GCJ ©
PROFESSIONAL  STAFF 
NONCONTINUING  AND  CONTINUING
STATUS

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

Continuing teacher means a certificated teacher who: 

●  has been and is currently employed by the District for the major portion of three (3) consecutive school years; and

●  was not designated in the lowest performance classification for the previous school year; and 

●  has never lost continuing teacher status by being designated in the lowest performance classification after a prior evaluation or has regained continuing status by receiving a performance classification in one (1) of the two (2) highest performance classifications on a subsequent evaluation.

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 classifications.

Administrators are not covered under the terms of the teacher appointment and termination statutes and do not gain credit toward continuing status while occupying administrative positions.

Adopted:  November 19, 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