APPENDIX A-2

CERTIFICATED SALARY SCHEDULE REGULATIONS
CATEGORIES I and II:
1.
In establishing the placement of a new certificated employee, credit for public school certificated experience prior to employment by the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District will be recognized on a year-for-year basis up to a maximum of six years for experience during the preceding ten years.
2.
Only graduate semester units which were taken after the date the Bachelor's Degree is received from an accredited college or university shall be counted for initial salary placement. Graduate semester units shall be at the graduate level.
3.
A certificated employee shall advance one step annually upon completion of one academic year of paid certificated experience subject to the following conditions:
a. Advancement shall be limited to the maximum number of steps in the appropriate column on the certificated salary schedule.
b. A certificated employee shall be credited with an academic year of certificated service whenever the employee has been employed on a regular contract and is in a paid status in the District for a minimum of 90 teaching days during the preceding school year. This shall only apply for certificated employees hired for service beginning in the 1991-92 school year.
4.
College units must be related to the certificated employee's current work assignment, toward an advanced degree or credential, or toward a planned expansion of the certificated employee's field, in order to apply toward class advancement on the salary schedule.
5.
All coursework as described in #4 will apply toward salary schedule advancement. Prior approval from the associate superintendent, human resources is recommended. Employee is held at risk if coursework is not from an accredited college or university or coursework does not relate to current work assignment, toward advanced degrees, or credential, or toward a planned expansion of the certificated employee's field. Lower division coursework may be applied toward salary schedule advancement only if prior written approval has been obtained from the human resources administrator.
6.
Advancement from one salary class to another upon fulfillment of established requirements may be accomplished, upon application, at the beginning of either the first or second semester of the school year.
7.
Application for advancement shall be submitted to the Human Resources Office on or before July 1 to be effective for the first semester and on or before December 1 to be effective for the second semester. Verification of completion of all required credits must be accomplished prior to the tenth day of the first calendar month of the semester affected.
8.
Placement and advancement on the appropriate certificated salary schedule shall be determined by semester units. For the purpose of converting quarter units to semester units, each quarter unit shall constitute 2/3 of one semester unit.