Common use of Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment Clause in Contracts

Involuntary Transfer or Reassignment. District-wide seniority for post-probationary teachers as used in this section (15.6) shall be defined as the total length of “continuous” employment with the District. Each teacher’s effective date of hire for seniority purposes under this Article shall be the original date of employment with the District. If more than one affected teacher has the same date of hire, seniority will be determined by the order in which the teacher was approved for employment by the Board of Trustees with the first approved being the most senior and so on. If the order cannot be determined by the above method, seniority will be based on the earliest date the teacher’s signed letter of intent, to be employed by the District, is received by the Human Resources office. If seniority cannot be determined by the above method, seniority will be determined by a lottery designed by the District in consultation with the Association, with the first name drawn as the most senior and so on. Any teacher who has at any time terminated employment with the District for voluntary or involuntary reasons shall establish a new date of original hire on that date the teacher was reemployed. Any post–probationary teacher whose termination was due to a reduction in force under Article 20 shall use their original date of hire if recalled under Article 20. Service rendered beyond the normal school year shall not add to a teacher’s seniority.