Common use of Determination of Surplus to School & Redundant to System Clause in Contracts

Determination of Surplus to School & Redundant to System. Wherever possible, it is the intention of the Board to avoid declaring surplus to the needs of the system any Teacher who has a permanent position with the Board. While normal attrition may allow the retention of all the present teaching staff members who wish to remain with the Board, decreasing enrolments and Provincial regulatory changes may make it necessary to reduce the number of teaching staff employed by the Board, or changing student option-selection patterns may make it necessary to change the complement of a teaching staff. The procedures set out in this Article are designed to accomplish the difficult task of identifying Teachers who are surplus to the needs of their present school, and perhaps redundant to the needs of the system, in a manner that provides the Teacher with the greatest possible degree of consideration and fair treatment and in a manner that assures the highest available standard of instruction in the classroom.

Determination of Surplus to School & Redundant to System. 4.1 Wherever possible, it is the intention of the Board to avoid declaring surplus to the needs of the system any Teacher who has a permanent position with the Board. While normal attrition may allow the retention of all the present teaching staff members who wish to remain with the Board, decreasing enrolments and Provincial regulatory changes may make it necessary to reduce the number of teaching staff employed by the Board, or changing student option-selection patterns may make it necessary to change the complement of a teaching staff. The procedures set out in this Article are designed to accomplish the difficult task of identifying Teachers who are surplus to the needs of their present school, and perhaps redundant to the needs of the system, in a manner that provides the Teacher with the greatest possible degree of consideration and fair treatment and in a manner that assures the highest available standard of instruction in the classroom.