Use of Additional Certification for Placement During the Next School Year. Regular and/or laid-off teachers who are earning additional hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or new certification are encouraged to file with the personnel office a letter indicating what hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or new certification they are earning, the specific courses involved, and when they will complete the work. This letter, if submitted and/or acceptable proof of hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or certification, must be received by May 1 of each. The personnel office may then require the teacher to have an appropriate university official submit, in writing, confirmation that the successful completion of specified courses will lead to certain appropriate certification. This written confirmation from the university shall indicate the completion date of the work and when official grades, certification, or degrees would be forthcoming. In order for the work identified in the teacher’s letter on file to be considered in his/her placement, the work must be completed prior to the start of the school year and the official transcript, certificate, registrar’s letter, or degrees would have to be on file by October 31.
Use of Additional Certification for Placement During the Next School Year. Regular and/or laid-off teachers who are earning additional hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or new certification are encouraged to file with the personnel office a letter indicating what hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or new certification they are earning, the specific courses involved, and when they will complete the work. This letter, if submitted and/or acceptable proof of hours, minors, majors, endorsements, or certification, must be received by May 1 of each year in order for the administration to be required to use the additional work in assigning staff for the subsequent year. The personnel office may then require the teacher to have an appropriate university official submit, in writing, confirmation that the successful completion of specified courses will lead to certain appropriate certification. This written confirmation from the university shall indicate the completion date of the work and when official grades, certification, or degrees would be forthcoming. In order for the work identified in the teacher’s letter on file to be considered in his/her placement, the work must be completed prior to the start of the school year and the official transcript, certificate, registrar’s letter, or degrees would have to be on file by October 31. Failure to timely file the required transcript, registrar’s letter, certificate, or degree would cause the teacher to be removed from the position for the balance of the school year. After all full-time requested and approved part-time/shared-time positions have been filled, administration will utilize the minimum number of teachers possible to fill any part- time classes that remain and make the assignment fit the most senior(ed) laid-off teacher’s certification, if possible. Any course work, certification, or degrees earned during the school year will not be able to be used by the teacher to obtain a position during that school year if it would cause a regularly employed teacher to be laid-off.
