MASTER TEACHER / NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION

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MASTER TEACHER /NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION
State Board Policy 2700
MS Code 37-19-7
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FY 2010-11 Payments

• During the 2010-11 school year, National Board
  supplements will be paid in 1/12th increments.
• The payments will initially be based on the
  number of national board teachers from FY
  2009-10.
• Payments will be adjusted based on nationally
  certified teachers reported on 2010-11 Personnel
  Report (MSIS).

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• What this means
• You must have your national board personnel
  entered into MSIS by January 31st (including all
  newly certified individuals)
• Once we run the report on the 2010-11 national
  board individuals, your district total will be
  adjusted to actual.
• After the adjustment, payments will reflect the
  new amount for the remainder of the year.
• Some districts may owe the State a refund.

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FY 2010-11 Payments

MS CODE 37-19-7 (2) (a)  The following
employees shall receive an annual salary
supplement in the amount of Six Thousand Dollars
(6,000.00), plus fringe benefits, in addition to
any other compensation to which the employee may
be entitled  Any licensed teacher who has met
the requirements and acquired a Master Teacher
certificate from the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards and who is
employed by a local school board or the State
Board of Education as a teacher and not as an
administrator. Such teacher shall submit
documentation to the State Department of
Education that the certificate was received prior
to October 15 in order to be eligible for the
full salary supplement in the current school
year...
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FY 2010-11 Payments

Teachers who have a certificate that expires in
November 2010 are eligible for the full
supplement for the 2010-11 year.
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• NATIONAL BOARD
• From the appropriation bill
• (HB1622 Sec. 41)
• "....It is the intent of the Legislature that
  each eligible employee who meets the National
  Board requirements under section 37-19-7 (2) ,
  Mississippi Code of 1972, shall be paid the full
  supplement and that such supplement shall be
  included on a prorated basis in the employee's
  monthly paycheck."

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FY 2010-11 Process

• Information for reimbursement of supplements will
  be pulled from the Personnel / Accreditation
  Reports in MSIS.
• It is only necessary to submit forms for the
  reimbursement of fees and not for supplements.

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FY 2010-11 Process

• Reimbursement for the initial cost to obtain a
  national certificate must still be submitted by
  paper.
• Fees associated with the retaking of the NBPTS
  process are not eligible for reimbursement.

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FY 2010-11 Process

• Reimbursement for Supplements paid to Teachers
• There are many important things to remember when
  entering information for the reimbursement of
  supplements.

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MODULESgtPERSONNELgtGENERAL/SCHEDULE EMPLOYEE
ENTRYgtSCHEDULE TAB

• Click on the SALARY tab. There are various
  salary fields. There is a Teacher Salary, Annual
  Salary, and Salary under the Non-Teaching
  Salaries section.
• TEACHER SALARY - After clicking the salary tab,
  the cursor will be in the TEACHER SALARY field.
  Enter the teachers contracted amount for
  teaching duties.
• ANNUAL SALARY This is a computed field and does
  not allow any data entry. The system will add
  all non-teaching and teaching salaries in the
  ANNUAL SALARY field.
• NON-TEACHING SALARIES - If the employee has a
  Salary from Non-Teaching Courses (bus driver,
  coach, etc.), those courses must be on the
  Schedule for the salary to be entered. All
  non-teaching codes on an employee's schedule will
  appear in this section and a salary must be
  entered for each before leaving the screen. A
  salary of zero is acceptable.
• SALARY Enter Salary
• NATIONAL CERTIFICATION NUMBER Enter National
  Certification Number
• ISSUE DATE (MM-DD-YYYY) The date the
  certificate was issued (must be before today)
• EXPIRATION DATE (MM-DD-YYYY) The date the
  certificate will expire (must be after today)

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FY 2010-11 Process

• For supplement reimbursement information,
  remember to use the correct codes.
• Codes to use on Personnel/Accreditation Reports
• 902001 NBPTS (National Board for Professional
  Teaching Standards
• 902002 CCC (Certificate of Clinical Competence
  issued by American Speech Hearing Association
• 902003 NCSC (National Certified School
  Counselor issued by the National Counselors
  Assn.)
• 902004 NCSN (National Certified School Nurse
  ) Contact MDE prior to adding this code.

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FY 2010-11 Process

• For supplement reimbursement, remember to check
  the following on the teachers schedule
• XX in the reserved field
• Course codes must be allowed (see State Board
  Policy)
• District time (100 or other)
• Instructional minutes are sufficient

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FY 2010-11 Process

• It is important to update personnel records as
  teachers become nationally certified throughout
  the year.

