Common use of Payment for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Clause in Contracts

Payment for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification. Effective July 1, 2001, should the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards establish standards for Mental Health employees, any Mental Health employee who has achieved such certification will immediately receive this special professional growth payment of five percent (5%) of their salary (salary cell plus experience credit) upon submitting appropriate documentation (certificate or letter from the National Board) to the principal and the Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources. These payments shall continue so long as the Mental Health employee holds National Board Certification. Mental Health Employees gaining this certification after July 1, 2016 will be paid this one- time stipend during the semester of the school year in which proof of certification is submitted to the Office of Human Resources. The stipend will not apply to any subsequent certification renewal(s).