Common use of Prior Teaching Experience Clause in Contracts

Prior Teaching Experience. 1. One (1) year of teaching service credit on the negotiated salary schedule is granted for each year of verified service in a school or college in which a bachelor degree or higher, or certification is required and is approved, certified or regulated by a state or regional accreditation agency. Such credit will only be granted if previously awarded to Seminole County Public School teacher-based employees. 2. Initial placement on the salary schedule for teachers who have retired from the Florida Retirement System (FRS) or any other educational system and become employed or re-employed as a teacher-based employee shall be granted up to ten (10) years of recognized teaching experience. 3. Credit shall not be granted for less than one half (1/2) of a contractual year. 4. Compensation for prior teaching experience will be awarded at the start of the school year in which verification of the prior experience was received and approved.