5400 -RETENTION AND CAREER STATUS
The Board of Education will retain teachers and administrators who demonstrate and continue to strive for excellence in the performance of their responsibilities and in their contributions to improved educational outcomes. The Superintendent each year will make recommendations to the Board concerning the reemployment or nonrenewal of probationary teachers and contracted school administrators.
5400.1 Satisfactory performance shall be considered the minimum acceptable standard of performance for teachers and administrators in the Durham Public Schools system; however, satisfactory performance shall not constitute any assurance to any teacher or administrator of rights to employment or reemployment.
5400.2 Subjective and objective appraisals of performance and contributions to improved educational outcomes and the needs of the Durham Public Schools system shall be considered in making decisions to reemploy or grant career status to teachers and administrators.
5400.3 Teachers and other eligible certified staff shall receive career status in accordance with the provisions of state law.
5400.4 It is the policy of the Board of Education to award career status to teachers or contract extensions to administrators who have demonstrated consistently high standards of performance. The awarding of career status is not an entitlement based upon four consecutive years of service, but a status which may be earned through high performance.
Legal Reference: G.S.115C-276(j), -287.1, -325
Adopted Effective: July 1, 1999
