Common use of Initial Placement on Schedules Clause in Contracts

Initial Placement on Schedules. 1. Effective July 1, 2017, credit for approved service outside the district shall be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of one increment (step) for one year of comparable service, with a maximum of eight (8) increments (three (3), for Permit Teachers), four (4) for school psychologist except in the case of hard to fill positions. a. Private school experience for step increment on the salary schedule will be accepted, provided the private school is state accredited, the educational program is equal to that which is carried out in public schools, and the unit member in question held a valid K-6 credential at the time of teaching. b. Experience credit for District pre-school shall be granted only if the teacher held a regular K-6 credential at the time of service. c. Unit members employed to teach industrial education subjects may be granted up to four (4) years of credit for appropriate work experience, including work as a journeyman, in lieu of teaching experience. d. Experience credit for school psychologists outside the District shall be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of one (1) increment (step) for one (1) year of service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. e. Experience credit for school psychologists outside the District shall be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of one (1) increment (step) for one (1) year of service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 2. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 3. Employment as a substitute shall not be used in computing years of service for salary placement or advancement. 4. Course credit shall be given for salary placement purposes only if the criteria in Section F of this Article are met. a. All courses-work approved for initial placement must be verified by official transcripts. Obtaining official transcripts is the responsibility of the unit member. All transcript verifications must be received within 30 days of the signing of the unit member’s initial contract. Failure to do so will result in the District withholding salary warrants until such documents are placed on file. b. Earned degrees received and units of study in an accredited institution of higher learning shall be allowed for initial placement and subsequent horizontal movement on the salary schedule, provided they are directly related to the educational services provided to the District. c. In cases where courses are taken which are deemed by the university to be applicable to a graduate degree, but are completed prior to completion of and were not counted toward attainment of the Bachelor’s Degree, such courses may be considered for salary placement as though they had been completed subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree. Such conditions must be verified through official transcripts or other suitable proof. All other units earned prior to Bachelor’s Degree shall not be considered for salary placement. d. The accreditation status of a college, university, or private school at the time of the unit member’s initial employment shall prevail. Previous or subsequent accreditation shall not be considered. 5. Unit members who resign from the District, and are subsequently re-employed, will be placed on the salary schedule in a position no higher than the ninth (9) step (fourth (4) step for Permit Teacher), their previous experience notwithstanding. However, permanent unit members who resign and are subsequently re-employed within thirty-nine (39) calendar months from the time of resignation, shall be restored to their previous schedules status. 6. Unit members, whose initial District employment was in programs conducted under contract with public or private agencies or other categorically funded projects, and who were then subsequently employed as probationary unit members with no break in service, shall be credited with the time served in the specially-funded program for salary schedule placement and advancement purposes. 7. For nurses, credit shall be granted for all experience as a Registered Nurse up to a maximum of eight (8) years. To receive credit for such experience, it must have occurred after possession of an earned Bachelor’s Degree. It will be the responsibility of the nurse to provide verification of service.

Initial Placement on Schedules. 1. Effective July 1, 2017, credit Credit for approved teaching service outside the district District shall be allowed for placement on the salary schedule Teachers’ Annual Salary Schedule at the rate ratio of one vertical increment (step) for one year of comparable servicepublic school teaching experience. Newly hired, with experienced teachers will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. 2. Credit for approved service for placement on the Counselors' Annual Salary Schedule or the Early Childhood Education Center Teachers' Monthly Salary Schedule shall be allowed at the ratio of one vertical increment for one year of public school experience up to a maximum of eight two (8) increments (three (3)2) increments. For counselors, the two years of credit shall be for Permit Teachers), four (4) for school psychologist except in the case of hard to fill positionsexperience as either a counselor or a teacher. a. 3. Private school experience for step increment increments on the salary schedule will be accepted, provided providing the private school is state accredited, was State-accredited at the educational program is equal to that which is carried out in public schools, time the employee taught there and the unit member in question employee held a valid K-6 credential at the time of teaching. b. Experience credit for District pre-school shall be granted only if the teacher held a regular K-6 credential at the time of service. c. Unit members employed to teach industrial 4. Employees teaching vocational education subjects may be granted up to four (4) years of credit for appropriate work experience, including work as a journeyman, in lieu of teaching experience. d. Experience credit for school psychologists outside the District shall 5. Employees may be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of granted one (1) increment (step) for one (1) year of credit in lieu of education experience for verified active military service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps12 continuous months or more. 6. