16 NCAC 06C .0364         Experience Credit for Salary Purposes

(a)  For the purposes of establishing teaching experience credit requirements as a North Carolina educator to meet G.S. 115C-302.1, an educator must work for at least 15 hours per week in order for the experience to be considered for receiving teaching experience on an educator license in a local education agency (LEA) on a prorated basis.

(b)  An educator in an LEA or college may combine full-time experience of less than six calendar months in one fiscal year with another fiscal year of part-time or full-time experience to equal one year of experience credit to receive teaching experience.

(c)  An educator may receive teaching experience on their license for college teaching based on the number of clock hours spent in the classroom teaching per week. Six class hours per week shall be considered half-time teaching and twelve class hours per week shall be considered full-time teaching.

(d)  With a recommendation from the employing LEA, an educator may establish non-teaching experience working as a tutor, clerical paraprofessional, or substitute teacher.

(e)  For purposes of this Rule, "full-time" means 30 hours of work per week and "part-time" means at least 15 hours of work per week.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 115C-12; 115C-268.1; 115C-268.5; 115C-270.5; 115C-270.20; 115C-302.1;

Emergency Adoption Eff. August 20, 2019;

Eff. March 17, 2021.