Common use of PRESCHOOL TEACHERS Clause in Contracts

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS. Unit members serving as Preschool teachers shall be compensated based on the Pre- School Teacher Salary schedule in Appendix A of this agreement. A. Placement on the Salary Schedule 1. Step Placement: Unit members beginning the first year of teaching with the Office of Education shall have their experience evaluated by Human Resources to determine proper step placement. One step for each year of full-time related experience as determined by the SDCOE to a maximum of seven (7) steps will be granted. 2. Class Placement: Class placement shall be determined as follows: • Class I: 24 semester units in Early Childhood Education/Child Development • Class II: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development • Class III: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development + 30 additional semester units earned after receipt of the AA • Class IV: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) • Class V: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) + 15 additional semester units earned after receipt of the ▇▇ ▇. Advancements on the Salary Schedule 1. Unit members must have rendered paid service for 75% or more of the number of days (184) in the regular school year to be eligible to advance one vertical step on the schedule. Eligibility for step advancement will be determined as of June 30 of each year for the following school year. 2. Unit members shall be limited to a one-step advancement from one school year to the next. 3. Advancement on the salary schedule based on earned college credits or degrees will be permitted on a quarterly basis. That is, salary schedule advancement will be effective the July 1, October 1, January 1 or April 1 following submission of the required supporting documentation. 4. A stipend based upon 4.0% of Class IV, Step 13, shall be paid unit members after 15, 18, 21, and 24 years of service for those on Class III, IV, and V provided that the most recent performance evaluation rating received by the unit member was "standard" or better. To qualify for any new long term valued service stipend, the unit member must have received a standard or better rating in that unit member's most recent evaluation (i.e., no unit member will lose a stipend which he/she has already been receiving).

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS. Unit members serving as Preschool teachers shall be compensated based on the Pre- Pre-School Teacher Salary schedule in Appendix A of this agreement. A. Placement on the Salary Schedule 1. Step Placement: Unit members beginning the first year of teaching with the Office of Education shall have their experience evaluated by Human Resources to determine proper step placement. One step for each year of full-time related experience as determined by the SDCOE to a maximum of seven (7) steps will be granted. 2. Class Placement: Class placement shall be determined as follows: • Class I: 24 semester units in Early Childhood Education/Child Development • Class II: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development • Class III: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development + 30 additional semester units earned after receipt of the AA • Class IV: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) • Class V: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) + 15 additional semester units earned after receipt of the ▇▇ ▇. Advancements on the Salary Schedule 1. Unit members must have rendered paid service for 75% or more of the number of days (184) in the regular school year to be eligible to advance one vertical step on the schedule. Eligibility for step advancement will be determined as of June 30 of each year for the following school year. 2. Unit members shall be limited to a one-step advancement from one school year to the next. 3. Advancement on the salary schedule based on earned college credits or degrees pre- approved Continuing Education Units or Professional Development Units, and issued by an accredited college or university, or accredited licensing board-approved professional organization will be permitted on a quarterly basis. That is, salary schedule advancement will be effective the July 1, October 1, January 1 or April 1 following submission of the required supporting documentation. Fifteen hours of earned CEUs would be the equivalent of 1 semester unit. SDCAE and SDCOE will collaboratively develop a pre-approval form that includes a rationale. 4. A stipend based upon 4.0% of Class IV, Step 13, shall be paid unit members after 15, 18, 21, and 24 years of service for those on Class III, IV, and V provided that the most recent performance evaluation rating received by the unit member was "standard" or better. To qualify for any new long term valued service stipend, the unit member must have received a standard or better rating in that unit member's most recent evaluation (i.e., no unit member will lose a stipend which he/she has they have already been receiving).

PRESCHOOL TEACHERS. Unit members serving as Preschool teachers shall be compensated based on the Pre- School Teacher Salary schedule in Appendix A of this agreement. A. Placement on the Salary Schedule 1. Step Placement: Unit members beginning the first year of teaching with the Office of Education shall have their experience evaluated by Human Resources to determine proper step placement. One step for each year of full-time related experience as determined by the SDCOE to a maximum of seven (7) steps will be granted. 2. Class Placement: Class placement shall be determined as follows: •  Class I: 24 semester units in Early Childhood Education/Child Development •  Class II: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development •  Class III: AA degree in Early Childhood Education/Child Development + 30 additional semester units earned after receipt of the AA •  Class IV: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) •  Class V: BA degree (including 24 Early Childhood Education/Child Development units) + 15 additional semester units earned after receipt of the ▇▇ ▇. Advancements on the Salary Schedule 1. Unit members must have rendered paid service for 75% or more of the number of days (184) in the regular school year to be eligible to advance one vertical step on the schedule. Eligibility for step advancement will be determined as of June 30 of each year for the following school year. 2. Unit members shall be limited to a one-step advancement from one school year to the next. 3. Advancement on the salary schedule based on earned college credits or degrees will be permitted on a quarterly basis. That is, salary schedule advancement will be effective the July 1, October 1, January 1 or April 1 following submission of the required supporting documentation. 4. A stipend based upon 4.0% of Class IV, Step 13, shall be paid unit members after 15, 18, 21, and 24 years of service for those on Class III, IV, and V provided that the most recent performance evaluation rating received by the unit member was "standard" or better. To qualify for any new long term valued service stipend, the unit member must have received a standard or better rating in that unit member's most recent evaluation (i.e., no unit member will lose a stipend which he/she has already been receiving).