Common use of WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE Clause in Contracts

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE. A newly-hired unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his or her years of verified paid work-related experience which the District determines is similar to the position of the new unit member, but shall be limited in 2017-18 to fifteen (15), in 2018-19 to sixteen (16) and in 2019-20 to seventeen (17) years for initial placement on the salary schedule. The District will give written notice of this provision to each newly-hired unit member. 4.3.1 The above provision applies for all unit members hired for positions listed below: a. Nurses - Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners b. Counselors, Librarians and Teachers – Counseling, teaching or serving as librarian in public or private school or agency or serving in the Peace Corps or Job Corps c. School Psychologist - as a psychologist d. Mental Health Therapists – as a social worker or mental health practitioner e. Speech and Language Specialist - as a speech clinician f. Occupational Therapist – as an occupational therapist clinician g. Physical Therapist – as a physical therapist clinician h. Unit members hired for positions that are not listed above and that do not require a TSPC license shall have their work experience assessed by the District to determine if it is beneficial for the position. 4.3.2 Unit members hired for positions that require a TSPC license can have non-teaching work experience counted if the District determines the experience is beneficial for the position for which the unit member is being hired. For each two years of non-teaching experience, the unit member will be given one year of experience for initial step placement. If this experience credit is denied, then the unit member may appeal the denial. The denial will be considered by a joint committee of two members each appointed by the District and Association and a fifth member jointly appointed by the District and Association. The committee’s decision will be by majority vote. 4.3.3 Work-related experience must have been performed after graduation from an accredited college or university and generally after the person is eligible for licensure in a state and/or jurisdiction where employed. Exception will be granted for work-related experience which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following conditions: a. Teaching in a college or university b. Teaching in a foreign school where no license is required 4.3.4 Eligible work-related experience shall be evaluated and prorated to determine the number of years of credit to be given based on the following criteria. a. Teaching time will include instruction time with students and preparation time equal to one-half hour of preparation time for every two hours of student instruction time. Teaching time does not include substitute teaching except as provided in Section 4.3.4 and the District collective bargaining agreement with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Association of Substitute Teachers. b. Teaching time will be credited as follows: 1. A full school year of teaching time will be credited for each year continuously employed in a regular teaching position at .5 or greater FTE, providing the start date in the position was on or before the first District teacher work day in February. 2. Employment for less than a full school year, or less than .5 FTE, will be converted to full-time equivalent days by multiplying the FTE by the number of days worked. One year of experience credit will be given for every 191 full-time equivalent days, up to the maximum number of years allowable. 4.3.5 Any newly-hired unit member who completed at least one-half (1/2) year of substitute teaching service in the same District assignment shall be given prior experience salary schedule credit for said service, if hired into a regular bargaining unit position.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE. A newly-hired unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his or her years of verified paid work-related experience which the District determines is similar to the position of the new unit member, but shall be limited in 2017-18 to fifteen seven (15), in 2018-19 to sixteen (16) and in 2019-20 to seventeen (177) years of experience for initial placement on the salary schedule. The District will give written notice of this provision to each newly-hired unit member. 4.3.1 The above provision applies for all unit members hired for positions listed below: a. Nurses - Registered Nurses and Nurse PractitionersPublic and/or School Health Nursing b. Counselors, Librarians and Teachers – Counseling, teaching or serving as librarian in public or private school or agency or serving in the Peace Corps or Job Corps c. School Psychologist - as a psychologist psychologist d. Mental Health Therapists Social Workers – as a social worker or mental health practitionerworker e. Speech and Language Specialist - as a speech clinician f. Occupational Therapist – as an occupational therapist clinician g. Physical Therapist – as a physical therapist clinician h. Unit members hired for positions that are not listed above and that do not require a TSPC license shall have their work experience assessed by the District to determine if it is beneficial for the position. 4.3.2 Unit members hired for positions that require a TSPC license can have non-teaching work experience counted if the District determines the experience is beneficial for the position for which the unit member is being hired. For each two years of non-teaching experience, the unit member will be given one year of experience for initial step placement. If this experience credit is denied, then the unit member may appeal the denial. The denial will be considered by a joint committee of two members each appointed by the District and Association and a fifth member jointly appointed by the District and Association. The committee’s decision will be by majority vote. 4.3.3 Work-related experience must have been performed after graduation from an accredited college or university and generally after the person is eligible for licensure in a state and/or jurisdiction where employed. Exception will be granted for work-related experience which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following conditions: a. Teaching in a college or university b. Teaching in a foreign school where no license is required 4.3.4 Eligible work-related experience shall be evaluated and prorated to determine the number of years of credit to be given based on the following criteria. a. Teaching time will include instruction time with students and preparation time equal to one-half hour of preparation time for every two hours of student instruction time. Teaching time does not include substitute teaching except as provided in Section 4.3.4 and the District collective bargaining agreement with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Eugene Association of Substitute Teachers. b. Teaching time will be credited as follows: 1. A full school year of teaching time will be credited for each year continuously employed in a regular teaching position at .5 or greater FTE, providing the start date in the position was on or before the first District teacher work day in February. 