STEP (VERTICAL) MOVEMENT Sample Clauses

STEP (VERTICAL) MOVEMENT. Each employee shall move on the salary schedule according to his/her years of experience: e.g., a new employee without prior experience shall be placed on step one (1) of the salary schedule and shall move one (1) step each consecutive year of employment. For the purpose of calculating salary, partial years of experience expressed by a decimal number for "Experience Total" on the teacher's "Salary Statement" will be rounded to the nearest whole number. The calculation will be done before the first September pay period of each calendar year, according to the following rules: A. The "experience total" number will represent the sum of complete and partial years teaching experience including the current school year. B. If the "experience total" includes a partial year, the decimal number will be rounded to the nearest whole number as follows: 1. If the partial year is equivalent to or more than .50, the number of years will be rounded up to the next whole year of experience (e.g., 17.5 = 18; 17.67 = 18). 2. If the partial year is equivalent to or less than .49, the number of years will be rounded down to the next whole year of experience (e.g., 17.49 = 17; 17.3 = 17).