Common use of GENERAL INTER-SCHOOL TRANSFER POLICY Clause in Contracts

GENERAL INTER-SCHOOL TRANSFER POLICY. A. General Provisions 1. Transfer requests shall be made annually and in writing to the Human Resources Office on or before March 30, in order to be considered for vacancies thereafter. Teachers holding proper licenses at the time of application may apply for not more than the following number of schools or programs each year: a. choose up to three (3) secondary schools b. choose up to six (6) elementary schools c. choose one (1) system-wide department. Such requests shall comprise the voluntary transfer list. A copy showing all pertinent data will be forwarded to the Federation with updates as they occur. Vacancies shall be reported in writing to the Federation as they occur. a. Vacancies are reported to the Human Resources Office after posting has first taken place at the school as per Article IV, I-1, unless otherwise specified in this agreement. b. All vacancies to be filled shall be reported to the human Resources Office by July 1. c. When the transfer list is exhausted, new teachers may be placed in permanent vacancies. d. Newly created positions shall be posted five (5) days to the appropriate classification or to the bargaining unit. Members of the bargaining unit shall fill these positions before new teachers are hired for the position. They may apply after the March 30 deadline. 2. Posting of position referred to in A-1, d, above, shall be in the Staff Information Bulletin. Vacancies that occur after publication of the Bulletin in June shall be posted in the Human Resources Office with copies forwarded to the Federation. 3. Vacancies remaining after request from the transfer list of posting have been depleted will be filled by the Human Resources Office as provided in Articles IX, X11, and XIX. 4. All vacancies may be filled as June 1. System-wide department vacancies shall be advertised to department members no later than the last day of school for students. System-wide department vacancies that occur after June 1 but before the start of school shall be posted on the Human Resources Office bulletin board and electronically for five (5) days. A copy shall be sent to the Federation. The Federation shall be notified by the Human Resources Office of all vacancies within five (5) days of their occurrence. System-wide department vacancies shall comply with C, below. Notification of vacancies will be sent electronically to those system-wide department members who, prior to May 1, notify the Human Resources Office of their desire to receive the vacancy list. 5. Whenever a teaching vacancy occurs: (i) in the case of high school teachers, after the first day of the second semester; or (ii) in the case of elementary school teachers, after the end of the first week following the October ADM count date (collectively, the “Transfer Period”), these vacancies will be filled on a temporary basis for the rest of the school year through the assignment of a substitute teacher. Vacancies that occur after the opening of the school but before the end of the applicable Transfer Period shall be filled through that year’s transfer list. Vacancies that occur after the applicable Transfer Period shall be filled from the next year’s transfer list. (See Article IX, B for priorities in filling vacancies). a. Teachers on the voluntary transfer lists who qualify by the terms of this agreement to fill a vacancy, exclusive of system-wide department vacancies, shall be transferred at the opening of school, at the end of the first quarter, or until the end of the applicable Transfer Period whichever occurs first after the vacancy is created. b. When there are names on the layoff re-call list, that person highest on the list who possesses proper certification will be recalled to a temporary vacancy at his/her proper pay and benefits and will then be reassigned when the voluntary transferee is placed. 6. A teacher xxx withdraw his/her name from the transfer list at any time prior to written notification of transfer from the Human Resources Office. This withdrawal must be in writing. 7. When a vacancy exists, the Human Resources Office must contact the teacher who has applied for the vacancy. A teacher shall be contacted and offered all known vacancies not more than three (3) times. The teacher shall be advised of all the vacancies that are available for which he/she is eligible to transfer each time the teacher is contacted. After the third refusal, the teacher will be notified in writing by the Human Resources Office that he/she will be ineligible to transfer for the rest of the school year and must complete a new transfer form if he/she wants to be on the transfer list for the succeeding school year. Refusal to return to original school and assignment by a reduced enrollment transferee will result in the abrogation of the right to return. However, when the assignment offered is outside the department, or primary or intermediate grade levels, the right to return will be maintained subject to annual renewal. (See B-4 below and Appendix AA). 8. All notices of transfer shall be in writing from the Human Resources Office. 9. Transfers in any one year may be limited to ten (10%) per cent of the faculty from a high school, and twenty-five (25%) of the faculty from an elementary school. 10. Classification, departmental, or system wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor 11. Classification, departmental, or system wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor in granting transfers if qualifications are relatively equal. Qualifications shall be defined the same as in Article IV, G-10. A transfer request from within a school has priority over a transfer from without, except in the case of a system-wide departmental vacancy, as described in Article III-D, or if returning reduced enrollment transferee is involved (See Article IV, H-1-a.) 12. Teachers applying to transfer (or those on the reduced enrollment transfer list) to any team teaching vacancy shall be given a written description of the requirements for such a position. The names of the other team members will be provided upon request. After receiving such notification, the teacher may withdraw from the application without penalty. Should the opening be accepted, the teacher must teach in the team for the entire school year. a. At the conclusion of the year, the teacher may withdraw from the team should another position become available at the school and sufficient classification seniority is accrued to be reassigned as per Article IV, H-1-b. 13. When a teacher in a team indicates to the Human Resources Office prior to April 1, a desire to transfer to a self-contained assignment, he/she will be placed on the reduced enrollment transfer list. 14. The above provisions for team teaching shall apply only to existing team vacancies. No new teams shall be created without the consent of existing staff members as per Article VII, D.

