The Superintendent, with input from staff members, will prepare salary schedules annually for all non-administrative employee groups. These schedules will be submitted to the Board of Education for approval. (See also Policy 4131 – Extra Duty and Extended Contracts.) Salary recommendations for all administrators will be prepared and submitted to the Board annually. Administrative salaries will be based upon a variety of factors including, educational preparation, years of service within the District, and within public education, years of service as an administrator at each administrative level, years of service within the District, regional comparisons to similar districts, number of contracted days, administrative responsibilities, and salaries of other District administrators within category – building and central office. Consideration will be given to administrators’ previous salary for all newly hired administrators.
Course credits for horizontal movement on the salary schedule may be approved under the following guidelines:
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Courses must carry graduate credit status, with the exception of undergraduate courses in an assigned teaching area in which a staff member has full rather than provisional certification. To receive credit for undergraduate courses, application must be made with the Superintendent/designee, and approval given, prior to taking the course.
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Courses that relate directly to the major, minor, or teaching areas of certification do not need prior approval. To receive credit for those courses outside the major or minor areas of certification, application must be made with the Superintendent/designee, and approval given, prior to taking the course.
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Courses in which the core content is the same, or which carry the same course number, can be used only once for horizontal movement on the salary schedule.
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To receive credit, the staff member must submit an official course transcript and completed district for 4505 prior to September 1 of the school year for which movement is being sought.
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Upon reaching the Master’s level, credits start again at zero.
