Common use of Specialized Units Clause in Contracts

Specialized Units. The District will make every reasonable effort to identify, prior to April 1 of each school year, which specialized units will be moved from their present school location to a different school location, even if it cannot yet determine where the new site will be. This will allow reasonable notice and opportunity for the affected teacher to pursue voluntary transfer options. If an affected teacher does not wish to go to the new location and is unsuccessful in securing a voluntary transfer in April, that teacher will participate in the surplus pool in mid-May. If the teacher is notified of the relocation after the May surplus meeting and does not wish to move with the specialized unit, the affected teacher shall, within five (5) days of notification, select a position from a list of vacancies. If more than one unit exists at a school, relocation will be based on seniority. The District will establish a procedure for assuring that teachers hired for specialized classes are informed, in writing, at the time they are hired, that such special education units are assigned to locations at the discretion of the District and that, consequently, the existence of a particular unit at a specific school one year does not mean that the unit will continue at the school in subsequent years. The prevailing factor in determining which special education teacher is to be surplused is the area of licensure, even if the units are assigned to secondary schools.

Specialized Units. The District will make every reasonable effort to identify, prior to April 1 of each school yearspring surplus, which specialized units will be moved from their present school location to a different school location, even if it cannot yet determine where the new site will be. This will allow reasonable notice and opportunity for the affected teacher to pursue voluntary transfer options. If an affected teacher does not wish to go to the new location and is unsuccessful in securing a voluntary transfer in Apriltransfer, that teacher will participate in the surplus pool in mid-Mayspring surplus. If the teacher is notified of the relocation after the May spring surplus meeting and does not wish to move with the specialized unitmeeting, the affected teacher shall, within five (5) days of notification, select a position from a list of vacancies. If more than one unit exists at a school, relocation will be based on seniority. The District will establish a procedure for assuring that teachers hired for specialized classes are informedcontinue to inform, in writing, at the time they teachers are hiredhired for specialized classes, that such special education units are assigned to locations at the discretion of the District and that, consequently, the existence of a particular unit at a specific school one year does not mean that the unit will continue at the school in subsequent years. The prevailing factor in determining which special education teacher is to be surplused is the area of licensure, even if the units are assigned to secondary schools.