Continuing Contract Upon the recommendation of the Superintendent that a member eligible for continuing contract status be re-employed, and approval by the Board of Education, as prescribed and in compliance with the Ohio Revised Code, of the Superintendent’s recommendation, a continuing contract shall be entered into between the Board and the member. Teachers eligible for continuing service status are those teachers qualified as described below, who within the last five years have taught for at least three years in the District, and those teachers who, having attained continuing contract status elsewhere, have served two years in the District. In order to be eligible for the granting of a continuing contract, the bargaining unit member must have on file with the Board by March 20 of the year of tenure eligibility either:
a. A Professional, Permanent or Life teacher’s certificate issued upon application submitted to the State Board of Education prior to September 1, 1998 or renewed or upgraded subsequent to September 1, 1998 in accordance with Ohio Revised Code 3319.22; or
b. A Professional Educator’s License issued after October 29, 1996 and proof of at least one of the following:
i. If a master’s degree was not held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, thirty (30) semester hours of course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of such certificate or license; or
ii. If a master’s degree was held at the time of initially receiving a teaching certificate or an educator’s license, six (6) semester hours of graduate course work in the area of licensure or in an area related to the teaching field since the initial issuance of the teaching certificate or license; or
iii. A teacher holding a senior professional educator license or a lead professional educator license issued under the licensure provisions of the ORC.
c. For bargaining unit members initially licensed after January 1, 2011, continuing contract eligibility is met if the teacher:
i. Holds a professional, senior professional or lead professional license;
ii. Has held an educator’s license for at least seven (7) years; and
iii. Has completed either of the following:
a. If the bargaining unit member did not hold a master’s degree at the time of initially receiving an educator license, thirty