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall will be allowed. e. Experience credit for school psychologists outside 7. Service as a substitute within the District for a minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the number of days of a full-time assignment during the school year immediately preceding initial employment shall be allowed credited as one year of teaching service for the purpose of initial placement on the salary schedule at the rate of one (1) increment (step) for oneschedule. (1) year of service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps8. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 2. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 3. Employment as a substitute shall not be used in computing years of service for salary placement or advancement. 4. Course credit shall be given for salary placement purposes only if the criteria in Section F of this Article are met. a. All courses-course work approved for initial placement must be verified by official transcripts. Obtaining official transcripts is the responsibility of the unit memberemployee. All transcript verifications verification must be received within 30 thirty (30) calendar days after the first day of service rendered by the signing of the unit member’s initial contractemployee. Failure to do so will may result in the District District's withholding salary warrants until such documents are placed on file. b. . Earned degrees received and units of study in an accredited institution of higher learning shall be allowed for initial placement and subsequent horizontal movement on the salary schedule, provided they are directly related to the educational services provided to the District. c. In cases where courses are 9. Courses taken which are deemed by during the university to be applicable to a graduate degree, but are completed prior to completion of and were not counted toward attainment year preceding the receipt of the Bachelor’s 's Degree, such courses may which are designated on the transcript as being for graduate credit, shall be considered applicable for salary placement as though they had been completed subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree. Such conditions must be verified through official transcripts or other suitable proof. All other units earned prior to Bachelor’s Degree shall not be considered for salary schedule placement. d. 10. All degrees and course work must be completed at an accredited college or university. The accreditation status of a college, university, or private school at during the time of the unit member’s initial employment employee's enrollment shall prevail. Previous or subsequent accreditation shall not be considered. 511. Unit members Employees who resign or who are terminated from the District, District and are subsequently re-employed, will be placed on the salary schedule in a position no higher than the ninth (9) step (fourth (4) step for Permit Teacher), their previous experience notwithstanding. However, permanent unit members who resign and are subsequently re-employed within thirty-nine (39) calendar months from the time of resignation, their termination shall be restored to their previous schedules salary schedule status. When an employee is re-employed within thirty-nine (39) months following a break in service, creditable experience obtained in the interim shall be used for salary schedule placement as provided in Section C.1. or C.2., above, up to the limits contained therein when combined with other previously credited experience. (See Appendix G, for examples of application.) 612. Unit members, Employees whose initial District employment was in programs conducted under contract with public or private agencies or other categorically funded projects, and who then were then subsequently employed as probationary unit members with no break in serviceemployees, shall be credited with the time served in the specially-specially funded program for salary schedule placement and advancement purposesas provided above. 713. When an employee moves from one salary schedule to another the following rules shall apply: a. All previous experience on the new schedule (or in a position currently being paid on the new schedule) shall be credited. b. All previous experience outside the District that would be eligible to be counted for placement on the new schedule will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. c. Notwithstanding the above, if the employee’s placement on the new schedule would result in a salary less than that which he/she would have earned on the previous schedule, he/she shall be placed on the new salary schedule at the step within his/her earned column which produces an equal or higher salary. 14. K-12 employee who accepts an assignment as a contract employee in the Adult Education program shall retain his/her placement on the current K-12 salary schedule. For nursespurposes of future salary advancement, credit the provisions of Sections D and E, below, shall be granted for all experience as a Registered Nurse up to a maximum of eight (8) yearsapplicable. 15. To receive credit for such experience, it must have occurred after possession of an earned Bachelor’s Degree. It Hourly CTE unit members will be moved automatically to the responsibility of teacher salary schedule (Appendix A) upon certification by the nurse to provide verification of serviceCommission on Teacher Credentialing that the unit member has attained a teaching credential.

