Common use of Credit for Prior Experience Clause in Contracts

Credit for Prior Experience. If a bargaining unit employee ceases to be responsible for an extracurricular activity for a period not to exceed one year, due to illness or other legitimate reasons beyond the employee's control, and if the employee, with the prior written approval of the Superintendent, is, within such year, returned to responsibility for such extracurricular activity, such employee shall return to responsibility for the extracurricular activity at the same rate of compensation they were receiving at the time they ceased to be responsible for such activity, prorated as appropriate. Employees ceasing to be responsible for an extracurricular activity for any greater length of time, who return to responsibility for such extracurricular activity, shall be compensated at the rate of number of years experience times .5 on the pay scale (thus an advisor or coach with eight years experience would come back on the pay scale at Step 4). Also, any new member of the bargaining unit with similar experience from another district shall be compensated as follows: 1-3 years experience Step 1; 4-6 years Step 2; 7-9 years Step 3; 10 or more years Step