-- Obligatory Transfers Sample Clauses

-- Obligatory Transfers. 1. On or before April 15 of each school year, a meeting shall be conducted for individuals identified as obligatory transfers. The District shall attempt to begin to transfer certificated employees designated as obligatory transfers by April 15 of the current school year. 2. The unit administrator of a school which must designate teachers as "obligatory transfers" shall use seniority as the basis for so doing unless school needs justify not using a "seniority system." The seniority system would require placing a teacher at each affected department at that school with the least seniority in the District on the obligatory transfer list. At elementary schools, seniority shall be determined at kindergarten, primary, and intermediate. In the special education department of a given school, seniority shall be established based on certification in the specialized area (i.e., emotionally handicapped, learning disabled, etc.). The person being considered for transfer must have the appropriate certification and must be qualified to teach in the position to which he/she is being transferred. 3. Every effort will be made to inform certificated employees who are declared obligatory transfers of their status, in a private meeting with the building level administrator. This meeting shall take place prior to the building-wide announcement of obligatory transfers and the request for volunteer obligatory transfers.