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A Presentation in Three Sections First Section: Understanding the Pay Table Second Section: Understanding Salary Points Third Section: Understanding Your Paystub

Steps and Schedule Numbers “Steps” are years of experience (across) “Schedules” are based on salary points (down) You need 14 salary points to move down one schedule number

Salary Schedule T and L Tables

L-Table Pre-Credential You remain on the L-Table until you get your preliminary credential. Once you have that preliminary credential, you transfer directly from the L-Table to the T-Table. As a comparison: L-Table Step 3 Schedule 23 vs. T-Table Step 3 Schedule 23.

The Core Issue of Salary Points If you don’t earn 98 salary points in your first ten years of teaching (about 70 or so beyond the ones you’ll get for completing your credential), You won’t make as much for your work, AND You won’t make as much in retirement.

Three Teachers… Teacher A: She takes no additional courses, so earns no salary points. She moves horizontally across the schedule to 22T10 and stays there until her retirement. Teacher B: She assumes that the “top” of the schedule is 27T10. She earns 2 or 3 salary points a year, getting to 27T10 in her 30th year. Teacher C: She understands that to get to C4-30 by retirement time that she must get to 27T10 by her tenth year. She takes an average of 8 salary points per year and reaches 27T10 as she starts her tenth year.

When You Add It Up Compare B to A, and you find that B makes over $180,000 more during her career. Compare C to A, and you find that C makes over $388,000 more during her career. The ONLY DIFFERENCE between B and C is that C took her classes within 10 years. The lesson: Earn your salary points within your first ten years for an additional $200,000!

On the Road to 98 Rating In Multicultural Requirement How CEU’s, Quarter Units, and Semester Units translate into Salary Points Ways to Earn Salary Points (achieve.lausd.net/salary-point) Finding Salary Point Classes Online Courses

1. Rating In Take all of your post-graduate transcripts into Salary Allocation. Do this within 4 months, and any salary adjustments will be retroactive. Transcripts don’t have to be sealed, but they must be originals. Community college classes taken AFTER your completed bachelor’s degree count!

2. Multicultural Requirement You have to take 4 salary points of Multicultural Credit in order to move on the salary table. You can meet the requirements with accredited coursework, certain approved courses from non-accredited vendors, and through special LAUSD-approved salary point courses. If you completed something you think would count, point it out to Salary Allocation – they may not necessarily hunt it down!

3. Salary Point Mathematics 1 semester unit = 1 SP 1 quarter unit = .66 SP 3 CEUs = 1 SP 14 salary points yield a move on the salary table Two models of coursework… 15 hours in class with 30 hours of homework 30 hours in class with little to no homework

4. Ways to Earn Salary Points P or NA Classes – These are pre-approved courses offered by District staff or non- accredited institutions. 30 PD Hours with an NA Form – Collect verification of 30 hours of unpaid PD and submit the paperwork with an NA Form. U-Form Work – Submit transcripts for accredited coursework (including CCs!) T-Form Travel – Use a T-Form before you travel. Write and Teach a Salary Point Class

30 Hours of PD for a Salary Point As with all salary point work, the PD has to take place outside of paid time. Lots of places offer PD for teachers – if you’re not sure it will work, get your NA form pre- approved. The PD doesn’t have to be the same (you could do a 13-hour aquarium program, an 8-hour art tour, and a 9-hour class on classroom management as part of the same package).

Don’t Get Fooled by $25/Hour! LAUSD frequently offers classes or trainings for $25 (or, recently, $17) an hour. You could get $375 (or $255) for 15 hours or You could take a 15-hour class (with homework) to earn a salary point. Taking the salary point option is clearly the way to go – it’ll be worth $650 over 10 years, $2900 over 20 years, $5500 over 30 years, and over 20 years of retirement, $9600. If you want the training, get a certificate for the hours INSTEAD of the payment!

6. Online Coursework Be careful about online courses. There must be contact with the instructor for the courses to count. No contact = no credit! Be careful about online courses. Some places will offer all kinds of crazy “units” or “credits” that aren’t equal to salary points. Be careful about online courses. Just because an organization sent you an email from an lausd.net address doesn’t mean it is legitimate!

Keep Records of Everything Keep a copy of EVERYTHING you send to Salary Allocation. Send your submissions via registered mail. Check your salary point totals online and keep up with what has cleared and what hasn’t. It takes 8 weeks for most items to post. Make sure that you are being paid the right amount!

Reading Your Paystub

achieve.lausd.net/salary-point Contact Information achieve.lausd.net/salary-point Ingrid Gunnell Esmerelda Khoury (213) 241-5486 (213) 241-5485 img2162@lausd.net epk9958@lausd.net Professional Development Advisors 333 S. Beaudry Ave 14th Floor, NBCT Unit Los Angeles, CA 90017