Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. Section 1. Salary Schedule - The master contract applies.
Section 2. Determination of Placement on Salary Schedule - The master contract applies.
Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. 1. Teachers employed new to the District will be placed upon the appropriate step and lane as per the adopted salary index (Appendix A-1). A maximum of seven (7) years previous teaching experience as a certified teacher (Grades Pre-K-12) shall be allowed for determining initial placement on the salary schedule. Seven (7) years of significant educational or other work experience may be approved for
2. A teacher may move no more than one (1) vertical step annually. In order to progress vertically on the salary schedule, a teacher shall confirm that current and required Illinois State Board of Education credentials are on file with the Superintendent, or their designee.
3. To progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher must earn graduate credit as pre-approved by the Superintendent. Approval shall be granted for courses taken for the expansion of knowledge of school subjects taught by the teacher or other coursework relevant to the teacher’s area(s) of responsibility and directly related to enhancing instruction or services to students.
a. All coursework must comply with the provisions of this Section D-3 to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule.
i. In order to progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher shall submit a certified transcript, grade card, or evidence of successful coursework completion together with a copy of the request for an official transcript to the Superintendent, or designee. The Board may, without further action, be permitted to recoup all salary schedule movement if a teacher fails to ensure that the Superintendent, or designee has received the required official transcript.
ii. Teachers enrolled in a Master’s Degree program will be placed on the BA+12 and BA+24 lanes as the appropriate number of hours have been completed and certified.
iii. In order for additional graduate coursework credit to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule beyond the MA salary lane, such approved coursework must be completed subsequent to obtaining the Master’s Degree. Except for any teacher in the MA+12 and MA+24 lanes at the start of the 2018-2019 school year, teachers shall have no access to the MA+12 and MA+24 lanes.
iv. When all the requirements for horizontal advancement have been completed by September 5, the change in lane and the accompanying change in salary shall be effective with the beginning of the school term. When such requirements are completed after September 5, but before Febr...
Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. A. For salary schedule placement and movement, the highest degree held and additional hours beyond the degree will be credited provided:
1. Hours taken that apply to another postgraduate degree.
2. Hours taken are in the certification area of the teacher.
3. Other coursework shall be approved in advance by the Superintendent, with a description of the proposed course and its educational benefit to the district.
4. No undergraduate hours may be used without the advance approval of the Superintendent.
B. Newly hired teachers may receive up to full experience credit for teaching experience in an accredited school, at the discretion of the Board. Half-time or greater experience shall count as a full year. No teacher may be placed in a greater experience step or educational column than earned through accredited experience and/or advanced training.
C. The Board may offer, at its discretion, a signing bonus at the time of employment not to exceed $4,000.
D. The column heading BS refers to a Bachelor of Science, a Bachelor of Arts, or its equivalent. The column heading MS refers to a Masters of Science, a Masters of Arts, or its equivalent.
E. Teachers qualifying for the next higher column shall move to that column, provided an official transcript is received by the Superintendent by September 1st. The Superintendent may waive that deadline for good cause.
Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. 1. Where a qualified teacher has previous teaching experience as a certified teacher, (Grades K-12), one (1) year credit for each one (1) year of actual teaching experience up to a maximum of twenty (20) years previous teaching experience shall be allowed for determining initial placement on the salary schedule.
Where a qualified teacher has no previous teaching experience as a certified teacher, the Board of Education, in it sole and nonreviewable discretion, may grant up to eight (8) years credit for significant educational or other work experience, for initial placement on the In order to receive credit toward vertical movement, workshops and clinics must be directly related to the field in which the teacher is presently teaching or going to teach the following year. In order to receive credit toward vertical movement, college credit must be directly related to the field in which the teacher is presently teaching or going to teach the following year, or taken in order to receive certification in another field, or taken toward an advanced degree. All coursework, workshops, and clinics for vertical progress shall be pre-approved in writing by the Superintendent.
2. In order to progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher shall submit a certified transcript or evidence of successful coursework completion together with a copy of the request for an official transcript to the Superintendent no later than August 31 in order for the teacher to progress at the beginning of the academic year, or on or before February 28 in order for the teacher to progress on March 1. If a teacher does not deposit an official transcript, the Board shall, without further action, be permitted to recoup all salary schedule movement.
3. It is understood that horizontal movement on the salary schedule requires graduate level coursework. In order to move horizontally to the MS + 36 column, a teacher needs to earn 36 hours after the date the Master’s degree was conferred. This will also apply to the MS + 12, and MS + 24 columns. If someone is currently at MS or MS + 12, he/she must actually have earned a total of 12 or 24 hours after the date of the Master’s degree in order to move to the appropriate column.
