Determining Seniority for Teaching Assistants. (1) Seniority shall be defined as an employee’s length of continuous service as a full-time Teaching Assistant with the Rochester City School District since the employee’s appointment date as a Teaching Assistant. (2) Seniority shall be used to determine the order in which Teaching Assistants are excessed in the event that Teaching Assistant positions are abolished. (3) Once a Teaching Assistant is excessed and placed on a preferred eligibility list for possible call back, seniority is determined by length of service in the District. Excessed Teaching Assistants retain accrued seniority upon return to service with the District. (4) Break in seniority – any unpaid leave of absence. (5) Loss of accrued seniority – voluntarily xxxxxx service with the District (resignation/retirement) and does not return within one (1) year. (6) There shall be two (2) separate seniority lists. One list shall contain all eligible full-time Teaching Assistants. The other list shall contain all part-time Teaching Assistants (.5 or more). Part-time Teaching Assistants seniority shall be awarded to such staff regularly assigned to a .5 or more assignment on a prorated basis for service provided during the regular school year. (7) The seniority lists shall be updated annually by February 1st. The lists shall be made available to the staff in each building each year.
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