Common use of Provision for Teaching Experience and Vocational Teachers Clause in Contracts

Provision for Teaching Experience and Vocational Teachers. An instructional employee may bring in all teaching experience including both public and private school experience, provided the private school is accredited by the respective State Department of Education or the National Regional Accrediting Association and provided that the teacher held a valid teaching certificate when the teaching experience was acquired. Teaching experience shall include substitute experience when the experience was equal to one day more than one-half of a teacher work-year where the teacher was actually responsible for classroom instruction and other duties normally assigned to a teacher. Said experience must be in one teaching assignment for a minimum of at least one (1) semester. All Accelerated Into Teaching (AIT) candidates who successfully complete the program and teach one (1) day over half the teacher work year, shall be granted one (1) year of experience credit on the salary schedule. New Hires to the District have a time period of ninety (90) days from their initial date of hire to provide verification for all work related experience. Pay for experience granted will be retroactive to date of hire. If proof of experience is provided after ninety (90) days the pay for experience credit will begin with the next regularly scheduled payroll period. Vocational-industrial teachers shall be paid according to the teacher's salary schedule, with the stipulation that all experience claimed be related to the field in which the teacher is teaching and that said experience be verified in writing as required in the State Board Regulations.