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 Teacher ProComp

Advanced Licenses and Certificates

The salary building incentive for an advanced license or certificate is a percentage of the ProComp Index. Currently the salary building incentive is: (9%) x(Index) x (Full Time Equivalent).  The incetive is added to your annual salary.

Eligibility

• Employee must be in an eligible bargaining unit assignment and hold a license or certificate from the list of positions/recognized advanced licenses/certificates.
• Employees can receive incentive for only one license/certificate in any one bargaining unit assignment, however, an employee who works two positions can receive more than one incentive for holding licenses/certificates in more than one discipline. For instance, an employee who is .5 FTE Social Worker and a .5 Nurse with both a DORA and a SNP will be paid two full incentives. License and certificate payment eligibility are based on Employee's current assignment. A license or certificate can only be applied once to salary building.
• If an employee's advanced license or cerificate is not on the list, DPS has a process to add it to the approved list. Once the license or certificate meets the six criteria outlined below, use the process to submit it for final review and approval by the committee.  
  • The license or certificate must: 
    1. Exceed the entry level requirements called for by the district and the Colorado Dept of Education.
    2. Be renewable through a process that may require further demonstration of expertise.
    3. Enhance and be directly related to, aligned with, or supportive of the employee's current role, or temporary assignment covered by the DCTA Bargaining Unit.
  • The license or certificate process must require:
    1. Documented or supervised practical experience or reflective practice verified by the licensing agency.
    2. Passing an examination that requires rigorous content knowledge.
    3. Demonstration of results by exceeding national benchmarks for performance set by the licensing agency. 

How to Receive Payment

• To receive payment, the employee must have an active Advanced License or Certificate.
• Eligible Employees must be an active participant of ProComp and must have a status of active with benefits (AB), leave with pay (LP), leave summer pay/benefits (LR), or FMLA leave (LF status in Lawson, which is currently unused) at the time of payout in order to receive payment.
• To start the process, the employee submits the Employee Information Change Form to Payroll Business Services.  Include proof of license or certificate. If you have completed an advanced license or certificate and can provide proof in the form of a fax or letter showing that dues have been paid and that the license or certificate is valid, DPS will honor this until such time as official documentation arrives. 
• The effective date of the increase in pay or reinstated pay is the first of the month in which the completed paperwork was received.
• Employees who submit completed paperwork by the 10th of the month should be paid on the end of the month paycheck.  If that deadline is missed, the employee will see the increase on the next pay date with retro-active pay to the first day of the month in which complete paperwork was submitted.
• The amount of incentive pay is based on the the employee's current FTE.
• If the Advanced License or Certificate expires, payout will be discontinued for any period of time the license/certificate is not effective. To reinstate payment for this incentive, resubmit proof of license renewal to Business Services.