Salary Schedules (a) The salary schedules shall be incorporated into this Agreement as Appendix V.
(b) Salary schedules will contain Career Enhancement/Growth steps as described in Section 45.6.
Salary Schedule A. The Committee and the Association agree that the following provisions shall govern placement on the salary schedule:
1. All degrees recognized for salary credit on this schedule shall be obtained from an accredited institution.
2. All personnel shall be placed on the proper step of the salary schedule as determined by the Superintendent. Salary increments, when granted, shall become effective annually on the first of day of the teacher work year.
3. A teacher entering the school system shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his/her training and experience, but in no case exceeding the maximum and in no case higher than teachers within the system with the same training and experience. In employing new teachers, the recentness and suitability of experience will be evaluated by the Superintendent.
B. A teacher on a Bachelor’s Schedule who plans on completing a Master’s program at an accredited institution must give written notification to the Superintendent twelve (12) months prior to the expected date of completion. A teacher who has furnished evidence of a completed Master’s program will be placed on the next step at the beginning of the next school year. If such evidence is submitted prior to February 1, additional payments will be made at the same step for the second half of the school year, starting with the fourteenth (14) paycheck. A teacher on a Master’s Schedule who plans on completing thirty (30) hours beyond a Master’s degree from accredited institution(s) must give written notification to the Superintendent twelve (12) months prior to the date of completion. A teacher who has furnished evidence of having completed thirty (30) hours beyond a Master’s will be placed on the next step at the beginning of the next school year. If such evidence is submitted prior to February 1, additional payments will be made at the same step for the second half of the school year, starting with the fourteenth (14) paycheck. A teacher on a Masters + 30 schedule who plans on completing fifteen (15) hours beyond the Masters + 30 from accredited institution(s) must give written notification to the Superintendent twelve (12) months prior to the date of completion. A teacher who has furnished evidence of having completed fifteen (15) hours beyond the Masters + 30, will be placed on the next step in the Masters + 45 schedule at the beginning of the next school year. If such evidence is submitted prior to February 1, payment will be made at the current step on the Maters + 45 schedule for the second half of the school year starting with the fourteenth (14) paycheck. Only credits accumulated after July 1, 2008 may be used to move from Masters + 30 to Masters + 45.
C. A teacher who was hired after September 1, 2004 will not advance beyond the Bachelor Step 8 prior to receiving his/her Masters.
D. Nurses will be paid according to the teacher salary schedule.
E. Teachers remaining in the Granby Public Schools shall have option of receiving summer paychecks in one single sum at start of the summer vacation period. Teachers who wish to have their summer pay checks in this manner must notify the Superintendent no later than April 1 of that year.
Placement on Salary Schedule The following rules shall be applicable in determining placement of a teacher on the appropriate salary schedule.
Salary Schedule Placement College Training
A. Unit members qualifying for the “Entry Level Salary” shall remain at this level until they met the minimum requirements for placement on any other salary column (1-4). Upon verification of documentation qualifying unit members for placement upon any other salary column (1-4), the unit member shall then be placed upon the appropriate step on that salary column in accordance with his/her length of service.
B. School Nurses who have a Bachelor’s degree, qualify for crediting of previous experience, but have not completed 30 semester units after the Bachelor’s degree or the appropriate clear credential, shall be exempt from placement at “Entry Level Salary”; shall instead, be placed on Column 1; and shall advance on the salary schedule in accordance with the Agreement for unit members.
C. Unit members placed on “COLUMN 1” of the Salary Schedules by the agreement (Appendix C1) between the Association and the District shall advance on the schedule in accordance with that agreement (Appendix C1).
D. All college or university credits which will qualify a unit member for a new salary placement must be verified by official college or university transcripts in order to justify a contract revision. Such college or university credits must be obtained from an institution of higher learning which is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or other recognized accreditation organization. Salary revision shall be effective following District approval (as stipulated by this Article) of the necessary credits for column advancement.
E. The unit requirement for each salary column is stated in semester hours of credit; quarter hour credits can be converted into semester hours by multiplying 2/3.
F. For salary schedule purposes, only semester units earned after the completion of the Bachelor’s Degree shall be considered.
G. Credit will not be granted for any course for which less than a "C" grade is earned.
H. Unit members shall not enroll in courses which conflict with the work day.
I. A major teaching field is considered to be 36 semester hours (12 of which must be upper division or graduate), a minor teaching field is considered to be 20 semester hours (8 of which must be upper division or graduate).
J. Repeat credit may be granted for a course taken at an accredited institution in which the content field has recently undergone substantial change or, in the case of a course originally taken many years ago, an updating of study is desirable.
K. Course work, for salary credit must be upper division, graduate level, or transferable* lower division courses, taken at an accredited college or university, and must conform to one or more of the following guidelines:
1. Units may be taken in a subject directly related to the teaching/work assignment.
2. Units may be taken in a subject directly related to a person’s major or minor. For unit members in a self-contained classroom program; a subject commonly taught in the elementary school. For unit members in a departmentalized classroom program; courses in an additional major or minor.
3. Units may be taken in a subject directly related to an advanced degree in professional education or in a subject related to the teaching/work assignment.
4. Units may be taken in a subject directly related to a credential or certificate authorized by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
5. Units may be taken in a Board authorized, District sponsored, professional activity. Credit equivalent will be adopted at the time of such Board action. *A transferable lower division course is a lower division course taken at an accredited college or university that is acceptable for baccalaureate graduation credit at another accredited college or university.
L. The submission of transcripts for columnar advancement of the salary schedule is limited to two (2) submission dates per school year. Additional units may be banked for future salary schedule advancement.
M. Transcripts for completed units must be submitted to the Human Resources Division no later than the first of September or February for salary adjustment. Adjustment for qualifying units submitted no later than the first of September will be retroactively made effective on the first work day of the school year. Adjustment for qualifying units submitted no later than the first of February will be retroactively made effective on the first work day of the calendar year.
Pay Schedule 50.01 The regularly scheduled pay day shall be bi-weekly, every other Friday. Pay shall be by direct deposit to the employee’s financial institute as on record with the Employer, with an electronic pay statement issued to the employee on or before the pay date.
50.02 The employee’s pay stub shall be delivered to the employee’s workplace and distributed to the employee on or before the specified pay date.
50.03 Employees shall be paid in accordance with Schedule “A” of this agreement.