2020                      6214

Personnel

 

SUBJECT:    INCIDENTAL TEACHING

The Superintendent may assign a teacher to teach a subject not covered by that teacher’s certificate or license for a period not to exceed five classroom hours a week, when no certified or qualified teacher is available after extensive and documented recruitment efforts, and provided that approval of the Commissioner of Education is obtained.

Not later than 20 business days after this assignment, the Superintendent must submit for approval an application, in a form satisfactory to the Commissioner, containing the following information:

1. Evidence of extensive recruitment of a teacher certified in the appropriate area;
2. The name and certification status of the teacher given the assignment;
3. The subject which the teacher is being assigned to teach on an incidental basis and the total number of classes in the subject being taught on an incidental basis;
4. The qualifications of the teacher to teach that subject on an incidental basis;
5. The specific reasons why an incidental assignment is necessary;
6. he anticipated duration of the incidental teaching assignment; and
7. The number of applications, approved or pending, for authorization to make incidental teaching assignments in the same certification area for which the current authorization is being sought.

To be approved, the application must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that an incidental teaching assignment is necessary, that the teacher assigned is the best qualified to teach the subject on an incidental basis, and that the requirements of Commissioner’s regulations have been met.

The Commissioner will issue a determination within 20 business days of receipt of the District’s application.

In the event that the application is disapproved, the Superintendent, within seven business days of receipt of the notice of disapproval, will terminate the incidental assignment. In the event that the application is approved, this approval will be deemed to have commenced on the date of the incidental teaching assignment and will terminate on the last day of the school year for which it is granted.

The Superintendent may renew an incidental teaching assignment, in accordance with the requirements of Commissioner’s regulations, for any subsequent school year. In addition to submitting to the Commissioner the information noted above for initial approval of an incidental teaching assignment, a renewal application must provide a number of assurances, including that the teacher assigned a course on an incidental basis has completed, or has agreed to complete, within the prescribed time period, at least three semester hours of credit or the equivalent leading to certification in the subject area of the incidental assignment.

 

 

• 8 NYCRR § 80-5.3
   

Adopted:  8/24/11

Revised:  9/22/20