GENERAL INTER-SCHOOL TRANSFER POLICY. A. General Provisions 1. Transfer requests shall be made annually and in writing to the Human Resources Office on or before March April 30, in order to be considered for vacancies thereafter. Teachers holding proper licenses at the time of application may apply for not more than the following number of schools or programs pro- grams each year: a. a) choose up to three (3) secondary schools b. schools b) choose up to six twelve (612) elementary schools c. choose one (1) system-wide department. Such requests shall comprise the voluntary transfer list. A copy showing all pertinent nent data will be forwarded to the Federation Federa- tion with updates as they occur. Vacancies shall be reported in writing to the Federation Federa- tion as they occur. a. Vacancies are reported to the Human Resources Office after posting has first taken place at the school as per Article IV, I-1, unless otherwise specified in this agreement. b. All vacancies to be filled shall be reported re- ported to the human Human Resources Office by July 1. c. When the transfer list is exhausted, new teachers may be placed in permanent vacancies. d. Newly created positions shall be posted five (5) days to the appropriate classification classifi- cation or to the bargaining unit. Members Mem- bers of the bargaining unit shall fill these positions before new teachers are hired for the position. They may apply after the March April 30 deadline. 2. Posting of position positions referred to in A-1, d, above, shall be in the Staff Information BulletinBul- letin. Vacancies that occur after publication of the Bulletin in June shall be posted in the Human Resources Office with copies forwarded for- warded to the Federation. 3. Vacancies remaining after request requests from the transfer list of or posting have been depleted will be filled by the Human Resources Office Of- fice as provided in Articles IX, X11XII, and XIX. 4. All vacancies may be filled as June 1of July 11. SystemSys- tem-wide department vacancies shall be advertised ad- vertised to department members no later than the last day of school for studentson July 1. System-wide department vacancies that occur after June July 1 but before the start of school shall be posted on the Human Resources Office bulletin board and electronically for five (5) days. A copy shall be sent to the Federation. The Federation shall be notified noti- fied by the Human Resources Office of all vacancies va- cancies within five (5) days of their occurrence. System-wide department vacancies shall comply with C, below. Notification of vacancies will be sent electronically to those system-wide department members who, prior to May June 1, notify the Human Resources Re- sources Office of their desire to receive the vacancy list. 5. Whenever a teaching vacancy occurs: (i) in the case of high school teachers, occurs after the first day of the second semester; or (ii) in the case of elementary school teachers, after the end of the first week following the October ADM count date (collectively, the “Transfer Period”)January 31, these vacancies will be filled on a temporary basis for the rest remainder of the school year through the assignment of a substitute sub- stitute teacher. Vacancies that occur after the opening of the school but before the end of the applicable Transfer Period January 31 shall be filled through that year’s transfer list. Vacancies Va- cancies that occur after the applicable Transfer Period January 31 shall be filled from the next year’s transfer list. (See Article IX, B for priorities in filling vacancies.). a. Teachers on the voluntary transfer lists who qualify by the terms of this agreement agree- ment to fill a vacancy, exclusive of systemsys- tem-wide department vacancies, shall be transferred at the opening of school, at the end of the first quarter, or until the end of the applicable Transfer Period January 31, whichever occurs first after the vacancy is created. Elementary teach- ers eligible for transfer at the end of the first quarter will be placed after the par- ent-teacher conference has been held. b. When there are names on the layoff re-re- call list, that person highest on the list who possesses proper certification will be recalled to a temporary vacancy at his/her proper pay and benefits and will then be reassigned when the voluntary transferee is placed. 