Horizontal Movement. 14.10.1 Official transcripts from colleges or universities must be received by the Human Resources Office by October 1 of the school year for which horizontal advancement has been requested. An employee who qualifies for horizontal advancement on the salary schedule shall be advanced to the appropriate column and shall then be advanced one vertical step pursuant to the policy for vertical movement. 14.10.2 All college, university and District in-service units shall be approved by the District before being credited for horizontal movement. The criteria for approval shall include the relevance of the courses to the teacher's major and/or minor fields of study and the relevance of the courses to the needs of the District, as those needs pertain to the employee's job description or future assignment in the District. 14.10.3 Quarter units shall be converted to semester units on the basis of three (3) quarter units equaling two (2) semester units. 14.10.4 The DJUSD and DTA agree that unit member salary schedule placement shall include any units beyond the Bachelor’s degree, whether earned before or after the conveyance of the Master’s degree, not to include any units earned as part of the Master’s degree. Therefore, for example, a unit member who earned 30 units prior to the conveyance of the Master’s degree and not included in the Master’s degree shall be placed in the MA+30 column.
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