Teacher Contract - Coventry Public Schools

Promotional positions are defined as positions paying a salary differential and/or
positions on the administrative supervisory level.
All vacancies in promotional positions, including specialists and/or special projects
teachers, except the position of Superintendent, shall be filled pursuant to the following
procedure:
a. Such vacancies shall be adequately publicized, which shall mean, as a minimum, that a
notice shall be posted in every school clearly setting forth a description of and the qualifications
for the position, including the duties and salary. During the summer vacation, notices of such
vacancies shall be distributed with pay checks. This will happen whenever the deadline for filing
said vacancy shall occur prior to the opening of school.
b. Such notices shall be posted as far in advance as possible before the final date when
applications must be submitted, but in no event less than two weeks.
c. Teachers who desire to apply for such vacancies shall submit their applications in
writing to the Superintendent or his/her authorized agent within the time limit specified in the
notice.
d. Such vacancies which are within the bargaining unit shall be filled on the basis of
qualifications for the vacant post, provided, however, that if there were two or more applicants
equally qualified, seniority in Coventry School District shall prevail.
e. Such vacancies which are outside the bargaining unit shall be filled on the basis of
qualifications for the vacant post, provided, however, that where two or more applicants are
equally qualified, preference shall be given to those applicants presently employed within the
Coventry School District. The Superintendent’s decision shall be final.
f. All appointments to the aforesaid vacancies and openings shall be made without regard
to age, race, creed, color, religion, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, or marital status.
6-1.2. The Superintendent shall make available, upon request, a full job description for
all promotional positions now in existence.
6.2. Transfers
6-2.1. A teacher, who is involuntarily transferred because of program closings or
population shifts, shall be given preference, by seniority, for any vacancy within his/her school
before any other transfers into that school take place. If no vacancy exists in the school, the
involuntarily transferred teacher shall have the right to displace the least senior teacher in that
school who has the same certification. The only exception to this shall be the situation referred
to in Section 6.2.2.
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