6. A teacher xxx withdraw his/her name from the transfer list at any time prior to written notification of transfer from the Human Resources Re- sources Office. This withdrawal must be in writing. 7. When a vacancy exists, the Human Resources Re- sources Office must contact the teacher who has applied for the vacancy. A teacher shall be contacted and offered all known vacancies vacan- cies not more than three (3) times. The teacher shall be advised of all the vacancies that are available for which he/she is eligible to transfer trans- fer each time the teacher is contacted. After the third refusal, the teacher will be notified in writing by the Human Resources Office that he/she will be ineligible to transfer for the rest of the school year and must complete com- plete a new transfer form if he/she wants to be on the transfer list for the succeeding school year. Refusal to return to original school and assignment by a reduced enrollment transferee trans- feree will result in the abrogation of the right to return. However, when the assignment offered is outside the department, or primary pri- xxxx or intermediate grade levels, the right to return will be maintained subject to annual an- nual renewal. (See B-4 below and Appendix AAAppen- xxx XX.). 8. All notices of transfer shall be in writing from the Human Resources Office. 9. Transfers in any one year may be limited to ten (10%) per cent of the faculty from a high school, and twenty-five (25%) per cent of the faculty from an elementary or middle school. 10. Classification, departmental, or system system- wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor 11. Classification, departmental, or system wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor fac- tor in granting transfers if qualifications are relatively equal. Qualifications shall be defined de- fined the same as in Article IV, G-10. A transfer trans- fer request from within a school has priority prior- ity over a transfer from without, except in the case of a system-wide departmental vacancyva- cancy, as described in Article III-D, or if a returning reduced enrollment transferee is involved (See Article IV, H-1-a.) 11. Teachers may request in writing an expla- nation for refusal of a transfer request, and such refusal shall be subject to the grievance procedure. If the grievant is upheld, he/she shall be immediately placed in the vacancy requested. 12. Teachers applying to transfer (or those on the reduced enrollment transfer list) to any team teaching vacancy shall be given a written writ- ten description of the requirements for such a position. The names of the other team members will be provided upon request. After receiving such notification, the teacher may withdraw from the application without with- out penalty. Should the opening be accepted, the teacher must teach in the team for the entire en- tire school year. a. (a) At the conclusion of the year, the teacher may withdraw from the team should another position become available at the school and sufficient classification seniority is accrued to be reassigned as per Article IV, H-1-b. 13. When a teacher in a team indicates to the Human Hu- man Resources Office prior to April 1, a desire de- sire to transfer to a self-contained assignmentassign- ment, he/she will be placed on the reduced enrollment transfer list. 14. The above provisions for team teaching shall apply only to existing team vacancies. No new teams shall be created without the consent con- sent of existing staff members as per Article VII, D.

