Common use of Initial Salary Schedule Placement Clause in Contracts

Initial Salary Schedule Placement. 1. Class (or Column) a. The employee shall complete all course work prior to first rendering paid service to the District and shall furnish the Personnel Office with official transcripts for all units of course work no later than forty-five (45) days after first rendering paid service to the District. Extensions of the forty-five (45) day period may be granted by the Personnel Administrator, in cases of extenuating circumstances. b. Employees shall be placed in the appropriate class based on the number of upper division or graduate semester units earned subsequent to completing the Bachelor’s Degree. Graduate units credited prior to receiving the Bachelor’s Degree shall be counted as units beyond the degree. (Teachers appropriately placed in accordance with previous agreements or Governing Board policy shall not be reclassified on the basis of this provision.) c. Units shall be accepted from colleges or universities accredited by one of the major regional accrediting associations. d. A teacher who is required to have a credential for their assignment within the Infant Development Center (IDC) program will be placed on the Certificated Salary Schedule. A teacher who is required to have a permit for their assignment with the IDC program will be placed on the Children Center Salary Schedule. e. Certificated employees hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall be entitled to full credit for full time teaching (currently up to step 17). Non-teaching bargaining unit members hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive full credit for all full time related prior service. f. Teaching experience shall be defined as teaching or other approved certificated service as a full-time regular employee for not less than one hundred and thirty-five (135) days per year in a public, private or parochial school of recognized standing. Verified teaching in the Armed Forces may be accepted. g. In special areas, work experience directly related to the subject(s) taught or to the special service rendered may be accepted in lieu of teaching experience upon recommendation of the Superintendent. h. Any teacher who has been teaching with a valid credential in Adult Education, and a credential that authorizes teaching in K-12, who moves from full-time hourly to a contracted K-12 position within the District, shall receive credit for all teaching experience earned within this District. Seventy-five percent (75%) or more of the total hours considered a fulltime assignment in a given Adult Education school year shall be considered a full year’s experience for initial salary placement purposes. i. Part-time contract language is governed by Article XV.

Initial Salary Schedule Placement. 1. Class (A. TEACHERS - Certificated personnel shall be given full credit for PK-12 public school or Column) a. The employee shall complete all course work prior to first rendering paid service to private accredited school certificated teaching experience outside the District and shall furnish credit for degree/hours earned in their initial placement on the Personnel Office Salary Schedule. Beginning with official transcripts the 2022-2023 school year, placement beyond BS column will be graduate hours unless the District requests the additional bachelor's level education. Credit previously granted will be honored. The Assistant Superintendent can grant credit for all units one year of course work no later than fortyservice for two years of part-five (45) days after first rendering paid service time work. Certificated personnel hired prior to the District2022-2023 school year shall be relocated on the salary schedule for years of experience in private accredited schools. Extensions It is the responsibility of the fortyemployee to contact the Assistant Superintendent to begin the process of relocation on the salary schedule. Employees have until October 15, 2022, to make contact with the Assistant Superintendent. Teachers employed by MSCUSD#3 during the school term will be given a full-five (45) day period may be granted by year’s credit for their first year in succeeding years, provided they are employed prior to the Personnel Administrator, in cases beginning of extenuating circumstances. b. Employees the second semester. The initial placement on the Salary Schedule of a Social Worker shall be placed in at the appropriate class based MS+30 lane. The initial placement on the number Salary Schedule of upper division or graduate semester units earned subsequent to completing School Psychologist shall be at the Bachelor’s DegreeMS+45 lane. Graduate units credited prior to receiving The initial placement of Guidance Counselors shall be at the BachelorMS+16 lane. Speech and Language Pathologist with a Master’s Degree shall be counted as units beyond at the degreeMS+30 lane. (Teachers appropriately placed For Speech Pathologists, the District will credit prior full-time work experience in accordance the private sector if the work experience is in the employee’s area of professional expertise. Verification of such service will be necessary before salary lane experience is credited. It is the employee’s responsibility to provide a verification of employment. Speech and Language Pathologists who are full time employees shall receive an additional $1,500/year if they have achieved their Certificate of Clinical Competence. Speech and Language Pathologists, who are full time employees shall receive an additional $1,500/year if they have achieved their Certificate of Clinical Competence. Social Workers who are Licensed Clinical Social Workers shall receive an additional $1,500/year. Psychologists who are full-time employees and have National Certification shall receive an additional $1,500/year. The District Nurse follows the teacher calendar with previous agreements or Governing no paid holidays. Board policy shall not be reclassified on retains the basis of this provisionright to determine compensation within the $40,000-$75,000 salary range.) c. Units B. SUPPORT STAFF - Support staff shall be accepted from colleges or universities accredited by one of the major regional accrediting associations. d. A teacher who is required to have a credential for their assignment within the Infant Development Center (IDC) program will be placed on the Certificated Salary Schedule. A teacher who is required to have a permit for their assignment with the IDC program will be placed on the Children Center Salary Schedule. e. Certificated employees hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall be entitled to given full credit for full time teaching (currently up to step 17)previous PK-12 public or private accredited school experience, in the classification in which they are employed or a position reasonably related, gained outside the District. Non-teaching bargaining unit members hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive full credit Service will only be credited for all full time related prior service. f. Teaching experience shall be defined as teaching or other approved certificated service as a full-time regular employee for not less than work. Twelve months of combined partial years will equal one hundred and thirty-five (135) days per year in a public, private or parochial school of recognized standingservice. Verified teaching in the Armed Forces may be accepted. g. In special areas, work experience directly related to the subject(s) taught or to the special service rendered may be accepted in lieu of teaching experience upon recommendation of the Superintendent. h. Any teacher who has been teaching with a valid credential in Adult Education, and a credential that authorizes teaching in K-12, who moves from full-time hourly to a contracted K-12 position within the District, Staff shall receive credit for all teaching prior work experience earned within this Districtin the same field of work. Seventy-five percent (75%) or more Additional experience shall be credited at the discretion of the total hours considered a fulltime assignment in a given Adult Education Assistant Superintendent. Staff hired prior to the 2022-2023 school year shall be considered relocated on the salary schedule for years of experience in private accredited schools. It is the responsibility of the employee to contact the Assistant Superintendent to begin the process of relocation on the salary schedule. Employees have until October 15, 2022, to make contact with the Assistant Superintendent. Educational support staff employed during the school term by MSCUSD#3 shall be given a full year’s experience year credit for their first year in succeeding years, provided they are employed prior to the beginning of the second semester. Fractions of years of service gained outside the District shall not be counted in computing initial salary placement purposesschedule placement. i. Part-time contract language is governed by Article XV.

