Common use of Position Assignments Clause in Contracts

Position Assignments. (a) Position assignment(s) shall be defined in terms of hours to be worked per day, buildings, and/or program requirements. Grade level(s) and/or program(s) assignment(s) within a building(s) shall be exclusively within the prerogative of the administration. Positions may be combined to include up to eight (8) working hours per day. (b) Secure positions are those positions that are not openly bid during the June bidding process. Prior to bidding, the unit and administration will meet to designate secure positions for the following school year. Title One positions and special education positions that require specialized training or have specialized student needs based on an IEPT will not be openly bid and as a result will be considered secure positions. Individuals in secure positions may request transfer from secure positions prior to the end of May in a given school year. It is expressly understood that positions held by employees for less than forty-five (45) school days may not be secured until after open bidding. (c) Open positions are available for bidding. Position assignments shall be made no later than the Friday of the week following the last student day of the year with the Monday of that week being the preferable day for such determination. Notices are to be sent out three (3) days prior to the last day of school for bidding. Employees may submit a written proxy signed by the bidder to a Union Xxxxxxx who is thereby authorized to bid a position for that employee. (d) Once the school year begins, program adjustment needs that require staffing changes of forty-five (45) minutes or less per day will be at the prerogative of the administration. When assignments require more than a forty-five (45) minute adjustment per day, the position will be posted for five (5) school days and will be filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids. (e) If any position projected in June does not materialize, or is later eliminated or reduced in hours, staff reduction shall be determined based on seniority. Notwithstanding the above, high seniority employees may elect to take a voluntary layoff when staffing needs to be reduced. (f) If a position becomes vacant or a new position becomes available, the position shall be posted for five (5) school days in all school buildings and then filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids (if any are submitted). During vacation periods, the Union Xxxxxxx will also be sent a copy of such postings. Unit members will be allowed to bid a vacant position when the best interest of the students or district is served by such a change in assignment. (g) Paraprofessionals required to work at more than one building during a school day shall be given fifteen (15) minutes of travel time from their work time and be paid the current district mileage rate for travel between the buildings. (h) When a paraprofessional is in layoff status and a new position becomes available, the most senior person in layoff status shall be contacted for rehire. If that person refuses the job, he/she is no longer employed by Flushing Schools. (i) When a need is established for paraprofessional support on a temporary basis, a substitute paraprofessional may be assigned for forty-five (45) school days and/or completion of an IEPT process.

Position Assignments. (a) Position assignment(s) shall be defined in terms of hours to be worked per day, buildings, and/or program requirements. Grade level(s) and/or program(s) assignment(s) within a building(s) shall be exclusively within the prerogative of the administration. Positions may be combined to include up to eight (8) working hours per day. (b) Secure positions are those positions that are not openly bid during the June bidding process. Prior to bidding, the unit and administration will meet to designate secure positions for the following school year. Title One One, MTSS positions and special education positions that require specialized training or have specialized student needs based on an IEPT will not be openly bid and as a result will be considered secure positions. Individuals in secure positions may request transfer from secure positions prior to the end of May in a given school year. It is expressly understood that positions held by employees for less than forty-five (45) school days may not be secured until after open bidding. (c) Open positions are available for bidding. Position assignments shall be made no later than the Friday of the week following the last student day of the year with the Monday of that week being the preferable day for such determination. Notices are to be sent out three (3) days prior to the last day of school for bidding. Employees may submit a written proxy signed by the bidder to a Union Xxxxxxx who is thereby authorized to bid a position for that employee. (d) Once the school year begins, program adjustment needs that require staffing changes of forty-five (45) minutes or less per day will be at the prerogative of the administration. When assignments require more than a forty-five (45) minute adjustment per day, the position will be posted for five (5) school days and will be filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids. (e) If any position projected in June does not materialize, or is later eliminated or reduced in hours, staff reduction shall be determined based on seniority. Notwithstanding the above, high seniority employees may elect to take a voluntary layoff when staffing needs to be reduced. (f) If a position becomes vacant or a new position becomes available, the position shall be posted for five (5) school days in all school buildings and then filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids (if any are submitted). Please note that MTSS Paraprofessional positions will be filled by appointment. During vacation periods, the Union Xxxxxxx will also be sent a copy of such postings. Unit members will be allowed to bid a vacant position when the best interest of the students or district is served by such a change in assignment. (g) Paraprofessionals required to work at more than one building during a school day shall be given fifteen (15) minutes of travel time from their work time and be paid the current district mileage rate for travel between the buildings. (h) When a paraprofessional is in layoff status and a new position becomes available, the most senior person in layoff status shall be contacted for rehire. If that person refuses the job, he/she is no longer employed by Flushing Schools. (i) When a need is established for paraprofessional support on a temporary basis, a substitute paraprofessional may be assigned for forty-five (45) school days and/or completion of an IEPT process.

