Common use of Credit for Experience Clause in Contracts

Credit for Experience. 1. Newly employed teachers will receive the equivalent year's credit for each year of experience. The experience granted will be equal to the FTE experience for each year worked. This credit will be granted if, in the judgment of the Superintendent, the teaching experience has been appropriate to the position which has been offered. For example, teaching experience at the secondary level may not be appropriate if the applicant is being considered for an elementary position. Placement on the salary schedule will be accomplished in the following manner: a. Beginning teachers with no experience will be placed on Step 3. b. Experienced teachers new to the District, or with past experience with the District, will be placed on the step based on the actual number of years of experience granted under the guidelines of Section A. Teachers with one, two, or three years of experience granted will be placed on Step 3. (As an example, an experienced teacher who has been granted three years of experience will be placed on Step 3 of the salary schedule.) c. Teachers cannot be placed any higher than the highest step of the appropriate lane on the salary schedule. 2. The Superintendent or his/her designee may evaluate work experience outside the field of education and grant schedule credit in the same manner as permitted for school teaching experience. Teachers may be granted up to two years of schedule credit for military experience.

Credit for Experience. 1. A. Newly employed teachers will receive the equivalent year's credit for each year of experience. The experience granted will be equal to the FTE experience for each year worked. This credit will be granted if, in the judgment of the Superintendent, the teaching experience has been appropriate to the position which has been offered. For example, teaching experience at the secondary level may not be appropriate if the applicant is being considered for an elementary position. Placement on the salary schedule beginning with the 2017-18 contract year will be accomplished in the following manner: a. 1. Beginning teachers with no experience will be placed on Step 31. b. 2. Experienced teachers new to the Districtdistrict, or with past experience with the Districtdistrict, will be placed on the step based on the actual number of years of experience granted under the guidelines of Section A. Teachers with one, two, or three years of experience granted will be placed on Step 31. (As an example, an experienced teacher who has been granted three years of experience will be placed on Step 3 of the salary schedule.) c. 3. Teachers cannot be placed any higher than the highest step of the appropriate lane on the salary schedule. 2. B. The Superintendent or his/her designee may evaluate work experience outside the field of education and grant schedule credit in the same manner as permitted for school teaching experience. Teachers may be granted up to two years of schedule credit for military experience.

Credit for Experience. 1. Newly employed teachers will receive the equivalent year's credit for each year of experience. The experience granted will be equal to the FTE experience for each year worked. This credit will be granted if, in the judgment of the Superintendent, the teaching experience has been appropriate to the position which has been offered. For example, teaching experience at the secondary level may not be appropriate if the applicant is being considered for an elementary position. Placement on the salary schedule will be accomplished in the following manner: a. Beginning teachers with no experience will be placed on Step 31. b. Experienced teachers new to the District, or with past experience with the District, will be placed on the step based on the actual number of years of experience granted under the guidelines of Section A. Teachers with one, two, or three years of experience granted will be placed on Step 3. (As an example, an experienced teacher who has been granted three years of experience will be placed on Step 3 of the salary schedule.) c. Teachers cannot be placed any higher than the highest step of the appropriate lane on the salary schedule. 2. The Superintendent or his/her designee may evaluate work experience outside the field of education and grant schedule credit in the same manner as permitted for school teaching experience. Teachers may be granted up to two years of schedule credit for military experience.