IN THE MATTER OF THE SUSPENSION OF THE TEACHING
CERTIFICATE OF MELISSA VAN PELT, GRAY CHARTER SCHOOL,
NEWARK, ESSEX COUNTY
A-5889-08T2 07-27-10
We affirmed the Commissioner of Education's decision
suspending appellant's teaching certificate for one year after
appellant resigned her teaching position at a charter school
immediately prior to commencement of the school term, in
violation of the terms of her employment agreement. In so
doing, we affirmed the Commissioner's determination that
N.J.S.A. 18A:26-10, which governs the suspension of a teacher's
certificate for wrongfully ceasing to perform his or her duties,
and N.J.S.A. 18A:28-8, which requires tenured teachers to give
sixty days written notice of their intention to resign from a
teaching position, equally apply to teaching staff members of
charter schools as to teaching staff members of public schools.
