GCJ
PROFESSIONAL  STAFF  NONCONTINUING
AND  CONTINUING  STATUS

Probationary teacher means a certificated teacher who is not a continuing teacher.

Continuing teacher means:

A.  a certificated teacher who has been and is currently employed by the District for the major portion of three (3) consecutive school years, and;

B.  who has not been designated in the lowest performance classification for the previous school year or who has not regained continuing status after being designated as a probationary teacher. 

A continuing teacher becomes a probationary teacher in the school year following having been designated in the lowest performance classification and shall remain a probationary teacher until that teacher's performance classification is designated in either of the two (2) highest performance classifications.

A continuing teacher designated in the lowest performance classification may appeal the evaluation as provided in Regulation GCO-RC.

Administrators are not covered under the terms of the teacher appointment and evaluation statutes and do not gain credit toward continuing status.

Adopted:  November 5, 2013

LEGAL REF.:
A.R.S.
15-501
15-502
15-536
15-538.01
15-539
15-544
15-546
15-547
A.G.O.
I78-150
I78-286
I80-113
I83-131
I84-048

CROSS REF.:
GCO - Evaluation of Professional Staff Members