Involuntary Reassignment a. Involuntary reassignment shall mean a District-initiated reassignment from one school or site to another. The District and Association recognize the need for some reassignments of SSP Employees may be unavoidable. It is agreed that involuntary reassignment should be held to a minimum, and involuntary reassignments should not result in an assignment of an SSP Employee to a position for which they are not qualified by academic preparation or license.
b. All District-initiated reassignment(s) must be completed before the voluntary reassignment process will begin.
c. The involuntary reassignment of an SSP Employee should be used to best meet the needs of all students in the District, and every reasonable effort should be made to ensure continuity and consistency in assignments. Maintaining open communication with the affected SSP Employees(s) is encouraged to help reduce the stress associated with involuntary reassignment.
d. In order to ensure the most transparent and effective reassignment process, SSP Employees and administrators should expedite the identification of vacancies that become available through normal attrition (e.g., retirements or resignations) as well as increases to staffing.
e. In an effort to provide clarity and transparency for the need for involuntary reassignment, the appropriate District department leader, or designee, will determine staffing needs at a school or site based on meeting the needs of the District’s strategic plan.
i. Should there be more than one qualified SSP Employee eligible for reassignment from a building or site, there will be a request for volunteer(s) to be reassigned. If no SSP Employee volunteers to be reassigned, the District and the Association agree that meeting the needs of students should be the guiding factor in making a decision on reassignment.
ii. The District will make a good faith effort not to reassign an SSP Employee more than once in any three-year period. This should not prohibit an SSP Employee from voluntary reassignment.
iii. Any SSP Employee currently on a Directed Improvement Plan (DIP) or Remediation Plan may be reassigned following communication between the District department leader, or designee, the SSP Employee, their own designated representative, and the affected principal/supervisor. In all instances where the SSP Employee is reassigned, they will continue to be subject to the DIP or Remediation Plan.
f. The appropriate District department leader, or designee, will preliminarily inform the Office of Human Resources of the potential need for involuntary reassignment. Within five (5) days of the Office of Human Resources confirming the need for involuntary reassignment, the appropriate District department leader, or designee, must notify the affected SSP Employee(s), the principal(s), the Office of Human Resources and the Cherry Creek Education Association (CCEA) in writing of the assignments (e.g., school, percent of contract affected) requiring involuntary reassignment. These notices will contain the reason(s) for involuntary reassignment in writing.
g. Any SSP Employee being involuntarily reassigned may request the Superintendent, or designee, to review the recommendation for reassignment. If within one (1) year, a similar position arises at the SSP Employee’s previous school or site, the employee will be given an opportunity to return if they desire.
h. Once notified of the need for involuntary reassignments by the appropriate District department leader, or designee, the affected SSP Employee will still have the opportunity to pursue voluntary reassignment.