Retention of Employment Category. Each certificated staff member will, in accordance with the criteria set forth in paragraph E hereof, be considered for retention in the category or specialty appropriate to the position held at the time of the implementation of these procedures. For the purposes of this paragraph, an employee is currently performing in any given category or specialty if two (2) classes or more of such employee's assignment is devoted to such category or specialty. Certificated employees shall also be considered for retention in such additional categories or specialties as any such employee may designate in writing to the Superintendent or his designee, provided, that in order to qualify for consideration in any such additional category, the employee:
Retention of Employment Category. Each certificated staff member will, in accordance with the criteria set forth in paragraph E. hereof, be considered for retention in the category or specialty appropriate to the position held at the time of the implementation of these procedures. For the purposes of this paragraph, an employee is currently performing any given category or specialty if two (2) or more classes of such an employee’s assignment is devoted to such category or specialty. Certificated employees shall also be considered for retention in such additional categories or specialties as any such employee may designate in writing to the Superintendent of their designee, provided that in order to qualify for consideration in any such category, the employee: Must have had a minimum of one (1) year full time professional experience1 teaching or performing such additional category; and Such experience must have occurred during the immediately preceding ten (10) years; or The employee must have had a college major (a recognized major or equivalent involving forty-five [45] quarter hours or thirty [30] semester hours) in a field directly related to such additional category; or The employee has an endorsement in such category. The requirement of one (1) year of full-time professional experience teaching or performing in a category will be waived for secondary categories for which an employee holds a specific content level endorsement (i.e. 4-12 Math, 4-12 English, etc.). All written designations for consideration in additional categories shall be submitted in writing within five (5) working days after any request for such information is made by the Superintendent or designee. Employees will only be considered for additional categories if they do not qualify for retention in the category appropriate to the position held at the time of the implementation of these procedures.
