ARTICLE 4 JOB TRANSFER MEETING

Johnston School Department

When vacancies occur or are about to occur or new positions are created, for any reason, said vacancies shall be filled in the following manner:

Section 1.

Between the end of the school year and June 30, the parties will convene a Job Transfer Meeting for teachers being recalled from layoff and for all those teachers who have filed a written request for transfer or possible transfer to the designee of the Superintendent of Schools by the first Friday in June. The written request shall include a list of all certifications held by the teacher. Teachers who are advised of their job elimination after the first Friday in June may file a written request to transfer after the first Friday in June deadline.

Section 2.

A vacancy shall include all openings resulting from retirement, layoffs, reorganizations, bumping, and newly-created positions. All positions within a school or a program shall be filled in accordance with the provisions set fmth below.

Section 3.

For those teachers who desire to transfer or possibly transfer and teachers being recalled from layoff, the following screening process shall be utilized:

a. The district shall publish a list of anticipated vacancies prior to the end of the current school year.

b. Teachers interested in applying for an open position shall submit an intent to transfer form, by the first Friday in June, that includes the position(s) to which they are interested in transferring. As outlined in Section 1 above, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall prepare a card identifying the teacher's name, and date of hire, seniority number which shall be used throughout the bidding process for each vacancy at the Meeting.

c. There will be a screening team that includes the superintendent and principal of the teacher's current assignment who will pre-approve proposed transfers.

d. Documents that will be reviewed include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Certification
2. Experience
3. Evaluation
4. Specialized Training
5. Disciplinary Action

e. Teachers will receive a form back that indicates the positions into which they are pre­ approved to transfer and a reason for any denial of pre-approval, at least one week prior to the meeting.

f. If the team feels it is necessary, an interview with the candidate may be requested prior to the meeting.

g. When all else is equal, seniority will be the tie breaker.

h. If a teacher disagrees with a denial for pre-approval, they may file a grievance.

Section 4.

The teacher selected for the vacancy must hold at the time of selection a valid teaching certificate

for the vacancy selected. If a teacher fails to hold the requisite valid certificate, that position will then be awarded to the next qualified teacher with the greatest seniority holding a valid teaching certificate for the position.

Section 5.

As teachers select new positions as outlined above, the positions from which they are transferring shall be filled in the manner as prescribed above. All known vacancies and newly-created vacancies are to be filled before the conclusion of the Job Transfer Meeting.

Section 6.

Positions which are not filled at the Job Transfer Meeting which are not eliminated shall be filled in accordance with Section 9.

Section 7.

Every teacher who has been awarded a new position at the Job Transfer Meeting shall receive a subsequent correspondence, which memorializes in writing his/her new teaching assignment.

Section 8.

Nothing shall prevent a teacher from successfully bidding and being awarded more than one (I) teaching assignment at the Job Transfer Meeting. However, that teacher may only maintain one (I) position at a time.

Section 9.

At the completion of the Job Transfer Meeting, any position which remains unfilled (vacant) shall be filled first by teachers being recalled and then by regularly-appointed, newly-hired teachers who have been assigned to fill such vacancies.
Any position which is newly created or which becomes vacant after the Job Transfer Meeting shall be filled on a temporary basis until the next Job Transfer Meeting. Exceptions may be made when mutually agreed upon by the Federation and the Superintendent.

Section 10.

The President of the Union and the Superintendent of Schools shall jointly prepare rules to implement this procedure where needed aud shall publish these rules before each Job Transfer Meeting.

Section 11.

Depa1tment chairs shall have the same notification and transfer rights as teachers.

Section 12.

The provision of this Section shall not apply to filling coaching, supplemental, or other extra or co-curricula positions.

Section 13.

The Superintendent of Schools and the Union President may restrict the bidding into a vacancy if the transfer of one (I) teacher would deny a position to another teacher who would not be certified to fill the vacancy created by the first transfer.