Common use of Seniority/RIF Procedures Clause in Contracts

Seniority/RIF Procedures. Seniority. Seniority shall be defined as follows: (1) Total years of continuous tenured teaching service in the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a PRO RATA basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (2) If the years of continuous tenured service are equal between two or more teachers, seniority shall be determined by total years of continuous teaching service with the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a pro rata basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (3) If the years of total continuous teaching service with the School District are equal between two or more teachers, then seniority shall be determined by total teaching service in the School District, whether or not continuous. Such service shall be computed in the manner described in (1) and (2) above. (4) If two or more teachers remain equal after application of the factor(s) set forth above, then seniority shall be determined by lot. Annually, no later than February 1st, a tentative seniority listing of all tenured teachers shall be prepared and posted in appropriate locations in the District. A copy of the seniority list shall also be provided to the Association President. The seniority listing shall include the name, years of continuous tenured service, and other teaching qualifications for each teacher in the District. Non-tenured teachers shall be listed in separate categories. A teacher shall have twenty (20) employment days from the date of posting of the tentative seniority list to file written objections with the Superintendent or designee to the information shown on the list. After the period for objections has passed, the administration shall prepare and post a finalized seniority list. The failure of a teacher to make a specific, timely objection shall be deemed an acceptance of the seniority ranking and shall prohibit any subsequent challenges to rankings until the posting of a seniority list in the following school year. Vacancies which must be tendered to honorably dismissed tenured teachers during their period of recall rights include any full-time or part-time positions becoming available. Vacancies shall not be deemed to include, however, any short-term or substitute position of less than sixty (60) days’ duration. Honorably dismissed tenured teachers shall be tendered vacancies for which they are legally qualified in order of reverse seniority, with the most senior teacher being offered the available position first. To be eligible for recall, the teacher must provide the Superintendent or designee, in writing, and prior to the last day of employment, the address where he/she can be reached. Upon the tendering of any vacancy during the recall period, the teacher must notify the Superintendent or designee in writing within ten (10) calendar days of certified mailing of the acceptance of the vacancy tendered. A teacher’s failure to notify the District of acceptance of a tendered vacancy shall constitute a rejection of the offered position. Any teacher who rejects an offer of a full- time vacant position for which he/she is qualified shall be deemed to have waived his or her recall rights and will no longer be eligible for any other vacancy becoming available during the remainder of the recall period.

Seniority/RIF Procedures. Seniority. Seniority shall be defined as follows: (1) Total years of continuous tenured teaching service in the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a PRO RATA basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (2) If the years of continuous tenured service are equal between two or more teachers, seniority shall be determined by total years of continuous teaching service with the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a pro rata basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (3) If the years of total continuous teaching service with the School District are equal between two or more teachers, then seniority shall be determined by total teaching service in the School District, whether or not continuous. Such service shall be computed in the manner described in (1) and (2) above. (4) If two or more teachers remain equal after application of the factor(s) set forth above, then seniority shall be determined by lot. Annually, no later than February 1st, a tentative seniority listing of all tenured teachers shall be prepared and posted in appropriate locations in the District. A copy of the seniority list shall also be provided to the Association President. The seniority listing shall include the name, years of continuous tenured service, and other teaching qualifications for each teacher in the District. Non-tenured teachers shall be listed in separate categories. A teacher shall have twenty (20) employment days from the date of posting of the tentative seniority list to file written objections with the Superintendent or designee to the information shown on the list. After the period for objections has passed, the administration shall prepare and post a finalized seniority list. The failure of a teacher to make a specific, timely objection shall be deemed an acceptance of the seniority ranking and shall prohibit any subsequent challenges to rankings until the posting of a seniority list in the following school year. Vacancies which must be tendered to honorably dismissed tenured teachers during their period of recall rights include any full-time or part-time positions becoming available. Vacancies shall not be deemed to include, however, any short-term or substitute position of less than sixty (60) days’ duration. Honorably dismissed tenured teachers shall be tendered vacancies for which they are legally qualified in order of reverse seniority, with the most senior teacher being offered the available position first. To be eligible for recall, the teacher must provide the Superintendent or designee, in writing, and prior to the last day of employment, the address where he/she can be reached. Upon the tendering of any vacancy during the recall period, the teacher must notify the Superintendent or designee in writing within ten (10) calendar days of certified mailing of the acceptance of the vacancy tendered. tendered.‌‌ A teacher’s failure to notify the District of acceptance of a tendered vacancy shall constitute a rejection of the offered position. Any teacher who rejects an offer of a full- time vacant position for which he/she is qualified shall be deemed to have waived his or her recall rights and will no longer be eligible for any other vacancy becoming available during the remainder of the recall period.

Seniority/RIF Procedures. Seniority. Seniority shall be defined as follows: (1) Total years of continuous tenured teaching service in the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a PRO RATA basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (2) If the years of continuous tenured service are equal between two or more teachers, seniority shall be determined by total years of continuous teaching service with the School District; provided, however, that less than full-time service shall be computed on a pro rata basis and that unpaid leaves of absence of ninety (90) consecutive employment days or more shall not be counted in determining seniority. (3) If the years of total continuous teaching service with the School District are equal between two or more teachers, then seniority shall be determined by total teaching service in the School District, whether or not continuous. Such service shall be computed in the manner described in (1) and (2) above. (4) If two or more teachers remain equal after application of the factor(s) set forth above, then seniority shall be determined by lot. Annually, no later than February 1st, a tentative seniority listing of all tenured teachers shall be prepared and posted in appropriate locations in the District. A copy of the seniority list shall also be provided to the Association President. The seniority listing shall include the name, years of continuous tenured service, and other teaching qualifications for each teacher in the District. Non-tenured teachers shall be listed in separate categories. A teacher shall have twenty (20) employment days from the date of posting of the tentative seniority list to file written objections with the Superintendent or designee to the information shown on the list. After the period for objections has passed, the administration shall prepare and post a finalized seniority list. The failure of a teacher to make a specific, timely objection shall be deemed an acceptance of the seniority ranking and shall prohibit any subsequent challenges to rankings until the posting of a seniority list in the following school year. Vacancies which must be tendered to honorably dismissed tenured teachers during their period of recall rights include any full-time or part-time positions becoming available. Vacancies shall not be deemed to include, however, any short-term or substitute position of less than sixty (60) days’ duration. Honorably dismissed tenured teachers shall be tendered vacancies for which they are legally qualified in order of reverse seniority, with the most senior teacher being offered the available position first. To be eligible for recall, the teacher must provide the Superintendent or designee, in writing, and prior to the last day of employment, the address where he/she can be reached. Upon the tendering of any vacancy during the recall period, the teacher must notify the Superintendent or designee in writing within ten (10) calendar days of certified mailing of the acceptance of the vacancy tendered. A teacher’s failure to notify the District of acceptance of a tendered vacancy shall constitute a rejection of the offered position. Any teacher who rejects an offer of a full- full-time vacant position for which he/she is qualified shall be deemed to have waived his or her recall rights and will no longer be eligible for any other vacancy becoming available during the remainder of the recall period.