Payment for credit hours beyond a master’s degree Sample Clauses

Payment for credit hours beyond a master’s degree. (a) Credit hours for courses taken beyond a master’s degree will be approved and recognized for salary credit pursuant to the procedures set forth hereinabove. The rate of payment for hours earned beyond the master’s degree will be Seventy-Four Dollars ($74.00) per credit hour for the first thirty-six (36) hours, and Forty-five Dollars ($45.00) per credit hour for each hour thereafter. (b) Before salary credits can be obtained, transcripts or grade marks must be submitted to the Superintendent for his approval. Such submission must be made before September 15 or February 15 of the school year to receive salary credit. No retroactive salary credit shall be given. If the course is outside the teacher’s field of study, or not part of a certification program, prior approval of the course by the Superintendent is needed before taking such course. (c) In either event, credit hours, if approved, shall receive salary credit at the rate specified in §6.3(a) up to a maximum for salary purposes of sixty (60) credit hours beyond a Master’s degree and fifty (50) credit hours beyond a bachelor’s degree. (d) For the purposes of this Agreement, “approved credit hours” shall be defined as approved graduate level courses on an accredited college or university campus. (e) Teachers may apply in writing to the Superintendent for approval to enroll in either undergraduate or in-service courses for compensatory credit. Teachers who complete approved undergraduate courses shall receive credit pursuant to the provisions of § 6.4(a) of this article. Teachers who participate in an in-service course outside the regular workday shall be credited with one in-service credit for each fifteen clock hours of participating in an in-service course. One in- service credit is equal to one graduate hour credit for salary purposes. Teachers who participate in an in-service course may elect to apply for salary credit for each in-service credit, which shall be paid pursuant to the provision of § 6.4 (a) of this article. Alternatively, teachers may be compensated eighteen dollars and fifty cents ($18.50) with increases subject to the Board of Education for each clock hour or participation in an in-service course, subject, however, to budgetary limitations. (f) The Superintendent may recommend, in writing, that a teacher take either undergraduate or in-service courses for specific reasons. The teacher’s decision to agree to the Superintendent’s recommendation shall be completely voluntary and he sha...