Teacher Salary & Contract Advancement
Advancing on the Salary Schedule
Salary Advancement requests are accepted two times a year.
Requests must be received by September 10th or January 10th
Step 1 - Verify that all transcripts are in your personnel file
Step 2 - Complete the Salary Advancement Request Form
Continuing Contract
All requests must be received by October 1st each school year for consideration for the following school year.
Step 1 - Verify that all transcripts are in your personnel file
Step 2 - Complete the Continuing Contract Request Form
Continuing Contract
(E) A continuing contract is a contract that remains in effect until the teacher resigns, elects to retire, or is retired pursuant to former section 3307.37 of the Revised Code, or until it is terminated or suspended and shall be granted only to teachers who have provided notice of their eligibility by the fifteenth day of September of the year the teacher becomes eligible for a continuing contract and who have met one of the following criteria:
(1) The teacher holds a professional, permanent, or life teacher's certificate;
(2) The teacher meets the following conditions:
(a) The teacher was initially issued a teacher's certificate or educator license prior to January 1, 2011.
(b) The teacher holds a professional educator license issued under section 3319.22 or 3319.222 or former section 3319.22 of the Revised Code or a senior professional educator license or lead professional educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.
(c) The teacher has completed the applicable one of the following:
(i) If the teacher did not hold a master's degree at the time of initially receiving a teacher's certificate under former law or an educator license, thirty semester hours of coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license, as specified in rules which the state board of education shall adopt;
(ii) If the teacher held a master's degree at the time of initially receiving a teacher's certificate under former law or an educator license, six semester hours of graduate coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt.
(3) The teacher meets the following conditions:
(a) The teacher never held a teacher's certificate and was initially issued an educator license on or after January 1, 2011.
(b) The teacher holds a professional educator license, senior professional educator license, or lead professional educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code.
(c) The teacher has held an educator license for at least seven years.
(d) The teacher has completed the applicable one of the following:
(i) If the teacher did not hold a master's degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, thirty semester hours of coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of that license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt;
(ii) If the teacher held a master's degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, six semester hours of graduate coursework in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of that license, as specified in rules which the state board shall adopt.