House Journal: Page 1916: Monday, May 7, 2001
15 The Iowa teacher career path and salary minimums are
16 as follows:
17 1. Effective July 1, 2001, the following career
18 path levels are established and shall be implemented
19 in accordance with this chapter:
20 a. BEGINNING TEACHER.
21 (1) A beginning teacher is a teacher who meets the
22 following requirements:
23 (a) Has successfully completed an approved
24 practitioner preparation program as defined in section
25 272.1.
26 (b) Holds a provisional teacher license issued by
27 the board of educational examiners.
28 (c) Participates in the beginning teacher
29 mentoring and induction program as provided in this
30 chapter.
31 (2) The participating district shall increase the
32 district's minimum salary for a first-year beginning
33 teacher by at least one thousand five hundred dollars
34 per year above the minimum salary paid to a first-year
35 beginning teacher in the previous year unless the
36 minimum salary for a first-year beginning teacher
37 exceeds twenty-eight thousand dollars.
38 b. CAREER TEACHER.
39 (1) A career teacher is a teacher who meets the
40 following requirements:
41 (a) Has successfully completed the beginning
42 teacher mentoring and induction program and has
43 successfully completed a comprehensive evaluation as
44 provided in this chapter.
45 (b) Is reviewed by the school district as
46 demonstrating the competencies of a career teacher.
47 (c) Holds a valid license issued by the board of
48 educational examiners.
49 (d) Participates in teacher career development as
50 set forth in this chapter and demonstrates continuous
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1 improvement in teaching.
2 (3) The participating district shall provide a two
3 thousand dollar difference between the average
4 beginning teacher salary and the minimum career
5 teacher salary, unless the school district has a
6 minimum career teacher salary that exceeds thirty
7 thousand dollars.
8 2. It is the intent of the general assembly to
9 establish and require the implementation of and
10 provide for the implementation of the following
11 additional career path levels by July 1, 2003:
12 a. CAREER II TEACHER.
13 (1) A career II teacher is a teacher who meets the
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