ARTICLE V PROMOTIONS

East Greenwich School District

5-1 Promotional positions are defined as follows:

Positions paying a salary differential and/or position on the supervisory level.

5-1.1 All promotional vacancies shall be open only to current teachers, except as noted in 5-3. A notice shall be posted electronically in every school and sent via a District-wide employee email_clearly setting forth a description of the qualifications for the position, the duties and salary and the closing date of application.

5-1.2 Such notices shall be posted a minimum of ten (10) days if such vacancy occurs while school is not in session (summer, winter and spring breaks) and a minimum of five (5) days if such vacancy occurs while school is in session, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.

5-1.3  Teachers who desire to apply for such vacancies shall submit their applications in writing to the Superintendent or their authorized agent within the time specified in the notice.

5-1.4  Applicants for promotional positions shall participate in the criteria based hiring process.

Criteria

1. Leadership/Management Skills, Content Knowledge and Pedagogy: educational background, expertise and success in teaching subject; (30%)
2. Achievement: shows a trend of excellence and concrete results in endeavors, including prior evaluations and recommendations from previous employer; (20%)
3. Critical thinking: analyzes situations thoroughly and generated effective strategies; (10%)
4. Communication skills: demonstrates effective written and oral skills; (10%)
5. Professional engagement: demonstrates professionalism as evidenced by previous experience, evaluations and recommendations, evaluation is based numerically; (10%)
6. Work Experience as a teacher (20%)

In the event two or more internal candidates are competing for a position and have achieved scores within 10% of the highest score on Competencies A through F above, then work experience within the East Greenwich School District shall govern rank order.

5-1.5   If a promotional vacancy becomes available after the end of the regular school year but before the beginning of the fall semester teachers will be notified electronically of the vacancy.

5-2 Unsuccessful candidates from within the school system shall receive notification in writing of their not being selected and shall have the right, upon request, to meet with the Superintendent to ascertain the reasons for such unsuccessful candidacy.

5-3 Except as provided in Article XV, no promotional position occupied or to be occupied by an employee covered by this Agreement will be created or abolished without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Association and without affording the Association, if it desires to do so, the opportunity to discuss the proposed action during the thirty (30) day notice period.  Notice, in the case of a creation of a new position, will include a description of the duties to be performed and the compensation proposed by the School Committee.  During discussion, the School Committee will entertain, in good faith, any objections or suggestions made by the Association before making a final decision on the position under consideration.  In the case of the creation of new positions, if the Association objects to the compensation proposed by the School Committee, it may submit the question of compensation to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of Article XX. Arbitration shall not delay the filling of the position , but the compensation awarded by the arbitrator shall be retroactive to the first day the position was filled .

In the event a promotional vacancy is cause by separation from the district and no internal candidate is qualified to assume the position based upon the CBH criteria above, the district may consider external candidates.

5-4 The use of the term "qualified " as used herein shall mean that the candidate shall achieve an average score of 3.0 or greater on each of the three content areas of Criteria A of Section 5-1.4.