Authenticated PDF Version1.1 The following requirements shall be met in order to receive the salary supplements established by 14 Del.C. §1305. This regulation shall apply to the awarding of salary supplements as a percentage of the State portion of an Educator's annual salary paid in accordance with the provisions of 14 Del.C. §1305 for gaining knowledge and skills that lead to more effective instruction, for achieving national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or from an equivalent program, and for accepting Additional Responsibility Assignments that impact student achievement.
1.2 Supplements are available subject to an annual appropriation from the General Assembly.
The following words and terms, when used in this regulation, shall have the following meaning:
"Additional responsibility assignments" means additional assignments for Educators that are academic in nature and that impact student achievement. For purposes of this regulation and pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1305(n), extracurricular or noninstructional supervisory activities are specifically excluded from additional responsibility assignments.
“Administrator mentor” means a certified administrator who holds a Continuing License, is currently employed as an administrator, performs the duties and responsibilities in the State’s administrator mentor program, and is rated as satisfactory on the State’s current evaluation system or the equivalent thereof on a state-approved alternative educator evaluation system. A certified administrator is an educator who holds at least one of the following Standard Certificates: School Principal and Assistant School Principal Standard Certificate (14 DE Admin. Code 1591), Certified Central Office Personnel Standard Certificate (14 DE Admin. Code 1592), Superintendent and Assistant Superintendent Standard Certificate (14 DE Admin. Code 1593), and Special Education Director Standard Certificate (14 DE Admin. Code 1594).
“Base salary” means the salary earned by an educator as determined by the educator’s level of education and years of service on the Delaware educators’ salary schedule pursuant to 14 Del.C. §1305.
"Department" means the Delaware Department of Education.
"Educator" means a person licensed and certified by the State under 14 Del.C. Ch. 12 to engage in the practice of instruction, administration, or other related professional support services in Delaware public schools, including charter schools, pursuant to the rules and regulations developed by the Professional Standards Board, in consultation and cooperation with the Department, and approved by the State Board of Education. The term ‘educator’ does not include substitute teachers.
"Knowledge and skills" means understandings and abilities that, when acquired by educators, lead to more effective instruction.
“National certification” means an Educator has achieved and maintains a current national certification as provided in 14 Del.C. §1305(l).
"Salary supplement", when referring to knowledge, skills, national certification, and additional responsibility based supplements, means additional State salary as described in 14 Del.C. §1305.
“Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentor” means a teacher or specialist who holds a Continuing or Advanced License, has participated in the training approved by the Department for Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentors, is employed by an employing authority as a Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentor, and performs the duties and responsibilities assigned to that position. Educators serving as Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentors must have all satisfactory evaluations on the State’s current evaluation system, or the equivalent thereof on a state-approved alternative educator evaluation system, during the school year in which they are mentors and may not be on an improvement plan, or the equivalent therefore in a state-approved alternative educator evaluation system. Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentors oversee the comprehensive induction program at the building level, train Teacher or Specialist Mentors, and provide support to teachers or specialists in years 3 and 4 of the program. Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentors may mentor an educator in years 1 and 2 of the program.
“Teacher or Specialist Mentor” means an educator who holds a Continuing or Advanced License and has participated in the training for mentors of teachers and specialists specified by the Department and the employing authority. Educators serving as Teacher or Specialist Mentors must have satisfactory evaluations on the State’s current evaluation system, or the equivalent thereof on a state-approved alternative educator evaluation system, during the school year in which they are mentors and may not be on an improvement plan, or the equivalent therefore in a state-approved alternative educator evaluation system. Teacher or Specialist Mentors provide 1 to 1 support for educators in years 1 and 2 of the program.
3.0 Knowledge and Skills Salary Supplements
Currently, there are not any approved knowledge and skills salary supplements.
4.1 An educator may receive a salary supplement for achieving and currently maintaining the following certifications as provided in 14 Del.C. §1305(l):
4.1.1 National Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards;
4.1.3 National Certified School Counselor from the National Board for Certified Counselors;
4.1.4 Music Therapist – Board Certified (MT-BC) from the Certification Board for Music Therapists;
5.0 Additional Responsibility Assignments
5.1 Additional responsibility assignments shall be:
5.1.1 Focused on school improvement issues that impact student achievement;
5.1.2 Supported by high quality, targeted professional development; and
5.3 Additional responsibility assignment salary supplements may be renewed.
5.4 The following assignments are currently an approved additional responsibility assignment:
5.4.1 Administrator Mentor, Teacher or Specialist Lead Mentor, and Teacher or Specialist Mentor as provided in 14 DE Admin. Code 1503.
6.0 Educators’ Eligibility for Salary Supplements
7.0 Payment of Salary Supplements
Salary Supplements for Additional Responsibility Assignments. Salary supplements earned by educators who are paid in accordance with the provisions of 14 Del.C. §1305 as a result of fulfilling additional responsibility assignments shall be effective following receipt by the Department of documentation from the school district, charter school, or other employing authority of satisfactory completion of the duties associated with the additional responsibility assignment and shall be paid annually.
8.0 Limits on Salary Supplements
Salary supplements shall be paid to an Educator in accordance with the provisions of 14 Del.C. §1305.
