Sec. 7.5. (a) A teacher who is subject to section 8 of this chapter is not subject to this section.
(b) A teacher who:
(1) serves under contract as a teacher in a public school corporation;
(2) is in the teacher's first or second year of full-time teaching in a classroom; and
(3) has not at any time before July 1, 2012, entered into a teaching contract for further service with the school corporation;
shall be considered a probationary teacher.
(c) A teacher who:
(1) is not a probationary teacher under subsection (b); and
(2) enters into a contract described in section 2 of this chapter;
becomes a professional teacher.