Said It Here

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

Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.

  1. 1
    Asking the district payroll team or HR department for clarification
  2. 2
    Reviewing the specific district contract language
  3. 3
    Taking post-degree or graduate-level courses to meet advancement criteria

In their words

Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.

“My contract specifies that they had to be earned after the degree was conferred.”source ↗

mlind711 · r/Teachers · 5 upvotes

“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 ↗

Intrepid-Ad1191 · r/Teachers · 1 upvotes

Where this came up

r/Teachersteachers

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