2. Employment for less than a full school year, or less than .5 FTE, will be converted to full-time equivalent days by multiplying the FTE by the number of days worked. One year of experience credit will be given for every 191 full-time equivalent days, up to the maximum number of years allowable. 4.3.5 Any newly-hired unit member who completed at least one-half (1/2) year of substitute teaching service in the same District assignment shall be given prior experience salary schedule credit for said service, if hired into a regular bargaining unit position.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE. A newly-hired unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his or her years of verified paid work-related experience which the District determines is similar to the position of the new unit member, but shall be limited in 20172010-18 11 to fifteen eight (15)8), in 20182011-19 12 to sixteen nine (169) and in 20192012-20 13 to seventeen ten (1710) years for initial placement on the salary schedule. The District will give written notice of this provision to each newly-hired unit member. 4.3.1 The above provision applies for all unit members hired for positions listed below: a. Nurses - Registered Nurses and Nurse PractitionersPublic and/or School Health Nursing b. Counselors, Librarians and Teachers – Counseling, teaching or serving as librarian in public or private school or agency or serving in the Peace Corps or Job Corps c. School Psychologist - as a psychologist d. Mental Health Therapists – as a social worker or mental health practitioner e. Speech and Language Specialist - as a speech clinician f. Occupational Therapist – as an occupational therapist clinician g. Physical Therapist – as a physical therapist clinician h. Unit members hired for positions that are not listed above and that do not require a TSPC license shall have their work experience assessed by the District to determine if it is beneficial for the position. 4.3.2 Unit members hired for positions that require a TSPC license can have non-teaching work experience counted if the District determines the experience is beneficial for the position for which the unit member is being hired. For each two years of non-teaching experience, the unit member will be given one year of experience for initial step placement. If this experience credit is denied, then the unit member may appeal the denial. The denial will be considered by a joint committee of two members each appointed by the District and Association and a fifth member jointly appointed by the District and Association. The committee’s decision will be by majority vote. 4.3.3 Work-related experience must have been performed after graduation from an accredited college or university and generally after the person is eligible for licensure in a state and/or jurisdiction where employed. Exception will be granted for work-related experience which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following conditions: a. Teaching in a college or university b. Teaching in a foreign school where no license is required 4.3.4 Eligible work-related experience shall be evaluated and prorated to determine the number of years of credit to be given based on the following criteria. a. Teaching time will include instruction time with students and preparation time equal to one-half hour of preparation time for every two hours of student instruction time. Teaching time does not include substitute teaching except as provided in Section 4.3.4 and the District collective bargaining agreement with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Association of Substitute Teachers. b. Teaching time will be credited as follows: 1. A full school year of teaching time will be credited for each year continuously employed in a regular teaching position at .5 or greater FTE, providing the start date in the position was on or before the first District teacher work day in February. 2. Employment for less than a full school year, or less than .5 FTE, will be converted to full-time equivalent days by multiplying the FTE by the number of days worked. One year of experience credit will be given for every 191 192 full-time equivalent days, up to the maximum number of years allowable. 4.3.5 Any newly-hired unit member who completed at least one-half (1/2) year of substitute teaching service in the same District assignment shall be given prior experience salary schedule credit for said service, if hired into a regular bargaining unit position.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE. A newly-hired unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his or her years of verified paid work-related experience which the District determines is similar to the position of the new unit member, but shall be limited in 20172014-18 15 to fifteen twelve (1512), in 20182015-19 16 to sixteen thirteen (1613) and in 20192016-20 17 to seventeen fourteen (1714) years for initial placement on the salary schedule. The District will give written notice of this provision to each newly-hired unit member. 4.3.1 The above provision applies for all unit members hired for positions listed below: a. Nurses - Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners b. Counselors, Librarians and Teachers – Counseling, teaching or serving as librarian in public or private school or agency or serving in the Peace Corps or Job Corps c. School Psychologist - as a psychologist d. Mental Health Therapists – as a social worker or mental health practitioner e. Speech and Language Specialist - as a speech clinician f. Occupational Therapist – as an occupational therapist clinician g. Physical Therapist – as a physical therapist clinician h. Unit members hired for positions that are not listed above and that do not require a TSPC license shall have their work experience assessed by the District to determine if it is beneficial for the position. 