Guidelines for Horizontal Movement on Salary Schedule Sample Clauses

Guidelines for Horizontal Movement on Salary Schedule. A. Courses must be approved in writing if they are to apply to advanced salary schedule lanes unless they are required courses for a previously approved advanced degree in the respective teaching field. Prior to June 1 of the first year of employment, teachers new to the Fargo system may submit courses earned within five years prior to employment in this system. Courses taken for horizontal movement on the salary schedule must be completed at accredited schools.

Guidelines for Horizontal Movement on Salary Schedule. 1. Courses must be approved in writing if they are to apply to advanced salary schedule lanes unless they are required courses for a previously approved advanced degree in the respective teaching field. Prior to June 1 of the first year of employment, teachers new to the Fargo system may submit courses earned within five years prior to employment in this system. Courses taken for horizontal movement on the salary schedule must be completed at accredited schools. 2. Credit will be given for individual research under college supervision only if a satisfactory outline has been approved by the Superintendent or his/her designee and credit is assigned by the college. No allowance of credit for the purpose of reclassification shall be made for a course which has been audited. 3. Effective July 1, 1976, at least 50% of the courses must be at the graduate level for advanced salary schedule lane qualification. However, this requirement may be waived or reduced by the Superintendent. 4. A minimum of a "C" grade must be earned to receive credit if a grade is given in the course. Pass/fail grades are acceptable for horizontal movement if such a grading method is approved by the college. 5. If the original BA or MA degree did not meet the required number of education hours to qualify for teacher certification, the hours necessary to meet such certification requirements will not be counted toward eligibility for advanced salary lane status. 6. Approved college courses earned prior to the attainment of a master's degree, which are not part of the basic master's program, will be credited for lane advancement beyond the master's degree only if earned within four years of the date upon which the master's degree was conferred. Teachers requesting credit for courses in an approved master's program must submit a copy of the approved program with the request. Course hours, which are listed on an approved program, may not be counted beyond the master's degree salary level. 7. All approved college credit hours above a BA or MA degree will be calculated in terms of the current salary schedule. 8. Approval will be considered only for courses in the field of education, or in a teacher's special field of teaching, or in a field of general culture related to the individual's assignment. Equivalency credit hours (travel, publishing, in-service workshops) will not be accepted for horizontal movement on the salary schedule. 9. The responsibility for providing evidence of training (transc...