Education Salary Credit Continuing Teacher Salary Advancement through Professional Growth

Education Salary Credit General Information To request pre-approval of a course or to submit your completed courses, you must always use iVisions. To be eligible for salary increases for the subsequent year, all coursework, transcripts and supporting documentation must be completed and submitted through iVisions no later than February 15th of each year. Use iVisions February 15th Deadline

Salary Credit The allocation of monies for Professional Growth for future school years is determined by the Governing Board annually based on available funding. Teachers who submitted eligible coursework (meeting the requirements in Meet and Confer), may be compensated and the rate will be determined by the Governing Board. (For the 09-10 school year the rate was $80 per credit hour)

Salary Credit Teachers on Option A (pay as you go option) received $80 per credit hour(pro-rated to FTE) for all eligible courses for this year. To know which courses are eligible, please check iVisions. Teachers on Option B the (one time 15 credit option) completed 15 credit hours prior to February 15th were compensated for all 15 hours. For this year, if a teacher on Option B accrued more than 15 hours, all credit hours submitted were compensated at the rate of $80 per credit hour (pro-rated to FTE) for this year. Option A Option B

Looking Ahead…2011 - 2012 All decisions regarding compensation are determined by the Governing Board and based on availability of funds. All coursework must be completed and submitted through iVisions by February 15, 2011, to be eligible for possible compensation in the 2011-2012 school year.

Education Salary Credit Procedures University Course Professional Growth Committee pre-approves courses that meet district standards; submit pre-approval through iVisions Once course is completed, add completed coursework and attach transcript through iVisions District Courses Sign up under PGO Complete course; print and scan PGO transcript Once course is completed, add completed coursework record and attach transcript through iVisions IDEAL, ASSET, PBS Courses Complete course print and scan certificate