Common use of ACQUIRING COLLEGE HOURS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN POINTS Clause in Contracts

ACQUIRING COLLEGE HOURS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN POINTS. In order to facilitate budget planning, teachers must notify the Board in writing before May 1st if they expect to acquire additional college hours/Professional Development Plan (PDP) points that would qualify them for horizontal movement on the salary schedule. 1. No teacher may move more than one step horizontally and one step vertically on the salary schedule in any one year, except those returning teachers who have been on approved leave of absence may, where appropriate, move more than one step horizontally on the salary schedule. 2. Salary adjustment for increased training is made once a year. Each teacher shall file with the superintendent a copy of all official college transcripts and Professional Development Plan (PDP) points before the first day of October of the year in which the increase is desired. In the event an official transcript is not available by that date, other evidence may be substituted until the transcript is available. Any change on the salary schedule resulting from these additional credits and PDP points shall be retroactive to September 1 for salary schedule placement purposes. 3. To be applicable, credits must be graduate level in the major area of a professional employee's major or minor teaching field, or be applicable to a professional development plan, and be earned from an accredited college or university. Undergraduate courses must be pre-approved for movement by the superintendent. To qualify for a degree plus a given amount of hours (i.e., BS+20), the additional hours must be earned subsequent to the actual conferring of the degree. 4. Teachers shall progress across the salary schedule when the hours and points completed reach the minimum for that column. One (1) semester hour of college credit shall be equal to twenty (20) professional development points. All student impact points awarded by the Professional Development Council (PDC) and in compliance with KAR 91-1-218 will be allowed for salary schedule movement. Knowledge and application points awarded by the PDC and in compliance with KAR 91-1-218 will be allowed for movement on the salary schedule when the teacher has paid for registration and time is outside the teacher’s duty day. 5. Incoming teachers may use previous PDP points from other education agencies for salary schedule advancement, if said points were earned after July 1, 2003, and meet Lansing USD 469 criteria for earning PDP points. 6. Payment shall be made for PDP points as approved following procedures as adopted by the PDC. The criteria for payment shall include the following: a. Points earned from financial commitments made by USD 469 shall be excluded. Examples, but not limited to: Expenses paid by the district Time release from contract b. Payment made at the negotiated hourly rate for school improvement. c. Maximum payment for 15 points per year (July 1 to June 30). d. Payments shall be added to payroll at the end of the year. 7. All members of the Professional Development Council must participate in the initial KSDE approved training session for PDC’s.

ACQUIRING COLLEGE HOURS/ PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN POINTS. In order to facilitate budget planning, teachers must notify the Board in writing before May 1st if they expect to acquire additional college hours/Professional Development Plan (PDP) points that would qualify them for horizontal movement on the salary schedule. 1. No teacher may move more than one step horizontally and one step vertically on the salary schedule in any one year, except those returning teachers who have been on approved leave of absence may, where appropriate, move more than one step horizontally on the salary schedule. 2. Salary adjustment for increased training is made once a year. Each teacher shall file with the superintendent a copy of all official college transcripts and Professional Development Plan (PDP) points before the first day of October of the year in which the increase is desired. In the event an official transcript is not available by that date, other evidence may be substituted until the transcript is available. Any change on the salary schedule resulting from these additional credits and PDP points shall be retroactive to September 1 for salary schedule placement purposes. 3. To be applicable, credits must be graduate level in the major area of a professional employee's major or minor teaching field, or be applicable to a professional development plan, and be earned from an accredited college or university. Undergraduate courses must be pre-approved for movement by the superintendent. To qualify for a degree plus a given amount of hours (i.e., BS+20), the additional hours must be earned subsequent to the actual conferring of the degree. 4. Teachers shall progress across the salary schedule when the hours and points completed reach the minimum for that column. One (1) semester hour of college credit shall be equal to twenty (20) professional development points. All student impact points awarded by the Professional Development Council (PDC) and in compliance with KAR 91-1-218 will be allowed for salary schedule movement. Knowledge and application points awarded by the PDC and in compliance with KAR 91-1-218 will be allowed for movement on the salary schedule when the teacher has paid for registration and time is outside the teacher’s duty day. 5. Incoming teachers may use previous PDP points from other education agencies for salary schedule advancement, if said points were earned after July 1, 2003, and meet Lansing USD 469 criteria for earning PDP points. 6. Payment shall be made for PDP points as approved following procedures as adopted by the PDC. The criteria for payment shall include the following: a. Points earned from financial commitments made by USD 469 shall be excluded. Examples, but not limited to: Expenses paid by the district Time release from contract b. Payment made at the negotiated hourly rate for school improvement. c. Maximum payment for 15 points per year (July 1 to June 30). d. Payments shall be added to payroll at the end of the year. 7. All members of the Professional Development Council must participate in the initial KSDE approved training session for PDC’s.