Advanced Degree Supplements

Marion County Public Schools pays a Salary Supplement to Instructional employees with an advanced degree who meet the criteria below.

Advanced Degree Supplements

  • Master’s Degree $2,500
  • Master's +36 $4500
  • Specialist Degree $4,500
  • Doctoral Degree $6,500

Criteria

  • If you have earned an advanced degree with a major listed in the Guide to Acceptable Majors for Educator Certification Specialization* and hold certification coverage that corresponds to it, you may be eligible for the supplement.
  • If you hold an advanced degree from an accredited College of Education and hold certification coverage that aligns with the advanced degree (e.g., Master's in Teaching Science and a Certification in Biology), you may be eligible for the supplement.
  • If you are eligible for the Master’s degree supplement, and have completed an additional 36 graduate credit hours in a single course of study, you may be eligible for the Master’s +36 supplement.

The supplement’s effective date would be according to these provisions:

  1. The supplement will be effective on the employee’s first day of work in the current school year, if the degree’s conferred date was prior to the current school year.
  2. If the degree is conferred during the school year, the supplement will be effective on the next business day after the degree’s conferred date.
  3. If a subject area was added to a Florida Educator Certificate, the supplement will be effective on the date that the subject area was added to the certificate. 

*Please be aware that the DOE approved Guide to Acceptable Majors for Educator Certification Specialization may change without notice.

Note: In order to receive an Advanced Degree Supplement, your degree must be conferred.

Mail official transcripts to:

Employment Services Division

420 SE Alvarez Ave.

Ocala, FL 34471