Data Terms Glossary

There are two types of waivers: Short Term and Variable Term. Short term waivers may be approved at the local level to provide the employing agency with one semester or less to address unanticipated, immediate, short-term organizational needs by assigning only individuals who hold basic teaching credentials to teach outside their credentialed authorizations, with the consent of the teacher. They may be issued once to any individual teacher and only once for a given class. Variable term waivers are reviewed by Commission staff and acted upon by the Commission at a regularly scheduled meeting. They provide the employing agency up to one year for a specific period of time set by the Commission to: 1)  allow individuals additional time to complete a credential requirement, 2) facilitate assignment in school programs addressing issues of educational reform, 3) allow geographically isolated regions with severely limited ability to develop personnel time to hire and develop personnel, or 4) obtain waivers for situations when all other hiring efforts have been exhausted.