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Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. 1. Teachers employed new to the District will be placed upon the appropriate step and lane as per the adopted salary index (Appendix A-1). A maximum of seven (7) years previous teaching experience as a certified teacher (Grades Pre-K-12) shall be allowed for determining initial placement on the salary schedule. Seven (7) years of significant educational or other work experience may be approved for 2. A teacher may move no more than one (1) vertical step annually. In order to progress vertically on the salary schedule, a teacher shall confirm that current and required Illinois State Board of Education credentials are on file with the Superintendent, or their designee. 3. To progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher must earn graduate credit as pre-approved by the Superintendent. Approval shall be granted for courses taken for the expansion of knowledge of school subjects taught by the teacher or other coursework relevant to the teacher’s area(s) of responsibility and directly related to enhancing instruction or services to students. a. All coursework must comply with the provisions of this Section D-3 to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule. i. In order to progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher shall submit a certified transcript, grade card, or evidence of successful coursework completion together with a copy of the request for an official transcript to the Superintendent, or designee. The Board may, without further action, be permitted to recoup all salary schedule movement if a teacher fails to ensure that the Superintendent, or designee has received the required official transcript. ii. Teachers enrolled in a Master’s Degree program will be placed on the BA+12 and BA+24 lanes as the appropriate number of hours have been completed and certified. iii. In order for additional graduate coursework credit to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule beyond the MA salary lane, such approved coursework must be completed subsequent to obtaining the Master’s Degree. Except for any teacher in the MA+12 and MA+24 lanes at the start of the 2018-2019 school year, teachers shall have no access to the MA+12 and MA+24 lanes. iv. When all the requirements for horizontal advancement have been completed by September 5, the change in lane and the accompanying change in salary shall be effective with the beginning of the school term. When such requirements are completed after September 5, but before February 5, the change in lane and salary shall become effective, following approval, on or before March 15th of the same school year. v. Teachers with more than eighteen (18) years of service and who have met the requirements for horizontal movement (lane change) will have their salary calculated in the following manner: 1)Find the difference between the two lanes listed on the salary schedule for the corresponding school year; 2) Add this difference to last year’s salary of the teacher; and 3) Multiply by the current increase for teachers with more than eighteen (18) years of service. 4. Annual increments may be withheld when a teacher has received a notice to remedy or for other just cause. 5. Part-time teachers shall advance on the salary schedule as follows: 0.80 or more time obtains

Salary Schedule Placement and Movement. 1. Teachers employed new to the District will be placed upon the appropriate step and lane as per the adopted salary index (Appendix A-1). A maximum of seven (7) years previous teaching experience as a certified teacher (Grades Pre-K-12) shall be allowed for determining initial placement on the salary schedule. Seven (7) years of significant educational or other work experience may be approved forfor initial placement on the salary schedule at the sole and non-reviewable discretion of 2. A teacher may move no more than one (1) vertical step annually. . a. In order to progress vertically on the salary schedule, a teacher shall confirm that current and required Illinois State Board of Education credentials are on file with the Superintendent, or their his/her designee. 3. To progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher must earn graduate credit as pre-approved by the Superintendent. Approval shall be granted for courses taken for the expansion of knowledge of school subjects taught by the teacher or other coursework relevant to the teacher’s area(s) of responsibility and directly related to enhancing instruction or services to students. a. All coursework must comply with the provisions of this Section D-3 to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule. i. In order to progress horizontally on the salary schedule, a teacher shall submit a certified transcript, grade card, or evidence of successful coursework completion together with a copy of the request for an official transcript to the Superintendent, or designee. The Board may, without further action, be permitted to recoup all salary schedule movement if a teacher fails to ensure that the Superintendent, or designee has received the required official transcript. ii. Teachers enrolled in a Master’s Degree program will be placed on the BA+12 and BA+24 lanes as the appropriate number of hours have been completed and certified. Excepting any teacher in the BA+36 lane at the start of the 2018-2019 school year and any teacher hired by the district prior to the 2005-2006 school year, teachers shall have no access to the BA+36 lane. iii. In order for additional graduate coursework credit to be applicable to horizontal movement on the salary schedule beyond the MA salary lane, such approved coursework must be completed subsequent to obtaining the Master’s Degree. Except for Excepting any teacher in the MA+12 and MA+24 lanes at the start of the 2018-2019 school year, teachers shall have no access to the MA+12 and MA+24 lanesMA+24. iv. When all the requirements for horizontal advancement have been completed by September 5, the change in lane and the accompanying change in salary shall be effective with the beginning of the school term. When such requirements are completed after September 5, but before February 5, the change in lane and salary shall become effective, following approval, and with the eleventh paycheck on a ten-month pay schedule of the same school year, or before March 15th the thirteenth paycheck on a twelve-month pay schedule, of the same school year. v. Teachers with more than eighteen (18) years of service and who have met the requirements for horizontal movement (lane change) will have their salary calculated in the following manner: 1)Find 1) add the difference between the two lanes listed on the salary schedule for the corresponding school yearlanes; 2) Add add this difference to last year’s salary of the teachersalary; and 3) Multiply multiply by the current increase for teachers with more than eighteen (18) years of service% increase. 4. Annual increments may be withheld when a teacher has received a notice to remedy or for other just cause. 5. Part-time teachers shall advance on the salary schedule as follows: 0.80 or more time obtains