Common use of REDUCTION IN WORK FORCE Clause in Contracts

REDUCTION IN WORK FORCE. The MTA Negotiation Team and the Xxxxx USD 226 Negotiation Team will meet during the 2017-18 school year to revise the evaluation section (4) of Article XV - Reduction in Work Force to match the current E4e Evaluation Instrument currently used in the district. As a result of authority granted to the Board by Kansas statutes, the Board has the responsibility of determining composition of the professional staff necessary to implement and maintain educational programs of Unified School District #226. From time to time, as the result of decreasing enrollment, limited financial resources, changes in educational programs, or other circumstances, it may be necessary to reduce the number of professional employees employed by the district. A decision to reduce professional staff will, in all cases, remain within the sole discretion and judgment of the Board. The Board may retain any professional employee who it deems necessary to staff all necessary programs of the District. It is the policy of this school system to use normal attrition of staff; i.e., resignation, retirement, leaves of absences, as the first means of achieving a reduction in professional staff. However, in certain cases, normal attrition may not be sufficient to achieve the necessary reduction of professional staff. In the event that further reduction of professional staff is necessary, it shall be accomplished in a fair and orderly manner as provided in this policy. The following steps will be utilized by the district’s administrative staff to reduce the teaching staff: To determine the number of teaching positions to be reduced, the administrative staff will ascertain the educational program for the district to meet the educational goals established by the Board. The number of teachers needed to implement the district’s educational program will then be determined by the administrative staff based on those educational goals as determined by the board. All teachers will be evaluated in relation to the educational goals of the district. Individual qualifications and specific skill areas or disciplines will be ascertained and applied to the teacher needs of the district. Evaluation forms, instruments or tools will be used to measure each staff member’s teaching ability.