Salary Schedule Advancement. The base salaries in each cluster within a step may be increased through COLA, turnover savings, increments, and additional educational attainment. Once placed in a cluster within a step, faculty do not move from cluster to cluster except as described in B.3.B below.
Salary Schedule Advancement. A. Teachers who plan to move to a higher column must register their additional hours or credits in the Human Resources Department during one of the four specified times each year by the 10th of the month following the end of a college quarter—by February 10, May 10, September 10, or November 10. Acceptable documents for this purpose include college or university transcripts, letters from college or university supervising department chairmen, and recommendations from committees approving projects in human relations and teaching field areas. Class grades must be “C” or better, or “Pass” on a pass/fail option. Upon presentation of appropriate documents, Request for Revision of Individual Certified Contract and documentation of credits, the district will issue a new contract showing teacher’s salary on the new column. It shall be the teacher’s responsibility to inform the Human Resources administrator in writing that advancement on the schedule has been earned. The district will not recognize audited courses for advancement on the salary schedule.
Salary Schedule Advancement. 1. For advancement on the salary schedule, the board will accept all college courses that are acceptable under the state guidelines for recertification. This includes pass/fail, undergraduate courses, and graduate courses educationally related to the professional development of the employee.
Salary Schedule Advancement a. A teacher shall be granted, at the time of hire, one step on the salary schedule for each full year of teaching experience up to the maximum of the established range. Expected range of salary steps will be identified and stated in postings for open positions. The ranges shall remain consistent for all postings within a given school year.
Salary Schedule Advancement. Any teacher who has worked 90 or more days of the school year shall be entitled to such advancement on the salary schedule as he/she would have had if the leave had not been granted. If the leave exceeds the year the leave commences, the second year shall not be considered for step advancement on the salary schedule.
Salary Schedule Advancement. 1. The certificated employee shall have the responsibility of providing all necessary official transcripts and certification to confirm any changes in classification on schedule.
Salary Schedule Advancement. Only college credit from an accredited institution in a field of education, or which can reasonably be construed as enhancing the teacher’s competency or technique in the District, shall apply towards horizontal advancement on the salary schedule, providing the teacher has received approval from the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources or his/her designee. Movement to an advanced lane will be implemented one time per year, with the first pay period after submission and processing of appropriate paperwork, which must be submitted to Human Resources by September 30.
Salary Schedule Advancement. 1. Experience increments cannot exceed the top step for a classification, except in Column VI, an employee may advance only one step vertically and one step horizontally in any one contract year. Column VI will increase by $535 for each year of service earned after the final step listed.
Salary Schedule Advancement. The salary increase shall be as follows:2020-2021: $2,000 Less than full-time employees will receive a prorated increase for a contract of one hundred seventy-six (176) student days and one hundred eighty-one (181) teacher work days. If a teacher is not doing a satisfactory job of teaching in this school system, they will receive a written statement of the problem and the probable action from the principal. After a plan of assistance has been implemented without progress being made within sixty (60) days, the school board reserves the right to refuse to grant an increment to any teacher. Professional Growth/ Educational Incentive-National Certification: The teacher must apply IN ADVANCE by no later than September 10 for the incentive and establish written criteria as determined by the National Certification Board. A staff member who successfully completes and receives National Teacher Certification shall be compensated $1,000 in addition to any stipend provided by the State of South Dakota or the federal government, per year for five (5) years beginning August 1 of the next school year after receiving said certification. This stipend shall be paid at the end of the school year (June 20 payroll) upon verification. Reference: Code 401.10 Certified Employee Continued Education Credit Addendum I: Certified Staff Advancement on Salary Schedule Request Form
Salary Schedule Advancement. A. Reduced contract employees will advance one step vertically on the salary schedule when they have accumulated a total of one year of service in the previous school year or years. Movement on the salary schedule will occur at the start of the school year. The District will maintain a record of the employee’s years of service by quarters only and will indicate on the employee’s contract the number of quarters of full-time years that the employee has served in the District.
