American International School

Salary Scale

All faculty members are placed on the AIS Main Salary Scale in accordance with their qualifications and previous teaching experience.

Scale A	Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recognized teaching credential/certification/diploma requiring a minimum of 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time formal teacher training Higher Degree (PHD/EdD)
Scale B	Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recognized teaching credential/certification/diploma requiring a minimum of 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time formal teacher training Higher Degree(MA/MEd/MSc)
Scale C	Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) recognized teaching credential/certification/diploma requiring a minimum of 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time formal teacher training Bachelor’s Degree/BEd
Scale C	Non QTS but holding a postgraduate Masters Degree or other Higher Degree
Scale D	Non QTS but holding a Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent

AIS will recognize previous teaching experience up to a maximum of 10 years prior to joining AIS.

Experience is recognized by incremental steps on the AIS Salary Scale. There are two levels of step:

HK$1000 p/month will be added to the teacher’s entrance point on the Salary Scale in recognition of each year of:

Full-time classroom teaching (minimum 10 consecutive months) in an accredited international school, or

Full-time classroom teaching (minimum 10 consecutive months) in a bona-fide school in any country where English is the first language, that is recognized, registered and approved by the respective government’s education department or organization

HK$500 p/month will be added to the teacher’s entrance point on the Salary Scale in recognition of each year of:

Full-time classroom teaching (minimum 10 consecutive months) in a bona-fide school in any country where English is not the first language, that is recognized, registered and approved by the respective government’s education department or organization (e.g. Government schools in Hong Kong or Singapore, JET program in Japan)

Teaching in language schools, tutorial classes, and private tutoring, supply teaching, temporary and occasional teaching or teaching at special skills training institutions is not recognized by AIS as regular classroom teaching experience on this scale.

Letters or other relevant documents must substantiate experience outside AIS. The burden of proof rests with the individual.

An annual salary increment of HK$1000 will be added to the teacher’s base salary for every one year of full-time teaching at AIS.

Part-time teaching experience at AIS will be calculated pro-rata according to the teaching load/full-time load factor.

The successful completion of the full contract term will provide for the additional payment of a gratuity amount equal to the final month’s salary. This will be paid together with the final month’s salary at the end of July.

A teacher may request sabbatical leave for one year without pay upon successful completion of 10 consecutive years’ employment at AIS.

Entrance Points on the Main Salary Scale

*Years of Experience	Scale A	Scale B	Scale C	Scale D
None	27,000	26,000	25,000	24,000
1	28,000	27,000	26,000	25,000
2	29,000	28,000	27,000	26,000
3	30,000	29,000	28,000	27,000
4	31,000	30,000	29,000	28,000
5	32,000	31,000	30,000	29,000
6	33,000	32,000	31,000	30,000
7	34,000	33,000	32,000	31,000
8	35,000	34,000	33,000	32,000
9	36,000	35,000	34,000	33,000
10	37,000	36,000	35,000	34,000

The above figures are monthly salaries and are expressed in Hong Kong Dollars. For illustrative purposes the above table assumes Years of Experience to be calculated at HK$1000 p/year.

'All remuneration is expressed and provided in Hong Kong Dollars on a monthly basis'

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