Pay Schedule Placement. The placement of teachers on the salary schedule (Schedule “A”) shall be as follows:
a. When employing new teachers with previous teaching experience, their initial placement on the salary schedule will be determined by the Superintendent.
b. To be eligible for the “BA+” designation (available only to 12-31-2016), a teacher must have earned 18 credit hours (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining the BA degree. To be eligible for this, however, a teacher must either:
(i) possess a “continuing” or “professional” certificate or (ii) have at least 18 credit hours beyond the BA degree which qualify toward a “continuing” or “professional” certificate.
c. To be eligible for the “MA+15” designation (available only to 12-31-2016), a teacher must have earned 15 graduate level credit hours (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining the MA degree.
d. To be eligible for the “MA+30” designation, a teacher must have earned a second Master’s Degree or an Education Specialist Degree [EdS] (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining a first MA degree.
e. Lateral movement on the Salary Schedule (e.g. from “BA+” to “MA,” etc.) will not be made retroactively, but will instead commence effective with the first pay period following the District’s receipt of proper written verification of the teacher’s eligibility for such movement.
Pay Schedule Placement. The placement of teachers on the salary schedule (Schedule “A”) shall be as follows:
a. When employing new teachers with previous teaching experience, their initial placement on the salary schedule will be determined by the Superintendent.
b. To be eligible for the “BA+” column, a teacher must have earned 18 credit hours (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining the BA degree. To be eligible for this, however, a teacher must either: (i) possess a “continuing” or “professional” certificate or (ii) have at least 18 credit hours beyond the BA degree which qualify toward a “continuing” or “professional” certificate.
c. To be eligible for the “MA+15” column, a teacher must have earned 15 graduate level credit hours (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining the MA degree.
d. Notwithstanding paragraphs (b) and (c) above, a teacher having been placed in the “BA+” or “MA+15” column prior to October 1, 1991 shall not be deprived of such placement because of paragraphs (b) and (c).
e. To be eligible for the “MA+30” column, a teacher must have earned 30 graduate level credit hours (from an accredited institution of higher education) after attaining the MA degree.
f. Lateral movement on the Salary Schedule (e.g. from “BA+” to “MA,” etc.) will not be made retroactively, but will instead commence effective with the first pay period following the District’s receipt of proper written verification of the teacher’s eligibility for such movement.
Pay Schedule Placement. Part-time adult education teachers shall be placed on the pay track designated “part-time.” Half- and full-time adult education teachers shall be placed on the less than BA, BA, or MA pay tracks pursuant to the rules governing placement on the pay schedule.
