ARTICLE XI VOLUNTARY ASSIGNMENTS

Little Compton School District

Teachers may apply for and transfer to vacant positions once each school year. Teachers may, however apply for other vacancies in the same school year but may not be placed in said vacancy until the commencement of the following school year unless it is necessary.

Whenever possible, the then vacant position shall be filled with a Long Term Substitute, if vacancy is of thirty (30) consecutive working days or longer.

A. Posting

Job vacancies in existing or newly created positions shall be posted as far in advance as practicable to afford members of the staff opportunity to apply.

With respect to qualifications, postings shall indicate the certification required for the position and status and specific posted criteria for the position.

B. Consistent with the School Committee's policy concerning professional and support staff hiring, transfer, assigmnent and layoff and the Rhode Department of Education's Basic Education Plan, and other applicable law, rules and regulations, the Administration shall duly consider the following categories in determining a transfer, assigmnent, layoff or potential recall to employment of an individual given notice of layoff:

1. Certifications held including Status and National Board Certification
2. Advanced Degrees
3.  Professional development each applicant has engaged in within the last three years and the relevance of that professional development
4.  Participation on professional/district level/school level committees
5.   Work experience within the District
6.   Results of evaluations
7.   Other Relevant data (may be submitted by teacher)

It is expected that intemal staff will be able to fulfill the requirements of any vacant position, assigmnent, and/or transfer and therefore shall be the preferred choice of the District.  Internal staff shall submit an Applicant Statement I Cover Letter of Interest to the Administration when applying for a position.

All criteria being equal, the most senior applicant shall be chosen for the position.

C.   Skills required for position: A teacher shall be eligible to participate in this transfer process only if he/she/they meets certification requirements and posted criteria of the posted position.

D. Notice:  Within seven (7) school days (or 7 business days during the Summer Recess) following the close of a posting, the Superintendent or his/her/their designee shall determine which candidate will be selected for the open position.  The Superintendent or his/her/their designee shall inform all applicants, as well as the Little Compton President, in writing, whether their request for transfer was granted or denied within five (5) school days thereafter.  The President of the Little Compton Teachers Association shall be furnished with a copy of the scoring form(s) used to determine the successful applicant for the position.

E. It is specifically understood that no denial of a transfer shall result in tenured teacher without position. A transfer cannot block the recall of a laid off teacher.