Common use of Placement on Column Clause in Contracts

Placement on Column. Each teacher shall be eligible for and shall receive the highest salary to which his degree and additional graduate or in- service points, or hours entitle him. On the Salary Schedule, Section E of this Article, each vertical column shall represent an earned degree from an accredited institution of higher learning or an intermediate column between earned degrees representing additional earned degree or in-service points. To be eligible for an appropriate degree column or in-service points, the teacher must have earned the degree or in-service points that column requires. His placement on an intermediate column higher than the degree or in-service points column to which he is entitled is contingent upon his having earned the additional number of graduate semester hours or in-service points which that column specifies. In-service points for column movement will be awarded only from Level III as defined in the district’s Results-Based Staff Development Plan. All points earned prior to the 1996-97 contract year are excluded from this provision. When a person is contracted who brings more than one teaching degree with him, he shall be placed on the BS+16 column of the salary schedule. Such additional graduate hours may have been earned prior to the date of the teacher's latest degree but must not have been used to satisfy degree hour requirements. Undergraduate hours will be counted toward placement in a given column if they qualify for state-approved standards for teaching certificates or licensure.

Placement on Column. Each teacher shall be eligible for and shall receive the highest salary to which his degree and additional graduate or in- service points, or hours entitle him. On the Salary Schedule, Section E of this Article, each vertical column shall represent an earned degree from an accredited institution of higher learning or an intermediate column between earned degrees representing additional earned degree or in-service points. To be eligible for an appropriate degree column or in-in- service points, the teacher must have earned the degree or in-service points that column requires. His placement on an intermediate column higher than the degree or in-service points column to which he is entitled is contingent upon his having earned the additional number of graduate semester hours or in-service points which that column specifies. In-service points for column movement will be awarded only from Level III as defined in the district’s Results-Based Staff Development Plan. All points earned prior to the 1996-97 contract year are excluded from this provision. When a person is contracted who brings more than one teaching degree with him, he shall be placed on the BS+16 column of the salary schedule. Such additional graduate hours may have been earned prior to the date of the teacher's latest degree but must not have been used to satisfy degree hour requirements. Undergraduate hours will be counted toward placement in a given column if they qualify for state-approved standards for teaching certificates or licensure.