Common use of Credit for Additional Training Clause in Contracts

Credit for Additional Training. 1. Teachers qualifying for horizontal movement on the salary schedule will be moved twice per year. Transcripts showing such movements should be in the Superintendent's office by September 15 and March 31. 2. Adjustments will be made at the next practicable pay period. This arrangement will permit credit for spring and summer quarters to be credited in the fall and for the fall and winter quarters to be credited in April. Credit beyond the B.S. Degree must be on a graduate level, although upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board of Education may, at the request of the teacher, waive this requirement. It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to furnish transcripts of credits to qualify for movements on the salary schedule. 3. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day in the 2016- 2017 school year, the salary columns BA/10 and BA/20 shall be merged to create a BA/15 column. The new merged column shall be indexed at one half of the difference between the BA/10 and BA/20 columns. All new employees shall be placed according to the new salary schedule (Appendix B-1), effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day. Teachers employed by the Board on the date of ratification of this Agreement shall continue to be paid consistent with the salary schedule containing the prior BA/10 and BA/20 columns (Appendix B-2) and are not eligible for the BA/15 column for the duration of this Agreement. A teacher who remains at BA/10 or BA/20 on August 31, 2019 or the day prior to the first teacher work day in the 2019-2020 school year will be placed at BA or BA/15 on Appendix B-1, as applicable, effective September 1, 2019, or the first teacher work day of that school year. 4. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day, the salary columns MA/10 and MA/20 shall be merged to create a MA/15 column. The new merged column shall be indexed at one half of the difference between the MA/10 and MA/20 columns. All new employees shall be placed according to the new salary schedule (Appendix B-1), effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day. Teachers employed by the Board on the date of ratification of this Agreement shall continue to be paid consistent with the salary schedule (Appendix B-2) containing the prior MA/10 and MA/20 columns and are not eligible for the MA/15 column for the duration of this Agreement. A teacher who remains at MA/10 or MA/20 on August 31, 2019 or the first teacher work day of the 2019-2020 school year will be placed at MA or MA/15 on Appendix B-1, as applicable, effective September 1, 2019. 5. Effective September 1, 2019 or the first teacher work day in the 2019- 2020 school year, all employees shall be compensated in accordance with Appendix B-1. 6. The final three increments on the horizontal scale for degree and additional training of the certified salary schedule shall be Masters plus thirty (30) semester hours (45 quarter hours), Educational Specialist Degree or 45 hours, and Doctorate Degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) or 60 hours. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day of the 2016-2017 school year, the Educational Specialist Degree or 45 hours column and the Doctorate Degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D) or 60 hours columns shall be discontinued and removed from the salary schedule. Employees who attained either of these columns prior to September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day will be grandfathered and paid in accordance with Appendix B-1. By September 15, 2007 documentation verifying completion of 60 hours or more must be on file to qualify for moving to the Doctorate column without a Doctorate degree. After that date, accumulating 60 hours may no longer be used to move to the Doctorate column. The plus 60 qualification will be discontinued. Those teachers already meeting the plus 60 qualifications hours will be grandfathered. To advance on the salary schedule, a teacher must complete additional training applicable to his/her teaching fields. In order for the credit hours to be applied toward the MA+30 column, the hours must have the approval of the Superintendent of Schools and must be graduate hours earned past the awarding of a post-graduate degree. Except as specifically required in this Agreement, these course hours do not have to be part of a directed course of study leading to a higher post-graduate degree.

Credit for Additional Training. ‌ 1. Teachers qualifying for horizontal movement on the salary schedule will be moved twice per year. Transcripts showing such movements should be in the Superintendent's office by September 15 and March 31. a. In order to qualify for advancement to the MA+15 salary column, the fifteen credit hours beyond the MA level do not require prior written superintendent approval. b. In order to qualify for advancement to the MA+30 salary column, all fifteen credit hours beyond the MA+15 level require prior written superintendent approval. c. The Superintendent's decision regarding the approval of hours for the MA+30 salary column is final and shall not be grievable under the collective bargaining agreement. 2. Adjustments will be made at the next practicable pay period. This arrangement will permit credit for spring and summer quarters to be credited in the fall and for the fall and winter quarters to be credited in April. Credit beyond the B.S. Degree must be on a graduate level, although upon the recommendation of the Superintendent, the Board of Education may, at the request of the teacher, waive this requirement. It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to furnish transcripts of credits to qualify for movements on the salary schedule. 3. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day in the 2016- 2017 school year, the salary columns BA/10 and BA/20 shall be merged to create a BA/15 column. The new merged column shall be indexed at one half of the difference between the BA/10 and BA/20 columns. All new employees shall be placed according to the new salary schedule (Appendix B-1B), effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day. Teachers employed by the Board on the date of ratification of this the 2016-2019 Agreement shall continue to be paid consistent with the salary schedule containing the prior BA/10 and BA/20 columns (Appendix B-2B-2 in the 2016-2019 Agreement) and are not eligible for the BA/15 column for the duration of this the 2016-2019 Agreement. A teacher who remains at BA/10 or BA/20 on August 31, 2019 or the day prior to the first teacher work day in the 2019-2020 school year will be placed at BA or BA/15 on Appendix B-1B, as applicable, effective September 1, 2019, or the first teacher work day of that school year. 4. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day, the salary columns MA/10 and MA/20 shall be merged to create a MA/15 column. The new merged column shall be indexed at one half of the difference between the MA/10 and MA/20 columns. All new employees shall be placed according to the new salary schedule (Appendix B-1B), effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day. Teachers employed by the Board on the date of ratification of this the 2016-2019 Agreement shall continue to be paid consistent with the salary schedule (Appendix B-2B-2 in the 2016-2019 Agreement) containing the prior MA/10 and MA/20 columns and are not eligible for the MA/15 column for the duration of this the 2016-2019 Agreement. A teacher who remains at MA/10 or MA/20 on August 31, 2019 or the first teacher work day of the 2019-2020 school year will be placed at MA or MA/15 on Appendix B-1B, as applicable, effective September 1, 2019. 5. Effective September 1, 2019 or the first teacher work day in the 2019- 2020 school year, all employees shall be compensated in accordance with Appendix B-1. 6. The final three increments on the horizontal scale for degree and additional training of the certified salary schedule shall be Masters plus thirty (30) semester hours (45 quarter hours), Educational Specialist Degree or 45 hours, and Doctorate Degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.) or 60 hours. Effective September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day of the 2016-2017 school year, the Educational Specialist Degree or 45 hours column and the Doctorate Degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D) or 60 hours columns shall be discontinued and removed from the salary schedule. Employees who attained either of these columns prior to September 1, 2016 or the first teacher work day will be grandfathered and paid in accordance with Appendix B-1. By September 15, 2007 documentation verifying completion of 60 hours or more must be on file to qualify for moving to the Doctorate column without a Doctorate degree. After that date, accumulating 60 hours may no longer be used to move to the Doctorate column. The plus 60 qualification will be discontinued. Those teachers already meeting the plus 60 qualifications hours will be grandfathered. To advance on the salary schedule, a teacher must complete additional training applicable to his/her teaching fields. In order for the credit hours to be applied toward the MA+30 column, the hours must have the approval of the Superintendent of Schools and must be graduate hours earned past the awarding of a post-graduate degree. Except as specifically required in this Agreement, these course hours do not have to be part of a directed course of study leading to a higher post-graduate degree.