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FY 2010-11 Process

• There are three reports in MSIS that are
  important to review.
• They can be found under
• REPORTS
• PERSONNEL DATA
• NATIONAL BOARD PERSONNEL
• NATIONAL BOARD EDITS
• NATIONAL BOARD PAYMENTS

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FY 2010-11 Process

1. NATIONAL BOARD PERSONNEL shows the salary entered
   by the district for each person.
2. NATIONAL BOARD EDITS is the error report.
3. NATIONAL BOARD PAYMENTS shows what MSIS is
   calculating as the reimbursement for each person.

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NATIONAL BOARD PERSONNEL
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NATIONAL BOARD EDITS
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NATIONAL BOARD PAYMENTS
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FY 2010-11 Fee Reimbursement Process

• It is only necessary to submit forms for
  reimbursement of fees (not for supplements).
• Must submit proof of completion of process
• Must submit proof of payment

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NBPTS - Master Teacher (www.nbpts.org)

• Proper NBPTS Documentation for process
  completion
• Copy of certificate
• A copy of the NBPTS notification letter
  (indicates whether the teacher has successfully
  completed the process or was not successful)
• Note Copy of the score report is not necessary

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Reimbursement of INITIAL NBPTS Fees

• Samples of proper documents to submit
• Copy of cancelled check made payable to NBPTS
• Please do not send copies of duplicate checks.
• Copy of loan check made payable to NBPTS and the
  individual teacher
• A loan check from the lending institute made
  payable to the teacher is not proper
  documentation. We have to have proof of payment
  to NBPTS. Also, do not send a copy of the loan
  agreement.
• A fee status report issued from NBPTS
• The teacher can download this from the NBPTS
  web site.
• A copy of a credit card receipt indicating
  payment to NBPTS
• We will accept a copy of a credit card statement
  if it shows the teachers name and the payment to
  NBPTS. This would be an itemized statement.
• A copy of the districts purchase order
  indicating the name of the teacher and a payment
  to NBPTS on behalf of the teacher

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NCSC CERTIFICATION(www.nbcc.org) (Issued by the
National Board of Certified Counselors)

• Proper documentation for NCSC process completion
• A copy of the National Certified School Counselor
  Certificate (NOT National Certified Counselor.)
• A copy of a Verification of Certification issued
  by NBCC which indicates that the counselor holds
  the National Certified School Counselor (NCSC)
  credential

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Reimbursement of INITIAL NCSC fees

• Samples of proper documents to be used for
  reimbursement of initial NCSC fees
• 1. Copy of a cancelled check made payable to
  NBCC.
• Please do not send copies of duplicate checks
• 2. The Verification of Certification memo, if at
  the bottom it indicates the amount paid.
• 3. A copy of a credit card receipt indicating
  payment to NBCC.
• We will accept a copy of a credit card statement
  if it shows the teachers name and the payment to
  NBCC. This would be an itemized statement.

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CCC - American Speech Hearing Association
(www.asha.org)

• Proper documentation for CCC (Speech Therapists)
  process
• 1. The copy of the ASHA card which expires on
  December 31 of the current school year. (i.e.
  the card used for the 2010-11 school year would
  expire on 12/31/10.)
• 2. A copy of a Verification of Certification
  issued by ASHA. This verification will indicate
  ASHA account number, effective date of
  certification and a valid through date.

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Reimbursement of INITIAL ASHA fees

• Samples of proper documents to be used for
  reimbursement of initial ASHA fees
• 1. Copy of cancel checks made payable to AHSA.
• Please do not send copies of duplicate checks
• 2. A copy of a credit card receipt indicating
  payment to ASHA.
• We will accept a copy of a credit card statement
  if it shows the teachers name and the payment to
  ASHA. This would be an itemized statement

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NCSN - National Certified School
Nurse (www.nbcsn.com)

• Proper documentation for NCSN process completion
• 1. A copy of the National Certified School Nurse
  certificate.
• 2. A copy of a Verification of Certification
  issued by NBCSN which indicates that the school
  nurse holds the National Certified School Nurse
  (NCSN) credential.

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Reimbursement of INITIAL NCSN fees

• Samples of proper documents to be used for
  reimbursement of NCSN fees
• 1. Copy of cancel checks made payable to NBCSN.
• Please do not send copies of duplicate checks
• 2. A copy of a credit card receipt indicating
  payment to NBCSN.
• We will accept a copy of a credit card statement
  if it shows the teachers name and the payment to
  NBCSN. This would be an itemized statement.

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National Certified School Nurse

• MS Code 37-19-7 the total number of licensed
  school nurses eligible for a salary supplement
  under this paragraph (ii) shall not exceed thirty
  (30)
• This will be determined by the time and date that
  the complete request is received by the Office of
  School Financial Services from the school
  district.
• A complete application will list the name, social
  security number, percent of district time as
  reported on the personnel report, the amount of
  salary supplement for each school nurse and a
  copy of the National School Nurse Certificate
  issued to the individual teacher.
• Incomplete applications will not be recognized as
  received by the Office of School Financial
  Services and the local school district will be
  notified.

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Building Information / Square Footage

• Review update every year.

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