Advanced Degree Program. A teacher shall be paid on the master's degree education lane or higher educational lane only if the degree is within the field of the teacher's major or minor or is a degree in the field of education. Staff members changing their teaching fields from a major or minor cannot retain the right of a higher degree on the schedule. Staff members new to the system and holding an advanced degree in a field foreign to the elementary or junior high program cannot expect to be placed on the salary schedule of the advanced degree.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement