CAREER LADDER INFORMATION

• At least 2/3rd of the TOTAL hours documented must be direct student contact and 1/3rd of the TOTAL hours can be non-direct.
• ALL of the hours documented CAN be direct student contact. 
• Participants do NOT have to log any non-direct hours. 
• Participants do NOT have to work the TOTAL hours per stage to get paid -- paid hourly rate for hours worked up to maximum [TOTAL PAYABLE] per stage -- but at least 2/3rd of the total hours documented for payment must be direct contact hours.
• All hours documented must be completed beyond the contract day -- before 8:00 a.m. and after 3:30 p.m. and/or any other contracted duty time. [*HS contract time is 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.]

CAREER LADDER REMINDERS

• Contract time is 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. for most buildings* -- hours documented for Career Ladder must be before & after that contract time and/or any other contracted time. [*HS contract time is 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.]
• Document hours in 15 minute increments -- 0/15, 0/30, 0/45, 1/00, 1/15, etc.
• Documented hours must be for responsibilities that are approved and the action completed must match what is stated for each responsibility.
• Hours cannot be documented for two different responsibilities during the same time period. For instance, if you are working on curriculum while tutoring a student, you can document the direct student time OR the curriculum time, but you cannot document both. 

For the 2021-22 school year...

DIRECT HOURS -- Responsibilities #1 & 2 --

You can begin documenting hours beginning after 3:30 p.m. [3:15 p.m. for HS] on April 15, 2021.

• ALL participants are required to have Responsibility #1 in their plan and document hours for Responsibility #1.
• Contact hours throughout summer cannot be documented.
• Hours on days when students are not in attendance [PD days, holiday breaks, weekends, etc.] cannot be documented unless it is approved by the administrator. Administrator signature is required on the documentation. This requirement has been suspended for 2021-22.
• Due to liability issues, hours cannot be documented on days when school is cancelled for any reason -- weather, threat, water break, etc.
• Hours during a PD Day cannot be counted. PD Days are contracted time.
• Hours during Parent/Teacher conferences cannot be counted. P/T Conferences are contracted time.
• Responsibility #1 -- Initials of students must be included on the documentation.

NON-DIRECT HOURS -- Responsibilities #3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 --

You can document hours beginning after 3:30 p.m. [3:15 p.m. for HS] on April 15, 2021. 

• ALL participants are required to have Responsibility #3 in their plan for the 2021-22 school year.
• For Responsibilities #3, 4, & 7 -- hours can be documented during the summer.
• For Responsibilities #5 & 6 -- hours can only be documented during the school year.

FORMS...

Form 1 & 2 Career Development & Responsibility Plan is a Google Form. The Google Form is shared with participants the first part of September each school year and is due by 3:30 p.m. on September 15. Participants should receive a response receipt email indicating that the form has been submitted and are encouraged to keep the response receipt email for their records.

Form 3 Documentation 20##-## -- LAST NAME, FIRST is a Google Sheets. The Google Sheets and instructions are shared with participants before the end of the current school year and due to be shared with Kay Sprague by 3:30 p.m. on April 15 the following school year.

Form 4 Career Ladder Verification Form for NEE* is a PDF document. Form 4 is for participants who are eligible and wish to move from Stage 1 to Stage 2 or from Stage 2 to Stage 3. Form 4 will be attached to an email that is sent to participants the second semester of each school year, and it is due BEFORE April 1 when Form 5 Career Ladder Intent to Apply is due. 

*must be completed if moving from Stage 1 to Stage 2 OR from Stage 2 to Stage 3

Form 5 Intent to Apply is a Google Form. The Google Form is shared with participants in March each school year and is due by 3:30 p.m. on April 1. Participants should receive a response receipt email indicating that the form has been submitted and are encouraged to keep the response receipt email for their records.

Career Ladder Stage Qualifications Chart