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Teacher Contract Information - Exeter

Exeter Teacher Contract Information - Section Pertinent to Professional Development

Excerpted from Agreement between the Exeter Education Association and The Exeter Region Cooperative School Board 2000-2003.

Article XII Section B - F and L - M:

B. Placement on the salary schedule at the time of hire shall be in accordance with professional employee's total years of experience, highest degree, and number of credits beyond said degree with the exception of vocational instructors without degrees who will be hired and paid in accordance with criteria to be established by

the Board. Credit for an applicable experience will be applied equally to all teachers being hired. An experienced professional employee coming into the system shall be placed on the schedule step-for-step, up to eight (8) years of prior experience. Step-for-step matching on the salary schedule beyond step nine (9) may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent and the Board. A professional employee with a break in service of greater than three years may be brought in on a lower step on the salary schedule at the discretion of the Superintendent. Forty (40) course credits approved by the Superintendent beyond a Bachelor's Degree shall be considered an equivalent to a Master's Degree for salary purposes. A professional employee may not advance beyond a Master's equivalency tract without the actual degree as of September 1, 1978. For salary purposes, placement beyond the master tract will be determined by the number of graduate credits earned by the professional employee after the degree was granted. Advancement beyond the Bachelor's tract and Master's tract will also result from credits earned through Staff Development after the receipt of the degree.

Should any previous part-time professional employee change to full-time status, placement on the salary schedule shall be based on the professional employee's full-time equivalent service.

C. Higher initial placement on the salary schedule shall be at the discretion of the Superintendent and the Board.

D. Each professional employee may be advanced on the salary schedule until the maximum is reached, provided that the requirements for recertification have been met, that a professional attitude has been evident, and that there has been demonstrated an improvement or growth in teaching resulting in a generally satisfactory performance. Increments shall be awarded only by action of the Board upon recommendation of the Superintendent. If a professional employee is not to receive the customary increment, the professional employee will be notified in writing by March 1.

E. For salary purposes, fifteen (15) Staff Development clock hours will equal one (1) college credit and is applicable for advancement on the salary schedule, in accordance with paragraph B above, except when taken during school hours. Clock hours received during school hours will apply to recertification but not advancement on the salary schedule. Staff Development credit for advancement on the salary schedule can only be earned while under contract to or on leave of absence from the Exeter Region Cooperative School District. No more than six (6) credits from staff development sources will be recognized for track increase within each separate salary track.

F. Upon approval of the Principal and the Superintendent, the Board reserves the right to grant increments in excess of those provided by the salary schedule to a professional employee who has made an unusual contribution to the school system.

G. - K. text not included here

L. A professional employee who has been in the system for at least one (1) semester will be reimbursed for college credits in an amount of money equivalent to the instate tuition cost of three (3) graduate courses at the University of New Hampshire for a one (1) year period. A professional employee will not be reimbursed for more than one course in the fall or winter sessions. However, exceptions can be made on this one (1) course limit by the Superintendent. This will be paid upon the satisfactory completion of the work, submission of proof of amount of tuition and fees expended, and upon the recommendation of the Superintendent. The course or courses must be approved in advance by the Superintendent in order for the professional employee to qualify under the provision. First year professional employees shall be eligible for course work reimbursement during the second half of their first year and during the summer following their first year. A professional employee receiving this assistance must agree to complete the next full year in the Exeter Region Cooperative School District or forfeit the above amount. A professional employee has from September 1st of one year to September 1st of the next year, or any twelve (12) month period in which to complete the approved course work.

M. Salary schedule adjustments as a result of professional advancement must be submitted to the District Office by August 15 of the ensuing year. The August 15 deadline will be extended if a professional employee is taking a course which ends after August 15. In this case, the professional employee will provide the District Office with written verification of enrollment in the course by August 15. Professional advancement shall mean receiving a college degree or completing college credits or Staff Development clock hours that will designate a move on the tracts on the salary schedule.

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