Initial Salary Schedule Placement. 1. Class (or Column) a. The employee shall complete all course work prior to first rendering paid service to When Certified Employees are hired, beginning with the District and shall furnish the Personnel Office with official transcripts for all units of course work no later than forty2001-five (45) days after first rendering paid service to the District. Extensions of the forty-five (45) day period may be granted 2002 school year, by the Personnel AdministratorSouth Central Nebraska Unified School District #5, in cases of extenuating circumstances. b. Employees they shall be credited with all years of previous teaching experience and placed in the appropriate class based on the number salary schedule according to their degree level. The salary schedule recognizes credit hours of upper division or graduate semester units work completed beyond the Bachelors Degree and earned subsequent to completing after the Bachelor’s employee has been awarded the Masters Degree. Graduate units credited prior credit hours need not apply toward a specific Masters Degree for the movement on the salary schedule up to receiving the Bachelor’s Bachelors + 36 / Masters Degree shall be counted as units Column (Column E). For a Certified Contracted Employee to move horizontally on the salary schedule, for additional credit hours beyond the degreeBA level, the credit hours must be presented to the Superintendent's office on an official transcript from the higher educational institution granting the credit hours by September 1 of each school year. (Teachers appropriately placed in accordance with previous agreements Community College or Governing Board policy shall not be reclassified on undergraduate hours necessary for the basis improvement of this provision.) c. Units shall be accepted from colleges or universities accredited by one of the major regional accrediting associations. d. A teacher who is required to have a credential for their assignment within the Infant Development Center (IDC) program will be placed on the Certificated Salary Schedule. A teacher who is required to have a permit for their assignment with the IDC program will be placed on the Children Center Salary Schedule. e. Certificated employees hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall be entitled to full credit for full time teaching (currently up to step 17). Non-teaching bargaining unit members hired on or after July 1, 2002, shall receive full credit for all full time related prior service. f. Teaching experience shall be defined as teaching or other approved certificated service as a full-time regular employee for not less than one hundred and thirty-five (135) days per year in a public, private or parochial school of recognized standing. Verified teaching in the Armed Forces instruction may be accepted. g. In special areas, work experience directly related to the subject(s) taught or to the special service rendered may be accepted in lieu of teaching experience used for advancement upon recommendation approval of the Superintendent. h. Any teacher who has been teaching with a valid credential in Adult Education. Graduate hours, and a credential that authorizes teaching in K-12, who moves from full-time hourly to a contracted K-12 position within applied toward the District, shall receive credit for all teaching experience earned within this District. Seventy-five percent columns beyond the Bachelors + 36 / Masters Degree Column (75%Column E) or more of the total hours considered a fulltime assignment salary schedule, must be taken after the certified contracted employee has acquired the Masters Degree. The Superintendent's office shall request each spring, on an Intent of Horizontal Movement Form, each Certified Contracted Employee's intent to move horizontally on the salary schedule for the next school year. Certified Contracted Employees shall advance one vertical step for each year of experience in a given Adult Education the District until they have reached the last step in the salary schedule column they are placed in. Vertical movement can only be one step per school year. The base salary for the 2018-2019 school year shall be considered a full year’s experience Thirty-Five Thousand Five hundred ($35,500) for initial salary placement purposesCertified Contracted Employees. Certified Contracted Employees shall be paid in twelve (12) equal payments on or before the 15th of each month. A valid certificate must be registered with the Superintendent and filed in the Central Office. Failure to meet this requirement by September 15th will result in wages being held. i. Part-time contract language is governed by Article XV.