Common use of VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS Clause in Contracts

VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS. All language in this article which is shown in italics is meant to apply to non-certified professionals, (see Article I Section A. for definition of this term). A. The Board recognizes that it is desirable in making assignments to consider the interests and aspirations of its teachers. Therefore, prior to implementation of any transfer, all affected personnel shall be informed of prospective changes. The Board shall consider subsequent teacher input. B. A vacancy is defined as any newly created bargaining unit position or a current bargaining unit position vacated because of the resignation, retirement, death, transfer, discharge for cause, or leave of absence of the person assigned, provided the Board of Education determines to maintain the position. Whenever a vacancy occurs the Board of Education shall give written notice to the Association by delivering notice to the local Unit Director. The Association shall be responsible for simultaneously posting the vacancy notice in each building. Vacancy notifications will be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is filled. In the case of an emergency, positions may be temporarily filled without posting. C. Whenever vacancies occur during the summer vacation period the following procedure will apply in lieu of the posting. 1. Teachers with specific interests in possible vacancies will notify the Superintendent of their interest in writing before the last day of the school year and shall include the address where they can be contacted during the summer. 2. Should such vacancy occur, the teachers who have expressed interest for the position shall be notified via certified letter. 3. It shall be the responsibility of the contacted teacher to notify the Superintendent in writing, via certified letter, of continued interest within seven (7) calendar days after notification via certified letter. 4. Vacancies shall be filled in a manner which facilitates the recall of the most senior qualified teacher on layoff. D. The Association recognizes that when vacancies occur during the school year it may be difficult to fill them from within the District without undue disruption to the existing educational program. When vacancies occur during the school year, and the Superintendent in his/her reasonable judgment determines not to fill the vacancy from within the District, the Board will either recall qualified laid-off personnel immediately, in order of seniority, or hire a permanent bargaining unit replacement no later than the beginning of the following school year. Vacancies which occur during the school year as a result of leaves of absence for less than a school year may be filled with temporary substitute personnel. E. Any teacher may apply for a vacancy. Application shall be made in writing to the principal responsible for supervising the position. An interview will be granted by the supervising principal to each bargaining unit member who has made formal application within the seven calendar day posting period. In the event an interviewed bargaining unit member is not assigned to the vacancy for which s/he has applied, the bargaining unit member may request from the supervising principal and shall be granted a written statement indicating the reasons the assignment was denied. Reasons given shall be based on past evaluations, results of the interview, input from the committee interviewing, and why or why not the candidate meets the expectations and job description of the position or relates to the philosophy and mission of the building. No vacancy will be posted outside the school District until all bargaining unit candidates making application within the seven (7) day posting period have been interviewed and it has been determined that no bargaining unit candidate will be assigned to the position. F. When said position has been filled, the applicant and the Association will be promptly notified of this action and if rejected for such position the applicant has the right to a conference with the Superintendent or his/her designee to discuss the reasons for rejection. G. Transfers and changes in assignments will be made on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Involuntary transfers will only be made in situations described below. 1. Involuntary transfers or reassignments must occur when the layoff of an Association member would be the result of another Association member refusing a transfer. If a member has not taught in an area of certification within the last seven years, that member will not be involuntarily assigned to a position which requires such certification. 2. Involuntary transfers or reassignments may occur when the administration determines a situation can only be remedied by invoking an involuntary transfer. The teacher with the lowest District seniority will be transferred or reassigned in this situation. In this case, a teacher at another building may be required to take an involuntary transfer to resolve the situation. The Association may file a grievance if the Association believes there are other reasonable remedies. H. Upon written application and prior approval of the Superintendent, bargaining unit members who have been involuntarily transferred to positions in levels where they have not taught for a period of five (5) years or to positions requiring the exercise of certification acquired more than five (5) years previously and not used within the past five (5) years will be reimbursed for reasonable educational expenses necessary to upgrade skills required for successful performance in the position. I. If a teacher (either probationary or tenured) has been evaluated according to the criteria established (see ARTICLE XII – EVALUATIONS, Section B.2 A-E) for probationary teachers and the teacher has been given an unsatisfactory evaluation, involuntary transfer may be invoked. J. If by reason of involuntary transfer the affected teacher wishes to resign instead of taking the assigned position, the teacher may do so as soon as a satisfactory replacement can be appointed. K. When a teacher on layoff is qualified for a vacancy which occurs during the school year, said vacancy need not be opened for application by other currently assigned personnel. When said vacancies occur during the summer months the vacancy shall be open for application by other currently assigned personnel in accordance with ARTICLE VII – VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS, Section ▇.

VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS. All language in this article which is shown in italics is meant to apply to non-certified professionals, (see Article I Section A. for definition of this term). A. The Board recognizes that it is desirable in making assignments to consider the interests and aspirations of its teachers. Therefore, prior to implementation of any transfer, all affected personnel A vacancy shall be informed of prospective changes. The Board shall consider subsequent teacher input. B. A vacancy is defined as any newly created bargaining unit a new position or as a current bargaining unit position vacated because of created by the promotion, resignation, retirement, death, transfer, discharge for cause, death or leave retirement of absence of the person assigned, provided the Board of Education determines to maintain the position. Whenever a vacancy occurs the Board of Education shall give written notice to the Association by delivering notice to the local Unit Director. The Association shall be responsible for simultaneously posting the vacancy notice in each building. Vacancy notifications will be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is filled. In the case of an emergency, positions may be temporarily filled without posting. C. Whenever vacancies occur during the summer vacation period the following procedure will apply in lieu of the postingteacher. 1. Teachers with specific interests The Superintendent shall maintain, and have posted in possible the Administration Building and all schools, a listing of all confirmed vacancies will notify in the Superintendent of their interest in writing before the last day of the school year and shall include the address where they can be contacted during the summerSmithfield School System. 2. Should such vacancy occur, the teachers who have expressed interest for the position A copy of all vacancies shall be notified via certified lettersent to the President of the Association. 3. If a vacancy occurs during the summer months, all teachers with certification in the area of the vacancy shall be notified. 4. Such certification must be on record at the Administration Building. B. It shall be the responsibility policy of the contacted Superintendent to assign all teachers to subjects, grades, and schools of their individual preference, providing such preference is not in conflict with the educational objectives of the school system. Teachers who desire a change in grade and/or subject assignment, or who desire a transfer to another building shall file a letter of preference with the Superintendent. Letters of preference shall be submitted no later than May 1 prior to external postings. Such statement shall include positions which the teacher would like to notify fill in order of preference. C. Teachers shall be eligible to make application for transfer after having taught two (2) years in the Superintendent Smithfield School System unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. D. In the event of a vacancy, teachers in writing, via the Smithfield School System who are certified letter, of continued interest in accordance with the internal posting and apply within seven (7) calendar days after the posting notification via certified letter. 4. Vacancies shall be filled given first consideration for the position. The Superintendent shall assign an internal candidate provided such an assignment is not in a manner which facilitates conflict with the recall educational objectives of the most senior qualified teacher on layoff. D. The Association recognizes that when vacancies occur during school system. If an internal candidate is not the school year it recommended candidate, then the Superintendent may be difficult to fill them from post the position externally. However, in the event the vacancy occurs within the District without undue disruption one month prior to the existing educational program. When vacancies occur during start of the school year, and the Superintendent in his/her reasonable judgment determines not to fill the vacancy from within the District, the Board will either recall qualified laid-off personnel immediately, in order of seniority, or hire a permanent bargaining unit replacement no later than the beginning of the following school year. Vacancies which occur during the school year as a result of leaves of absence for less than a school year position may be filled with temporary substitute personnelposted concurrently. E. Any teacher may apply Thereafter, the vacancy created by such internal transfer, or in the event of no application for a vacancy. Application shall be made in writing transfer having been requested pursuant to the principal responsible for supervising the position. An interview will be granted by the supervising principal to each bargaining unit member who has made formal application within the seven calendar day posting period. In the event an interviewed bargaining unit member is not assigned to the vacancy for which s/he has appliedaforementioned time periods, the bargaining unit member may request from the supervising principal and shall be granted a written statement indicating the reasons the assignment was denied. Reasons given shall be based on past evaluations, results of the interview, input from the committee interviewing, and why or why not the candidate meets the expectations and job description of the position or relates to the philosophy and mission of the building. No vacancy will be posted outside the school District until all bargaining unit candidates making application within the seven (7) day posting period have been interviewed and it has been determined that no bargaining unit candidate will be assigned to the position. F. When said position has been filled, the applicant and the Association will be promptly notified of this action and if rejected for such position the applicant has the right to a conference with the Superintendent or his/her designee to discuss the reasons for rejection. G. Transfers and changes in assignments will be made on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Involuntary transfers will only be made in situations described below. 