Common use of TRANSFER AND SURPLUS Clause in Contracts

TRANSFER AND SURPLUS. 1. Transfers and Surpluses Initiated by the Board a. The superintendent, or designate, intending to recommend transfer of a teacher for reasons other than declining enrollment shall meet with the teacher at least seven (7) days prior to the recommendation being placed before the Board. The nature of the transfer, and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the teacher and the Union. At such meeting the teacher may be accompanied by a member of the Union. The teacher shall have the opportunity to consider the matter and shall have five (5) days to reply. b. Transfers shall not be initiated by the Board for arbitrary or disciplinary reasons. Transfers may occur pursuant to Article E.2.4.d (Harassment/Sexual Harassment). c. Where the Board initiates a transfer or surplus after the start of the school year, and where the assignment is different from the current assignment, the Board will assist the teacher in the relocation of materials if required and may provide some preparation time prior to the assumption of their teaching duties. d. The Board may transfer a teacher to an assignment involving a significantly different grade level or significantly different subject area, only if: i. there remain no vacancies in the teacher’s existing grade level or subject area for which the teacher has the necessary qualifications; ii. the teacher has the least district-wide seniority among teachers in the teacher’s existing grade level or subject area; iii. the Board provides adequate support and in-service release time to ensure professional retraining commensurate with the degree of change of assignment; iv. the teacher is offered priority in future vacancies in the teacher’s existing grade level or subject area. e. Where the Board initiates a surplus from the staff of a school for bona fide educational, budgetary, declining enrollment, reconfiguration or other such reasons: i. unless a more senior teacher agrees to be surplused, the surplus shall be effected in reverse order of district seniority of teachers in that school, provided that the teachers retained on the staff of the school possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available; ii. if not, the principal will match the educational needs of the school with the necessary qualifications of school staff members. This process may require teachers to teach courses or grade levels they are qualified to teach but which might not have been their preference; iii. teachers declared surplus to the school will be designated for surplus in reverse order of seniority; iv. by April 30 schools shall normally have identified surplus staff and vacancies; v. subject to Article

TRANSFER AND SURPLUS. 1. Transfers and Surpluses Initiated by the Board a. The superintendent, or designate, intending to recommend transfer of a teacher for reasons other than declining enrollment shall meet with the teacher at least seven (7) days prior to the recommendation being placed before the Board. The nature of the transfer, and the reasons for it shall be communicated to the teacher and the Union. At such meeting the teacher may be accompanied by a member of the Union. The teacher shall have the opportunity to consider the matter and shall have five (5) days to reply. b. Transfers shall not be initiated by the Board for arbitrary or disciplinary reasons. Transfers may occur pursuant to Article E.2.4.d (Harassment/Sexual Harassment). c. Where the Board initiates a transfer or surplus after the start of the school year, and where the assignment is different from the current assignment, the Board will assist the teacher in the relocation of materials if required and may provide some preparation time prior to the assumption of their teaching duties. d. The Board may transfer a teacher to an assignment involving a significantly different grade level or significantly different subject area, only if: i. there remain no vacancies in the teacher’s teacher‟s existing grade level or subject area for which the teacher has the necessary qualifications; ii. the teacher has the least district-wide seniority among teachers in the teacher’s teacher‟s existing grade level or subject area; iii. the Board provides adequate support and in-service release time to ensure professional retraining commensurate with the degree of change of assignment; iv. the teacher is offered priority in future vacancies in the teacher’s teacher‟s existing grade level or subject area. e. Where the Board initiates a surplus from the staff of a school for bona fide educational, budgetary, declining enrollment, reconfiguration or other such reasons: i. unless a more senior teacher agrees to be surplused, the surplus shall be effected in reverse order of district seniority of teachers in that school, provided that the teachers retained on the staff of the school possess the necessary qualifications for the positions available; ii. if not, the principal will match the educational needs of the school with the necessary qualifications of school staff members. This process may require teachers to teach courses or grade levels they are qualified to teach but which might not have been their preference; iii. teachers declared surplus to the school will be designated for surplus in reverse order of seniority; iv. by April 30 schools shall normally have identified surplus staff and vacancies; v. subject to Article