Years of experience shall be considered as the number of years of teaching experience actually completed from the time of certification or receipt of letter of authority following training in those places and under those conditions as set out in the regulations of the Department of Education.
For the period January 1st to June 30th, years of experience shall be considered as the number of years of teaching actually completed up to December 31st of the previous calendar year.
For the period September 1st to December 31st, years of experience shall be considered as the number of years actually completed up to June 30th of the current calendar year.
For teachers of vocational courses, each year of trade experience beyond the acquisition of Journeyman's Papers, up to a maximum of five years of such experience, shall be counted as a year of teaching experience.
Placement on the salary scale: A teacher who has completed a whole year of experience on June 30th will be relocated on the salary scale on the following September 1st; a teacher who has completed a whole year of experience on December 31st will be relocated on the salary scale on the following January 1st. Teachers, who would ordinarily comply with either one of the above cases but lack a maximum of one month's experience to make a whole number of years of experience, shall be deemed to comply with the above provisions.