49-5-5506 - Term of employment, duties, and supplement of career level III supervisors.
49-5-5506. Term of employment, duties, and supplement of career level III supervisors.
(a) A career level III supervisor shall work at least an eleven-month contract. The LEA may employ, in agreement with that person, a career level III supervisor on a twelve-month contract. Employment on an eleven or twelve-month basis under the career ladder program shall concern only the amount of supplement and duties under such program, but shall not affect the authority of the LEA through contract or employment agreement to employ persons for eleven (11) or twelve (12) months.
(b) A career level III supervisor shall perform the duties defined by the local board of education and consistent with state policy. A career level III supervisor shall participate no more than ten (10) days each year in the evaluation of other candidates for career level positions. If it should prove necessary for supervisors to participate more than ten (10) days in evaluation, the supervisors shall be awarded sabbaticals in the manner provided for in former § 49-5-5208(b).
(c) A career level III supervisor employed by an LEA on an eleven-month contract shall receive a five thousand dollar ($5,000) salary supplement from the state in addition to all other compensation to which the supervisor may be entitled, subject to § 49-5-5508(e). A career level III supervisor employed by an LEA on a twelve-month contract shall receive a seven thousand dollar ($7,000) salary supplement from the state in addition to all other compensation to which the supervisor may be entitled, subject to § 49-5-5508(e).
(d) Furthermore, the educator shall be eligible for extended employment opportunities otherwise available to teachers, pursuant to the approved local plan required by § 49-5-5209.
[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 61; 1986, ch. 933, §§ 4, 14; 1988, ch. 740, § 10.]