Salary

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.

* 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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