Initial Placement on Schedules. 1. Effective July 1, 2017, credit Credit for approved teaching service outside the district District shall be allowed for placement on the salary schedule Teachers’ Annual Salary Schedule at the rate ratio of one vertical increment (step) for one year of comparable servicepublic school teaching experience. Newly hired, with experienced teachers will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. 2. Credit for approved service for placement on the Counselors' Annual Salary Schedule or the Early Childhood Education Center Teachers' Monthly Salary Schedule shall be allowed at the ratio of one vertical increment for one year of public school experience up to a maximum of eight two (8) increments (three (3)2) increments. For counselors, the two years of credit shall be for Permit Teachers), four (4) for school psychologist except in the case of hard to fill positionsexperience as either a counselor or a teacher. a. 3. Private school experience for step increment increments on the salary schedule will be accepted, provided providing the private school is state accredited, was State-accredited at the educational program is equal to that which is carried out in public schools, time the employee taught there and the unit member in question employee held a valid K-6 credential at the time of teaching. b. Experience credit for District pre-school shall be granted only if the teacher held a regular K-6 credential at the time of service. c. Unit members employed to teach industrial 4. Employees teaching vocational education subjects may be granted up to four (4) years of credit for appropriate work experience, including work as a journeyman, in lieu of teaching experience. d. Experience credit for school psychologists outside the District shall 5. Employees may be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of granted one (1) increment (step) for one (1) year of credit in lieu of education experience for verified active military service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps12 continuous months or more. 6. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall will be allowed. e. Experience credit for school psychologists outside 7. Service as a substitute within the District for a minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the number of days of a full-time assignment during the school year immediately preceding initial employment shall be allowed credited as one year of teaching service for the purpose of initial placement on the salary schedule at the rate of one (1) increment (step) for oneschedule. (1) year of service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps8. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 2. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 3. Employment as a substitute shall not be used in computing years of service for salary placement or advancement. 4. Course credit shall be given for salary placement purposes only if the criteria in Section F of this Article are met. a. All courses-course work approved for initial placement must be verified by official transcripts. Obtaining official transcripts is the responsibility of the unit memberemployee. All transcript verifications verification must be received within 30 thirty (30) calendar days after the first day of service rendered by the signing of the unit member’s initial contractemployee. Failure to do so will may result in the District District's withholding salary warrants until such documents are placed on file. b. . Earned degrees received and units of study in an accredited institution of higher learning shall be allowed for initial placement and subsequent horizontal movement on the salary schedule, provided they are directly related to the educational services provided to the District. c. In cases where courses are 9. Courses taken which are deemed by during the university to be applicable to a graduate degree, but are completed prior to completion of and were not counted toward attainment year preceding the receipt of the Bachelor’s 's Degree, such courses may which are designated on the transcript as being for graduate credit, shall be considered applicable for salary placement as though they had been completed subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree. Such conditions must be verified through official transcripts or other suitable proof. All other units earned prior to Bachelor’s Degree shall not be considered for salary schedule placement. d. 10. All degrees and course work must be completed at an accredited college or university. The accreditation status of a college, university, or private school at during the time of the unit member’s initial employment employee's enrollment shall prevail. Previous or subsequent accreditation shall not be considered. 511. Unit members Employees who resign or who are terminated from the District, District and are subsequently re-employed, will be placed on the salary schedule in a position no higher than the ninth (9) step (fourth (4) step for Permit Teacher), their previous experience notwithstanding. However, permanent unit members who resign and are subsequently re-employed within thirty-nine (39) calendar months from the time of resignation, their termination shall be restored to their previous schedules salary schedule status. When an employee is re-employed within thirty-nine (39) months following a break in service, creditable experience obtained in the interim shall be used for salary schedule placement as provided in Section C.1. or C.2., above, up to the limits contained therein when combined with other previously credited experience. (See Appendix G, for examples of application.) 612. Unit members, Employees whose initial District employment was in programs conducted under contract with public or private agencies or other categorically funded projects, and who then were then subsequently employed as probationary unit members with no break in serviceemployees, shall be credited with the time served in the specially-specially funded program for salary schedule placement and advancement purposesas provided above. 713. When an employee moves from one salary schedule to another the following rules shall apply: a. All previous experience on the new schedule (or in a position currently being paid on the new schedule) shall be credited. b. All previous experience outside the District that would be eligible to be counted for placement on the new schedule will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. c. Notwithstanding the above, if the employee’s placement on the new schedule would result in a salary less than that which he/she would have earned on the previous schedule, he/she shall be placed on the new salary schedule at the step within his/her earned column which produces an equal or higher salary. 14. K-12 employee who accepts an assignment as a contract employee in the Adult Education program shall retain his/her placement on the current K-12 salary schedule. For nursespurposes of future salary advancement, credit the provisions of Sections D and E, below, shall be granted for all experience as a Registered Nurse up to a maximum of eight (8) years. To receive credit for such experience, it must have occurred after possession of an earned Bachelor’s Degree. It will be the responsibility of the nurse to provide verification of serviceapplicable.

