School secretaries, including substitute school secretaries on annual salaries, have the possibility of receiving two salary differentials: an Educational Differential and a Professional Differential. These differentials are earned based on satisfactory completion of acceptable coursework beyond what is required for the position.
Differential Name |
Differential Code (Salary Schedule*) |
Requirements |
Educational |
IIC2 (WB) |
60 credits of approved study |
Professional |
IIC3 (WE) |
Educational Differential plus additional 30 credits in professional area(s) |
* The code within parentheses—the salary schedule code—will be the code you see on your Certificate of Salary Differential once it is issued.
Educational Differential
Requirements:
- Completion of a minimum of 60 credits of approved study as indicated by:
- A degree from a regionally accredited two-year college OR
- A two-year degree from a registered business school OR
- A bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited four-year college OR
- Graduation from a four-year high school and completion of 60 credits of approved coursework
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Professional Differential
Requirements:
- Possession of the Educational Differential AND
- Satisfactory completion of an additional 30 credits of approved course work in any combination of the following professional areas:
- Typing
- Word processing
- Shorthand, speedwriting, and/or steno typing
- Office machines and/or office management
- Computer science and/or computer studies
- Business administration and/or business English, finance, law, management, organization, statistics, and/or business writing
- Accounting, bookkeeping and/or commercial arithmetic, banking, budgeting and/or money management
- One foreign language (a minimum of six credits and a maximum of 12 credits in one language may be offered toward the differential)
Notes:
- Courses in insurance, marketing, or taxes are not acceptable for either differential.
- Courses used to qualify for licensure as a school secretary will also be accepted toward fulfillment of the course requirements for either differential.
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