In cases where teachers are temporarily away from their site on approved leave during an employment period, teachers may maintain eligibility to receive the incentive, partially or in full, if their site considers them to remain continually employed during the approved time away from the classroom.
For teachers to qualify for this exception, they MUST have at least worked a combined 30 hours directly with children ages birth to five (children not in kindergarten) in a CLASSROOM SETTING within the employment period (see table below).
Of note, an agreement between the site and teacher to reduce a teacher’s hours to accommodate work or schooling outside of the site (unrelated to site operations) does NOT constitute site-approved leave.