Common use of Unassigned Teachers Clause in Contracts

Unassigned Teachers. If it becomes necessary to reduce staff in a department of a secondary school, the teacher in that department with the least length of service with the district will be declared unassigned, except where the subject area (teaching assignment) requires training, educational preparation, and certification not held by others in the department, in which event the person with the next least length of service with the district will be declared unassigned. If it becomes necessary to reduce classroom staff in an elementary school on or after the first day of school, the principal will meet with all classroom teachers certified for the grade level being reduced and ask for volunteers to be declared unassigned at that school. If no one volunteers, then the teacher in that building with the least length of service with the District and the required certification will be declared unassigned. The superintendent or designee will assign unassigned teachers to another building in a subject or teaching area for which they have the educational preparation and certification when positions are available. If a position for which the teacher who has been involuntarily transferred has the training, educational preparation and certification becomes available prior to August 1 in the building and/or department which the teacher previously taught, the teacher shall have the opportunity of being reassigned to that position. No teacher on a voluntary leave of absence will be assigned to any teaching assignment until all unassigned teachers with the training, educational preparation and certification in that subject are or teaching area are assigned. Teachers on leave for military service will be re-employed pursuant to federal law. Time spent on leave of absence will not be included in length of service with the district for the purposes of determining who shall be declared unassigned. After a teacher has been declared unassigned, that teacher may not use length of service with the district in securing a position in another school or within his or her present school. Length of service with the district shall be determined by the actual date of beginning employment as a teacher, not by the date of the contract or the date of employment by the Board of Education. The actual date of beginning employment shall not be changed by reason of the resignation of a teacher at the end of the school year and the re-employment of said teacher on the first day of the succeeding school year, but if a teacher who is not under contract during any part of a school year because of resignation is subsequently reemployed, the actual date of beginning employment shall be the first day he or she reports for teaching duties following the resignation. If two (2) or more teachers in an elementary school or in a secondary school department have equal and the least years of service with the district, the unassigned teacher will be determined using the Length of District Service List. The provisions of this policy as to unassigned teachers shall not be applicable to parttime teachers. School closings are traumatic events for the patrons, pupils, teachers and the administration of the district. In order to reduce the traumatic effect of the dislocation of teacher personnel, the Board of Education adopts the following: When it becomes necessary to close a school building(s), the Board of Education will notify the public/staff of school(s) to be closed as soon as possible. The Board of Education will make every effort to make this notification prior to February 15th of the school year preceding the closing of the school(s). The superintendent will make available to the teachers of the building(s) affected, a list of vacancies that will be created by the non re-employment of temporary contract personnel, leaves of absence, resignations, retirements, new positions that may be formed to handle students from closed school(s) who are reassigned to remaining schools, and terminations -- no later than April 15. For the purpose of this school closing procedure only, if additional vacancies are needed, these vacancies shall be created by releasing teachers according to length of district service. Teachers released by this procedure shall receive this notification in writing between April 1 and April 15. If openings occur after this release procedure, they shall be returned by assignment to positions in inverse order of their length of district service. Teachers from the building(s) closed will choose in order from most district service to least district service from the available positions according to their current teaching area. Teachers shall have five (5) days upon receipt of the vacancy list to indicate their selection. Length of service within the district shall be determined by the actual date of beginning employment as a teacher, not by the date of the contract or the date of employment by the Board of Education. The actual date of the beginning of employment shall not be changed by reason of the resignation of a teacher at the end of the school year and the reemployment of said teacher on the first day of the succeeding school year, but if a teacher who is not under contract during any part of a school year because of resignation is subsequently re-employed, the actual date of the beginning of employment shall be the first day he or she reports for teaching duties following the resignation. This paragraph is applicable to full-time teaching service. Teachers who are unassigned during a year when a school building(s) is closed shall be placed on the temporary unassigned district length of service list and the teachers will select positions on the same basis as teachers from the closed building. If no vacancies are available in the teacher's present assignment, he or she shall select a position held by a teacher with the least length of district service in his or her area or assignment and certification. This understanding applies only to the reassignment of teachers as a result of closing school(s) and is not intended to replace any existing policies.

