OF RIF Sample Clauses

OF RIF. 1. First, the reduction shall first be made through attrition resulting from resignations, retirement, and transfers, other separation or death. 2. Second, limited contract teachers shall be reduced first utilizing the following order: a) Licensure/Certification. b) Competency as determined by formal evaluation. c) When final evaluation ratings are comparable, seniority in the District shall prevail. d) For the purpose of defining “comparable final evaluation rating”, anyone with a final evaluation rating of “Accomplished, “Skilled” or “Developing” will be considered comparable. e) A teacher with a final evaluation rating of “Ineffective” shall not prevail over other teachers who receives a final evaluation rating of “Accomplished”, “Skilled”, or “Developing”, irrespective of contract status. However, a teacher on a continuing contract with a final evaluation rating of “Ineffective” shall prevail over a similarly rated teacher on a limited contract. 3. Third, continuing contract teachers shall be reduced by utilizing the following order: a) Licensure/Certification. b) Competency as determined by formal evaluation. c) When evaluations are comparable, seniority in the District shall prevail. d) For the purpose of defining “comparable final evaluation rating”, anyone with a final evaluation rating of “Accomplished, “Skilled” or “Developing” will be considered comparable. e) A teacher with a final evaluation rating of “Ineffective” shall not prevail over other teachers who receives a final evaluation rating of “Accomplished”, “Skilled”, or “Developing”, irrespective of contract status. However, a teacher on a continuing contract with a final evaluation rating of “Ineffective” shall prevail over a similarly rated teacher on a limited contract. 4. Members with limited contract status shall be suspended within each teaching field affected before members with continuing contracts. 5. A bargaining unit member affected by the RIF may elect to displace a teacher who holds the same or lower evaluation rating of a less senior position on the seniority list in another area for which the bargaining unit member has a certificate/license on file in the office of the Superintendent. 6. Except in cases of urgent necessity, a member to be RIF’ed shall be given thirty