Voluntary Transfer/Reassignment. a. A transfer is the movement of a unit member from one work location to a different work site. b. A reassignment is the movement of a unit member from one subject area to another subject area or one grade level to another grade level at the same work location. c. A unit member may submit a request for transfer subsequent to the posting of a vacancy notice pursuant to the posting procedure of this Article. When two (2) or more unit members apply for a vacancy and are equally credential qualified, seniority shall be the deciding factor in filling the vacancy. d. A transfer request shall not be denied arbitrarily, capriciously or without basis in fact. e. If a unit member’s request for a voluntary transfer is denied, the unit member shall be granted, upon request, a meeting with the administrator who denied the request to discuss the reasons for denial. The unit member may request and shall receive written reasons for the denial following said meeting. f. If a unit member requests that his/her request for transfer be kept confidential, the matter will be treated as confidentially as practicable. g. Unit members returning from leave shall be afforded all rights provided under this section. h. Once vacancies are announced, the District shall hold a Job Faire at the District Office in order to allow as many credential qualified teachers as interested to transfer grades and/or sites should their credential allow this transfer. This job Faire would eliminate the 10-day advertisement requirement of 19.5. i. Upon mutual agreement between the Association Leadership and the District, a job faire may be held with 3 days’ notice to all members should a vacancy occur during the contracted school year. Association members shall be notified by email with a copy of the posting. In addition, Association members shall be notified by text and/or phone. Association members may use another unit member to act as proxy during the Job Faire. 1) New jobs will be posted for everyone to see. 2) The unit member’s names will be read from the top of the seniority roster and continued downward. 3) When a unit member’s name is called, he/she may bid on the open position(s) for which they are qualified. 4) Each time a position comes open, that position is added to the list of available positions and the reading of the seniority roster returns to the top of the seniority roster.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Voluntary Transfer/Reassignment. a. A transfer is the movement of a unit member from one work location to a different work site.
b. A reassignment is the movement of a unit member from one subject area to another subject area or one grade level to another grade level at the same work location.
c. A. A unit member may submit a request for transfer subsequent or reassignment to Human Resources for any District posting that they are interested in and qualified for. The written request will be valid until the end of the school year and requests must be renewed annually. Voluntary lateral transfer requests may be submitted, in writing, any time prior to the posting closing of the vacancy.
B. Voluntary transfer/reassignment requests shall be considered using the following criteria: 1. Credentials required for the position and 2. Training and experience teaching the subject and 3. The length of service to the District (seniority). In addition, the preference of the employee and the needs of the District are criteria to be considered. given priority consideration, except in such cases where the filling of a vacancy notice pursuant position with a voluntary transfer applicant would necessarily result in the layoff of another unit member, in which case the unit member to the posting procedure of this Article. When be laid off shall be given priority consideration.
C. If two (2) or more unit members apply are equally qualified for a vacancy and are equally credential qualifiedvoluntary transfer/reassignment after consideration of the criteria above, then the unit member with the greatest seniority shall be receive the deciding factor in filling the vacancytransfer/reassignment.
d. D. Voluntary transfer/reassignment requests by unit members shall be given priority consideration. Therefore, an outside applicant shall not be selected if there is a qualified unit member applicant (based on the criteria above in section B), for voluntary transfer/reassignment.
E. In such cases where the filling of a position with a voluntary transfer/reassignment applicant would necessarily result in the layoff of another unit member, the unit member to be laid off shall be given priority consideration over an outside applicant.
F. A transfer transfer/reassignment request shall not be denied arbitrarily, capriciously capriciously, or without basis in fact.
e. A. If a unit member’s request for a voluntary transfer transfer/reassignment request is denied, the unit member shall be grantedshall, upon request, shall be granted a meeting with the administrator who denied the request to discuss the reasons for the denial. The Following the meeting, the unit member may request and shall receive written reasons for the denial following said meetingwithin ten (10) days of the request. be provided with the reasons for the denial.
f. H. If the voluntary transfer/reassignment occurs during the regular school year, up to three (3) days of release time to facilitate preparation will be allowed for a unit member. The District shall provide assistance to the unit member requests that his/her request for transfer be kept confidential, the matter will be treated as confidentially as practicable.
g. Unit members returning from leave shall be afforded all rights provided under this section.
h. Once vacancies are announced, the District shall hold a Job Faire at the District Office in order to allow as many credential qualified teachers as interested to transfer grades and/or sites should their credential allow this transfer. This job Faire would eliminate the 10-day advertisement requirement of 19.5.
i. Upon mutual agreement between the Association Leadership and the District, a job faire may be held with 3 days’ notice to all members should a vacancy occur during the contracted school year. Association members shall be notified by email with a copy of the posting. In addition, Association members shall be notified by text and/or phone. Association members may use another unit member to act as proxy during the Job Faire.