1. Involuntary transfers or reassignments must occur when the layoff of an Association member would be the result of another Association member refusing a transfer. If a member has not taught in an area of certification within the last seven years, that member will not be involuntarily assigned to a position which requires such certification. 2. Involuntary transfers or reassignments may occur when the administration determines a situation can only be remedied by invoking an involuntary transfer. The teacher with the lowest District seniority will be transferred or reassigned in this situation. In this case, a teacher at another building may be required to take an involuntary transfer to resolve the situation. The Association may file a grievance if the Association believes there are other reasonable remedies. H. Upon written application and prior approval of the Superintendent, bargaining unit members who have been involuntarily transferred to positions in levels where they have not taught for a period of five (5) years or to positions requiring the exercise of certification acquired more than five (5) years previously and not used within the past five (5) years will be reimbursed for reasonable educational expenses necessary to upgrade skills required for successful performance in the position. I. If a teacher (either probationary or tenured) has been evaluated according to the criteria established (see ARTICLE XII – EVALUATIONS, Section B.2 A-E) for probationary teachers and the teacher has been given an unsatisfactory evaluation, involuntary transfer may be invoked. J. If by reason of involuntary transfer the affected teacher wishes to resign instead of taking the assigned position, the teacher may do so as soon as a satisfactory replacement can be appointed. K. When a teacher on layoff is qualified for a vacancy which occurs during the school year, said vacancy need not be opened for application by other currently assigned personnel. When said vacancies occur during the summer months the vacancy shall be open for application by other currently assigned personnel filled upon the recommendation of the Superintendent subject to the final approval of the Committee. F. No transfer shall block the recall of a teacher subject to recall in accordance with ARTICLE VII – VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS, Section ▇the recall rights as defined in Article VII.

VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS. All language in this article which is shown in italics is meant to apply to non-certified professionals, (see Article I Section A. for definition of this term).‌ A. The Board recognizes that it is desirable in making assignments to consider the interests and aspirations of its teachers. Therefore, prior to implementation of any transfer, all affected personnel A vacancy shall be informed of prospective changes. The Board shall consider subsequent teacher input. B. A vacancy is defined as any newly created bargaining unit a new position or as a current bargaining unit position vacated because of created by the promotion, resignation, retirement, death, transfer, discharge for cause, death or leave retirement of absence of the person assigned, provided the Board of Education determines to maintain the position. Whenever a vacancy occurs the Board of Education shall give written notice to the Association by delivering notice to the local Unit Director. The Association shall be responsible for simultaneously posting the vacancy notice in each building. Vacancy notifications will be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is filled. In the case of an emergency, positions may be temporarily filled without posting. C. Whenever vacancies occur during the summer vacation period the following procedure will apply in lieu of the postingteacher. 1. Teachers with specific interests The Superintendent shall maintain, and have posted in possible the Administration Building and all schools, a listing of all confirmed vacancies will notify in the Superintendent of their interest in writing before the last day of the school year and shall include the address where they can be contacted during the summerSmithfield School System. 2. Should such vacancy occur, the teachers who have expressed interest for the position A copy of all vacancies shall be notified via certified lettersent to the President of the Association. 3. If a vacancy occurs during the summer months, all teachers with certification in the area of the vacancy shall be notified. 4. Such certification must be on record at the Administration Building. B. It shall be the responsibility policy of the contacted Superintendent to assign all teachers to subjects, grades, and schools of their individual preference, providing such preference is not in conflict with the educational objectives of the school system. Teachers who desire a change in grade and/or subject assignment, or who desire a transfer to another building shall file a letter of preference with the Superintendent. Letters of preference shall be submitted no later than May 1 prior to external postings. Such statement shall include positions which the teacher would like to notify fill in order of preference. C. Teachers shall be eligible to make application for transfer after having taught two (2) years in the Superintendent Smithfield School System unless otherwise approved by the Superintendent. D. In the event of a vacancy, teachers in writing, via the Smithfield School System who are certified letter, of continued interest in accordance with the internal posting and apply within seven (7) calendar days after the posting notification via certified letter. 