LICENSED EMPLOYEE CONTINUING CONTRACTS
Contracts entered into with licensed employees, other than an administrator, will continue from year to year unless the contract states otherwise, is modified by mutual agreement between the board and the employee, or the contract is terminated by the board.
The first three years of a new licensed employee’s contract shall be a probationary period unless the employee has already successfully completed the three year probationary period in an Iowa school district. New employees who have successfully completed a probationary period in a previous Iowa school district will serve a one year probationary period. For purposes of this policy, an employee will have met the requirements for successfully completing a probationary period in another Iowa school district if, at the teachers most recent performance evaluation, the teacher received at least a satisfactory or better evaluation and the individual has not engaged in conduct which would disqualify the teacher for a continuing contract.
Only the board, in its discretion, may waive the probationary period. The board may extend the probationary period for one additional year with the consent of the licensed employee. The board will make the decision to extend or waive a licensed employee’s probationary status based upon the superintendent’s recommendation. During this probationary period the board may terminate the licensed employee’s contract at year-end or discharge the employee in concert with corresponding board policies.
Licensed employees whose contracts will be recommended for termination by the board will receive notice prior to April 30. The superintendent shall make a recommendation to the board for the termination of the licensed employee contract.
Licensed employees who wish to resign, to be released from a contract, or to retire must comply with board policies in those areas.
Adopted: October 19, 1992
Reviewed: Feb. 10, 1997
March 12, 2001
December 19, 2005
June 20, 2011
July 11, 2016
Revised: Jan. 17, 2000