NEW!  Lane change forms and the pre-approval forms are now electronic! 

You can submit your form, and upload any documents through Employee Self Service.  From the main menu in Self Service, go to "Employee Action Forms" and select the form from the menu.   Step by step instructions on completing an electronic lane change form are linked below.   Please read the Lane Change Instruction document below before calling HR and before submitting a lane change request. 

Teacher Lane Change Instructions

How to submit an e-form for a pre-approval

How to submit an e-form for a lane change

• You must get PRE-APPROVAL for external classes in order for them to qualify for a lane change.
• In-service workshops must be taken UNPAID in order to qualify for a lane change.  Make sure your time is reported as UNPAID.  (If your building clerk submits your time for you, make sure you tell them to indicate UNPAID, not "personal" time.)  If this is not done and payroll pays you for your time at a workshop/class taken during the normal work day, that pay cannot be reversed, and your time at that workshop will not be counted towards a lane change.

• It is the responsibility of each employee to submit in-service/workshop certificates with the appropriate pre-approvals to Human Resources for lane change.
• PDExpress does not report any information to Human Resources.
• Official transcripts, original grade reports, electronic copies of transcripts, or grade reports from the college with a letter grade of A,B,C, pass, or Satisfactory and PDExpress transcripts that indicate inservice credit requested are acceptable forms of verification.
• Semester credits are weighted by 1.5 to determine the quarter credit equivalent (e.g. 3 semester credits X 1.5 = 4.5 quarter credits).

If you have any questions about the lane change process, please e-mail payroll at payroll@spps.org.

The lanes on the teacher salary schedule are as follows: