Common use of Teaching Experience Clause in Contracts

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida which is verified by previous employer(s). Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching which is verified by the previous employer. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Instructional personnel hired from private schools (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching experience may be added to all prior public school experience credit. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-full- time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida which is verified by previous employer(s). Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching which is verified by the previous employer. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Instructional personnel hired from private schools (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching experience may be added to all prior public school experience credit. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida which is verified by previous employer(s)verified. Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching for which is verified by the previous employerthey receive an effective performance evaluation. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Instructional personnel hired from Up to, but no more than 15 years of experience shall be given for private schools school (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching teaching experience and may be added to all prior public school experience credit, dependent upon effective performance evaluations. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-full- time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida which is verified by previous employer(s). Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching which is verified by the previous employer. for which they receive an effective performance evaluation. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Up to, but no more than 15 Instructional personnel hired from private schools (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching years of experience shall be given for private school (or school systems, including college) tTeaching experience and may be added to all prior public school experience credit, dependent upon effective performance evaluations. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida and for which is verified by previous employer(s)the employee received a satisfactory at least an effective performance evaluation. Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be given up to the maximum of the salary schedule as shown in Appendix A. reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching for which is verified by the previous employerthey receive a satisfactory effective performance evaluation. Experience credit shall be given up to the maximum of the salary schedule as shown in Appendix A. reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Instructional personnel hired from Up to, but no more than 15 years of experience shall be given for private schools school (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching teaching experience and may be added to all prior public school experience credit, dependent upon satisfactory effective performance evaluations. Experience credit shall be given up to the maximum of the salary schedule as shown in Appendix A reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of satisfactory effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. Teachers who worked half time for OCPS during school years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 shall have their experience re-evaluated to determine placement on the salary schedule for 2012-13. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.

Teaching Experience. a. In-state public school teaching experience: Credit shall be given for each year of full-full- time public school teaching service earned in the state of Florida which is verified by previous employer(s)verified. Re-employed retirees are exempt from this provision. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. For 2014-2015, newly hired teachers who worked at another Florida school district or charter school during the 2013-2014 school year will receive a one-time recruitment bonus, equivalent to half of the respective 2014-2015 salary increase amounts (COLA plus performance) based on their officially documented 2013-2014 summative evaluation rating. Documentation consisting of print screens of the evaluation rating must be provided to Human Resources during the teacher’s first calendar year. Teachers who did work at OCPS during the 2013-14 school year and received a final evaluation rating, are ineligible for this bonus and will return to OCPS at their previous salary plus 2014-2015 increase (COLA plus performance). b. Out of state public school teaching experience: Instructional personnel hired from outside of the state of Florida shall receive credit for each year of full-time public school teaching for which is verified by the previous employerthey receive an effective performance evaluation. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. c. Instructional personnel hired from Up to, but no more than 15 years of experience shall be given for private schools school (or school systems, including college) shall receive credit for each year of full time teaching. Teaching teaching experience and may be added to all prior public school experience credit, dependent upon effective performance evaluations. Experience credit shall be reviewed and pay shall be based on what similar teachers with the same amount of experience credit are compensated. d. Instructional personnel shall provide verification of effective performance for all years of experience to the Human Resources Department. e. Paid holidays shall be counted in computations which apply to credit for teaching. f. Half-time: Effective July 1, 2011, half-time teaching shall be counted year for year for salary credit. Half-time teaching prior to July 1, 2011 will continue to be combined so two one-half years equals one year of experience. Half-time experience shall continue to count as one-half of full-time experience for the purpose of calculating seniority. g. Half Year: Work less than the number of days constituting one-half year of another district’s regular school year. Teachers may combine two one-half years of experience for a full year of teaching credit. One-half year of teaching shall be defined as at least 26% to 50% of the total number of days, 26% of which must be continuous duty days, in any regular school year. h. Teaching experience credit shall apply to equivalent school employment, such as guidance counselor, media specialist, and curriculum resource teacher. Working in the position of a four-year degreed permanent substitute in the District shall count as equivalent school employment. i. No salary credit shall be given for substitute teaching, graduate assistantships, private nursery school pre-k or kindergarten teaching, unless pre-k kindergarten teaching was a part of an elementary school or school district. j. Teachers shall receive no salary credit for teaching for any time prior to being awarded a four-year degree.