Common use of Length of Contracts Clause in Contracts

Length of Contracts. CONTRACTS 1. Upon initial employment of a unit member, the contract of employment for a fully certified/licensed teacher shall be for a term of one (1) year; if reemployed at the conclusion of each contract, the subsequent contracts shall be as follows: Second Contract - 1 year Third Contract - 2 years Fourth Contract and all succeeding contracts - 3 years 2. Teachers holding temporary certification/licensure shall be eligible for one (1) year contracts only. However, having served at least one year under a temporary certificate/license, such teacher may be advanced on the schedule noted above once he/she becomes fully certified/licensed. 3. For purposes of this Agreement, “initial employment” means the year that the unit member was first employed with the school district. In cases of interrupted service, initial employment means the year in which the most recent period of uninterrupted service began.