Reduction Groupings. Teachers will be grouped for reduction purposes in one (1) of three (3) priority groupings based upon the Rubric, plus a probationary category if the law requires reduction of probationary employees first. The grouping boundaries will be determined by a committee consisting of two (2) Teachers appointed by the Association and two (2) administrators who will not be involved in scoring the Rubrics as designated by the Superintendent. The category boundaries will be held in strict confidence until all Rubrics are scored and submitted to Human Resources. It has been determined to be in the best interest of the students in the District for this policy to include consideration of the Teacher’s length of service within the District, and probationary and non-probationary status. The length of service and a Teacher’s status shall only be considered after merit has been determined by the significant factors as scored in the Rubric and Teachers have been placed into the three (3) priority groupings. All employees within an affected program area will be plotted on a schematic where the horizontal axis represents the Teacher's years of service in the District and the vertical axis represents the score on the jointly developed Rubric. Group A, B, and C Teachers will be determined by their placement on the schematic. Group A Teachers will include those falling within an arc of constant radius which is centered at the three-year point of the service axis and which intersects the service axis at a point determined by the committee set forth later in this paragraph. Group B Teachers will be those Teachers falling between the first arc and the second one drawn in like manner so that it is centered at the three-year service point but which intersects the service line at a further point determined by the committee. Group C employees will consist of all employees who are neither probationary or category A or B. Within an endorsement area, probationary employees will be reduced first if required by Colorado law. If there are no probationary employees, or if all probationary employees are reduced, the reductions will next be from Group A until it is exhausted. Once all Group A Teachers are gone, Group B Teachers will be reduced. Once all Group B Teachers are gone, reductions will be from Group C. The District can choose from among any Teachers within a category, based on program needs, if less than the total amount of the Teachers in the category are to be reduced.
