Common use of BASE SALARY AND SALARY SCHEDULES Clause in Contracts

BASE SALARY AND SALARY SCHEDULES. 1. The base salary will increase 2.45% for contract year 2017-2018; 2.25% on the base for contract year 2018-2019; and 2.25% on the base for contract year 2019-2020. 2. Teacher Salary Index Schedule – The teacher salary index schedule as found at 9.034 Article IX., C., 3., g., herein shall remain in effect during the term of this Contract, and it shall reflect the above base salary. Teachers shall be placed on this schedule in accordance with the following: a. Placement at the 150 hour column shall be made for all teachers who effectively qualify for such placement under the law or at the Superintendent’s discretion. The Superintendent shall apply discretion in a fair, equitable, and consistent manner. b. After the 150 hour column, all undergraduate hours must be related to the field of service provided to the district by the individual member of the bargaining unit. c. All graduate hours in education or related to the field of education from an accredited institution as recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) shall qualify for salary schedule movement. Upon written request, the Board shall provide the CHEA list of accredited institutions to teachers for reference. d. Hours, as referred to on the salary schedule, shall be semester hours or quarter hours after conversion to their equivalent semester hours. e. This section applies only to hours earned after April 1, 1984. All current teachers will retain the same status that they held on February 21, 1984, for currently held hours. f. Attainment of National Board Certification will result in an annual stipend of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). g. Placement on the salary schedule indices before the 2004-2005 school year will be maintained on the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column throughout the duration of the National Board Certification period for those teachers who hold National Board Certification. h. At the conclusion of this National Board Certification period, those bargaining unit members who maintain their National Board Certification will retain their placement on the salary schedule index at the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column. Bargaining unit members who do not maintain National Board Certification will be placed on the salary index at the appropriate educational level achieved. (Warning: this could result in a lower salary for anyone not attaining the NBC/Masters+45/PhD level of continuing education.) i. Any 2003-2004 or earlier candidate for National Board Certification will be placed on the NBC/Masters+45/ PhD column of the salary schedule index upon successful completion of the National Board Certification process, or will receive a $2500 annual stipend, whichever is higher. Upon expiration of National Board Certification, the rules in Article XIV, C. 2., h., shall apply.

BASE SALARY AND SALARY SCHEDULES. 1. The base salary will increase 2.452.00% for contract year 20172020-2018; 2.25% on the base for contract year 2018-2019; and 2.25% on the base for contract year 2019-20202021. 2. Teacher Salary Index Schedule – The teacher salary index schedule as found at 9.034 Article IX., C., 3., g., herein shall remain in effect during the term of this Contract, and it shall reflect the above base salary. Teachers shall be placed on this schedule in accordance with the following: a. Placement at the 150 hour column shall be made for all teachers who effectively qualify for such placement under the law or at the Superintendent’s discretion. The Superintendent shall apply discretion in a fair, equitable, and consistent manner. b. After the 150 hour column, all undergraduate hours must be related to the field of service provided to the district by the individual member of the bargaining unit. c. All graduate hours in education or related to the field of education from an accredited institution as recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) shall qualify for salary schedule movement. Upon written request, the Board shall provide the CHEA list of accredited institutions to teachers for reference. d. Hours, as referred to on the salary schedule, shall be semester hours or quarter hours after conversion to their equivalent semester hours. e. This section applies only to hours earned after April 1, 1984. All current teachers will retain the same status that they held on February 21, 1984, for currently held hours. f. Attainment of National Board Certification will result in an annual stipend of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). g. Placement on the salary schedule indices before the 2004-2005 school year will be maintained on the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column throughout the duration of the National Board Certification period for those teachers who hold National Board Certification. h. At the conclusion of this National Board Certification period, those bargaining unit members who maintain their National Board Certification will retain their placement on the salary schedule index at the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column. Bargaining unit members who do not maintain National Board Certification will be placed on the salary index at the appropriate educational level achieved. (Warning: this could result in a lower salary for anyone not attaining the NBC/Masters+45/PhD level of continuing education.) i. Any 2003-2004 or earlier candidate for National Board Certification will be placed on the NBC/Masters+45/ PhD column of the salary schedule index upon successful completion of the National Board Certification process, or will receive a $2500 annual stipend, whichever is higher. Upon expiration of National Board Certification, the rules in Article XIV, C. 2., h., shall apply.

BASE SALARY AND SALARY SCHEDULES. 1. The base salary will increase 2.452.25% for contract year 20172014-20182015; 2.25% on the base for contract year 20182015-20192016.; and 2.252.0% on the base for contract year 20192016-20202017. 2. Teacher Salary Index Schedule – The teacher salary index schedule as found at 9.034 Article IX., C., 3., g., herein shall remain in effect during the term of this Contract, and it shall reflect the above base salary. Teachers shall be placed on this schedule in accordance with the following: a. Placement at the 150 hour column shall be made for all teachers who effectively qualify for such placement under the law or at the Superintendent’s discretion. The Superintendent shall apply his discretion in a fair, equitable, and consistent manner. b. After the 150 hour column, all undergraduate hours must be related to the field of service provided to the district by the individual member of the bargaining unit. c. All graduate hours in education or related to the field of education from an accredited institution as recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) shall qualify for salary schedule movement. Upon written request, the Board shall provide the CHEA list of accredited institutions to teachers for reference. d. Hours, as referred to on the salary schedule, shall be semester hours or quarter hours after conversion to their equivalent semester hours.equivalent e. This section applies only to hours earned after April 1, 1984. All current teachers will retain the same status that they held on February 21, 1984, for currently held hours. f. Attainment of National Board Certification will result in an annual stipend of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). g. Placement on the salary schedule indices before the 2004-2005 school year will be maintained on the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column throughout the duration of the National Board Certification period for those teachers who hold National Board Certification. h. At the conclusion of this National Board Certification period, those bargaining unit members who maintain their National Board Certification will retain their placement on the salary schedule index at the NBC/Masters+45/PhD column. Bargaining unit members who do not maintain National Board Certification will be placed on the salary index at the appropriate educational level achieved. (Warning: this could result in a lower salary for anyone not attaining the NBC/Masters+45/PhD level of continuing education.) i. Any 2003-2004 or earlier candidate for National Board Certification will be placed on the NBC/Masters+45/ PhD column of the salary schedule index upon successful completion of the National Board Certification process, or will receive a $2500 annual stipend, whichever is higher. Upon expiration of National Board Certification, the rules in Article XIVIX, C. C., 2., h., shall apply.