GCBA
PROFESSIONAL  STAFF
SALARY  SCHEDULES

Administrators

The Board will enter into an individual contract with each member of the administrative staff commensurate with the requirements of the position.  This contract shall describe the general services to be rendered by the administrator in return for financial and other considerations.  All terms and conditions of contracts with administrative staff members are to conform with the requirements of the Arizona Revised Statutes.

Other  Certificated  Personnel

The salary schedule pertains to personnel holding Arizona certificates at the elementary or secondary levels.

Initial Placement on Salary Schedule.  New teachers entering the system with prior teaching service, who have met academic and professional qualifications for Arizona State Department of Education certification, will be given a maximum credit of six (6) years for substantiated experience, except in unique and exceptional circumstances as determined by the Superintendent.

Verified previous experience recognized for the purpose of placement on the salary schedule is defined as any previous full-time certificated teaching in any public school.  For a teacher to receive credit for previous teaching experience, the teacher must furnish Human Resources the full information concerning the previous teaching records.  When the experience has been verified, credit will be given by the District.

Days intended for participation in professional association activities are not to be compensated under an employee's contract or other employment agreements.  For the purpose of this policy, professional association activities for which compensation is not available do not include in-service training in the certificated employee's assigned area of employment.

In addition to the compensation set forth above, a teacher shall be paid for each occasion that the teacher is assigned by the principal to teach a class during what would otherwise be the teacher's planning period.  The loss of a teacher's planning period is defined as the period of time between thirty (30) minutes and one (1) hour when a teacher is normally assigned a preparation period or planning period and is required by the principal to teach because no substitute is available.  The actual compensation to be paid shall be adopted by the Governing Board. 

Substitutes

The compensation paid to substitute teachers is based on the following factors:

●  Each full day of substitute service for the District.  Less than full day service shall be prorated in half day increments.

●  Service of up to fifteen (15) full days.  Two (2) half-days will be considered the equivalent of one (1) full day of service.

●  Service of more than fifteen (15) days. 

●  Consecutive service of more than fifteen (15) days of long-term substitute service for the District.

Long-term substitute service is defined as substitute service for more than fifteen (15) consecutive school days in the same position.

The actual compensation to be paid based on each particular combination of the above factors shall be set forth by a substitute daily rate of pay adopted by the Governing Board.

This policy does not provide for retroactive pay increases.

Advancement  on  Salary  Schedule

Vertical advancement on the salary schedule will be in accordance with the salary schedule currently in effect.  Vertical advancement in most cases is limited to one (1) step per year.

Reasons for denial of vertical advancement on the salary schedule include but are not limited to:

●  Lack of cooperation with the administration in carrying out adopted policies of the school.

●  Unprofessional conduct.

Other  Contract  Provisions

Any person who does not work the full term as set up by the salary schedule shall be paid on a prorated basis for the number of days to be worked for the remainder of the school year; this shall include school days taught plus the number of days required for orientation.

For newly hired, critical, and difficult-to-fill certificated personnel positions placed on the teachers' salary schedule, differentials above the stated schedule may be paid.

A teacher who is or has been employed by or teaching at a charter school, and was previously employed by the School District, shall receive the benefits, protections, and preferences granted under A.R.S. 15-187.

Adopted:  June 26, 2018

LEGAL REF.: 
A.R.S. 
15-502
15-504
15-941

CROSS REF.: 
GCCE - Professional/Support Staff Conferences/Visitations/Workshops