Position Assignments. (a) Position assignment(s) shall be defined in terms of hours to be worked per day, buildings, and/or program requirements. Grade level(s) and/or program(s) assignment(s) within a building(s) shall be exclusively within the prerogative of the administration. Positions may be combined to include up to eight (8) working hours per day. (b) Secure positions are those positions that are not openly bid during the June bidding process. Prior to bidding, the unit and administration will meet to designate secure positions for the following school year. Title One positions and special education positions that require specialized training or have specialized student needs based on an IEPT will not be openly bid and as a result will be considered secure positions. Individuals in secure positions may request transfer from secure positions prior to the end of May in a given school year. It is expressly understood that positions held by employees for less than forty-five (45) school days may not be secured until after open bidding. (c) Open positions are available for bidding. Position assignments shall be made no later than the Friday of the week following the last student day of the year with the Monday of that week being the preferable day for such determinationin June. Notices are to be sent out three one (31) days week prior to the last day bidding. Choice of school for biddingprojected available assignments shall be on a seniority basis. Employees may submit choose a written proxy signed by the bidder to a Union Xxxxxxx who is thereby authorized to bid a position for that employeetheir assignments. (dc) Once the school year begins, program adjustment needs that require staffing changes of forty-five (45) minutes or less per day will be at the prerogative of the administration. When assignments require more than a forty-five (45) minute adjustment per day, the position will be posted for five (5) school calendar days and will be filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids. (ed) If any position some position(s) projected in June does not materialize, or is later eliminated or reduced in hours, staff reduction shall be determined based on seniorityby the more senior displaced full- time paraprofessional(s) "bumping" the least senior full-time paraprofessional(s) and the more senior displaced part-time paraprofessional(s) "bumping" the least senior part- time paraprofessional(s) or the least senior displaced full-time paraprofessional(s) "bumping" the least senior part-time paraprofessional(s). Notwithstanding the above, high seniority employees may elect to take a voluntary layoff when staffing needs to be reduced. (fe) If a position new position( s) becomes available, or if a position( s) becomes vacant because of the termination of employment of a paraprofessional(s), or becomes vacant because of a new paraprofessional(s) being placed in another position becomes availableas a result of seniority bidding, the position shall be posted for five (5) school calendar days in all school buildings and then filled on the basis of seniority from submitted written bids (if any are submitted). During vacation periods, the Union Xxxxxxx will also be sent a copy of such postings. Unit members will be allowed . (f) If it is anticipated that an extended absence (more than five [5] consecutive working days) of a full-time paraprofessional is going to bid occur, the part-time paraprofessionals within that building, in order of seniority, shall have an opportunity to substitute in the full-time position before a vacant position when the best interest of the students or district non-unit substitute is served by such a change in assignmentplaced. (g) Paraprofessionals required to work at more than one building during a school day shall be given fifteen (15) minutes of travel time from their work time and be paid the current district mileage rate for travel between the buildings. (h) When a paraprofessional is in layoff status and a new position becomes available, the most senior person in layoff status shall be contacted for rehire. If that person refuses the job, he/she is no longer employed by Flushing Schools. (i) When a need is established for paraprofessional support on a temporary basis, a substitute paraprofessional may be assigned for forty-five (45) school days and/or completion of an IEPT process.