How is seniority determined under various certificates?
Once an individual utilizes a certificate within the district he or she gains seniority in that area. Even if they move to teach in another area, he or she continues to accrue seniority the certificate they utilized before and the one they activate in the move. If a tenured teacher is RIF’ed and they have a certificate in another area that they have NEVER used, if there is a non-tenured individual in that area then the tenured individual DOES have bumping rights to that position.