In each school district there are persons who possess expert
skill in or knowledge of a particular subject or talent but do not hold a
Florida teaching certificate. These persons constitute an invaluable community
resource for the education of the pupils in that district. Each school board or
charter school governing board shall adopt such policies as are necessary to
ensure that the principals and teachers of that district or charter school may
utilize in an appropriate instructional capacity the services of such expert
persons in the community. Such persons may serve as a non-paid volunteer or as
a paid member of the instructional staff to render instructional service in the
individual's field of specialty but shall not be required to hold a Florida
teaching certificate. The school board or charter school governing board
policies for non-certificated instructional personnel shall include, but are
not limited to, the following:
(1)
Health and age. Health and age requirements shall be the same as those required
for certificated instructional personnel.
(2) Employment procedures. Employment
procedures shall be the same as those followed for certificated instructional
personnel, except that non-certificated instructional personnel shall not be
entitled to a contract as prescribed by subsection
6A-1.064(1),
F.A.C.
(3) Personnel records. The
personnel records of the district or charter school shall contain information
considered necessary by the school board or charter school governing board to
establish the specialty of the individual, and a statement of the instructional
duties assigned to and performed by such person.
(4) Salary. The official salary scheduled for
instructional personnel shall include a salary schedule for full-time and
part-time employed non-certificated instructional personnel.
(5) Assignment, suspension and dismissal.
Procedures for the assignment, suspension, and dismissal of non-certificated
instructional personnel shall be adopted and provided in writing to each such
employee at the time of employment.
(6) Assessment of performance. Procedures for
assessing the performance of duties and responsibilities by all
non-certificated instructional personnel shall ensure that each such person
adequately performs the duties assigned.
(7) Pupil welfare. Procedures for assuring
that each non-certificated instructional person who at any time is expected to
assume responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of pupils possesses,
in advance of assuming the responsibility, a clear understanding of state rules
and district or charter school rules policies relevant to instructional
responsibilities. When assigned duties require knowledge of rules, regulations,
or policies of a special nature, the policies shall specify that the person
occupying a specifically named position is responsible to ascertain that the
person possesses, in advance of assuming the duties, the necessary knowledge to
perform such duties in a proper and reasonable manner.
(8) Instructional practices and policies.
Procedures for assuring that each non-certificated instructional person who at
any time is expected to assume responsibility for promoting pupil learning
possesses, in advance of assuming this responsibility, a clear understanding of
all state instructional practices and policies and district or charter school
instructional practices and policies relevant to instructional
responsibilities.
(9) In lieu of
the requirements herein, the school board or charter school governing board may
adopt special policies for those part-time personnel who are employed to teach
no more than one hundred sixty (160) clock hours during a fiscal
year.
(10) Notwithstanding the
provisions of subsections
6A-1.0502(1) through
(9), F.A.C., the school board or charter
school governing board may employ non-certificated persons licensed by the
State of Florida as occupational therapists or as physical therapists to render
services to students in those areas covered by such license. The procedures for
employment shall be the same as provided by law for certificated instructional
personnel, and each person so employed shall be entitled to a written contract
in the form prescribed pursuant to Rule
6A-1.064, F.A.C. Provided,
however, that a non-certificated person employed to render services as an
occupational therapist or as a physical therapist may be assigned duties of an
instructional nature that are not covered within the scope of the person's
license as defined by law.
(11)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections
6A-1.0502(1) through
(9), F.A.C., the school board or charter
school governing board may employ persons certified as audiologists or speech
pathologists under Chapter 468, Part I, F.S., to render services to students in
those areas covered by such certificate of registration. The procedures for
employment shall be the same as provided by law for certificated instructional
personnel, and each person so employed shall be entitled to a written contract
in the form prescribed pursuant to Rule
6A-1.064, F.A.C. Provided,
however, that a non-certificated person employed to render services as an
audiologist or speech pathologist may not be assigned duties of an
instructional nature that are not covered within the scope of the person's
certificate of registration as defined by law.
(12) Notwithstanding the provisions of
subsections
6A-1.0502(1) through
(9), F.A.C., the school board or charter
school governing board may employ persons licensed as clinical social workers
under Chapter 491, F.S., to render services to students in those areas covered
by such license. The procedures for employment shall be the same as provided by
law for certificated instructional personnel, and each person so employed shall
be entitled to a written contract in the form prescribed pursuant to Rule
6A-1.064, F.A.C., provided,
however, that a non-certificated person employed to render services as licensed
clinical social worker may not be assigned duties of an instructional nature
that are not covered within the scope of the person's license as defined by
law.
(13) A non-certificated person
employed pursuant to this section shall be accorded the same protection of the
laws as that accorded the certificated teacher.
