Common use of Base Salary Increases Clause in Contracts

Base Salary Increases. The compensation model bargained between the Shelby Eastern School Corporation and the Shelby Eastern Classroom Teachers Association Inc. is set forth below. Under IC 20-28-9-1.5, a compensation model must use a combination of at least two of the following factors: Possession of content area degrees and content area credit hours beyond the requirements for employment and years of experience (which cannot account for more than 50% of a teacher’s salary increase); teacher evaluation; instructional leadership roles; and meeting academic needs of students. This model maintains a salary schedule using teacher evaluation and possession of a new content area degree or content area credit hours beyond the requirements for employment as criteria for movement. For purposes of this compensation model, “content area” degrees and credit hours are defined as any content area (as defined by the IDOE) in which the teacher currently teaches or any other content area approved by the Superintendent. Under this model, a teacher’s content area degree possession or content area degree and content area credit hours possession does not account for more than 50% of the calculation used to determine the teacher’s increase or increment. Under Indiana Code 20-28-9-1.5, a teacher rated “Ineffective or “Improvement Necessary” may not receive any raise or increment for the following year unless eligible for the increase in accordance with Indiana Code 20-28-9-1.5(d). In other words, should a teacher’s evaluation rating fall into one of the bottom two performance categories, the teacher’s salary will remain the same as the previous year, or for all practical purposes the salary amount is frozen.