Unassigned Teachers. If it becomes necessary to reduce staff in a department of a secondary school, the teacher in that department with the least length of service with the district will be declared unassigned, except where the subject area (teaching assignment) requires training, educational preparation, and certification not held by others in the department, in which event the person with the next least length of service with the district will be declared unassigned. If it becomes necessary to reduce classroom staff in an elementary school on or after the first day of school, the principal will meet with all classroom teachers certified for the grade level being reduced and ask for volunteers to be declared unassigned at that school. If no one volunteers, then the teacher in that building with the least length of service with the District and the required certification will be declared unassigned. The superintendent or designee will assign unassigned teachers to another building in a subject or teaching area for which they have the educational preparation and certification when positions are available. If a position for which the teacher who has been involuntarily transferred has the training, educational preparation and certification becomes available prior to August 1 in the building and/or department which the teacher previously taught, the teacher shall have the opportunity of being reassigned to that position. No teacher on a voluntary leave of absence will be assigned to any teaching assignment until all unassigned teachers with the training, educational preparation and certification in that subject are or teaching area are assigned. Teachers on leave for military service will be re-employed pursuant to federal law. Time spent on leave of absence will not be included in length of service with the district for the purposes of determining who shall be declared unassigned. After a teacher has been declared unassigned, that teacher may not use length of service with the district in securing a position in another school or within his or her present school. Length of service with the district shall be determined by the actual date of beginning employment as a teacher, not by the date of the contract or the date of employment by the Board of Education. The actual date of beginning employment shall not be changed by reason of the resignation of a teacher at the end of the school year and the re-employment of said teacher on the first day of the succeeding school year, but if a teacher who is not under contract during any part of a school year because of resignation is subsequently reemployedre- employed, the actual date of beginning employment shall be the first day he or she reports for teaching duties following the resignation. If two (2) or more teachers in an elementary school or in a secondary school department have equal and the least years of service with the district, the unassigned teacher will be determined using the Length of District Service List. The provisions of this policy as to unassigned teachers shall not be applicable to parttime part- time teachers. School closings are traumatic events for the patrons, pupils, teachers and the administration of the district. In order to reduce the traumatic effect of the dislocation of teacher personnel, the Board of Education adopts the following: When it becomes necessary to close a school building(s), the Board of Education will notify the public/staff of school(s) to be closed as soon as possible. The Board of Education will make every effort to make this notification prior to February 15th of the school year preceding the closing of the school(s). The superintendent will make available to the teachers of the building(s) affected, a list of vacancies that will be created by the non re-employment of temporary contract personnel, leaves of absence, resignations, retirements, new positions that may be formed to handle students from closed school(s) who are reassigned to remaining schools, and terminations -- no later than April 15. For the purpose of this school closing procedure only, if additional vacancies are needed, these vacancies shall be created by releasing teachers according to length of district service. Teachers released by this procedure shall receive this notification in writing between April 1 and April 15. If openings occur after this release procedure, they shall be returned by assignment to positions in inverse order of their length of district service. Teachers from the building(s) closed will choose in order from most district service to least district service from the available positions according to their current teaching area. Teachers shall have five (5) days upon receipt of the vacancy list to indicate their selection. Length of service within the district shall be determined by the actual date of beginning employment as a teacher, not by the date of the contract or the date of employment by the Board of Education. The actual date of the beginning of employment shall not be changed by reason of the resignation of a teacher at the end of the school year and the reemployment of said teacher on the first day of the succeeding school year, but if a teacher who is not under contract during any part of a school year because of resignation is subsequently re-employed, the actual date of the beginning of employment shall be the first day he or she reports for teaching duties following the resignation. This paragraph is applicable to full-time teaching service. Teachers who are unassigned during a year when a school building(s) is closed shall be placed on the temporary unassigned district length of service list and the teachers will select positions on the same basis as teachers from the closed building. If no vacancies are available in the teacher's present assignment, he or she shall select a position held by a teacher with the least length of district service in his or her area or assignment and certification. This understanding applies only to the reassignment of teachers as a result of closing school(s) and is not intended to replace any existing policies.