The first three consecutive years of employment as a licensed administrator in the Burlington Community School District shall be a probationary period.
The first three consecutive years of employment as a licensed employee (other than as an administrator) in the Burlington Community School District shall be a probationary period, unless the employee has already successfully completed the probationary period as a licensed employee in another Iowa school district. Licensed employees (other than administrators) who have previously successfully completed a probationary period in another Iowa school district will serve a two year probationary period in the Burlington Community School District. For purposes of this policy, a licensed employee shall be deemed to have met the requirements for successfully completing a probationary period in another Iowa school district if the licensed employee received a satisfactory or better evaluation for the most recent formal evaluation and the licensed employee has not engaged in conduct which would disqualify the licensed employee from receiving a continuing contract from the prior district.
Only the board, in its discretion, may waive the probationary period for a teacher who previously has served a probationary period in another school district. 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.
Non-licensed- employees may also be placed upon and serve a probationary period based upon their performance. Such probationary period shall be determined on a case-by-case basis in light of the circumstances surrounding the employee’s performance.
- First Adoption:
- 2003-02-10
- Revision Adoption:
- October 7, 2018
- Reviewed Dates:
- April 24, 2016/ August 6, 2023
- Legal Reference:
- 20.7, 279.8, 279.19, 279.19A, 279.21, 279.24, Code of Iowa