Common use of Reduction in Force List Clause in Contracts

Reduction in Force List. The Board will develop and provide the Association with a RIF list of potentially affected teachers which will be based on the following criteria: 1. Limited contract teachers shall be reduced by using the following order: a. Certification/licensure; then b. Evaluation results; then c. If the evaluation results are “comparable” as defined in paragraph 3 below, seniority in the district as established by the final seniority list in March of that year. 2. Continuing contract teachers may be reduced only after all limited contract teachers of the same certification, by using the following order: a. Certification/licensure; then b. Evaluation results; then c. If the evaluation results are “comparable” as defined in paragraph 3 below, seniority in the district as established by the final seniority list in March of that year. 3. During the term of this contract, classroom teachers and non- classroom teachers with summative evaluation ratings of Accomplished, Skilled, or Developing will be considered to have “comparable” evaluation results. A classroom teacher will not be assigned an Ineffective rating for purposes of “comparable” evaluation results until that teacher has two (2) full years of student growth data available for that teacher and received two (2) consecutive years of an ineffective summative rating. A non- classroom teacher’s summative rating is based solely on their overall performance rating.

Reduction in Force List. The Board will develop and provide the Association with a RIF list of potentially affected teachers which will be based on the following criteria: 1. Limited contract teachers shall be reduced by using the following order: a. Certification/licensure; then b. Evaluation results; then c. If the evaluation results are “comparable” as defined in paragraph 3 below, seniority in the district as established by the final seniority list in March of that year. 2. Continuing contract teachers may be reduced only after all limited contract teachers of the same certification, by using the following order: a. Certification/licensure; then b. Evaluation results; then c. If the evaluation results are “comparable” as defined in paragraph 3 below, seniority in the district as established by the final seniority list in March of that year. 3. During the term of this contract, classroom teachers and non- classroom teachers with summative evaluation ratings of Accomplished, Skilled, or Developing will be considered to have “comparable” evaluation results. A classroom teacher will not be assigned an Ineffective rating for purposes of “comparable” evaluation results until that teacher has two (2) full years of student growth data available for that teacher and received two (2) consecutive years of an ineffective summative rating. A non- non-classroom teacher’s summative rating is based solely on their overall performance rating.