Professional Employee. Any employee of the School District who is regularly assigned, on a part-time or full-time basis, to the teaching staff of the district in a position which requires a certificate issued by the State Department of Education. Professional Employee includes early childhood and pre-K teachers (collectively referred to herein as “Pre-K”), elementary and secondary classroom teachers; teachers of music, art, physical education, and reading; counselors; librarians; special education teachers; resource teachers; teachers of summer school, homebound, District school, and alternative program teachers. In addition, Professional Employee includes nurses (both degreed and non-degreed), art therapists, music therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech pathologists, and social workers. Professional Employee shall not include administrative employees, substitute teachers, administrative specialists, school psychologists, or educational aides. When used in the singular it shall include the plural.
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