Placement on the Salary Schedule. Members of the bargaining unit shall be placed on the salary schedule at the step appropriate for training and creditable years of experience.
Placement on the Salary Schedule. All teachers shall be placed on the appropriate step in the salary-schedule, taking into consideration the following:
A. Degree status as defined under "Degree Definitions," Article 28.
B. Full credit for previous teaching experience in public, private and military dependent schools, providing such experience for each year granted on the salary schedule shall be the equivalent of at least one-half (1/2) of any school year. Intermittent or short-term substitution will not be credited as previous teaching experience.
C. Up to full credit for service in the Peace Corps and Vista.
D. Credit for active service in the regular Armed Forces of the United States shall be granted on a year-for-year basis on all salary schedules up to three (3) years until maximum is reached. Where there is a fractional year of regular military service of six (6) months or greater, full credit for that step will be given. No credit on the salary schedule shall be given for temporary periods of service (e.g., summer encampments or service schools while in regular civilian status). This item carries with it no retroactivity. Those compensated at the rate of $100 per annum under a previous agreement shall continue to receive that compensation for their military service until such time as they reach maximum salary in the appropriate column.
E. In an area of shortage, as defined by the State Board of Education, placement on the salary schedule up to eight (8) steps may be granted by the Superintendent for full-time relevant work experience. Placement beyond eight (8) steps for such work experience may be granted by the Board of Education or its Personnel and Negotiations Committee.
F. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, the Superintendent shall establish the salary level for a continuous service substitute employed to fill a temporary vacancy due to the absence of a teacher on leave for a definite or indefinite period. Commencing with the 41st day of continuous employment, a continuous service substitute shall be placed on the salary schedule but such placement need not be based on experience and degree status. After the first full year of employment, defined as the initial partial year and an additional full year of employment, a continuous service substitute shall be placed on the salary schedule in accordance with the provisions of this Article. A continuous service substitute shall be ineligible for medical, health and life insurance benefits under this Agreement if the te...
Placement on the Salary Schedule. A regular unit member, at the time he/she is hired, is placed on the first step of the appropriate range on the Classified Salary Schedule. The Chancellor may recommend initial placement above the first step, but normally not higher than the second step, if the unit member possesses previous related work experience which exceeds the District’s entry level qualification for the position as determined by the Chancellor.
Placement on the Salary Schedule. 1. For the purposes of placing teachers new to the system on the salary schedule, credit shall be granted on a 1:1 basis for all previous contracted teaching or administrative experience in fully accredited schools up to a maximum of four years. Credit for years of teaching experience exceeding the first four full years shall be granted on a 1:2 basis for an additional maximum credit of five (5) years. Not less than 135 days of continuous contracted employment in one school year shall count as a full year of teaching experience for purposes of placement on the Salary Schedule. (2017)
2. Licensed teachers who are teaching in specialty areas such as Family & Consumer Science or Industrial Technology may be provided educational years of experience at the rate of two (2) years of full time, full year private sector work experience for each year (2:1) of placement on the salary schedule. Credit for additional years of experience exceeding the first four (4) full years on the salary schedule shall be granted at the rate of one (1) year for each four (4) years of private sector full time experience for additional maximum credit of five (5) years. (2017)
3. A teacher who has been absent from teaching for seven (7) years or more at one time shall not be given credit for any teaching or administrative experience prior to the period of absence. (2017)
Placement on the Salary Schedule. The following rules shall be applicable in determining placement of a teacher on the appropriate salary schedule:
(A) All credits, which are applicable to salary schedule lane placement, shall be either "in-field" or "general education" credits that have been approved by the Superintendent or his/her designee in writing.
Placement on the Salary Schedule. A. Initial employment in the Suffield Public Schools.
1. New teachers to the Suffield Public Schools shall be placed on the appropriate step on the salary schedule. Full credit shall be granted on the prevailing schedule for prior teaching experience. However, teachers with the maximum years of teaching experience may be hired up to two steps below the stated maximum. The Superintendent may place a teacher "two steps above" that teacher’s years of previous teaching experience. The extent to which credit shall be granted shall be determined by the Superintendent. If the teacher is hired pursuant to the alternate route to certification or as a second career candidate following traditional preparation routes to certification, credit may be granted, not to exceed ten years, at the Superintendent’s discretion.
B. All other teachers shall be placed on the appropriate step on the salary schedule, taking into consideration the following:
1. Annual increments for each year of service in the Suffield School System, provided that the Board of Education may withhold individual increments for unsatisfactory service.
2. Degree status as defined under “Degree Definitions” Article 8.
3. As of September l, 1976, there shall be no military service credit except that those teachers receiving military credit on that date shall continue to receive such credit at the rate then in effect.
C. Any teacher expecting a change in degree status must notify the Superintendent no later than January 2 in order to be placed on the appropriate salary schedule for the following school year.
1. Teachers submitting documentation of said degree achievement prior to September will be placed on the new salary schedule for the first paycheck of the new school year.
2. Any teacher submitting documentation of degree achievement between September 1 and March 1 of the new school year, will be placed on the new salary schedule beginning with the next paycheck.
3. Teachers who submit documentation after March 1 of the new school year will not be placed on the appropriate schedule until September of the following school year.
4. The reason for notification no later than January 2 is in order that funds may be budgeted to meet the salary change in the next fiscal year.
D. In order for a teacher to be placed on the M.A., M.A.+30 or M.A.+ 45 salary column as a result of the completion of courses, the courses must be approved by the Superintendent or his/her designee in advance, as part of a planned program...
Placement on the Salary Schedule. 1. For teachers hired after July 1, 2004, experience credit for placement on the salary schedule shall be granted for prior full years of relevant teaching experience in an appropriate K-12 situation. Questions as to proper credit and placement, including whether or not a full year of experience was gained, the relevance of prior experience and the appropriateness of a prior K-12 teaching situation, shall be resolved by the District. As such questions arise and are answered by the District, the procedures and rationale will be put in writing and provided to the Association.
Placement on the Salary Schedule. 1. Members newly hired during the term of this Agreement may be given full credit for up to nine (9) years' previous licensed/teaching experience. In unusual circumstances, the Superintendent may grant additional credit. Relevant experience other than preschool, elementary, or secondary teaching may be counted if, in the judgment of the Superintendent, it is directly related to the assignment of the member. In defined hard to fill positions, the Superintendent may grant an additional six (6) years for documented, relevant experience.
2. To be eligible to move horizontally from column to column on the salary schedule, course work must meet the following requirement and be approved by the supervisor and Chief Human Resources Officer in advance of registration:
a. Graduate level college credit courses directly related to the teaching/professional (School Psychologists, Speech Pathologists, etc.)
Placement on the Salary Schedule. A. Salary, General - All certificated employees on a standard personnel service contract will be paid in accordance with their placement on the salary schedule annexed hereto as Exhibit A, the terms of this agreement, and the terms of their personnel service contract.
Placement on the Salary Schedule. Subd.
1. To qualify for the “MA” or “XX xxxx,” the degree must be in the field of the teacher’s teaching assignment or current, full-time licensure.
