Credit for Outside Teaching Experience. Newly employed teachers of the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools and all others who qualify may be given up to ten (10) years credit for their experience in other K-12 school systems. This provision shall not be construed to require the District to grant full credit in other school systems up to the ten (10) year maximum. By way of illustration, the Superintendent may authorize placement at step 5 for a newly employed teacher with ten (10) years of experience in other K-12 school systems.
Credit for Outside Teaching Experience. All Teachers shall receive full credit on the salary schedule for outside teaching experience up to a maximum of ten (10) years. No Teacher shall be given salary schedule credit in excess of that authorized by this schedule. The Executive Director of Human Resources shall evaluate the experience of all Teachers who have had teaching experience outside the School Corporation. Credit, as provided above, for outside teaching experience shall be given for salary computation providing such experience has been comparable to the kind and type of teaching done in the South Bend Community Schools. To receive credit for a full year of teaching experience on the School Corporation pay schedule and to be eligible for a full increment the succeeding year, a Teacher must teach at least one-hundred-twenty (120) school days of any school year.
Credit for Outside Teaching Experience. Credit shall be given for each year of teaching experience outside this system up to, and including, six (6) years. Over six (6) years of credit shall be given on a two (2) for one (1) basis. Any credit may be waived on the part of an incoming teacher if done in writing and in no case less than step 2.
Credit for Outside Teaching Experience. The Superintendent may grant unlimited credit on the salary scale for teaching or related outside teaching experience.
Credit for Outside Teaching Experience. In the discretion of the School Committee, new teachers may receive credit for job-related experience and education. Reasonable efforts will be made not to hire teachers at salaries higher than teachers presently in the system where comparability and similar factors are judged to be equal. Upon request of the Executive committee of the Association, in writing, the School Committee or its designee shall explain to a representative of the Association the basis of a placement decision in terms of comparability (of skills, education, experience, and other relevant factors) between the new hire and incumbent teachers.
