Welcome Certificated Staff
Below you will find forms and information for certificated staff.
Schedules & Seniority Information
Reporting Absences
Full-time certificated employees receive a total bank of ten days for sick leave per year. Seven of those days may be used for personal necessity annually. Unused sick days are carried over annually. Unused personal necessity days are not. Part-time certificated employees receive fewer days based on their employment status.
Evaluations & Goal Setting
For evaluations, appraisals, goal setting and more, please visit the Administrator’s webpage on the NUSD website.
Job Sharing
Certificated employees who wish to share a 1.0 FTE position need to receive prior approval from their site administrator annually before submitting the Job Share Teaching Assignment Application, Work Calendars, and Proposal to Human Resources by March 1st.
Job share position contracts are approved on an annual basis for one school year only.
Prior Approval of Unit Credit
NUSD encourages its employees to further their education by taking courses related to their field. Certificated employees need to receive prior approval from their site administrators before taking coursework. Approved forms and official transcripts are due annually on October 1st. Please note that NUSD tracks coursework in semester units. Courses on the quarter system are calculated at 67% of a semester unit.
Ten (10) clock hours = 1 Quarter Unit = 1 Continuing Ed ucation Unit = 2/3 semester unit or .67 semester units.
Leave of Absence, Resignation, & Retirement Information
Certificated Maternity Leave – Please contact Dana Sarubbi, Benefits Coordinator, at [email protected] to schedule a meeting and pick up a current Maternity Leave packet.
Tuberculin Test Information
State Law requires that all school district employees have a negative Tuberculin Test (TB) or Risk Assessment on file. All test results should be turned in to Jennifer Albini, HR Technician.
Novato Federation of Teachers, Local 1986
Be sure to keep your credential current by visiting
the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing website!