Appendix
Appendix AS – Job Class Code Long
Long job class codes.
NOTE: Appendix AS is for use with Field 44 (JOB CLASS CODE LONG) in the Staff Template
*Note: Tenure is the status of being a "professional employee". Temporary professional employees attain tenure, and become professional employees, upon successful completion of three years of successful practice as a temporary professional in accordance with 24 P.S. § 1108.
*Act 13 guidance for evaluation of Professional Employees can be found here: Act 13 Educator Effectiveness Toolkit
*Disclaimer: The codes and definitions used in this document do not represent legal opinions. For questions regarding the employment status of individual employees, LEAs are directed to consult with their solicitor or other qualified counsel.
| Job Class Code | Notes | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| PE- Professional Employee | Teaching Professional Employee | Professional Employee: The term "professional employee" shall include those who are certificated as teachers, supervisors, supervising principals, principals, assistant principals, vice-principals, directors of career and technical education, dental hygienists, visiting teachers, home and school visitors, school counselors, child nutrition program specialists, school librarians, school secretaries the selection of whom is on the basis of merit as determined by eligibility lists and school nurses. (24 P.S. § 11-1101(1)) |
| PPE – Professional Principal Employee | Professional Principal Employee are principals of a building | |
| NTPE- Professional Employee (non-teaching) | Non-teaching Professional Employee | |
| TPE- Temporary Professional Employee | *Temporary Professional employee shall include individuals that have not attained tenure. This does not include substitutes. | Temporary Professional Employee: The term "temporary professional employee" shall mean any individual who has been employed to perform, for a limited time, the duties of a newly created position or of a regular professional employe whose services have been terminated by death, resignation, suspension or removal. (24 P.S. § 11-1101(3)) |
| SP- Substitute (Other than Temporary or Professional Employee) | Not evaluated | Substitute: The term "substitute" shall mean any individual who has been employed to perform the duties of a regular professional employe during such period of time as the regular professional employe is absent on sabbatical leave or for other legal cause authorized and approved by the board of school directors or to perform the duties of a temporary professional employe who is absent. (24 P.S. § 11-1101(2)) * Act 13 indicates that substitutes being included for evaluation is an LEA decision based on bargaining agreement/solicitor input. |
| **SPE-**Substitute | A substitute that could be evaluated based on LEA bargaining agreement requirements. | |
| SC- Subcontracted Staff | Must be reported for all contracted staff *For Act 13 Educator Effectiveness, contracted staff from another PIMS reporting entity such as an IU or SD may be included for PVAAS Staff Student Subtest data through their direct employer. To avoid redundancy, this data should not be reported through the contracting LEA. | Subcontracted Staff: Subcontracted Staff shall include individuals provided by another entity, including third party vendors or other LEAs (such as an IU or neighboring SD) to perform the duties of regular professional employees. |
| CP- College Professor | Must be reported when using PPID 8888888 | College Professor: College Professor shall include individuals provided by a college or university to perform services in collaboration with LEA professional employees that offer students the opportunity to obtain Dual credit. |