GENERAL INTER-SCHOOL TRANSFER POLICY. A. General Provisions 1. Transfer requests shall be made annually and in writing to the Human Resources Office on or before March 30, in order to be considered for vacancies thereafter. Teachers holding proper licenses at the time of application may apply for not more than the following number of schools or programs each year:before a. choose up to three (3) secondary schools b. choose up to six (6) elementary schools c. choose one (1) system-wide department. Such requests shall comprise the voluntary transfer list. A copy showing all pertinent data will be forwarded to the Federation with updates as they occur. Vacancies shall be reported in writing to the Federation as they occur. a. Vacancies are reported to the Human Resources Office after posting has first taken place at the school as per Article IV, I-1, unless otherwise specified in this agreement. b. All vacancies to be filled shall be reported to the human Resources Office by July 1. c. When the transfer list is exhausted, new teachers may be placed in permanent vacancies. d. Newly created positions shall be posted five (5) days to the appropriate classification or to the bargaining unit. Members of the bargaining unit shall fill these positions before new teachers are hired for the position. They may apply after the March 30 deadline. 2. Posting of position referred to in A-1, d, above, shall be in the Staff Information Bulletin. Vacancies that occur after publication of the Bulletin in June shall be posted in the Human Resources Office with copies forwarded to the Federation. 3. Vacancies remaining after request from the transfer list of posting have been depleted will be filled by the Human Resources Office as provided in Articles IX, X11, and XIX. 4. All vacancies may be filled as June 1. System-wide department vacancies shall be advertised to department members no later than the last day of school for students. System-wide department vacancies that occur after June 1 but before the start of school shall be posted on the Human Resources Office bulletin board and electronically for five (5) days. A copy shall be sent to the Federation. The Federation shall be notified by the Human Resources Office of all vacancies within five (5) days of their occurrence. System-wide department vacancies shall comply with C, below. Notification of vacancies will be sent electronically to those system-wide department members who, prior to May 1, notify the Human Resources Office of their desire to receive the vacancy list. 5. Whenever a teaching vacancy occurs: (i) in the case of high school teachers, after the first day of the second semester; or (ii) in the case of elementary school teachers, after the end of the first week following the October ADM count date (collectively, the “Transfer Period”), these vacancies will be filled on a temporary basis for the rest of the school year through the assignment of a substitute teacher. Vacancies that occur after the opening of the school but before the end of the applicable Transfer Period shall be filled through that year’s transfer list. Vacancies that occur after the applicable Transfer Period shall be filled from the next year’s transfer list. (See Article IX, B for priorities in filling vacancies). a. Teachers on the voluntary transfer lists who qualify by the terms of this agreement to fill a vacancy, exclusive of system-wide department vacancies, shall be transferred at the opening of school, at the end of the first quarter, or until the end of the applicable Transfer Period whichever occurs first after the vacancy is created. b. When there are names on the layoff re-call list, that person highest on the list who possesses proper certification will be recalled to a temporary vacancy at his/her proper pay and benefits and will then be reassigned when the voluntary transferee is placed. 6. A teacher xxx withdraw his/her name from the transfer list at any time prior to written notification of transfer from the Human Resources Office. This withdrawal must be in writing. 7. When a vacancy exists, the Human Resources Office must contact the teacher who has applied for the vacancy. A teacher shall be contacted and offered all known vacancies not more than three (3) times. The teacher shall be advised of all the vacancies that are available for which he/she is eligible to transfer each time the teacher is contacted. After the third refusal, the teacher will be notified in writing by the Human Resources Office that he/she will be ineligible to transfer for the rest of the school year and must complete a new transfer form if he/she wants to be on the transfer list for the succeeding school year. Refusal to return to original school and assignment by a reduced enrollment transferee will result in the abrogation of the right to return. However, when the assignment offered is outside the department, or primary or intermediate grade levels, the right to return will be maintained subject to annual renewal. (See B-4 B- 4 below and Appendix AA). 8. All notices of transfer shall be in writing from the Human Resources Office. 9. Transfers in any one year may be limited to ten (10%) per cent of the faculty from a high school, and twenty-twenty- five (25%) of the faculty from an elementary school. 10. Classification, departmental, or system wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor 11. Classification, departmental, or system wide departmental seniority, whichever is applicable, shall be the sole determining factor in granting transfers if qualifications are relatively equal. Qualifications shall be defined the same as in Article IV, G-10. A transfer request from within a school has priority over a transfer from without, except in the case of a system-system- wide departmental vacancy, as described in Article III-III- D, or if returning reduced enrollment transferee is involved (See Article IV, H-1-a.) 12. Teachers applying to transfer (or those on the reduced enrollment transfer list) to any team teaching vacancy shall be given a written description of the requirements for such a position. The names of the other team members will be provided upon request. After receiving such notification, the teacher may withdraw from the application without penalty. Should the opening be accepted, the teacher must teach in the team for the entire school year. a. At the conclusion of the year, the teacher may withdraw from the team should another position become available at the school and sufficient classification seniority is accrued to be reassigned as per Article IV, H-1-b. 13. When a teacher in a team indicates to the Human Resources Office prior to April 1, a desire to transfer to a self-contained assignment, he/she will be placed on the reduced enrollment transfer list. 14. The above provisions for team teaching shall apply only to existing team vacancies. No new teams shall be created without the consent of existing staff members as per Article VII, D.