ARTICLE XIII TEACHER NON-RENEWAL OF CONTRACT

New Shoreham School District

A. Teacher Not Returning - Any teacher who will not be continuing his employment with the New Shoreham School Department for a new contract year, must notify the Committee in writing by May 1st of the preceding year. Those teachers who have provided such notification will receive their July and August pay checks in the first week of July, provided curriculum guides with timelines and anticipated course offerings for the following year have been submitted by June 1st.

B. Any teacher who chooses to resign from the New Shoreham School Department during the school year, but prior to May 1st must give notice to the Superintendent in writing twenty (20) working days prior to the effective date. A teacher resigning after May 1st must give written notice to the Superintendent thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date. Failure to comply will result in a letter documenting the non-compliance being kept on file and may be mentioned in any reference requested. Furthermore, for each day of non-compliance the teacher will be charged at the long-term substitute pay rate, to be subtracted from any accrued summer pay owed to the teacher at the time of his/her departure from the New Shoreham School Department. A working day will be defined as one of the contract days specified in Article III, B: Calendar in the NSTA contract.

C. Severance Pay - A teacher must have a minimum of eight- (8) years of service in the New Shoreham School System and be resigning or retiring to be eligible for severance pay. The amount of severance will be the number of accumulated sick days, to a maximum of 183, times the substitute rate of pay with a maximum payment of $13,500. Notification of intent must be submitted in writing to the Superintendent by February 1st to ensure that it is accommodated in the budget. Severance payment will be made after July 1 of the following fiscal year.