4. Vacancies shall be filled given first consideration for the position. The Superintendent shall assign an internal candidate provided such an assignment is not in a manner which facilitates conflict with the recall educational objectives of the most senior qualified teacher on layoff. D. The Association recognizes that when vacancies occur during school system. If an internal candidate is not the school year it recommended candidate, then the Superintendent may be difficult to fill them from post the position externally. However, in the event the vacancy occurs within the District without undue disruption one month prior to the existing educational program. When vacancies occur during start of the school year, and the Superintendent in his/her reasonable judgment determines not to fill the vacancy from within the District, the Board will either recall qualified laid-off personnel immediately, in order of seniority, or hire a permanent bargaining unit replacement no later than the beginning of the following school year. Vacancies which occur during the school year as a result of leaves of absence for less than a school year position may be filled with temporary substitute personnelposted concurrently. E. Any teacher may apply Thereafter, the vacancy created by such internal transfer, or in the event of no application for a vacancy. Application shall be made in writing transfer having been requested pursuant to the principal responsible for supervising the position. An interview will be granted by the supervising principal to each bargaining unit member who has made formal application within the seven calendar day posting period. In the event an interviewed bargaining unit member is not assigned to the vacancy for which s/he has appliedaforementioned time periods, the bargaining unit member may request from the supervising principal and shall be granted a written statement indicating the reasons the assignment was denied. Reasons given shall be based on past evaluations, results of the interview, input from the committee interviewing, and why or why not the candidate meets the expectations and job description of the position or relates to the philosophy and mission of the building. No vacancy will be posted outside the school District until all bargaining unit candidates making application within the seven (7) day posting period have been interviewed and it has been determined that no bargaining unit candidate will be assigned to the position. F. When said position has been filled, the applicant and the Association will be promptly notified of this action and if rejected for such position the applicant has the right to a conference with the Superintendent or his/her designee to discuss the reasons for rejection. G. Transfers and changes in assignments will be made on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Involuntary transfers will only be made in situations described below. 1. Involuntary transfers or reassignments must occur when the layoff of an Association member would be the result of another Association member refusing a transfer. If a member has not taught in an area of certification within the last seven years, that member will not be involuntarily assigned to a position which requires such certification. 2. Involuntary transfers or reassignments may occur when the administration determines a situation can only be remedied by invoking an involuntary transfer. The teacher with the lowest District seniority will be transferred or reassigned in this situation. In this case, a teacher at another building may be required to take an involuntary transfer to resolve the situation. The Association may file a grievance if the Association believes there are other reasonable remedies. H. Upon written application and prior approval of the Superintendent, bargaining unit members who have been involuntarily transferred to positions in levels where they have not taught for a period of five (5) years or to positions requiring the exercise of certification acquired more than five (5) years previously and not used within the past five (5) years will be reimbursed for reasonable educational expenses necessary to upgrade skills required for successful performance in the position. I. If a teacher (either probationary or tenured) has been evaluated according to the criteria established (see ARTICLE XII – EVALUATIONS, Section B.2 A-E) for probationary teachers and the teacher has been given an unsatisfactory evaluation, involuntary transfer may be invoked. J. If by reason of involuntary transfer the affected teacher wishes to resign instead of taking the assigned position, the teacher may do so as soon as a satisfactory replacement can be appointed. K. When a teacher on layoff is qualified for a vacancy which occurs during the school year, said vacancy need not be opened for application by other currently assigned personnel. When said vacancies occur during the summer months the vacancy shall be open for application by other currently assigned personnel filled upon the recommendation of the Superintendent subject to the final approval of the Committee. F. No transfer shall block the recall of a teacher subject to recall in accordance with ARTICLE VII – VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS, Section ▇the recall rights as defined in Article VII.

VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS. All language in this article which is shown in italics is meant to apply to non-certified professionalsA. A vacancy shall be defined as a new position or as a position created by the promotion, (see Article I Section A. for definition resignation, death or retirement of this term)a teacher. A. 1. The Board recognizes that it is desirable superintendent shall maintain a listing of all vacancies in making assignments the Smithfield Public Schools on the employment page on the district website. 2. A copy of all vacancies shall be emailed to consider the interests and aspirations president of its teachers. Therefore, the association prior to implementation of any transferits posting. Following this notification, all affected personnel an email shall be informed of prospective changes. The Board shall consider subsequent teacher input. B. A vacancy is defined as any newly created bargaining unit position or a current bargaining unit position vacated because of the resignation, retirement, death, transfer, discharge for cause, or leave of absence of the person assigned, provided the Board of Education determines sent to maintain the position. Whenever a vacancy occurs the Board of Education shall give written notice to the Association by delivering notice to the local Unit Director. The Association shall be responsible for simultaneously posting the vacancy notice in each building. Vacancy notifications will be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is filled. In the case of an emergency, positions may be temporarily filled without posting. C. Whenever vacancies occur during the summer vacation period the following procedure will apply in lieu of all district staff containing the posting. 1. Teachers with specific interests in possible vacancies will notify the Superintendent of their interest in writing before the last day of the school year and shall include the address where they can be contacted during the summer. 2. Should such vacancy occur, the teachers who have expressed interest for the position shall be notified via certified letter. 3. B. It shall be the responsibility policy of the contacted superintendent to assign all teachers to subjects, grades, and schools of their individual preference, providing such preference is not in conflict with the educational objectives of the school system. Teachers who desire a change in grade and/or subject assignment, or who desire a transfer to another building shall file a letter of preference with the superintendent. Letters of preference shall be submitted no later than February 1st prior to external postings. Such statement shall include positions that the teacher would like to notify fill in order of preference. C. Teachers shall be eligible to make application for transfer after having taught two (2) years in the Superintendent Smithfield Public Schools unless otherwise approved by the superintendent. D. In the event of a vacancy, teachers in writing, via the Smithfield Public Schools who are certified letter, of continued interest in accordance with the internal posting and apply within seven (7) calendar days after the posting notification via certified letter. 4. Vacancies shall be filled given first consideration for the position. The superintendent shall assign an internal candidate provided such an assignment is not in a manner which facilitates conflict with the recall educational objectives of the most senior qualified teacher on layoff. D. The Association recognizes that when vacancies occur during school system. If an internal candidate is not the recommended candidate, then the superintendent may post the position externally. However, in the event the vacancy occurs within one month prior to the start of the school year it or, by mutual agreement of the superintendent and the association president, the position may be difficult to fill them from within the District without undue disruption to the existing educational program. When vacancies occur during the school year, and the Superintendent in his/her reasonable judgment determines not to fill the vacancy from within the District, the Board will either recall qualified laid-off personnel immediately, in order of seniority, or hire a permanent bargaining unit replacement no later than the beginning of the following school year. Vacancies which occur during the school year as a result of leaves of absence for less than a school year may be filled with temporary substitute personnelposted concurrently. E. Any teacher may apply Thereafter, the vacancy created by such internal transfer, or in the event of no application for a vacancy. Application shall be made in writing transfer having been requested pursuant to the principal responsible for supervising the position. An interview will be granted by the supervising principal to each bargaining unit member who has made formal application within the seven calendar day posting period. In the event an interviewed bargaining unit member is not assigned to the vacancy for which s/he has appliedaforementioned time periods, the bargaining unit member may request from the supervising principal and shall be granted a written statement indicating the reasons the assignment was denied. Reasons given shall be based on past evaluations, results of the interview, input from the committee interviewing, and why or why not the candidate meets the expectations and job description of the position or relates to the philosophy and mission of the building. No vacancy will be posted outside the school District until all bargaining unit candidates making application within the seven (7) day posting period have been interviewed and it has been determined that no bargaining unit candidate will be assigned to the position. F. When said position has been filled, the applicant and the Association will be promptly notified of this action and if rejected for such position the applicant has the right to a conference with the Superintendent or his/her designee to discuss the reasons for rejection. G. Transfers and changes in assignments will be made on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Involuntary transfers will only be made in situations described below. 