Common use of Eligibility for Continuing Contract Clause in Contracts

Eligibility for Continuing Contract. LICENSURE A teacher who is initially licensed on or before December 31, 2010, is eligible for tenure under the following conditions: a. Teachers with a professional educator license, senior professional educator license, or lead professional educator license and a Masters Degree are eligible to apply for a continuing contract after their fifth year of continuous teaching in the Indian Lake Local School District. b. The teacher must apply by September 15 of the year in which they wish to be considered for a continuing contract. c. Teachers will not be considered for continuing contract during the term of a multi-year-limited contract. d. Teachers with a continuing contract previously granted in another Ohio school district may apply for a continuing contract by September 15 of their third year of continuous teaching in the Indian Lake Local School District. The teacher must have a professional license or its equivalent and a Masters Degree. e. To obtain a continuing contract, the bargaining unit member must be recommended for a continuing contract by the Superintendent. A teacher who is initially licensed on or after January 1, 2011, is eligible for tenure if the teacher: a. Holds a professional educator license, senior professional educator license, or lead professional educator license; b. Has held an educator license, other than a substitute teaching license, for at least five (5) years; and c. Has completed one of the following: (a) if the teacher did not hold a master’s degree at the time of the initial licensure, thirty (30) semester hours of coursework in the area of licensure or a related area since initial issuance of the license or (b) if the teacher held a master’s degree at the time of initial receipt of an education license, six (6) semester hours of graduate coursework in the area of licensure or a related area since initial issuance of the license. d. To obtain a continuing contract, the bargaining unit member must be recommended for a continuing contract by the Superintendent. In the event that a probationary teacher is denied tenure, or is served with a notice of dismissal in accordance with the Teacher Tenure Law, said action shall be subject to the Grievance Procedure.