Common use of Transfer Interviews Clause in Contracts

Transfer Interviews. a. Criteria: i. General Criteria: General criteria that apply to all schools/programs across the District will not be included unless there is something specific to the school and/or program. General criteria include, but are not limited to: 1. basic technology skills; 2. communication/involvement with parents; 3. collaborative teamwork; 4. work with and training in other District adopted curriculum, instruction and assessment. ii. Specific Criteria: The building team (i.e., department team, grade level team, or core team) will develop Specific Criteria unique to the building to be used in the interview process. Specific Criteria will be the standard that all internal applicants will be measured against. Areas that may be used include, but are not limited to: 1. Participation in curriculum review, hiring teams, committee work, staff/team/department meetings, curriculum development and assessment; 2. Using technology for staff and students in instruction, attendance, presentation, communication, evaluation, and assessment; 3. Responsibilities driven by the School Improvement Plan such as mentoring a colleague, leadership, focus on an instructional practice, increasing the strength of the staff in a building, participating in grant/professional development activities; 4. Taking on leadership responsibility, filling a specific skill area or specific academic and/or vocational discipline; 5. Willingness to follow any specific building discipline policies and expectations, grading policies or homework policies, communicating with parents as the building has set out in either frequency or form, and participation in EG, TST, and IEP meetings. iii. Other Specific Criteria must be approved in advance by the Human Resources Department. iv. With respect to training, the building needs to determine and state in the Specific Criteria if the need is for a candidate who has received the training or for one who is willing to be trained.