Common use of Protected positions Clause in Contracts

Protected positions. The Association has reluctantly acknowledged that the District must assign qualified personnel to certain co-curricular and extracurricular student programs to ensure they will be of good quality. Consequently, an individual with little District seniority that has the necessary qualifications to handle both a co-curricular and extracurricular assignment as well as a regular curriculum assignment can obtain preferential treatment in the staffing of a school. A person with much District seniority in a curriculum assignment without qualifications and/or desire to serve in a co-curricular and extracurricular activity assignment is at risk to be reassigned. The administrative prerogative to assign individuals with little seniority in “protected” co-curricular and extracurricular positions should be kept to a critical few situations. Certificated staff members placed into the two (2) classes of positions in a building as identified below are protected from an involuntary reassignment caused by the reduction of staff in a building: a. Staff assigned because of established affirmative action program staffing objectives, ethnic-minority, etc. b. Staff assigned to co-curricular extended-day activities by virtue of their curriculum teaching assignment, which are middle school and high school vocal and instrumental, high school journalism and yearbook, high school drama and stage.

Protected positions. The Association has reluctantly acknowledged that the District must assign qualified personnel to certain co-curricular and extracurricular student programs to ensure they will be of good quality. Consequently, an individual with little District seniority that has the necessary qualifications to handle both a co-curricular and extracurricular assignment as well as a regular curriculum assignment can obtain preferential treatment in the staffing of a school. A person with much District seniority in a curriculum assignment without qualifications and/or desire to serve in a co-curricular and extracurricular activity assignment is at risk to be reassigned. The administrative prerogative to assign individuals with little seniority in “protected” protected co-curricular and extracurricular positions should be kept to a critical few situations. Certificated staff members placed into the two (2) classes of positions in a building as identified below are protected from an involuntary reassignment caused by the reduction of staff in a building: a. Staff assigned because of established affirmative action program staffing objectives, ethnic-minority, etc. b. Staff assigned to co-curricular extended-day activities by virtue of their curriculum teaching assignment, which are middle school and high school vocal and instrumental, high school journalism and yearbook, high school drama and stage.