Common use of Class Placement Clause in Contracts

Class Placement. All academic employees at the time of issuance of their first contract shall be placed in a class and step according to professional training and experience as established by the provisions of the schedule. All units taken after earned degrees must be related to the staff assignment to be approved. Supporting transcripts for placement beyond Class I must be submitted within forty-five (45) days after the effective date of the contract. No changes in class placement shall be made after December 31 of the employee’s first contract year except through the provisions for vocational placement and/or change of classification. This provision includes new employees hired as administrators. When an administrator returns to teaching, counseling, or other non-administrative assignment, the academic placement at the time of first employment will determine placement on the basic schedule. Similarly, all vocational instructors will be assigned initial academic placement to which they will revert from vocational placement if they change assignments. An employee entering contract status for the first time may be granted a maximum of eight (8) years credit: 1) On a year-for-year basis for full-time teaching or other academic employment. Credit shall not be given for a year’s experience unless the employee has served 75% or more of the school days of that year on a full- time teaching or other academic assignment. 2) On a basis of one (1) year for each twenty-four (24) lecture units or equivalent of part-time assignments. The number of years credit cannot exceed the number of years that the employee has served in part-time assignments. For Continuing Education instructors an accumulated 504 hours of instruction, which will equal one semester of experience credit (as verified by Human Resources). 3) On a basis of one (1) year for each two (2) years of full-time employment (non-academic) in an activity directly related to the assigned faculty service area. 4) Step placement credit required in 1), 2), and 3) above cannot be earned simultaneously.

Class Placement. All academic employees unit members at the time of issuance of their first contract shall be placed in a class and step according to professional training and experience as established by the provisions of the schedule. All units taken after earned degrees must be related to the staff assignment to be approved. Supporting transcripts for placement beyond Class I must be submitted within forty-five (45) days after the effective date of the contract. No changes in class placement shall be made after December 31 of the employeeunit member’s first contract year except through the provisions for vocational placement and/or change of classification. This provision includes new employees unit members hired as administrators. When an administrator returns to teaching, counseling, or other non-administrative assignment, the academic placement at the time of first employment will determine placement on the basic schedule. Similarly, all vocational instructors will be assigned initial academic placement to which they will revert from vocational placement if they change assignments. An A unit employee entering contract status for the first time may be granted a maximum of eight (8) years credit: 1) On a year-for-year basis for full-time teaching or other academic employment. Credit shall not be given for a year’s experience unless the employee unit member has served 75% or more of the school days of that year on a full- full-time teaching or other academic assignment. 2) On a basis of one (1) year for each twenty-four (24) lecture units or equivalent of part-time assignments. The number of years credit cannot exceed the number of years that the employee unit member has served in part-time assignments. For Continuing Education instructors unit members an accumulated 504 hours of instruction, which will equal one semester of experience credit (as verified by Human Resources). 3) On a basis of one (1) year for each two (2) years of full-time employment (non-academic) in an activity directly related to the assigned faculty service area. 4) Step placement credit required in 1), 2), and 3) above cannot be earned simultaneously.

Class Placement. All academic employees at the time of issuance of their first contract shall be placed in a class and step according to professional training and experience as established by the provisions of the schedule. All units taken after earned degrees must be related to the staff assignment to be approved. Supporting transcripts for placement beyond Class I must be submitted within forty-five (45) days after the effective date of the contract. No changes in class placement shall be made after December 31 of the employee’s first contract year except through the provisions for vocational placement and/or change of classification. This provision includes new employees hired as administrators. When an administrator returns to teaching, counseling, or other non-non- administrative assignment, the academic placement at the time of first employment will determine placement on the basic schedule. Similarly, all vocational instructors will be assigned initial academic placement to which they will revert from vocational placement if they change assignments. An employee entering contract status for the first time may be granted a maximum of eight (8) years credit: 1) On a year-for-year basis for full-time teaching or other academic employment. Credit shall not be given for a year’s experience unless the employee has served 75% or more of the school days of that year on a full- full-time teaching or other academic assignment. 2) On a basis of one (1) year for each twenty-four (24) lecture units or equivalent of part-time assignments. The number of years credit cannot exceed the number of years that the employee has served in part-time assignments. For Continuing Education instructors an accumulated 504 hours of instruction, which will equal one semester of experience credit (as verified by Human Resources). 3) On a basis of one (1) year for each two (2) years of full-time employment (non-academic) in an activity directly related to the assigned faculty service area. 4) Step placement credit required in 1), 2), and 3) above cannot be earned simultaneously.