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First Name RICHARD
Last Name CRUCIOTTI
Decision Date 9/4/1986
Docket Number 35-86-110
ALJ NK
Respondent OHIO COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
Employment Type PROF
Job Title TEACHER
Topics ASSIGNMENT
Primary Issues QUALIFICATIONS; REASSIGNMENT; IN-FIELD PLACEMENT
Outcome GRANTED
Statutes
Related Cases
Keywords CERTIFICATION; IN-FIELD; PLACEMENT; OUT-OF FIELD
Intermediate Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Synopsis WV school laws and regulations require a BOE to assign its teachers to instruct only those courses for which the teacher is fully and appropriately certified unless certain instructional and professional considerations justify otherwise. The use of short term out-of-field substitute teachers is proper for demonstrated emergency situations but prolonged out-of-field substitute teachers are only justified upon showing of need and when the substitute teacher agrees to pursue a program of professional growth leading to permanent certification in the out-of-field discipline. A BOE cannot force a teacher holding permanent certification in one discipline to obtain additional certification for another discipline of which he or she has no interest or inclination.

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