At its Jan. 14 meeting, the School Board of the City of Virginia Beach elected Kathleen Brown as chair and Carolyn Weems as vice chair. Brown has served on the School Board for two years and Weems for 22 years.
Credit for Previous Teaching Experience 4-71.1
School Board of the City of Virginia Beach
Regulation 4-71.1
PERSONNEL
Credit for Previous Teaching Experience
Teachers hired into Virginia Beach City Public Schools will receive credit for experience outside Virginia Beach City Public Schools on the following basis:
- One credit for year of verified teaching experience in a state or regionally accredited school.
- A full year of teaching experience shall be interpreted as follows:
- For teaching experience prior to the 1974-75 school year, a teacher must have taught at least one hundred and twenty (120) days of a one hundred and eighty (180) day school term.
- For teaching experience during the 1974-75 school year, or thereafter during the life of the contract, the teacher must have been employed on a full-time basis for a minimum of ninety-five (95) days or on a half-time basis for a minimum of 190 days during the regular school term.
- No more than one (1) experience credit shall be credited for less than a full year (190) days of service. Additional partial years of teaching experience (minimum of one semester) may be combined for additional experience credits.
Legal Reference
Code of Virginia § 22.1-298.1, as amended. Regulations governing licensure.
Code of Virginia, § 22.1-299, as amended. License required of teachers; provisional licenses; exceptions.
Approved by Superintendent: July 16, 1991
Revised by Superintendent: August 9, 2006
Scrivener's Amendments: March 8, 2021