Common use of PLACEMENT ON THE SCHEDULE Clause in Contracts

PLACEMENT ON THE SCHEDULE. a. Bargaining unit members shall be initially placed on the salary schedule in accordance with their training and their experience. Previous experience for non-career technical Bargaining Unit Members shall be limited to ten (10) years and will be granted as follows: all years of public and private school teaching - a year is defined as 120 school days or more within a fiscal year; military service to a maximum of five (5) years; and partial years of eight (8) months or more within a 12 month period shall be counted as one full year in a field related to the subject matter to be taught or to the service to be rendered by the Bargaining Unit Member as determined by the superintendent in the initial placement of the Bargaining Unit Member on the salary schedule. Career Technical teachers or service providers who, prior to their initial placement on the salary schedule, have a bachelor's degree or higher (150 w/BA, Masters, Masters +30) in their area(s) of teaching or service providing responsibilities or in a closely related field, as determined by the Superintendent, shall be placed in that column, zero-experience step level. Additional experience steps shall be awarded for verified work experience in the area(s) of teaching or service responsibility or in a closely related field that meets the CTE-36/37 criteria as determined by the Superintendent for up to ten (10) years. Career Technical degreed (Bachelors and higher) new employees are advised to take the education coursework required for Ohio licensure as graduate level courses, if available, working toward a Masters Degree. These new employees will advance from BA to 150 w/BA to Masters, etc. columns at the beginning of the next school year following their qualification for such advancement and upon submission of a current transcript and a signed hard copy written request to the Superintendent for such placement change. Current Bargaining Unit Members will have the right to review with the Superintendent, placement on the pay scale and request a change in placement on the pay scale.

PLACEMENT ON THE SCHEDULE. a. A. Bargaining unit members shall be initially placed on the salary schedule in accordance with their training and their experience. Previous experience for non-career technical Bargaining Unit Members shall be limited to ten (10) years and will be granted as follows: all years of public and private school teaching - a year is defined as 120 school days or more within a fiscal year; military service to a maximum of five (5) years; and partial years of eight (8) months or more within a 12 month period shall be counted as one full year in a field related to the subject matter to be taught or to the service to be rendered by the Bargaining Unit Member as determined by the superintendent in the initial placement of the Bargaining Unit Member on the salary schedule. Career Technical teachers or service providers who, prior to their initial placement on the salary schedule, have a bachelor's degree ’s degrees or higher (150 w/BA, Masters, Masters +30) in their area(s) of teaching or service providing responsibilities or in a closely related field, as determined by the Superintendent, shall be placed in that column, zero-experience step level. Additional experience steps shall be awarded for verified work experience in the area(s) of teaching or service responsibility or in a closely related field that meets the CTE-36/37 criteria as determined by the Superintendent for up to ten (10) years. Career Technical degreed (Bachelors and higher) new employees are advised to take the education coursework required for Ohio licensure as graduate level courses, if available, working toward a Masters Degree. These new employees will advance from BA to 150 w/BA to Masters, etc. columns at the beginning of the next school year following their qualification for such advancement and upon submission of a current transcript and a signed hard copy written request to the Superintendent for such placement change. Current Bargaining Unit Members will have the right to review with the Superintendent, placement on the pay scale and request a change in placement on the pay scale.