1. Involuntary transfers or reassignments must occur when the layoff of an Association member would be the result of another Association member refusing a transfer. If a member has not taught in an area of certification within the last seven years, that member will not be involuntarily assigned to a position which requires such certification. 2. Involuntary transfers or reassignments may occur when the administration determines a situation can only be remedied by invoking an involuntary transfer. The teacher with the lowest District seniority will be transferred or reassigned in this situation. In this case, a teacher at another building may be required to take an involuntary transfer to resolve the situation. The Association may file a grievance if the Association believes there are other reasonable remedies. H. Upon written application and prior approval of the Superintendent, bargaining unit members who have been involuntarily transferred to positions in levels where they have not taught for a period of five (5) years or to positions requiring the exercise of certification acquired more than five (5) years previously and not used within the past five (5) years will be reimbursed for reasonable educational expenses necessary to upgrade skills required for successful performance in the position. I. If a teacher (either probationary or tenured) has been evaluated according to the criteria established (see ARTICLE XII – EVALUATIONS, Section B.2 A-E) for probationary teachers and the teacher has been given an unsatisfactory evaluation, involuntary transfer may be invoked. J. If by reason of involuntary transfer the affected teacher wishes to resign instead of taking the assigned position, the teacher may do so as soon as a satisfactory replacement can be appointed. K. When a teacher on layoff is qualified for a vacancy which occurs during the school year, said vacancy need not be opened for application by other currently assigned personnel. When said vacancies occur during the summer months the vacancy shall be open for application by other currently assigned personnel filled upon the recommendation of the principal subject to the approval of the superintendent and in accordance with ARTICLE VII – VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS, Section ▇school committee policies and internal procedures. F. No transfer shall block the recall of a teacher subject to recall in accordance with the recall rights as defined in Article VII.

VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS. All language A. Notice of Vacancies 1. Notice of teaching vacancies shall be posted in this article which the Director of Schools' Office and sent to each building representative for posting in the schools as soon as practical after the Director of Schools is shown aware of the existence of such vacancies. Notices of administrative (assistant principal, principal, coordinator, or supervisor) vacancies shall be posted in italics each school, posted in the Director of Schools' Office and advertised in local newspapers as soon as practical after the Director of Schools is meant to apply to non-certified professionals, (see Article I Section A. for definition aware of this term)the existence of such vacancies. Notice of any vacancies occurring during the summer months shall be publicly posted in the Director of Schools' Office. A. The Board recognizes that it is desirable in making assignments to consider 2. Such notice shall contain the interests and aspirations date of its teachers. Thereforeposting, prior to implementation of any transferposition, all affected personnel shall be informed of prospective changes. The Board shall consider subsequent teacher input. B. A vacancy is defined as any newly created bargaining unit position or title, a current bargaining unit position vacated because description of the resignationposition, retirementname and location of the school, deatheducation and experience requirements of the position, transfer, discharge for cause, or leave of absence name of the person assignedto whom the application is to be returned and date by which the application is to be returned. 3. Teachers who desire a change in grade and/or subject assignment or who desire to transfer to another building may file a written statement of such desire with the Director of Schools no later than April 1 of any academic year, such statement shall include the grade and/or subject to which he/she desires to be transferred, in order of preference. 4. All applicants shall be given consideration, and the Director of Schools or his designee shall choose at least the top four applicants for such vacancy, provided that at least four persons apply. Each of the Board of Education four applicants shall be given an interview. The most senior applicant shall be included among the finalists unless the screening committee determines to maintain that the positionother six criteria for selection eliminates the senior applicant from further consideration. Whenever a vacancy occurs the Board of Education The selection process shall give written notice consideration to the Association following criteria: Welfare of the affected students Certification Education Evaluation Length of service with the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ County School System Consideration dictated by delivering notice to law Preference of the local Unit Director. The Association shall be responsible for simultaneously posting the vacancy notice in each building. Vacancy notifications will be posted at least seven (7) calendar days before the position is filledemployee 5. In the case event of an emergencythe following situations, which involve legal considerations, positions may be temporarily filled without posting. C. Whenever vacancies occur during the summer vacation period the following procedure will apply in lieu of the posting. 