Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

Chapter 900
Article 901
Salary Policies
901.01 It is the conviction of the Board and the Association
that salaries should be at a level which will enable teachers
to assume a place in the community in keeping with
the importanceoftheirworkandwhichwillprovide
security for their later years.
901.02 Progress toward maximum salaries shall be made by
increments.
A. A full increment shall be granted to members who
have served 120 or more school days within a given
school year.
B. Those teachers currently employed by the Board who
have received credit for partial increment shall continue
to receive the amount of that partial increment
in effect prior to this Agreement.
C. Salary column placement for training beyond the
bachelor’s degree shall be effective the earning period
following the submission of the required documentation
to the Human Resources Department.
901.03 Half-time contractteaching shall qualify for a year
of teaching experience for salary credit purposes with the
following stipulations:
A. The teacher has served 120 or more school days within
each of two school years.
B. The two years being combined shall be for services in
the Columbus City Schools.
C. This provision shall be applied to qualifying service
provided after July 1, 1983.
901.04 Credit for years of teaching experience outside the
Columbus City School District for salary purposes, up
to a maximum of five (5) years, shall be granted to teachers
with a Trades and Industries certificate who are initially
employed to teach under such certificate, in accordance
with the guidelines established under Section
904.05. After initial employment, members of the bargaining
unit reassigned into a Trades and Industries
teaching area or reassigned out of a Trades and Industries
teaching area shall not have their outside teaching experience
for salary purposes re-evaluated on the basis of such
guidelines. This section shall be applicable to all teachers,
with a vocational education teaching certificate/
license and hire date of July 1, 1992, or later, who are initially
employed to teach under such certificate. OWE
and OWA shall not be considered a Trades and Industries
or vocational teaching area for purposes described
in this section. Experience credit for vocational teachers
hiredonorafter July 1, 2000, based upon documented
other related employment or related self-employment, up
to ten (10) years’ experience. If years of experience are
used as a substituteforadegreeandtheteacher subsequently
obtains a degree after July 1, 2000, those years of
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