Common use of Equal Clause in Contracts

Equal. SENIORITY A tie in seniority will occur when two (2) or more employees have the same amount of seniority credit as determined by the final seniority list issued in March of that year. Ties in seniority will be broken by the following method of order to determine the most senior employee: 1. The employee with the greatest number of days under a regular teaching contract; then 2. The employee who has worked in a full-time position versus a part- time position; then 3. Previous interrupted employment with the school district as a long- term substitute; then 4. The employee with the highest level of teacher certification/licensure: a. Multi Areas of certification/licensure (including endorsements) will have preference over a single area of certification/licensure; then 5. The employee with the highest level of education: a. Number of degrees: Doctoral, masters, bachelors; b. Hours beyond the degree: Post-doctoral, post-masters, post- bachelors; then 6. By lottery, with the most senior employee being the one whose name is drawn first, etc. This procedure will be implemented in the presence of a designated Association representative.