Credit for Education. The following types of salary credit will apply after receipt of the bachelor’s degree:
Credit for Education. Employees on the regular salary schedule who qualify to be moved to a higher educational lane shall be moved to the appropriate step of the next lane. All courses to be applied toward advancement on the salary schedule shall be approved in advance by the Superintendent or his/her designee prior to the employee taking the course. Courses eligible for educational advancement on the salary schedule shall be limited to graduate level course within an approved course of study (i.e., Individual Career Development Plan/SMART Goal, district endorsed graduate courses, or advanced degree program). These graduate level courses should be within or pertinent to the employee’s teaching assignment. Undergraduate credit courses may be considered for course work leading to an endorsement. Courses relating to an employee’s Schedule D assignment may not be considered for lane advancement. Credit may be given for graduate courses outside an employee’s assigned teaching area for movement on the salary schedule at the sole discretion of the Superintendent or designee. Coursework and salary advancements approved prior to July 1, 2015, are not subject to this language and cannot be revoked. Teachers hired after July 1, 2015, will submit their additional credits for review prior to being issued a contract. Each employee who is eligible for advancement from one educational lane to another must have filed a “Notice of Intent to Move” by July 1 and suitable evidence of additional credit in the employee's teaching field or related areas with the Superintendent or designee on or before September 1 of each year. If the work has been completed but evidence is not available, an agreement can be made with the Superintendent or designee for the advancement. All approved graduate and undergraduate credits earned after a teacher’s Bachelor’s degree will be considered “additional credits.” These “additional credits” may be used for salary advancement on the BA lanes (i.e., BA+15, BA+30) and the MA lanes (i.e., MA+15, MA+30) or as part of an approved Master’s program. However, any “additional credits” used toward the completion of a Master’s degree program may not also be used for “additional credits” after the Master’s degree. An individual who has reached maximum advancement in the XX Xxxx at BA step 15 will not be allowed credit for any additional years of service at that step when moving to a higher education lane. For example, a teacher who has remained on BA step 15 for more than one year...
Credit for Education. Teachers who are not on the MA+30 Track will advance a Track on the salary schedule by attaining the defined level of graduate credits or by earning and maintaining two valid HQT designations in the grade 5-8 core subject areas of Math, Science, Language Arts, & Social Studies, one of which must be in Math or Science. Teachers who are on the MA+30 Track will receive a $2500 bonus for meeting the HQT requirement established in this section. Members of the bargaining unit employed by the District prior to July 1, 1990 may convert staff development hours to graduate credits equivalents at the rate of fifteen (15) hours of staff development to one
Credit for Education. Tracks on the salary schedule refer to graduate credits. All members of the bargaining unit employed by the District prior to July 1, 1990 may convert staff development hours to graduate credits at the rate of fifteen (15) hours of staff development to one (1) hour of credit on the salary schedule. The cut-off date for notifying the Superintendent’s Office of intention to move from one track to another on the salary scale is November 15th of the year preceding the change. All courses must be completed by September 1 of the year of said change. Upon receipt of notice, the Superintendent’s Office shall notify in writing the member making such notice. On or before September 15th, each member of the bargaining unit shall be notified of the total number of staff development clock hours and graduate credits on file as of June 30th in the Superintendent’s Office. This notification will indicate the total number of hours/credits accumulated during the three-year certification period and also the total number of hours/credits accumulated for the purpose of moving to the next salary track. Acceptance of Appendixes President, Plainfield Education Association Date
Credit for Education. 9 1. Each employee shall receive a wage differential for education according to the following 11 differential must be filed in writing with the Associate Administrator in charge of 12 Human Resources. Evidence of the additional credits must be filed with the Human 13 Resources Office on or before October 1.
Credit for Education. Certification Workers will receive an additional one percent (1%) wage increase for the attainment of a non-required Master’s Degree in their position/classification.
