Common use of Specific Criteria for Staff Reduction & Retention (in order of consideration Clause in Contracts

Specific Criteria for Staff Reduction & Retention (in order of consideration. 1. State certification or Licensure. 2. Individual qualifications and experience. A. Qualifications 1. Certification (subject area) 2. Present Staff Assignment 3. Teaching major(s) 4. Teaching minor(s) B. Experience and educational training 1. All experience in Idaho recognized by the Potlatch School District for the purpose of individual placement on the salary schedule. 2. Educational training placement on the salary schedule as substantiated by credits recorded and approved as of October 1 for the current contract year (applicable where experience is equal). 3. Results from yearly Teacher Evaluations that include all evaluations of the employee’s service in the Potlatch School District. 4. Seniority within the District: Seniority will be determined by continuous service in the Potlatch School District, from the first contact day of the school term in which the certificated employee was hired. Certificated employees hired during the course of an ongoing school term shall have their seniority determined from the first day of job employment. Personnel on approved leave shall be considered as having remained on continuous service. However, the time period in which the individual was on leave shall not be counted in the years of total service. Those employees hired on a less than full-time basis will have seniority computed proportionately to the term of their contract (e.g. – one half-time contract equals one half year of service). Seniority shall be determined by data obtained from the official records of certificated staff members on file in the District as of the date that the Board implements the reduction in force.