Delaware City School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

3411 - PLACEMENT ON SALARY SCHEDULE

The Board of Education retains the authority to specify the salary of new positions and to determine the credit to be awarded for placement on the District's salary schedule, in accordance with any applicable terms in the negotiated agreement.

The Superintendent shall arrange credit for past service of each new staff member for proper placement on the salary schedule on the following basis:

 A.Years of teaching service in the same school district or educational service center, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least 120 days under a teacher's contract.

 B.Years of teaching service as a licensed teacher in a chartered, nonpublic school in Ohio or in another public school, regardless of training level, with each year consisting of at least 120 days under a teacher's contract.

 C.Years in a chartered school or institution or a school or institution that subsequently became chartered or a chartered, special-education program or a special-education program that became chartered operated by the State or by a subdivision or other local government unit of this State as a licensed teacher, regardless of training level; each year must consist of at least 120 days.

 D.Years of active military experience which must be eight (8) continuous months of service to be recognized as a year of authorized experience.

The total credit for years of service specified in B-D above shall not be more than
ten (10) years and may vary depending upon the Superintendent's evaluation of the staff member's background and previous experience.

Credit will not be given for substitute teaching except as required by Policy 3120.04 or State law.

The Superintendent is also authorized to credit, to a maximum of five (5) years, past service in:

 A.a private school located in any other state or U.S. territory;

 B.an overseas dependent school operated by the U.S. Armed Forces;

 C.a school approved by the State Department of Education and operated by a State Agency;

 D.a maximum of ten (10) years past service at a college or university in a field related to the position in which a person is being hired.

R.C. 3317.13, 3317.14

Revised 1/10/05
Revised 1/21/09