Common use of Training Increments Clause in Contracts

Training Increments. Faculty may receive additional pay upon completing various levels of additional education and training as described below. These increases in pay or training increments are for levels of education as shown in the salary schedule in Appendices A and C of this Agreement (for example, MA+15, MA+30). The granting of training increments will be governed by the following procedure: 1. Training increment credit must be graduate credit earned subsequent to admission to an accredited graduate school unless the accredited institution states, in writing, that such credit is transferable as legitimate graduate credit. Such credit will not be given for coursework that duplicates graduate work already completed by the faculty member in a previous degree program. Training increment credit (beyond a Bachelor’s degree) will be given for any one of the following: a. Coursework where the content matches the instructor’s field of teaching responsibility, including coursework that matches the instructor’s field of teaching responsibility in a cross- disciplinary program. or b. All coursework in a PhD program in the instructor’s field of teaching where the PhD program is encompassed in the minimum requirements of the job description. or c. Coursework in the fields of education and higher education administration. Credit for any other coursework outside the faculty member’s field of teaching responsibility will not be given except as provided in b and c above. 2. Training increments will not be given for any graduate courses in which a grade of B- or less is earned if such credit is found to lower the grade point average to less than a B for that particular increment request. 3. To receive the increase in pay/training increment, the faculty member must complete the Faculty Salary Adjustment Request form, which can be found in the HR section of the website and arrange for delivery to the Office of Human Resources of the official transcript or certificate demonstrating that training has been successfully completed. A completed form and the supporting transcript or certificate must be received by the Human Resources Office before training increment credit will be processed. All adjustments to salary as a result of additional training will be effective at the beginning of the next semester succeeding the date that this set of documentation is received by the Office of Human Resources provided the set of documentation is received in Human Resources:  No later than July 10th for Fall semester pay  No later than December 20th for Winter semester pay  For part-time status employees: o No later than April 10th for Spring semester pay o No later than June 8th for Summer semester pay It is the responsibility of the faculty member to request that appropriate documentation be mailed to the Office of Human Resources. 4. The granting of training increments for graduate courses may be challenged by the appropriate immediate supervisor solely on the grounds of inadequate relevance to the faculty member’s professional functions. In the event of such challenge, the Administrative/Faculty Committee (2+2 Committee) described in Article I.B.5 will be convened to rule upon the relevance of the work in question, provided that a majority vote of the total membership of the Administrative/Faculty Committee (2+2 Committee) will be required to deny a training increment, and further provided that neither the immediate supervisor making the challenge nor the faculty member being challenged will serve on the Administrative/Faculty Committee (2+2 Committee) during this procedure. The decision of the Administrative/Faculty Committee (2+2 Committee) will be final and will not be subject to the grievance procedure. 5. Whenever any faculty member takes training germane to his/her professional duties and such training does not clearly satisfy the requirements of Paragraphs 1 & 2 above, the amount of credit, if any, toward salary increments will be determined by the Administrative/Faculty Committee (2+2 Committee) described in Article I.B.5 upon request of the faculty member, provided that a majority vote of the Committee will be necessary to establish any such credit. Request for determination of such credit will be made within thirty (30) calendar days of the beginning of the next semester, unless extenuating circumstances can be shown. The decision of the Committee is not grievable. 6. The Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree shall be considered as MA+30 for the purposes of placing faculty on the salary schedule found in Appendices A and B.