Substitute, temp, or part-time service purchase: Eligibility quiz

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Purchasing creditable service
Substitute, temporary, part-time teaching or tutoring service

If you were employed as a teacher or administrator in a Massachusetts public school on a substitute,temporary or part-time basis, you may be eligible to purchase credit for your teaching or tutoring service.

To determine whether you may be eligible to purchase this type of service, please answer these questions:

1)	Were you employed as a teacher or administrator in a Massachusetts public school or in any charter school or collaborative, on a substitute, temporary or part-time basis?	Yes No
2)	Was this service rendered as a “consultant?”	Yes No
NOTE: If you were employed as a teacher’s aide or assistant, please use our application for “Purchasing creditable service for other Massachusetts public service” to purchase that service.