1) New jobs will be posted for everyone to see.
2) The unit member’s names will be read from the top of the seniority roster and continued downward.
3) When a unit member’s name is called, he/she may bid on the open position(s) for which they are qualified.
4) Each time a position comes open, that position is added to the list of available positions and the reading of the seniority roster returns to the top of the seniority roster.
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Samples: Contract Amendment
Voluntary Transfer/Reassignment. a. A transfer is the movement of a unit member from one work location to a different work site.
b. A reassignment is the movement of a unit member from one subject area to another subject area or one grade level to another grade level at the same work location.
c. 1. A unit member may submit a request for transfer to the District at any time, whether or not a vacancy exists. A unit member may also submit a request for a transfer subsequent to the posting of a vacancy notice pursuant to the posting procedure of this Article.
2. When If two (2) or more unit members with the appropriate credentials apply for a vacancy vacancy, transfer, or reassignment, the following criteria will be considered:
a. Factors related to the educational program such as appropriate training and are equally credential qualifiedexperience;
b. Other factors may include credentials, major and minor fields of study, teacher experience (although this shall not exclude a teacher seeking change in subject area or grade level from consideration), special skills required by a particular assignment, (such as computer knowledge for a computer class, “signing ability” for speech therapists serving hearing-impaired students), racial and ethnic balance of the school, provided that no unit member within a major District ethnic/racial group is assigned to the school. Under no circumstances will this criteria result in the involuntary transfer or layoff of any bargaining unit member;
c. The factors above being equal among the applicants, the applicant with highest seniority in the District shall be the deciding factor in filling the vacancyaccepted.
d. A transfer request shall not be denied arbitrarily, capriciously or without basis in fact.
e. 3. If a unit member’s 's request for a voluntary transfer is denied, the unit member shall be granted, upon request, a meeting with the administrator who denied the request to discuss the reasons for the denial. The unit member may request and shall receive written reasons for the denial following said meeting.
f. 4. If a the unit member requests that his/her request application for transfer be kept confidential, the principal at his/her school shall not be notified by Human Resources of the application until after an offer of transfer has been made, and the matter will be treated as confidentially confidential as practicable.
g. Unit members returning 5. All requests for reassignments or transfers must be submitted to Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources in writing.
6. The District is not precluded from leave advertising for and/or interviewing applicants from outside the District for any vacant position. No position shall be afforded filled until all rights provided under this sectionDistrict applicants have been interviewed.
h. Once vacancies are announced7. Whenever a vacancy for the ensuing school year is anticipated within a school and a unit member at that school site requests reassignment to the position, with the principal's agreement, the District shall hold a Job Faire at the District Office in order to allow as many credential qualified teachers as interested to transfer grades and/or sites should their credential allow this transfer. This job Faire would eliminate the assignment will be made between April 15 and May 10-day advertisement requirement of 19.5.
i. Upon mutual agreement between 8. After the Association Leadership and the DistrictMay 15 posting of vacancies (or sooner, a job faire may be held with 3 days’ notice to if known), involuntary transfers/reassignments supersede all members should a vacancy occur during the contracted school year. Association members shall be notified by email with a copy other provisions of the posting. In addition, Association members shall be notified by text and/or phone. Association members may use another unit member to act as proxy during the Job Fairethis Article.
1) New jobs will be posted for everyone to see.
2) The unit member’s names will be read from the top of the seniority roster and continued downward.
3) When a unit member’s name is called, he/she may bid on the open position(s) for which they are qualified.
4) Each time a position comes open, that position is added to the list of available positions and the reading of the seniority roster returns to the top of the seniority roster.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Voluntary Transfer/Reassignment. a. A transfer is the movement of a unit member from one work location to a different work site.
b. A reassignment is the movement of a unit member from one subject area to another subject area or one grade level to another grade level at the same work location.
c. 1. A unit member may submit a written request for reassignment or transfer subsequent to the posting of District when a vacancy notice pursuant to the posting procedure of this Articleis posted or at any time whether or not a vacancy exists.
2. When If two (2) or more unit members with the appropriate credentials apply for a vacancy and vacancy, the unit member whom the District determines is better or more qualified according to the qualifications delineated on the posted position shall be selected.
a. In the event that two or more unit members are equally credential qualifiedqualified as determined by the District, seniority shall the unit member with the greater longevity will be selected for the deciding factor in filling the vacancyposition.
d. A transfer request shall not be denied arbitrarily, capriciously or without basis in fact.
e. 3. If a unit member’s request for a voluntary transfer or reassignment is denied, upon request of the unit member shall be granted, upon requestmember, a meeting with the administrator who denied the request will be held to discuss the reasons for the denial. The Upon request by the unit member may request and shall receive member, the administrator will provide written reasons for the denial following said meetingreasons.
f. 4. If a unit member requests that his/her request application for transfer be kept confidential, the matter written request from the unit member must be submitted directly to the Superintendent or his/her designee and must clearly state the desire for confidentiality.
a. The Superintendent or his/her designee shall make every effort to maintain such confidentiality until the final decision-making stages of staffing patterns and assignments have been made.
b. The unit member may contact the Superintendent or his/her designee to inquire about the status of the confidential request.