1. Teachers with specific interests in possible vacancies will notify the Superintendent of their interest in writing before the last day of the school year and shall include the address where they can be contacted during the summer. 2. Should such vacancy occur, the teachers who have expressed interest for the position shall be notified via certified letter. 3. It shall be the responsibility of the contacted teacher to notify the Superintendent in writing, via certified letter, of continued interest within seven (7) calendar days after notification via certified letter. 4. Vacancies shall be filled in a manner which facilitates the recall of the most senior qualified teacher on layoff. D. The Association recognizes that when vacancies occur during the school year it may be difficult to fill them from within the District without undue disruption to the existing educational program. When vacancies occur during the school year, and the Superintendent in his/her reasonable judgment determines not to fill the vacancy from within the District, the Board will either recall qualified laid-off personnel immediately, in order of seniority, or hire a permanent bargaining unit replacement no later than the beginning of the following school year. Vacancies which occur during the school year as a result of leaves of absence for less than a school year may be filled with temporary substitute personnel. E. Any teacher may apply for a vacancy. Application shall be made in writing to the principal responsible for supervising the position. An formal interview will be granted by the supervising principal to each bargaining unit member who has made formal application within the seven calendar day posting period. In the event an interviewed bargaining unit member is not assigned to the vacancy for which s/he has applied, the bargaining unit member may request from the supervising principal and shall be granted a written statement indicating the reasons the assignment was denied. Reasons given shall be based on past evaluations, results of the interview, input from the committee interviewing, and why or why not the candidate meets the expectations and job description of the position or relates to the philosophy and mission of the building. No vacancy will be posted outside the school District until all bargaining unit candidates making application within the seven (7) day posting period have been interviewed and it has been determined that no bargaining unit candidate will be assigned to the position. F. When said position has been filled, the applicant and the Association will be promptly notified of this action and if rejected for such position the applicant has the right to a conference with the Superintendent or his/her designee to discuss the reasons for rejection. G. Transfers and changes in assignments will be made on a voluntary basis whenever possible. Involuntary transfers will only be made in situations process described below. 1. Involuntary transfers or reassignments must occur when the layoff of an Association member would be the result of another Association member refusing a transfer. If a member has not taught in an area of certification within the last seven years, that member will not be involuntarily assigned to a position which requires such certification. 2. Involuntary transfers or reassignments may occur when the administration determines a situation can only be remedied by invoking an involuntary transfer. The teacher with the lowest District seniority will be transferred or reassigned in this situation. In this case, a teacher at another building may be required to take an involuntary transfer to resolve the situation. The Association may file a grievance if the Association believes there are other reasonable remedies. H. Upon written application and prior approval of the Superintendent, bargaining unit members who have been involuntarily transferred to positions in levels where they have not taught for a period of five (5) years or to positions requiring the exercise of certification acquired more than five (5) years previously and not used within the past five (5) years will be reimbursed for reasonable educational expenses necessary to upgrade skills required for successful performance in the position. I. If a teacher (either probationary or tenured) has been evaluated according to the criteria established (see ARTICLE XII – EVALUATIONS, Section B.2 A-E) for probationary teachers and the teacher has been given an unsatisfactory evaluation, involuntary transfer may be invoked. J. If by reason of involuntary transfer the affected teacher wishes to resign instead of taking the assigned position, the teacher may do so as soon as a satisfactory replacement can be appointed. K. When a teacher on layoff is qualified for a vacancy which occurs during the school year, said vacancy need not be opened for application by other currently assigned personnel. When said vacancies occur during the summer months the vacancy shall be open for application by other currently assigned personnel in accordance with ARTICLE VII – VACANCIES, TRANSFERS, AND REASSIGNMENTS, Section ▇.Article: