> Here, when I am finally hired by the board I will be
 > on a probationary contract. After two years of satisfactory employment I
 > receive permanent contract status but this has nothing to do with
 > provincial requirements only employer/board requirements.
In the states, certification/credentialing requirements are totally separate 
from the probationary/tenure requirements for each individual district. 
Credentialing/certification is done by the state departments of education. 
Each district decides who to hire, how long to put them on a probationary 
contract. (For some districts, it's 2 years of single year contracts, and for 
others, it's 3.) Permanent contract status here is called "tenure", but in 
most districts it's still only a year-long contract - renewable, tho, except 
in extreme circumstances (i.e. dumping of the department...."Mr. Holland's 
Opus" comes to mind here....)
                                 -donna
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