School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Policy 4-1
PERSONNEL
Definitions
For the purpose of differentiating between various employees of the School Board for consistency the following definitions shall apply:
1. Employees of the Board
All employees are "Employees of the Board", and whenever reference is made to employees without distinction, such statement shall refer to all employees with the exception of the division Superintendent.
(a) Full-time: With the exception of Bus Drivers/Bus Assistants and Food Service employees, a full-time employee is defined as a School Board employee who is scheduled to actually work thirty five (35) hours or more per consecutive work week and who fills 100 percent of a budgeted full-time equivalency position. Such employee's hours and work day shall be specified by the Superintendent. Effective September 5, 2007, all newly hired Bus Drivers/Bus Assistants and Food Service employees who actually work twenty-five (25) hours or more per consecutive work week shall be considered to be full-time employees. Bus Drivers/Bus Assistants and Food Service employees hired prior to September 5, 2007, will be grandfathered in at the original rate of twenty (20) hours per week for Bus Drivers/Bus Assistants and fifteen (15) hours per week for Food Service Employees. Full-time employees shall be entitled to the full range of benefits provided by the School Board.
(b) Part-time: With the exception of Bus Drivers/Bus Assistants and Food Service employees, a part-time employee is defined as a School Board employee who is scheduled to actually work less than thirty-five (35) hours per consecutive work week and who fills less than 100 percent of a budgeted full-time equivalency position. Part-time employees may be entitled to School Board provided leave benefits on a pro-rated basis; however, an employee must fill fifty percent (50%) or more of an allocated position in order to be eligible for pro-rated leave benefits and group health insurance. Neither Virginia Retirement System nor group life insurance benefits shall be provided to part-time employees who fill less than fifty percent (50%) of an allocated position.
2. Licensed Personnel
Licensed personnel shall include those employees who are required to have teaching license or other licensure from the Virginia Board of Education to perform the job to which they are currently assigned.
3. Classified Personnel
Classified personnel shall include those employees who have been assigned to the classified wage and salary scales as approved by the School Board.
4.Administrative Personnel
Administrative personnel shall be those employees who have been assigned to the administrative salary scales as approved by the School Board which include, but are not limited to, principals, assistant principals, and supervisors as that term is defined by Board of Education Regulations.
5. Professional/Supervisory Personnel
Professional/supervisory personnel shall be those employees who have been assigned to the professional and supervisory salary scales as approved by the School Board.
6. Student Activities Coordinator
Student Activities Coordinators shall be those employees assigned to the Student Activities Coordinator scale as approved by the School Board.
7. Temporary Employee
A temporary employee is one who is employed for a specified purpose over a limited period of time and does not fill a budgeted full-time equivalency position, including those persons employed pursuant to a temporary employment agreement. All categories of substitutes are temporary employees. A written contract shall be required for a substitute teacher who fills a teacher vacancy for longer than ninety (90) days in one school year. No license shall be required for substitute teachers employed to substitute for a contracted teacher, for a period of less than twenty (20) consecutive days. Long-term substitute teachers, defined as those substitutes teaching for more than twenty (20) consecutive days in the same position, shall hold or be eligible for a Virginia license. Employees who are regular full-time contracted personnel may also be employed in a temporary status, e.g., full-time contracted teachers may be temporarily employed as summer school teachers or for one school year only. Temporary employees are not eligible for benefits arising out of their service in this capacity unless such benefits are specifically designated in the temporary employment agreement. Temporary employees shall not have the right to access the grievance procedure in any matter regarding dismissal, probation or other disciplinary action.
8. Probationary Employee
All employees, other than those subject to §§ 22.1-303 and 22.1-294 of the Code of Virginia, during the initial nine (9) months from the first day of employment or re-employment in a full-time contracted position with the School Board are considered to be in a probationary status and shall have no right to access the grievance procedure in any matter regarding dismissal, probation or other disciplinary matter. Probationary employees shall be entitled to meet with the Assistant Superintendent, Human Resources or designee as provided in School Board Policy 4-18 and Division Regulation 4-18.1 (B)(2)(c)-(d); however, the provision of such meeting shall not be interpreted to mean that cause is required to dismiss a probationary employee.
Editor's Note
See Also: School Board Policy 4-5, Licensed Personnel Conditions of Employment
School Board Policy 4-75 Classified Personnel Conditions of Employment
School Board Policy 4-90 and Division Regulation 4-90.1 Substitute Teachers
School Board Policy 4-92 Summer School Teachers
Legal Reference:
Code of Va., § 22.1-79, as amended, Powers and Duties.
Adopted by School Board: July 13, 1993 (Effective August 14, 1993)
Amended by School Board: September 7, 1999
Amended by School Board: September 5, 2007