Voluntary Transfers A roster shall be developed and maintained throughout the year of those employees who request transfers. This roster will be used to select employees for transfer for the following school year. Employees requesting transfers shall list their choices of new assignments in order of priority. Employees shall be placed on the roster in order of their qualifications, and the filing dates of their transfer requests. If equally qualified candidates file on the same date, system wide seniority shall be used to determine their placement on the roster. If an employee does not receive a requested transfer, he/she shall be notified of the reasons in writing and his/her name shall remain on the transfer roster. No later than the 15th of each month, the Board shall send the Union a copy of the updated transfer list. Applicable to Employees Whose Positions Were in Unit I (BTU Teachers) or Unit II (Public School Administrators and Supervisors Association) on June 30, 2010: A roster shall be developed and maintained throughout the year of those employees who 1) were moved to Unit III as a result of the Board Resolution of June 8, 2010, 2) have current MSDE certification, and 3) request transfers into positions in Unit I. This roster will be used to select certificated employees for transfers at the end of the first semester and/or for the following school year. This roster must be used to assign employees into Unit I positions before applicants from outside BCPSS are hired and assigned to Unit I positions. Employees requesting transfers shall list their choices of new assignment in order of priority. Employees shall be placed on the roster in order of their qualifications, and the filing dates of their transfer requests. If equally qualified candidates file on the same date, system-wide seniority shall be used to determine their placement on the roster. All requests shall be processed by the Office of Human Capital. If a certificated employee does not receive a requested transfer, he shall be notified of the reason in writing and his name shall remain on the transfer roster. On a quarterly basis, the Human Capital Officer shall send the Union a copy of the updated transfer list. No voluntary transfer shall be denied for reasons that are arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable or based on personal preference. All employees formerly in Unit I who are transferred back to Unit I shall retain Unit I seniority.
Involuntary Transfer a. If employees are being considered for involuntary transfer they shall be consulted prior to a decision. The employee being considered for a transfer can discuss his/her personal desires at that time. At the superintendent’s discretion, teachers with only one year of experience in the current assignment or the district, or teachers assigned to other than regular classrooms, may be exempt from a transfer. An employee receiving notice of a transfer may request a meeting with the superintendent at which meeting the employee is entitled to employee representation. At the request of the employee, a written statement of the reasons for the transfer shall be provided by the superintendent with input from the principal(s). The building administration shall proceed through a process for an involuntary transfer considering the following criteria:
1. Every attempt shall be made to replace staff from within the building first.
2. The building administrator shall meet informally with staff to make an amiable transfer.
3. The building administrator shall request volunteers.
4. The building administrator shall notify the Association if the only option appears to be an involuntary transfer.
5. In cases where no voluntary transfer is found, the employee with the least seniority shall be selected so long as academic program requirements can be met.
6. The building administrator shall work to not cause multiple moves.
7. The administration shall make the final decision. This process is not an attempt to produce movement without cause but to improve education.
b. An employee chosen to be transferred (to a new building or a new room within a building) shall have the option to use two (2) days at per diem. These days shall be used on site the week prior to the regular report day for teachers or the week after the last contract day of the current school year, in order to prepare for the new assignment. If approved by the Superintendent, other arrangements for use of the per diem days can be made with the building principal.
c. The affected employee who is requested to transfer shall be informed of the time, and be assisted in moving by the District to a new building or a new room within a building. This assistance shall include the movement of professional equipment and instructional supplies.
d. The transferred employee shall be offered assistance to meet the employee’s and student’s needs. The assistance may include a mentorship, college courses, workshops, resource materials, collaboration, time to review curriculum and other in- service opportunities. In no case shall the district’s financial obligation exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00).
e. Teachers transferred out of their areas of qualifications (majors, minors, or specific certification) shall not be subject to probation/nonrenewal for the first year of such reassignment, if the probation nonrenewal is based solely on deficiencies in knowledge of subject matter.
Involuntary Transfers Any transfer of title or beneficial ownership of Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, upon default, foreclosure, forfeit, divorce, court order or otherwise than by a voluntary decision on the part of a Management Member, Outside Investor Member or Other Investor Member (each, an "Involuntary Transfer") shall be void unless such Management Member, Outside Investor Member or Other Investor Member complies with this Section 13.6 and enables the Company to exercise in full its rights hereunder. Upon any Involuntary Transfer, the Company shall have the right to purchase such Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, pursuant to this Section 13.6 and the person or entity to whom such Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, have been Transferred (the "Involuntary Transferee") shall have the obligation to sell such Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 13.6. Upon the Involuntary Transfer of any Interest or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, such Management Member, Outside Investor Member or Other Investor Member shall promptly (but in no event later than two days after such Involuntary Transfer) furnish written notice to the Company indicating that the Involuntary Transfer has occurred, specifying the name of the Involuntary Transferee, giving a detailed description of the circumstances giving rise to, and stating the legal basis for, the Involuntary Transfer. Upon the receipt of the notice described in the preceding sentence, and for 60 days thereafter, the Company shall have the right to purchase, and the Involuntary Transferee shall have the obligation to sell, all (but not less than all) of the Interests and Special Membership Interests acquired by the Involuntary Transferee for a purchase price equal to the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of such Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, and (ii) the amount of the indebtedness or other liability that gave rise to the Involuntary Transfer plus the excess, if any, of the Carrying Value of such Interests or Special Membership Interests, as applicable, over the amount of such indebtedness or other liability that gave rise to the Involuntary Transfer. For purposes of this Agreement, "Carrying Value", with respect to any outstanding Special Membership Interest, means the value equal to the Special Membership Interest Funds advanced by the applicable selling Management Member, Outside Investor Member or Other Investor Member in respect of any such outstanding Special Membership Interest (plus any portion of accrued and unpaid interest on the applicable pro rata outstanding portion of the Bulk Advances that is allocable to the applicable Member pursuant to Section 10.8), less principal amounts paid to such Member in respect of such Member's Special Membership Interest.
Voluntary Demotion An employee requesting a voluntary demotion from a higher-rated position and who is subsequently demoted to the lower-rated position, shall be paid on the increment step appropriate to the employee’s continuous service with the Employer. A voluntary demotion shall not change an employee’s anniversary date.
