A. Except as hereinafter provided, every teacher employed by the Division shall be employed under a written form of contract known as Form 2 and/or Teacher General the Public Schools Act.
B. The exception to (A) above shall be those term teachers employed for a term certain of one (1) school year or less (i) to replace a teacher on an approved leave or secondment, or (ii) to replace a teacher who has terminated employment in the Division during the school year due to unforeseen circumstances, or (iii) to supplement classroom resources for a period of less than three (3) months. Every such term teacher shall be employed by the Division under a form of contract approved by the Minister known as a Limited Term Teacher- General.
C. A teacher who has been employed full or part-time in the Division under a Limited Term Teacher-General Contract for an entire school year and is employed the following school year under a Teacher General Contract shall be entitled retroactively to seniority and sick leave.
D. A teacher who has been employed full or part time in the Division under a Limited Term Teacher-General contract for two (2) successive entire school years shall, upon employment for the third consecutive entire school year, be signed to a Teacher General contract and shall be entitled retroactively to seniority and sick leave. An “entire school year” means employment for 180 or more school days in the contract year.