Common use of Displacement Rights Clause in Contracts

Displacement Rights. Any teacher (other than teachers having a performance evaluation of “ineffective”) displaced from his/her current teaching assignment under Section B or C above, may displace or “bump” a teacher in another teaching field if the displaced teacher’s most recent performance evaluation is higher than the other teacher, OR the displaced teacher’s most recent performance evaluation is comparable to the other teacher and the displaced teacher has greater seniority. In order for a teacher's area(s) of certification/licensure to be considered, that teacher's certificate(s)/licenses showing such area(s) must be in the teacher's official personnel file as set forth above. The teacher exercising displacement rights may only do so in the field(s) in which he/she holds a certificate/license. Teachers having a performance rating of "ineffective" shall have no displacement/bumping rights. When considering displacement/bumping rights, among teachers with comparable performance evaluations at levels above "ineffective," preference shall be given to teachers according to contractual status and seniority in the following descending order: 1. Teachers having continuing contracts with the longest continuous service with National Trail Schools. Continuous service for continuing contract teachers shall be calculated by beginning with the date upon which the teacher's continuous service began, and not from the time the teacher was awarded a continuing contract. 2. Teachers having multi-year limited contracts, beginning with those having the same number of years for their contracts and the longest continuous service with National Trail Schools, down to single-year limited contracts and longest continuous service with National Trail Schools. For example, when performance evaluations are comparable, all teachers having two-year limited contracts shall have preference over all teachers having single-year limited contracts; and, among all those same teachers having two-year limited contracts, preference shall be given to those having the longest continuous service with National Trail Schools. 3. When a teacher is moved into another position through displacement/bumping, such teacher shall have only the hours of the position into which he/she bumped.