Do extra undergraduate credits count toward a salary bump?
Extra credits earned during your undergraduate degree typically do not count toward salary advancement unless they were completed after the degree was officially conferred. School district contracts usually specify that lane changes require post-degree credits, leaving teachers unable to use extra coursework or minors finished within their initial four years for a pay raise.
What people tried
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- 1Asking the district payroll team or HR department for clarificationDid this help you?
- 2Reviewing the specific district contract languageDid this help you?
- 3Taking post-degree or graduate-level courses to meet advancement criteriaDid this help you?
In their words
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“My contract specifies that they had to be earned after the degree was conferred.”source ↗
“The way my district’s salary schedule is set up, I can move to the next column for a pay raise when I have my “Bachelor’s + 15 credits.” My question is, since I completed extra courses on top of my Bachelor’s degree, do these count? Or does this scale specifically refer to credits earned after my Bachelor’s?”source ↗
“I completed an additional minor during my four years that was not required, and gave me more than 15 credits PAST the required 120 that my degree requires. So do you think I qualify for BA+15?”source ↗
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