Common use of WORKFORCE REDUCTION Clause in Contracts

WORKFORCE REDUCTION. a. The Board shall determine the number of/and secondary school subject area positions and the number of elementary school positions which will be eliminated. After such determination has been made, the Association will be notified. b. Pursuant to Chapter 1012.33 (5), Florida Statutes, if workforce reduction is needed, employees at a school in the school district will be retained based upon educational program needs and the performance evaluations of employees within the affected program areas. Selection of the teacher(s) to be laid off will be determined by an average of the three (3) most recent annual evaluations among the teachers in the affected program areas who have not had a break in service within the last three years. Teachers with fewer than three (3) annual evaluations and/or those teachers who have had a break in service within the past three years shall be non-renewed before any workforce reductions are implemented under this article. The annual evaluation during the year in which the workforce reduction is identified shall be considered in the calculation of the evaluation average. The teacher with the lowest score will be reduced first, the teacher with the second-lowest score will be reduced second, and will continue in this manner until all necessary reductions have been made.

WORKFORCE REDUCTION. a. The Board shall determine the number of/and secondary school subject area positions and the number of elementary school positions which will be eliminated. After such determination has been made, the Association will be notified. b. Pursuant to Chapter 1012.33 (5), Florida Statutes, if workforce reduction is needed, employees at a school in the school district will be retained based upon educational program needs and the performance evaluations of employees within the affected program areas. Selection of the teacher(s) to be laid off will be determined by an average of the three (3) most recent annual evaluations among the teachers in the affected program areas who have not had a break in service within the last three years. Teachers with fewer than three (3) annual evaluations and/or those teachers who have had a break in service within the past three years shall be non-renewed before any workforce reductions are implemented under this article. The annual evaluation during the year in which the workforce reduction is identified shall be considered in the calculation of the evaluation average. The teacher with the lowest score will be reduced first, the teacher with the second-lowest score will be reduced second, second and will continue in this manner until all necessary reductions have been made.