Continued education on the part of licensed employees may entitle them to advancement on the salary schedule. Licensed employees who have completed additional hours will be considered for advancement on the salary schedule. The Wapello Education Association is the designated body to approve courses to allow horizontal movement on the certified staff salary schedule. The current criterion has been agreed to by the Board and the Association as follows:
- Courses required by the state for renewal.
- Courses required by a college or university for a degree in program.
- Courses related to the academic area currently being taught.
- Courses requested by the administration in order to teach in a new academic area.
- Courses in fields not recently studied - general education courses.
- Course taken must be graduate hours.
- Courses offered by the AEA .
- Only four hours can be taken per semester to move across the salary scale.
Licensed employees who wish to obtain additional education for advancement on the salary schedule must notify the superintendent anytime during the school year proceeding the actual year when advancement occurs.
The requirements stated in the Master Contract between licensed employees in a certified collective-bargaining unit and the board regarding continued education credit of such employees shall be followed.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code §§ 20.1, .4, .7, .9; 279.8 (1993).
Cross Reference: 405.3 Licensed Employee Individual Contracts
405.4 Licensed Employee Continuing Contracts
405.8 Licensed Employee Evaluation
405.9 Licensed Employee Probationary Status
406.1 Licensed Employee Compensation
406.2 Licensed Employee Compensation Advancement
Approved: 6/12/1995
Reviewed: 12/10/1998; 02/14/2008; 10/12/11; 12/8/21
Revised: 3/14/1996; 1/11/17