Common use of INITIAL NOTICE OF LAY-OFFS Clause in Contracts

INITIAL NOTICE OF LAY-OFFS. If the Board acts to terminate a position(s) within the system the Board shall give notification of termination(s) to the teacher selected according to the approved criteria. The primary criteria for selection a teacher to be released shall be the ratings on the Tulsa/TLE calculated to the one-hundredth (1/100) percent. In the event two (2) or more teachers are equally eligible for termination based upon their Tulsa/TLE ratings, the notification of termination shall be given to the teacher having the least seniority. For the purpose of this procedure, seniority will be computed from a teacher's most recent date of hire in the local system, and will begin to accrue as of the first day of actual service in the local system. After that teacher has been identified the following procedure may be initiated: 1. In the event a teacher eliminated through RIF is certified to hold a position other than the one (1) being eliminated, said teacher may bump another teacher in that position, as long as the teacher has seniority over that person and has an average composite ranking score that is greater than the other teacher as measured to the nearest hundredth of a decimal point. 2. If the composite ratings of the teachers in the affected positions are identical then the following. in this order, shall control bumping: a. Seniority in the District (as stated above). b. The number of certifications held. c. Total years of teaching experience.

INITIAL NOTICE OF LAY-OFFS. If the Board acts to terminate a position(s) within the system system, the Board shall give notification of termination(s) to the teacher selected according to the approved criteria. The primary criteria for selection a teacher to be released shall be the ratings on the Tulsa/TLE calculated to the one-hundredth (1/100) percent. In the event two (2) or more teachers are equally eligible for termination based upon their Tulsa/TLE ratings, the notification of termination shall be given to the teacher having the least seniority. For the purpose of this procedure, seniority will be computed from a teacher's most recent date of hire in the local system, and will begin to accrue as of the first day of actual service in the local system. After that teacher has been identified the following procedure may be initiated: 1. In the event a teacher eliminated through RIF is certified to hold a position other than the one (1) being eliminated, said teacher may bump another teacher in that position, as long as the teacher has seniority over that person and has an average composite ranking score that is greater than the other teacher as measured to the nearest hundredth of a decimal point. 2. If the composite ratings of the teachers in the affected positions are identical then the following. in this order, shall control bumping: a. Seniority in the District (as stated above). b. The number of certifications held. c. Total years of teaching experience.