Professional Teacher Status. Professional Teacher Status (PTS) is earned after three years of service in the Stoneham Public Schools under a required Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) license. All teachers are required by the DESE to maintain their DESE license to remain a teacher in the Stoneham Public Schools. The period of time a teacher is on a “license waiver” is not counted towards the three year requirement for PTS. PTS maybe granted in less than three (3) years at the discretion of the Superintendent and under DESE guidelines.
Professional Teacher Status. The status of a teacher who meets the requirements under M.G.L. c. 71, § 41.
Professional Teacher Status. For the purposes of this section, a teacher, school librarian, school adjustment counselor, school nurse, school social worker or school psychologist who has served in the public schools of a school district for the three previous consecutive school years shall be considered a teacher, and shall be entitled to professional teacher status as provided in section forty-two. The superintendent of said district, upon the recommendation of the principal, may award such status to any teacher who has served in the principal's school for not less than one year or to a teacher who has obtained such status in any other public school district in the commonwealth. A teacher without professional teacher status shall be notified in writing on or before June fifteenth whenever such person is not to be employed for the following school year. Unless such notice is given as herein provided, a teacher without such status shall be deemed to be appointed for the following school year. School principals, by whatever title their position may be known, shall not be represented in collective bargaining, but each principal, upon the written request of the principal, shall meet and discuss the terms and conditions of the principal's employment in the principal's school district with the district's superintendent or the superintendent's designee, at a time to be determined by the superintendent and may be represented by an attorney or other representative. School principals shall enter into individual employment contracts with their employing districts concerning the terms and conditions of employment. The initial contract with each individual school district shall be for not less than 1 year nor more than 3 years. The second and subsequent contracts shall be for not less than 3 nor more than 5 years unless: (i) said contract is a 1 year contract based on the failure of the superintendent to notify the principal of the proposed nonrenewal of his contract pursuant to this section; or (ii) both parties agree to a shorter term of employment. Notwithstanding the past employment conditions of a school principal, the conditions established by this paragraph shall apply to the initial contract of each school principal. Failure of the superintendent to notify a principal of the proposed nonrenewal of his contract at least sixty days prior to the expiration date of such contract shall automatically renew the contract for an additional one year period. Except as provided herein, section forty-t...
Professional Teacher Status. For the purposes of this section, a teacher, school librarian, school adjustment counselor, school nurse, school social worker or school psychologist who has served in the public schools of a school district for three (3) consecutive years shall be considered a teacher, and shall be entitled to professional teacher status as provided in section forty-two. The superintendent of said district, upon the recommendation of the principal, may award such status to any teacher who has served in the principal's school for not less than one
Professional Teacher Status. Teachers and certain other professional employees who have served in the school for three consecutive full school years shall be entitled to professional teacher status as provided for in M.G.L., c. 71, s. 41. The Executive Director, upon recommendation of the appropriate supervisor, may award such status to a teacher who has served in the school for not less than one year or a teacher who has obtained such status in any other public school district in the Commonwealth when awarded such status by the Executive Director. Notification to a teacher not being reappointed must be made by June 15 or at an earlier date in that school year. A teacher who attains professional teacher status will have continuous employment in the service of the school system, subject to the school’s possession of a valid certificate to operate from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and available funding for that position. Nothing in these provisions will be considered as restricting the Executive Director/designee from changing teaching assignments or altering or abolishing supervisory assignments except that, by law, no teacher may be assigned to a position for which he/she is not legally qualified. Discipline of employees shall be in accordance with, and follows the procedures, contained in M.G.L., c. 71, s. 42 and 42D.
Professional Teacher Status. This agreement is not meant to affect or alter the way an educator earns Professional Teacher Status in the Chicopee Public Schools. The 2019-2020 school year will count as a full year toward PTS. Any non-PTS educator can be non-renewed and will be notified by June 15, 2020.
Professional Teacher Status. In order to attain Professional Status, the Educator should achieve ratings of proficient or exemplary on each Performance Standard and overall. A principal considering making an employment decision that would lead to PTS for any Educator who has not been rated proficient or exemplary on each performance standard and overall on the most recent evaluation shall confer with the Superintendent by May 1. The principal’s decision is subject to review and approval by the Superintendent.
