Salary Schedule Credit. Except as provided in Article XII, Military Leave, Sabbatical Leave, Honorary or Fellowship Leaves, and Article VIII, teacher returning from an administrative position, a teacher shall not earn seniority or advancement on the salary schedule during a period of unpaid leave or layoff. A teacher returning to a position following an unpaid leave or layoff, except for those situations referenced in the preceding paragraph, shall resume earning seniority and credit on the salary schedule from the years credited and position on the salary schedule as of the effective date of the leave or layoff.
Salary Schedule Credit. College/University Credit Salary Schedule Credit Guidelines • Credit on the salary schedule may only be claimed for courses: • taken from an accredited college/university • which are directly related to Board goals and that meet the education needs of the school district: - teacher’s current assignment or - leadership or - coursework for an additional endorsement or certificate. • that are part of a degree or certificate program (teacher does not have to be enrolled in a degree or certification program) • that include in the class description, a format for student-teacher interaction and student-student interaction • Salary schedule credit will be given only by semester hour • Course work must be completed by August 31 of the school year in which the course work was begun. (September 1 through August 31) • Credit on the salary schedule will only be given for those courses where the teacher has earned a grade of “B” or higher. If no letter grade is issued for a particular course, the teacher must provide documentation from the college/university that the course was passed with a grade of “B” or higher. • Prior to obtaining a Master’s Degree, no more than 12 hours of transcript credit can be undergraduate credit. • After attaining the Master’s level, all undergraduate and graduate courses taken for credit that meet the criteria will be honored. • Once the Master’s Degree is conferred, any salary credit acquired in any area before the Master’s Degree is received is not credited on the salary schedule beyond the Master’s level. In other words, upon earning a Master’s Degree, the teacher would be placed on the Master’s + 0 level. All salary credit earned subsequently then advances such teacher to the Master’s Degree + levels on the salary schedule. • Credit shall not be given for courses which are essentially the same as those for which credit has previously been granted. Approval for such credit is granted only once. • All courses must have the prior written approval of the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources or his/her designee regardless of the reason(s) for taking the course(s). Written approval, using the College Course Approval form, is necessary to request salary schedule credit for each course. • If a course is not approved, a teacher may request an appeal, as it relates to the appropriateness of the course – see C3 Appeal Process. That a deadline was not met in order to satisfy the requirement to submit the course prior to beginning the cours...
Salary Schedule Credit. District administration, in its sole discretion, may offer newly hired certified staff up to five years credit on the salary schedule and a signing bonus for positions considered difficult to fill. All such offers must be approved by the Board.
Salary Schedule Credit. A. A step is equivalent to one year of effective or highly effective evaluations to the District after initial employment.
Salary Schedule Credit. 1. All teachers new to the District shall be granted credit for prior full-time teaching experience. A new teacher entering the District shall be placed on the same step of the appropriate guide as a current employee with the same creditable experience. This provision is subject to the starting teacher adjustment identified in the salary schedule.
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Salary Schedule Credit. 9.6.1 Credits earned shall be usable to meet the requirements for a degree in education or directly applicable to field in which the teacher is teaching.
Salary Schedule Credit. Credit for movement on the salary schedule shall only be given for coursework from a district approved graduate degree program that is directly related to the educator’s current assignment. Exceptions to this policy may be considered and granted by the Superintendent or designee at the sole discretion of the Administration. Educators may take coursework outside their current assignment, but no credit will be given on the salary schedule when the coursework is completed. At such time that such educator might move into a position that matches the coursework, credit on the salary schedule will be given for the coursework if it is directly applicable to the new position.
Salary Schedule Credit. A. A step is equivalent to one year of service.
Salary Schedule Credit. 1. The Board and the Superintendent reserve the right to negotiate the degree to which credit will be granted, if any, for prior teaching experience. A new teacher entering the District may be placed on the appropriate guide at the discretion of the Superintendent and the Board. However, no teacher shall be given more salary guide credit than he or she has earned through actual teacher experience.
