What is a tenure status?

Teacher tenure, sometimes referred to as career status, provides job security for teachers who have successfully completed a probationary period. ... Tenured teachers have certain guaranteed rights that protect them from losing their jobs for unsubstantiated reasons.May 8, 2016 read more

Probationary status is essentially a trial run for teachers to be evaluated and if necessary to terminate through a much easier process than one who has received tenure status. Tenure does not transfer from district to district. read more

Tenure is pretty much unique to educational settings. Attaining tenured status as a professor usually means two things: First, it conveys an enhanced level of protection for academic freedom, grounded in the conviction that knowledge creation and expression of ideas should be free from intimidation or retaliation. read more

status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent. verb (used with object) to give tenure to: After she served three years on probation, the committee tenured her. read more