Common use of Assignment and Transfer of Teachers Clause in Contracts

Assignment and Transfer of Teachers. Section 1. The Superintendent will assign and/or transfer personnel on the basis of the following considerations: A. TEACHER-INITIATED CHANGE: Any staff member may request of his principal or of the Superintendent a transfer to another grade, school or department. B. ADMINISTRATOR-INITIATED CHANGE: Teachers are to be consulted by those in authority proposing any change to the end of reaching amicable and mutual understanding. Change will mean any change between grade levels or any change in role or any change between buildings and/or teams. No final decision is to be reached without prior consultation with the teachers involved, and such decision will be based upon reasonableness and the opportunity for full discussion by all concerned parties of all relevant factors. Such consultation should be early enough in the school year for teachers to have reasonable time to make plans for change in employment if they so desire. C. Where a teacher is supervised by a director or department head, the director and/or department head will be consulted before any transfer or change in assignment is made. Section 2. No later than twelve (12) school days prior to the end of each student year, teachers will receive their assignments of buildings and grades for the following year. By July 30, they will receive