Except as hereinafter provided, every teacher employed by the Division shall be employed under a written form of contract known as Teacher - General.
The exception to 8.01 above shall be temporary and substitute teachers. Every temporary teacher shall be employed under a form of contract approved by the Minister known as Limited Term Teacher – General.
The Division shall not employ more teachers under Limited Term Teacher - General contracts than there are teachers on leave.
Any teacher employed by the Division under successive Limited Term Teacher - General contracts for an uninterrupted period of two (2) consecutive school years and who subsequently is employed for a third successive school year shall be signed to a regular Teacher - General contract.
A teacher who has been employed full time or part time by the Division under a Limited Term Teacher - General contract for two (2) successive school years and who subsequently is employed under a Teacher - General contract shall be deemed to have been employed under a Teacher - General contract since the commencement of her or his duties under a Limited Term Teacher - General contract and shall be entitled retroactively to seniority and to sick leave days accrued since his or her date of hire under a Limited Term Teacher - General contract.