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PROFESSIONAL  STAFF  ASSIGNMENTS 
AND  TRANSFERS

Assignments

The Superintendent will determine all professional staff assignments.  Such assignments shall be based on the needs of the District.  In addition, no right to school, grade, or subject assignment shall be inferred from the standard teacher's contract.

Transfers

A teacher who has been employed by the School District for the major portion of each contract year for three (3) or more consecutive school years and who is currently designated in the lowest performance classification for two (2) consecutive school years shall not be transferred as a teacher to another school in the District unless the District has issued a notice of inadequacy of classroom performance and approved a performance improvement plan for the teacher and the District has approved that the new placement is in the best interest of the pupils in the school.  Following a transfer under this provision, a teacher who continues to be designated in one (1) of the two (2) lowest performance classifications shall not be permitted to transfer to another school.  A teacher shall not be transferred more than once.

The transfer of teachers from one school to another within the District shall take into consideration the needs of the pupils in the District and the current distribution of teachers across all of the four (4) performance classifications adopted by the State Board of Education.

Professional staff members may apply for transfer or reassignment, whether or not a vacancy exists.  Generally, transfers will not be approved during the school year unless the needs of the District dictate such approval.

It shall be the policy of the Board that professional personnel be assigned on the basis of their qualifications, the needs of the District, and their expressed desires.  When it is not possible to meet all three conditions, personnel shall be assigned first in accordance with the needs of the District, second where the Superintendent determines the employee is most qualified to serve, and third as to expressed preference of the employees.

The Superintendent shall have the responsibility for the assignment of all personnel throughout the District.

The resolution of any conflicts over the need for a transfer shall be based on what is best for the instructional program, the needs of the students, and the overall needs of the District as defined by the Superintendent.

Adopted:  July 11, 2013