have a standard work year equal in length to the host district’s. (The following paragraph will not be applicable during 2011-2012.) Teachers shall receive their scheduled salary increase, including horizontal and vertical lane advancement, unless they are eligible to retire or they are within four (4) years of retirement eligibility (age and service credit). Teachers who are eligible to retire or within four (4) years of retirement eligibility in the Illinois Teacher Retirement System (ITRS) shall not receive a salary increase greater than six percent (6%) over their previous year’s salary as initially reflected on the salary schedule. In no event may such Teacher’s total creditable earnings, as defined by ITRS, exceed six percent (6%) of such Teacher’s prior year’s total creditable earnings. Should extra duties and pay result in excesses beyond six percent (6%) for Teachers in any retirement incentive year, adjustments will be made to such Teacher’s salary so as not to exceed the six percent (6%) ITRS limit. (Everything which follows in this Section L shall not be applicable during 2011-2012, due to salary schedule freeze.) Annual Compensation Schedules shall be created as follows: (1) An index shall be as Appendix A. (2) The Compensation Schedule shall retain the same number of lanes and number of steps as the 2006-2007 Compensation Schedule. (3) The beginning ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ salaries, from the Lake County Regional Office of Education for each prior year, shall be listed and ranked, for all SEDOL member districts. (4) If any starting salaries are not listed, they may be used if obtained from the district and can be mutually verified by SEDOL and the Union as accurate. If a starting salary is not available for that school year, the school district shall receive the same numerical ranking as the prior school year. (5) The starting SEDOL salary shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the median starting salary for the prior school year each year. If in a given year there are an even number of member districts, which would result in two (2) median salaries, then the midpoint of the two shall be used. (6) The remainder of the Compensation Schedule shall be calculated, using the index to fill in the remainder of the schedule. (7) Each successive year, the BA 1 salary and the remainder of the Compensation Schedule shall be calculated, figured as above. (8) Each year, on or about May 1, representatives from the administration and the Union shall meet to create the Compensation Schedule for the following year using these parameters.

Compensation Schedules. 1. Compensation schedules for all professional employees covered herein are established and attached hereto and are made a part of this section by reference. 2. All professional employees are to be compensated according to their placement on the Salary Schedule.. 3. The parties agree professional employee’s salary will be divided into 12 equal payments to be distributed on or before the 25th of each month. Such payment may be made by direct deposit or paper check. An employee will receive a “salary schedule freeze” during the 2011-2012 school term. Accordingly, except for those teachers receiving a retirement incentive, every employee covered by this Agreement shall receive the same base salary paper check unless he/she completes the payroll direct deposit form. The payroll direct deposit form must be received during by the 2010-2011 school term District Office 15 days prior to the effective date of the new direct deposit. Once this form is completed, the employee should expect all compensation payments to be direct deposited unless the employee makes a request to the District Office to change payment methods and no vertical or horizontal advancement shall be permitted during the 2011-2012 school termDistrict Office communicates that such change in selection has been completed. 4. New employees shall be appropriately placed on the 2010-2011 salary schedule. In lieu A professional employee who has not made a selection of any other increase, except for those employees receiving a retirement incentive, every full-time employee covered by this Agreement who worked full-time payment method will automatically receive payment in the District during 2010-11 and is now working in 2011-2012, shall receive a non-recurring same form as any contractual payment of seven hundred dollars ($700.00). Such sum shall be paid in two (2) equal installments to be paid on December, 15, 2011 and on June 30, 2012. Part-time employees shall receive a pro-rated bonus based on their percentage of full time employment during the 2011-2012 school term. (The following paragraph will not be applicable during 2011-2012.) Each school year, teachers, psychologists, social workers, certified school nurses, speech-language pathologists, vocational facilitators, and educational diagnosticians shall be placed on the appropriate level of the Compensation Schedule (one [1] level higher than the previous year), except part-time staff shall receive experience increments every other year as provided before. Teachers who at hire date hold a Master’s Degree which requires sixty (60) or more hours of credit shall be initially placed in the MA +30 Column. Teachers may be required to present certification of the requirement for the sixty (60) Hour Masters. Teachers who at hire date hold a sixty (60) hour Masters shall have a one hundred eighty five (185) day work year. All other teachers, certified school nurses, speech-language pathologists, vocational facilitators, and educational diagnosticians shall have a one hundred eighty (180) day work year, unless the host district in which the teacher is placed conducts a regularly scheduled work year which is longer than one hundred eighty (180) days (excluding “snow” days); in such case, the staff member shall have a standard work year equal in length to the host district’s. (The following paragraph will not be applicable during 2011-2012.) Teachers shall receive their scheduled salary increase, including horizontal and vertical lane advancement, unless they are eligible to retire or they are within four (4) years of retirement eligibility (age and service credit). Teachers who are eligible to retire or within four (4) years of retirement eligibility in the Illinois Teacher Retirement System (ITRS) shall not receive a salary increase greater than six percent (6%) over their previous year’s salary as initially reflected on the salary schedule. In no event may such Teacher’s total creditable earnings, as defined by ITRS, exceed six percent (6%) of such Teacher’s prior year’s total creditable earnings. Should extra duties and pay result in excesses beyond six percent (6%) for Teachers in any retirement incentive year, adjustments will be made to such Teacher’s salary so as not to exceed the six percent (6%) ITRS limit. (Everything which follows in this Section L shall not be applicable during 2011-2012, due to salary schedule freeze.) Annual Compensation Schedules shall be created as follows: (1) An index shall be as Appendix A. (2) The Compensation Schedule shall retain the same number of lanes and number of steps as the 2006-2007 Compensation Schedule. (3) The beginning ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ salaries, from the Lake County Regional Office of Education for each prior year, shall be listed and ranked, for all SEDOL member districts. (4) If any starting salaries are not listed, they may be used if obtained from the district and can be mutually verified by SEDOL and the Union as accurate. If a starting salary is not available for that school year, the school district shall receive the same numerical ranking as the prior school year. 5. Newly hired professional employees will be invited to attend an orientation. Attendance at the orientation session is voluntary. 1. The Grandfathered gray cells (5) The starting SEDOL salary shall be equal to one hundred percent (100%row N thru R) of the median starting salary Career Ladder Salary Schedule are only allowed for employees that had a signed contract with the prior Middleton School District during the 2014-15 school year each year. If and were in a given year there qualifying cell of the 2014-15 salary schedule during the 2014-15 school year. a. Employees placed in the Grandfathered column 1, shall be allowed to move to columns 2 or 3 of the Career Ladder Salary Schedule, if more credits and/or degrees are an even number earned. These employees will not be allowed to move into column 2 or 3 of member districtsthe grandfathered cells. b. Employees placed in the Grandfathered column 2, shall be allowed to move to the Grandfathered column 3 of the Career Ladder Salary Schedule, if a Master’s degree is earned. 2. Salaries above are based on 187 days of service, which would result in two (2) median salaries, then includes 5 paid holidays 3. Placement of new employees will be based on the midpoint of Negotiated Agreement 1. All Certified staff that had a teacher contract with the two shall Middleton School District during the 2015-2016 school year will be used. (6) The remainder of placed on the Compensation 2016-17 Career Ladder Salary Schedule shall be calculated, using the index to fill in the remainder of following way: (An employee’s 2014-2015 salary schedule placement will be the schedulebaseline for determining which cohort the employee is put into on the Career Ladder Salary Schedule. (7) Each successive year, the BA 1 salary and the remainder of the Compensation Schedule shall be calculated, figured as above. (8) Each year, on or about May 1, representatives from the administration and the Union shall meet to create the Compensation Schedule for the following year using these parameters.)