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Transfer Notification
Notice of transfer or non-transfer will be given in writing to each teacher making a request under Article 9:3
as soon as practicable and under normal circumstances not later than June 30. After June 30 until the
beginning of the new school year, notice of all personnel actions with respect to transfers will be sent to the
UNION and posted in the Administration Building and in each school, within five work days.
Intrabuilding Reassignments
Intrabuilding reassignments, necessitated by concern about a teacher's effectiveness in their existing grade
level, to vacant or newly formed positions will supersede voluntary reassignments to such positions.
Reassignments occasioned by administrative desires to have teachers teach on different grade levels,
absent a concern about a teacher's effectiveness in their existing grade level and unrelated to a specific
student program, shall be done on a voluntary basis.
In making intrabuilding reassignments, except as specifically indicated above, teachers within the
designated area within the school who volunteer will be chosen first if qualified. No voluntary transfer will
occur before a voluntary reassignment. In making an intrabuilding reassignment a teacher's level of
performance and professional growth within and outside the district, applicable experience, the needs of the
school, and seniority will be considered.
Voluntary Transfers
In making voluntary transfers to permanent vacancies within a designated area as set forth in Appendix H,
only teachers who are currently teaching in that designated area shall be eligible. Title | teachers shall be
eligible for only Title | positions within the designated area in which they are currently teaching.
Qualifications shall be determined by experience and training related to the vacancy and by level of
performance in the applicant's current position.
The District shall consider all internal applicants within the designated area for a transfer. The applicants
shall be interviewed for the position requested, but the District shall not be obligated to grant a transfer.
Involuntary Transfers
A. When involuntary transfers are necessary because of a reduction in positions in a particular
designated area in a particular school the least senior teacher in the school experiencing the
reduction shall have the option of voluntarily transferring into the vacancy, after other voluntary
transfer rights have been implemented, or forcing an involuntary transfer of the least senior
teacher in the designated area, provided the teacher to be transferred is qualified for the vacant
position. If, however, the least senior teacher in the designated area is already in the school
experiencing the vacancy, the least senior teacher in the school experiencing the reduction shall
be transferred into the vacancy and shall not be able to displace any other teacher in the District.
Qualifications shall be determined by training and experience related to the vacant position.
This Article 9:7A shall only apply when there is a single involuntary transfer in a designated area.
B. In making involuntary transfers occasioned by a reduction of more than one position in a
designated area in a school, the least senior teacher from the designated area in the school
experiencing the reduction shall be transferred, except that the next senior teacher and teachers in
order of seniority thereafter may be transferred before the junior teacher, if the senior teacher's
level of performance in the teacher's current position is significantly inferior to the junior teacher in
which case the senior teacher shall be transferred first, provided the teacher is qualified to perform
in the vacant position. Qualifications shall be determined by experience and training related to the
vacant position.
C. In all other involuntary transfers, level of performance, needs of the District including if a school
has been deemed nonperforming under the No Child Left Behind legislation, seniority, experience
and training related to the position to which the teacher will be transferred will be the only criteria
used in making the decision.
Filling of Permanent Vacancies
A permanent vacancy occurring from the beginning of the second semester of a school year until April 30
shall be filled by the BOARD with a Continuing Substitute if a qualified Continuing Substitute is available,
and, if not, by a per diem or interim substitute. A permanent vacancy occurring from May 1 to the
conclusion of the school year shall be filled with a per diem or interim substitute. Except as provided in
Article 9:2B a permanent vacancy occurring from the conclusion of the school year to the beginning of the
second semester of the next ensuing school year shall be filled in any manner the BOARD deems
appropriate.
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