Teacher Assignment Travel and Substitutes. A. Assignment
1. Teachers shall be assigned according to certification. Preference for grade or subject shall be considered.
2. No employee shall be involuntarily assigned to teach in a grade level and/or subject area not within the scope of his teaching certificate, except where a position within his certification is unavailable. Employees assigned to positions outside the scope of their certificates shall be assigned as soon as possible to positions for which they hold certification.
3. If assignments out-of-field are made, they should be no longer than one (1) year. An out-of-field assignment of longer than one year requires that certification must be completed within three (3) years of the initial assignment.
4. Except as determined to be in the best interest of the school by the principal, teachers shall be tentatively assigned to the same subject area and/or grade level for the forthcoming semester that they held during the previous semester. Teachers shall be notified in writing as soon as any change is made in such tentative assignment.
5. The Board shall make every effort to arrange the schedules of teachers who are assigned to more than one school so as to limit the amount of inter-school travel to a minimum. Such teachers shall receive travel expenses per mile at the applicable per diem rate.
Teacher Assignment Travel and Substitutes
