Master Agreement 2005 - State Employment Relations Board

following school year.
C. The staffing level in each teaching area shall be based
upon organizational needs in the given school for the
following school year. Identification of staff reduction
teachers in middle and high schools shall be based
upon the teaching area assignment prior to reorganization
for the following school year. Seniority shall be
the basic criterion for identification of staff reduction
teachers within each teaching area. However, the parties
recognize that important organizational and
staffing needs in a given middle or high school and the
complexities created by and the need to utilize multiple-certificated
teachers will not constructively permit
arigidadherence to the basic seniority concept. In the
event seniority is not followed in the identification of
thestaff reduction teacher in a given middle or high
school, the teacher being transferred shall, upon
request, receive written explanation of the major specific
considerations leading to such a decision.
D. In all cases where a staff reduction will occur, a more
senior teacher in the grade level category or the teaching
area may elect to volunteer for the staff reduction
status.
E. Ateacher shall not be designated for staff reduction
transfer if such teacher’s transfer would result in a
racial balance less than the minimum racial balance
practiced in the school system during recent years.
F. The parties agree that the assignment of staff in middle
and high schools in a manner which provides a
range of staff skills and interests needed for the various
extra-duty assignments is an important responsibility
of the Administration. In the event, in a given middle
or high school, no teacher on the staff is interested in
and qualified to perform the duties and functions of a
given extra-duty assignment, then a teacher on the staff
may be transferred on a staff reduction basis. Seniority
shall be the basic criterion for identification of the staff
reduction teacher. In the event seniority is not rigidly
followed in the identification of the staff reduction
teacher, the teacher being transferred shall, upon
request, receive written explanation of the major specific
considerations leading to such a decision.
G. Beginning with and during the term of this
Agreement, in the event the Administration determines
that staff reduction is necessary in the city-wide
programs listed below, and as further delineated in a
September 1, 1983, memo (amended June 3, 1992)
from the Office of Labor Relations to the Association,
teachers who are staff reduced and continue on paid
status shall have reassignment rights tosuch city-wide
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