Placement on Salary Scale. 1. a. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, salary category of all teachers will be verified by the most recent evaluation of the Teacher Regulation Branch or the Teacher Qualification Service. b. The salary schedule is a basic scale, however, and the Board reserves the right to pay in special circumstances any teacher a salary higher than that provided in the schedule, in which case the Association shall be notified accordingly. The President of the Association shall be notified in writing of each appointment made under this ▇▇▇▇▇▇. c. Persons holding Letters of Permission whose years of preparation can be equated by the Board to university training shall be placed one category below that which would apply if their total years of training had included one year of teacher preparation, with the exception of teachers appointed under Article B.20.5. d. Employees holding an ASA Position, who do not hold a valid teaching certificate in BC will be placed in a Category based on their level of education. This placement will align with the principles applied by TQS in setting teacher Category placement.
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