Courses for Salary Schedule Advancement OT & PT Services Course Approval Forms Certified staff members must receive approval for courses from their supervisor and division director prior to enrolling in a class if they intend to use the credit to advance on the salary schedule. The course must be directly related to their job assignment. Course Approval forms are available in all Branch Offices as well as the Human Resources (HR) office. Course Approval forms are prepared in triplicate and after supervisor and division director approval, the original is sent to the HR Office for inclusion in the employee's personnel file, the yellow copy is returned to the employee and the pink copy goes to the supervisor. Up to seven hours of staff development credit may be included with graduate hours on the BA+15, MA+30, and MA+45 lanes of the salary schedule. Staff Development Credit Certified staff members may apply for up to seven hours of staff development credit on each of the following lanes; BA+15, MA+30, and MA+45 toward reclassification on the salary schedule. Courses need prior approval by the supervisor to advance on the salary schedule and must be directly related to job assignment. Reclassification Certified staff members may request reclassification for advancement on the salary schedule. This request must be received by October 1 of the contract year for which graduate credit and/or staff development credit is requested. All courses must be completed prior to September 1. Proof of completion of work shall be by official transcript submitted to their supervisor for approval and forwarded to the Human Resources office on or before October 15. Salary increases shall be retroactive to the beginning of the employee's current contract. Courses need prior approval to advance on the salary schedule and must be directly related to job assignment. Up to seven hours of staff development credit may be included in graduate hours on the BA+15, MA+30, and MA+45 lanes of the salary schedule. Updated 3-25-00

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