Initial Placement on Schedules. 1. Effective July 1, 2017, credit Credit for approved teaching service outside the district District shall be allowed for placement on the salary schedule Teachers’ Annual Salary Schedule at the rate ratio of one vertical increment (step) for one year of comparable servicepublic school teaching experience. Newly hired, with experienced teachers will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. 2. Credit for approved service for placement on the Counselors' Annual Salary Schedule or the Early Childhood Education Center Teachers' Monthly Salary Schedule shall be allowed at the ratio of one vertical increment for one year of public school experience up to a maximum of eight two (8) increments (three (3)2) increments. For counselors, the two years of credit shall be for Permit Teachers), four (4) for school psychologist except in the case of hard to fill positionsexperience as either a counselor or a teacher. a. 3. Private school experience for step increment increments on the salary schedule will be accepted, provided providing the private school is state accredited, was State-accredited at the educational program is equal to that which is carried out in public schools, time the employee taught there and the unit member in question employee held a valid K-6 credential at the time of teaching. b. Experience credit for District pre-school shall be granted only if the teacher held a regular K-6 credential at the time of service. c. Unit members employed to teach industrial 4. Employees teaching vocational education subjects may be granted up to four (4) years of credit for appropriate work experience, including work as a journeyman, in lieu of teaching experience. d. Experience credit for school psychologists outside the District shall 5. Employees may be allowed on the salary schedule at the rate of granted one (1) increment (step) for one (1) year of credit in lieu of education experience for verified active military service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps12 continuous months or more. 6. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall will be allowed. e. Experience credit for school psychologists outside 7. Service as a substitute within the District for a minimum of seventy-five (75) percent of the number of days of a full-time assignment during the school year immediately preceding initial employment shall be allowed credited as one year of teaching service for the purpose of initial placement on the salary schedule at the rate of one (1) increment (step) for oneschedule. (1) year of service in a PK-12 school setting. The District reserves the right to offer additional years of service steps8. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 2. All previous experience shall be verified by official statements by prior employers before experience credit shall be allowed. 3. Employment as a substitute shall not be used in computing years of service for salary placement or advancement. 4. Course credit shall be given for salary placement purposes only if the criteria in Section F of this Article are met. a. All courses-course work approved for initial placement must be verified by official transcripts. Obtaining official transcripts is the responsibility of the unit memberemployee. All transcript verifications verification must be received within 30 thirty (30) calendar days after the first day of service rendered by the signing of the unit member’s initial contractemployee. Failure to do so will may result in the District District's withholding salary warrants until such documents are placed on file. b. . Earned degrees received and units of study in an accredited institution of higher learning shall be allowed for initial placement and subsequent horizontal movement on the salary schedule, provided they are directly related to the educational services provided to the District. c. In cases where courses are 9. Courses taken which are deemed by during the university to be applicable to a graduate degree, but are completed prior to completion of and were not counted toward attainment year preceding the receipt of the Bachelor’s 's Degree, such courses may which are designated on the transcript as being for graduate credit, shall be considered applicable for salary placement as though they had been completed subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree. Such conditions must be verified through official transcripts or other suitable proof. All other units earned prior to Bachelor’s Degree shall not be considered for salary schedule placement. d. 10. All degrees and course work must be completed at an accredited college or university. The accreditation status of a college, university, or private school at during the time of the unit member’s initial employment employee's enrollment shall prevail. Previous or subsequent accreditation shall not be considered. 511. Unit members Employees who resign or who are terminated from the District, District and are subsequently re-employed, will be placed on the salary schedule in a position no higher than the ninth (9) step (fourth (4) step for Permit Teacher), their previous experience notwithstanding. However, permanent unit members who resign and are subsequently re-employed within thirty-nine (39) calendar months from the time of resignation, their termination shall be restored to their previous schedules salary schedule status. When an employee is re-employed within thirty-nine (39) months following a break in service, creditable experience obtained in the interim shall be used for salary schedule placement as provided in Section C.1. or C.2., above, up to the limits contained therein when combined with other previously credited experience. (See Appendix G, for examples of application.) 612. Unit members, Employees whose initial District employment was in programs conducted under contract with public or private agencies or other categorically funded projects, and who then were then subsequently employed as probationary unit members with no break in serviceemployees, shall be credited with the time served in the specially-specially funded program for salary schedule placement and advancement purposesas provided above. 713. When an employee moves from one salary schedule to another the following rules shall apply: a. All previous experience on the new schedule (or in a position currently being paid on the new schedule) shall be credited. b. All previous experience outside the District that would be eligible to be counted for placement on the new schedule will be given full credit for their prior qualified professional, contractual employment. c. Notwithstanding the above, if the employee’s placement on the new schedule would result in a salary less than that which he/she would have earned on the previous schedule, he/she shall be placed on the new salary schedule at the step within his/her earned column which produces an equal or higher salary. 14. TK/K-12 employee who accepts an assignment as a contract employee in the Adult Education program shall retain his/her placement on the current TK/K- 12 salary schedule. For nursespurposes of future salary advancement, credit the provisions of Sections D and E, below, shall be granted for all experience as a Registered Nurse up to a maximum of eight (8) yearsapplicable. 15. To receive credit for such experience, it must have occurred after possession of an earned Bachelor’s Degree. It Hourly CTE unit members will be moved automatically to the responsibility of teacher salary schedule (Appendix A) upon certification by the nurse to provide verification of serviceCommission on Teacher Credentialing that the unit member has attained a teaching credential.