Section 5-E1307. PROBATIONARY PERIOD

 

1307.1An employee initially entering or transferring into the Educational Service shall meet certification requirements of the Board of Education and serve a probationary period.

 

1307.2An initial appointee to the EG salary class, except those appointed to classroom teaching positions, shall serve a one (1) year probationary period. Appointees to EG teaching positions shall serve a probationary period of two (2) years.

 

1307.3An initial appointee to the ET salary class shall serve a two (2) year probationary period requirement.

 

1307.4All employees shall be required to serve a one (1) year probationary period upon initial appointment to a supervisory or managerial position.

 

1307.5The probationary period shall be used to evaluate the performance of the employee.

 

1307.6Failure to satisfactorily complete the requirements of the probationary period shall result in termination from the position. An employee who satisfactorily completes all probationary requirements shall, upon the recommendation of the appropriate supervisor, receive tenure in the position, or salary class, in which the probation was completed.

 

1307.7If the employee has permanent status in any prior position in the Educational Service, the employee shall be entitled to return to a suitable and available position equivalent to his or her prior position.

 

1307.8If the employee does not have permanent status in a prior position, he or she shall be terminated from employment.

 

1307.9Any Educational Service employee who is promoted to a higher position in the Educational Service prior to completion of the required probationary period in a lower position shall satisfy the probationary requirements of the lower position while currently serving in the higher position; provided, that he or she performs satisfactorily at the higher level, whenever an additional probationary period is required at the higher level.

 

1307.10Notwithstanding the provisions of § 1307.6, the Office of Human Resource Management may, within its discretion, permit a candidate for standard teacher certification, who at the end of the three (3) year period of provisional certification has not successfully fulfilled the requirements, including the testing requirements as required by § 1308.1, to remain in his or her teaching position until the completion of the academic year in which his or her provisional certification expires.

 

source

Final Rulemaking published at 27 DCR 4297, 4323 (October 3, 1980); as amended by: Final Rulemaking published at 35 DCR 9054, 9056 (December 30, 1988); and Final Rulemaking published at 47 DCR 5212, 5215 (June 23, 2000).

EditorNote

The words “his or her” have been substituted for the word “their” in § 1307.10.