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PROFESSIONAL  STAFF  ASSIGNMENTS 
AND  TRANSFERS

Assignments

The Superintendent will determine all professional staff assignments.  Such assignments shall be based on District and instructional program needs, principal recommendations and the qualifications and expressed desires of professional personnel.  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 based on the expressed preference of the employees.  Qualifications may include seniority, high ratings on the evaluation profile, previous teaching experience and certification endorsement.  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 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 that school district unless the District has issued a preliminary notice of inadequacy of classroom performance and approved a performance improvement plan for the teacher and the Governing Board has approved the new placement as in the best interests 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 under the provisions of this paragraph.

The transfer of teachers from one school to another school within the District shall take into consideration the needs of the pupils in the school 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.

In the case of vacancies in new or existing positions, first consideration will be given to qualified applicants among current employees.

The procedure for assignment and transfer of professional staff members will be based on the needs of the instructional program.  Assignments may be changed to serve the best interests of the District and students.

Adopted:  November 19, 2013