Common use of Absolute Transfer List Clause in Contracts

Absolute Transfer List. a) Any Educational Assistant may submit an application for a transfer, on the Educational Assistant Transfer Request Form, to the Human Resources Officer (Non-Teaching) with a copy to the principal, at any time prior to the end of the first 5 school days in April b) An absolute transfer is understood to be a request for a transfer where the Educational Assistant is forfeiting their right to stay in their current school. An Educational Assistant who has put their names forth as an absolute transfer must accept a posted position, based on seniority, and cannot remove their name from said transfer list. c) Educational Assistants currently in the employ of the Board who apply for an absolute transfer, and those Educational Assistants that have been declared surplus from their current location, shall be given priority placement in new and vacant positions prior to the placement of any new hire until the conclusion of the current transfer process. d) An Educational Assistant seeking to increase their FTE or an Educational Support Staff seeking to change their classification must place their name on the transfer list by the end of the first 5 school days in April. e) Any increase in contractual status will be based on seniority as per Article 18. (For example, an employee hired in 2002 at .75 has the right to move into a 1.0 FTE prior to an employee hired in 2010, regardless of their FTE).