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General Overview of this document
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1. Each step generally represents one year of work. A teacher with no previous experience who has worked at Monarch for 3 years will start their 4th year on Step 4. The board will make all effort to maintain at least these increases each year, but the board has the right to freeze step increases on a given year if there is a need for the financial health of the school.
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2. The highest number of years a teacher may be hired to START at Monarch is the highligted step, if the teacher is an Elementary has over 10 years of teaching experience or a First Steps teacher and has over 3 years of experience. For example, an Elementary teacher with 10 years of previous experience in a similar position would start at Monarch Montessori on Step 11 in Elementary and Step 4 in First Steps.The board may waive this requirement.
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3. Previous years' teaching experience is counted at 100% for full time teaching experience in a similar position (Montessori lead experience for a person in a Montessori lead position; Music teacher experience for a person in a Music teaching position).
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4. Previous years' teaching experience is counted at 50% for full time teaching experience in a position that is not similar (for example, 10 years of experience as a teacher in a traditional classroom would count as 5 years' experience if the teacher is moving into their first year as a Lead Lower El teacher)

The exception for this is any experience in an instructional role at Monarch Montessori. In other words, the years of experience of a Monarch assistant who becomes a lead at Monarch remain part of that teacher's step. A teacher who was an assistant for two years and becomes a lead in year three will start the Lead role on step 3. Teachers who move between First Steps and Charter will retain their steps when changing schools.
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5. Substitute teaching, before/after care, and student teaching experience are considered when making hiring decisions, but do not impact the salary scale. A person with 3 years of substitute teaching experience, but no experience as a regular classroom teacher, will start at Monarch on step 1.
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6. For mid-year hires: Teachers who start to work at Monarch mid-year, but before January 1st of that school year, will move up one step that August with all other teachers. Teachers who start to work at Monarch mid-year, but after Jan 1st, will remain on the same step until August of the following school year. For example, a teacher who is hired and begins work in November 2019 will move to the next step in August of 2020, but a teacher who is hired and begins work in February 2020 will not move to the next step until August of 2021.
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7. Lanes correspond with specific qualifications. It is at the discretion of the Executive Director to determine equivalents where applicable.
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8. At any time Monarch leadership may (but is not obligated to) offer bonuses or incentives to recognize excellence, or offer stipends for additional work that is needed beyond roles listed in this document, if there is sufficient funding in a given year.
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