4.3.2 Unit members hired for positions that require a TSPC license can have non-teaching work experience counted if the District determines the experience is beneficial for the position for which the unit member is being hired. For each two years of non-teaching experience, the unit member will be given one year of experience for initial step placement. If this experience credit is denied, then the unit member may appeal the denial. The denial will be considered by a joint committee of two members each appointed by the District and Association and a fifth member jointly appointed by the District and Association. The committee’s decision will be by majority vote. 4.3.3 Work-related experience must have been performed after graduation from an accredited college or university and generally after the person is eligible for licensure in a state and/or jurisdiction where employed. Exception will be granted for work-related experience which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following conditions: a. Teaching in a college or university b. Teaching in a foreign school where no license is required 4.3.4 Eligible work-related experience shall be evaluated and prorated to determine the number of years of credit to be given based on the following criteria. a. Teaching time will include instruction time with students and preparation time equal to one-half hour of preparation time for every two hours of student instruction time. Teaching time does not include substitute teaching except as provided in Section 4.3.4 and the District collective bargaining agreement with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Association of Substitute Teachers. b. Teaching time will be credited as follows: 1. A full school year of teaching time will be credited for each year continuously employed in a regular teaching position at .5 or greater FTE, providing the start date in the position was on or before the first District teacher work day in February. 2. Employment for less than a full school year, or less than .5 FTE, will be converted to full-time equivalent days by multiplying the FTE by the number of days worked. One year of experience credit will be given for every 191 192 full-time equivalent days, up to the maximum number of years allowable. 4.3.5 Any newly-hired unit member who completed at least one-half (1/2) year of substitute teaching service in the same District assignment shall be given prior experience salary schedule credit for said service, if hired into a regular bargaining unit position.

WORK RELATED EXPERIENCE. A newly-hired unit member shall be placed on the salary schedule according to his or her hertheir years of verified paid work-related experience which the District determines is similar to the position of the new unit member, but shall be limited in 2017-18 to fifteen (15), in 2018-19 to sixteen (16) and in 2019-20 to seventeen (17) years for initial placement on the salary schedule. The District will give written notice of this provision to each newly-hired unit member. 4.3.1 The above provision applies for all unit members hired for positions listed below: a. Nurses - Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners b. Counselors, Librarians and Teachers – Counseling, teaching or serving as librarian in public or private school or agency or serving in the Peace Corps or Job Corps c. School Psychologist - as a psychologist d. Mental Health Therapists – as a social worker or mental health practitioner e. Speech and Language Specialist - as a speech clinician f. Occupational Therapist – as an occupational therapist clinician clinician g. Physical Therapist – as a physical therapist clinician g. h. Athletic Trainer – as a board-licensed athletic trainer i. Unit members hired for positions that are not listed above and that do not require a TSPC license shall have their work experience assessed by the District to determine if it is relevant to beneficial for the position. 4.3.2 Unit members hired for positions that require a TSPC license can have non-teaching work experience counted if the District determines the experience is beneficial for forrelevant to the position for which the unit member is being hired. For each two years of non-teaching experience, the unit member will be given one year of experience for initial step placement. If this experience credit is denied, then the unit member may appeal the denial. The denial will be considered by a joint committee of two members each appointed by the District and Association and a fifth member jointly appointed by the District and Association. The committee’s decision will be by majority vote. 4.3.3 Work-related experience must have been performed after graduation from an accredited college or university and generally after the person is eligible for licensure in a state and/or jurisdiction where employed. Exception will be granted for work-related experience which includes but is not limited to one or more of the following conditions: a. Teaching in a college or university b. Teaching in a foreign school where no license is required[No proposed change] 4.3.4 Eligible work-related experience shall be evaluated and prorated to determine the number of years of credit to be given based on the following criteria. a. Teaching time will include instruction time with students and preparation time equal to one-half hour of preparation time for every two hours of student instruction time. Teaching time does not include substitute teaching except as provided in Section 4.3.4 4.3.54 and the District collective bargaining agreement with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Association of Substitute Teachers. b. Teaching time will be credited as follows: 1. A full school year [No proposed change to remainder of teaching time will be credited for each year continuously employed in a regular teaching position at .5 or greater FTE, providing the start date in the position was on or before the first District teacher work day in February. 2. Employment for less than a full school year, or less than .5 FTE, will be converted to full-time equivalent days by multiplying the FTE by the number of days worked. One year of experience credit will be given for every 191 full-time equivalent days, up to the maximum number of years allowable. 4.3.5 Any newly-hired unit member who completed at least one-half (1/2) year of substitute teaching service in the same District assignment shall be given prior experience salary schedule credit for said service, if hired into a regular bargaining unit position.4.3.4] 4.5 ADDITIONAL PREPARATION