West Virginia Code Chapter 18A. School Personnel § 18A-2-5. Employment of service personnel;  limitation

(1) The Employee is employed by the board as a (Job Classification) at (Place of Assignment) for the school year or remaining part thereof commencing __________, 19___.  The period of employment is __________ days at an annual salary of $__________ at the rate of $__________ per month.

(2) The Board hereby certifies that the Employee's employment has been duly approved by the board and will be a matter of the board's minute records.

(3) The services to be performed by the Employee shall be such services as are prescribed for the job classification set out above in paragraph (1) and as defined in Section 8, Article 4, Chapter 18A of the Code of West Virginia, as amended.

(4) The Employee may be dismissed at any time for immorality, incompetency, cruelty, insubordination, intemperance or willful neglect of duty pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, Article 2, Chapter 18A of the Code of West Virginia, as amended.

(5) The Superintendent of the __________ County Board of Education, subject to the approval of the board, may transfer and assign the Employee in the manner provided by Section 7, Article 2, Chapter 18A of the Code of West Virginia, as amended.

(6) This contract shall at all times be subject to any and all existing laws, or such laws as may hereafter be lawfully enacted, and such laws shall be a part of this contract.

(7) This contract may be terminated or modified at any time by the mutual consent of the board and the Employee.

(8) This contract shall be automatically terminated if the Employee is convicted under § 61-8D-3 or § 61-8D-5 of this code or comparable statute in any other state, of any criminal offense that requires the Employee to register as a sex offender, or of any criminal offense which has as an element delivery or distribution of a controlled substance:  Provided, That should the conviction resulting in automatic revocation pursuant to this section be overturned by any Court of this state or the United States, the Employee's contract shall be reinstated unless otherwise prohibited by law.

(9) This contract must be signed and returned to the board at its address of __________ within thirty days after being received by the Employee.

(10) By signing this contract the Employee accepts employment upon the terms herein set out.

WITNESS the following signatures as of the day, month and year first above written:

__________, (President, __________ County Board of Education) __________, (Secretary, __________ County Board of Education) __________, (Employee)”

The use of this form shall not be interpreted to authorize boards to discontinue any employee's contract status with the board or rescind any rights, privileges or benefits held under contract or otherwise by any employee prior to the effective date of this section.

Each contract of employment shall be designated as a probationary or continuing contract.  The employment of service personnel shall be made a matter of minute record.  The employee shall return the contract of employment to the county board of education within thirty days after receipt or otherwise he or she shall forfeit his or her right to employment.

Under such regulation and policy as may be established by the county board, service personnel selected and trained for teacher-aide classifications, such as monitor aide, clerical aide, classroom aide and general aide, shall work under the direction of the principal and teachers to whom assigned.