Common use of Professional Advancement Clause in Contracts

Professional Advancement. The following paragraph applies to any bargaining unit member employed by the District during the 2004-2005 school year: A certified teacher, by provisional or permanent or life certificate, shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for semester hours of graduate value to the extent of one-half (1/2) the cost of tuition which the teacher has paid and had not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. This payment is to be made upon return to the district in September for credits earned during the previous school year. The following paragraph applies to any new bargaining unit member employed to teach during the 2005-2006 school year or later: A certified teacher employed under a provisional certificate shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for up to eighteen (18) semester hours of graduate value to the extent of one-half the cost of tuition which he himself has paid and for which he has not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. Upon becoming eligible for Professional certificate, this initial benefit terminates. Once the teacher has received their Professional certificate, the teacher shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for up to six (6) semester hours of graduate value every five (5) years to the extent of one-half (1/2) the cost of tuition which the teacher has paid and has not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. This payment is to be made upon the teachers return to the district in September for credits earned during the previous school year. Upon becoming eligible for movement from one track to another, the teacher shall notify the administration in writing with appropriate documentation for placement on a new track. If this eligibility occurs during the school year, such new placement will be made at the beginning of the next semester, with new salary beginning upon such placement.

Professional Advancement. The following paragraph applies to any bargaining unit member employed by the District during the 2004-2004- 2005 school year: A certified teacher, by provisional or permanent or life certificate, shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for semester hours of graduate value to the extent of one-half (1/2) the cost of tuition which the teacher he himself has paid and for which he had not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. This payment is to be made upon return to the district in September for credits earned during the previous school year. The following paragraph applies to any new bargaining unit member employed to teach during the 2005-2006 school year or later: A certified teacher employed under a provisional certificate shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for up to eighteen (18) semester hours of graduate value to the extent of one-half the cost of tuition which he himself has paid and for which he has not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. Upon becoming eligible for Professional certificate, this initial benefit terminates. Once the teacher has received their Professional certificate, the teacher they shall (upon satisfactory proof) be reimbursed for up to six (6) semester hours of graduate value every five (5) years to the extent of one-half (1/2) the cost of tuition which the teacher he himself has paid and for which he has not, nor will not, be reimbursed from any other source. This payment is to be made upon the teachers return to the district in September for credits earned during the previous school year. Upon becoming eligible for movement from one track to another, the teacher shall notify the administration in writing with appropriate documentation for placement on a new track. If this eligibility occurs during the school year, such new placement will be made at the beginning of the next semester, with new salary beginning upon such placement.