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Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial salary schedule, 2026–27

VerifiedVerified 12 November 2026Lake Crystal, Minnesota

What it takes to move across the schedule in Lake Crystal-Wellcome Memorial, what the move is worth, and where the district says so. Every figure and rule here is quoted from the district's own documents.

Where are you on the schedule?

Moving across the schedule

Credits that count

Graduate-level only

No. Undergraduate credits can count.

“either graduate or undergraduate, which are not duplicates of those already taken”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 10

Related to your field

Yes. Credits must relate to your teaching field or assignment.

“courses which are germane to the teacher's field of teaching”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 10

Accreditation

regionally accredited college or university.

“must be taken at a regionally accredited college or university”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 11

Deadline

Deadline to submit

Transcripts due to the superintendent's office by September 15 and January 15 of each year.

“providing transcripts of qualified credits are submitted to the superintendent's office no later than September 15 and January 15 of each year”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 9

When the raise starts

When it starts

Pay period following September 15 or January 15.

“Pay adjustments shall be effective the pay period following September 15 or January 15.”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 9

Limits

Moves per year

2 a year.

“Individual contracts will be modified to reflect qualified lane changes twice every year”

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 9

Not stated: ask HR

The district's documents leave these 9 open. Ask before you pay for a course, and ask for the answer in writing.

  1. Does district professional development count toward a column?
  2. Do in-service hours count?
  3. Do CEUs count?
  4. Are online courses accepted, and from which providers?
  5. Do I need approval for a course before I enrol?
  6. How do I request approval for a course, and from whom?
  7. Is the raise paid back to the date I finished the credits?
  8. Is there a limit on how old a credit can be?
  9. Is there a lifetime cap on credits or column moves?

The salary schedule

2026-2027 Schedule B. 2026–27. Pick your position above to mark it.

2026-2027 Schedule B 2026–27
StepBABA+10BA+20BA+30MAMA+10MA+20MA+30
0$48,659$49,503$50,454$51,510$52,619$53,780$54,995$56,262
1$49,477$50,348$51,404$52,566$53,675$54,889$56,156$57,476
2$50,295$51,193$52,355$53,622$54,783$56,051$57,371$58,744
3$51,114$52,038$53,305$54,678$55,892$57,212$58,585$60,011
4$51,932$52,883$54,255$55,734$57,001$58,374$59,800$61,278
5$52,751$53,727$55,206$56,790$58,110$59,536$61,014$62,545
6$53,569$54,572$56,156$57,846$59,219$60,697$62,228$63,812
7$54,387$55,417$57,107$58,902$60,328$61,859$63,443$65,080
8$55,206$56,262$58,057$59,958$61,436$63,020$64,657$66,347
9$56,024$57,107$59,008$61,014$62,545$64,182$65,872$67,614
10$56,843$57,951$59,958$62,070$63,654$65,344$67,086$68,881
11$57,661$58,796$60,908$63,126$64,763$66,505$68,300$70,148
Show all 20 steps

Source: Document on 5il.co ↗, page 33 · Verified 12 November 2026 · Report an error

Where this comes from

Published by the district. We keep a copy of each document as it was on the day we read it, and every amount on this page was checked against that copy.