Common use of Experience Increment Clause in Contracts

Experience Increment. 6.1.1 A teacher who provides active teacher services with the Board for a minimum equivalent of 120 full teaching days shall be granted one teaching experience increment. 6.1.2 Such teaching experience must be earned within three years with the same Board. When the 120 day requirement has been met the teacher shall not begin to accumulate credit towards another year of teaching experience until the commencement of another school year or February 1 as the case may be. Substitute teaching shall not be counted as teaching experience for purposes of this clause. 6.1.3 The number of days of teaching experience earned by a teacher with another school board in Canada, or a post-secondary institution in Alberta for which an Alberta teaching certificate or its equivalent was required, or other teaching experience as approved by the Board, will be counted pursuant to the terms of this agreement as teaching experience in schools under the Board's jurisdiction. This clause affects only teachers hired for or after the 1989/1990 school year. 6.1.4 The adjustment date for changes in the number of years allowed for teaching experience shall be on the first teaching day of the school year or February 1. No teacher shall earn more than one experience increment in any one school year. 6.1.5 No teacher shall receive increments for experience gained while the teacher was not holding a valid teaching certificate or letter of authority. 6.1.6 Each teacher claiming additional teaching experience and each teacher commencing employment with the Board, shall submit satisfactory evidence of teaching experience to the Board within 90 calendar days or submit satisfactory evidence to the Board of having applied for same within 30 teaching days from commencement of the school year or from the date of commencement of employment. (a) If such evidence is submitted within the 90 calendar days, salary shall be paid according to this experience effective the date of commencement of the school year or the date of commencement of employment whichever is applicable. (b) Until the teacher submits the satisfactory evidence the teacher shall be placed in the salary schedule according to the most recent evidence of experience acceptable to the Board. (c) If a teacher does not submit evidence of teaching experience to the Board within 90 calendar days or 30 teaching days from the commencement of the school year or from the date of commencement of employment, the Board shall adjust the salary effective the date such evidence is submitted. 6.1.7 No payment shall be made for any increment which should have been claimed in the previous year. 6.1.8 After continuous service as a teacher under contract with the Board or its predecessors a teacher shall be eligible for the following one time non-pensionable awards (subject to CRA regulations). (a) After 15 years - $2,000 (b) After 20 years - $2,500 (c) After 25 years - $3,000

Experience Increment. 6.1.1 A teacher who provides active teacher services with the Board for a minimum equivalent of 120 full teaching days shall be granted one teaching experience increment. 6.1.2 Such teaching experience must be earned within three years with the same Board. When the 120 day requirement has been met the teacher shall not begin to accumulate credit towards another year of teaching experience until the commencement of another school year or February 1 as the case may be. Substitute teaching shall not be counted as teaching experience for purposes of this clause. 6.1.3 The number of days of teaching experience earned by a teacher with another school board in Canada, or a post-post- secondary institution in Alberta for which an Alberta teaching certificate or its equivalent was required, or other teaching experience as approved by the Board, will be counted pursuant to the terms of this agreement as teaching experience in schools under the Board's jurisdiction. This clause affects only teachers hired for or after the 1989/1990 school year. 6.1.4 The adjustment date for changes in the number of years allowed for teaching experience shall be on the first teaching day of the school year or February 1. No teacher shall earn more than one experience increment in any one school year. 6.1.5 No teacher shall receive increments for experience gained while the teacher was not holding a valid teaching certificate or letter of authority. 6.1.6 Each teacher claiming additional teaching experience and each teacher commencing employment with the Board, shall submit satisfactory evidence of teaching experience to the Board within 90 calendar days or submit satisfactory evidence to the Board of having applied for same within 30 teaching days from commencement of the school year or from the date of commencement of employment.from (a) If such evidence is submitted within the 90 calendar days, salary shall be paid according to this experience effective the date of commencement of the school year or the date of commencement of employment whichever is applicable. (b) Until the teacher submits the satisfactory evidence the teacher shall be placed in the salary schedule according to the most recent evidence of experience acceptable to the Board. (c) If a teacher does not submit evidence of teaching experience to the Board within 90 calendar days or 30 teaching days from the commencement of the school year or from the date of commencement of employment, the Board shall adjust the salary effective the date such evidence is submitted. 6.1.7 No payment shall be made for any increment which should have been claimed in the previous year. 6.1.8 After 6.1. 8After continuous service as a teacher under contract with the Board or its predecessors a teacher shall be eligible for the following one time non-pensionable awards (subject to CRA regulations). (a) After 15 years - $2,000 (b) After 20 years - $2,500 (c) After 25 years - $3,000