5. A unit member who returns to the District from a leave of absence shall be responsible to contact the Superintendent, or his/her designee, by April 1 for any leave ending at the end of the school year and at least 20 work days prior to the scheduled return from any other leave to discuss preferences for a teaching and school assignment.
a. If the unit member fails to contact the Superintendent or his/her designee by the specified dates, assignments will be treated as confidentially as practicabledetermined by the District.
g. Unit members b. If the unit member so desires, the District will make every attempt to place the returning teacher in the same position or other requested position, if the Administration determines that the placement is appropriate.
c. Teachers returning from leave shall will be afforded all rights provided under this section.
h. Once vacancies assigned to a position and school before persons are announced, employed from outside the District shall hold a Job Faire at the District Office in order to allow as many credential qualified teachers as interested to transfer grades and/or sites should their credential allow this transfer. This job Faire would eliminate the 10-day advertisement requirement of 19.5.
i. Upon mutual agreement between the Association Leadership and the District, a job faire may be held with 3 days’ notice to all members should a vacancy occur during the contracted school year. Association members shall be notified by email with a copy of the posting. In addition, Association members shall be notified by text and/or phone. Association members may use another unit member to act as proxy during the Job Faire.
1) New jobs will be posted for everyone to see.
2) The unit member’s names will be read from the top of the seniority roster and continued downward.
3) When a unit member’s name is called, he/she may bid on the open position(s) any position for which they are the returning teacher is qualified.
4) Each time a position comes open, that position is added to the list of available positions and the reading of the seniority roster returns to the top of the seniority roster.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Voluntary Transfer/Reassignment. a. 11.1.1 A transfer is the movement of a unit member from one work location to another work location, or from one program to another program such as year- round education, restructured schools, or reconfiguration. The transfer may include a different work sitechange in grades or subject area as long as the move involves changing worksites.
b. 11.1.2 A reassignment is the movement of a unit member from one subject area to another subject area or area, one grade level to another grade level at level, or from one configuration to another such as team teacher, restructuring, or other reconfiguration within the same work locationworksite.
c. 11.1.3 The District will provide an Interest to Transfer Form (Exhibit P) to all teachers on or before February 1 of each school year. The form will be returned on or by March 1 of each school year. A master list of Interest to Transfer Forms will be maintained by the District and will be made available for inspection by the ACTA President. A unit member may submit a request for transfer subsequent to the posting of District at any time using Exhibit P, whether or not a vacancy notice exists. A unit member may also submit a timely request for a transfer for a posted vacancy pursuant to the posting procedure of this Article. When two (2) or more .
11.1.4 All unit members with state required credentials and federal ESEA requirements, who meet all posted qualifications and who apply for a vacancy and are equally credential qualifiedvacancy, seniority shall be the deciding factor in filling the vacancygranted an interview.
d. 11.1.5 A transfer request shall not be denied arbitrarily, capriciously capriciously, or without basis in fact.
e. 11.1.6 If a unit member’s 's request for a voluntary transfer is denied, the unit member member, upon written request, shall be granted, upon request, granted a meeting with the administrator who denied the request to discuss the reasons for the denial. The Following the meeting the unit member may request and shall receive written reasons for the denial following said meetingdenial.
f. 11.1.7 If a the unit member requests that hisher/her request his application for transfer be kept confidential, the matter will supervisor at her/his worksite shall not be treated as confidentially as practicablenotified by the District of the application.
g. 11.1.8 Unit members returning from leave shall be afforded all rights provided under this section.
h. Once vacancies are announced, the District shall hold a Job Faire at the District Office in order to allow as many credential qualified teachers as interested to transfer grades and/or sites should their credential allow this transfer. This job Faire would eliminate the 10-day advertisement requirement of 19.5.
i. Upon mutual agreement between the Association Leadership and the District, a job faire may be held with 3 days’ notice to all members should a vacancy occur during the contracted school year. Association members shall be notified by email with a copy of the posting. In addition, Association members shall be notified by text and/or phone. Association members may use another unit member to act as proxy during the Job Faire.
1) New jobs will be posted for everyone to see.
2) The unit member’s names will be read from the top of the seniority roster and continued downward.
3) When a unit member’s name is called, he/she may bid on the open position(s) for which they are qualified.
4) Each time a position comes open, that position is added to the list of available positions and the reading of the seniority roster returns to the top of the seniority roster.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
