1. PAT – PPS joint contract training
WELCOME
PAT – PPS joint contract training
Please sit together by cluster, with school building reps. and principals/administrators seated together.

2. PAT – PPS joint contract training
Annual staffing process

3. Early Notice Stipend
Written notice of resignation or retirement (except if in lieu of termination, non-renewal or non-extension),
$1250 if by February 15,
$700 between February 16 and March 15,
Paid on final paycheck,
Resignation or retirement notice must be promptly forwarded to or directly submitted to HR.

4. Transfer article 15

5. TRANSFER (Article 15, p )
“Assignment” means the specific bargaining unit position in which the professional educator is placed.
“Transfer” means a change from one assignment to another.
No assignment of professional educators outside area of licensure and competence is allowed, unless by mutual agreement
Professional educators shall be provided written notice of assignment before the end of the school year and written notice of any change in assignment over the summer.

6. TRANSFER (Article 15, p. 45 - 51) Internal Transfer Process:
Contract, 3rd year, and unassigned 1st or 2nd year professional educators may apply,
HR posts vacancies no later than May 1,
Posting is for a minimum of 5 workdays (3 workdays after July 1, no posting “near beginning of the school year”),
Posting contains description of assignment (e.g. subject, grade level, preferred skills, etc…),
Positions held by temporary staff must be posted for the following year,
Professional educators have 5 working days from date of initial posting to submit transfer application.

7. 2015 Staffing calendar (Subject to change)
March 9 Superintendent presents staffing plan to Board March 10 SMTs go live (noon) March 23 – 27 Spring Break April 6 & 8 Unassignment information meetings April 15 – 21 Internal transfer vacancies posted April 22 – 28 Internal transfer interviews April 30 – May 4 HR notification of transfer assignment May Assignment notices May 13 External posting of vacancies

8. TRANSFER (Article 15, p )
Professional educator initiated transfer (transfer application):
Subject to transfer assignment, unless interest is withdrawn by second day after interview,
Once a transfer is accepted, ineligible to apply for a subsequent transfer in the same year,
Voluntary unassignment only if in current assignment 5 or more years, if no mutually agreeable transfer assignment is found current assignment is continued,
Professional educators with 5 or more years in PPS interviewed (at least 3 interviews per vacancy if 3 or more, at least 5 interviews if 2 or fewer vacancies.)

9. TRANSFER (Article 15, p. 45 - 51) Administration initiated transfer:
Unassignment in building/program by seniority within licensure and competence,
Limited exceptions to seniority (see next slide,)
Professional educator left unassigned after internal process will be placed prior to external positing,
If a position opens where professional was unassigned from, may be returned if has found a new assignment, shall be returned if still unassigned.

10. TRANSFER (Article 15, p )
Seniority Exceptions for Unassignment (do not apply in the event of layoff):
Unique licensure for a specific existing assignment,
Gender balance (less than 30% of under-represented gender,)
Racial balance (less than school’s student minority percentage or percentage of minority professional educators district-wide,)
Bilingual/Multilingual (ACTFL level 4 or equivalent, 15% students speak language at home, directly support 1 or more students,)
ER assignments (HS only; only listed assignments.)

11. TRANSFER (Article 15, p )
All professional educators may apply for transfer to externally posted vacancies (unless a transfer has already been accepted that year.)
Professional educators on a Plan of Assistance will normally not be approved for transfer; if allowed the POA continues.
In mergers and closures, the “follow the students” concept prevails.
If qualifications are found to be equal, unit members requesting voluntary transfers shall be chosen over outside applicants.

12. TRANSFER (Article 15, p )
Involuntary change in assignment/classroom moves:
Assignment to a different worksite or grade level (elementary) or different worksite or subject (middle/high school) during summer or after the work year has begun = 2 additional planning days.
Relocation to a different classroom within the building after the work year has begun = 1 additional planning day.
Option of substitute coverage or compensation for time outside of the contract day.
See also: 4 hours pay for disassembling/reassembling classroom for remodeling/painting (Art. 5 Sec. D.9 p. 15); MOUs for building moves.

13. Reduction in staff/layoff article 16

14. Reduction in staff/layoff (Article 16, p. 52 - 54)
Notification
In the event of layoff, District provides 60 days notice to PAT (or as soon as possible if to be effective the following year.)
Notice includes relevant data (i.e. seniority lists.)
ORS (2)(a) and (b) apply. (Transfer teachers of discontinued courses to other courses that they are licensed and qualified to teach; combine teaching positions to avoid layoff.)

15. Reduction in staff/layoff (Article 16, p. 52 - 54)
Layoff is by seniority (length of continuous service with PPS,) provided professional educator is competent and properly licensed.
Competence is “the ability to teach a subject or grade level based on recent teaching experience related to that subject … or grade level within the last five years, or educational obtainments, or both, but not based solely on being licensed to teach.”
Subject is as defined in Appendix D (p. 88 – 89.)
Grade levels are PK – 8 or 6 – 12.
Specialists (e.g. Special Ed., ESL, School Psych.) treated as a subject.
Bilingual programs are where 50% or more of instruction is in a language other than English.

16. Reduction in staff/layoff (Article 16, p. 52 - 54)
District shall consider a professional educator’s willingness to pursue additional training or education to become competent.
If professional educator asserts a right to be retained (as competent), joint review of training and education, consideration of a course of training,
Tuition reimbursement applies,
By mutual agreement, mentoring and other education opportunities may replace college or in-service credits,

17. Reduction in staff/layoff (Article 16, p. 52 - 54)
Layoff Benefits
If laid off, insurance benefits extend for 3 months beyond when coverage would otherwise have stopped.
Professional educator can maintain Trust plans at his/her own expense.
Will be given consideration for work as a substitute (does not effect recall rights.)

18. Reduction in staff/layoff (Article 16, p. 52 - 54)
Recall
Right to be recalled to any vacancy for which professional educator is licensed and competent for a period of 3 years.
Must state interest in recall and reaffirm by April 1, each year, if asked.
May refuse one job offer without loss of recall rights. (Second refusal is resignation.)
Will be offered, but may refuse, recall to lesser FTE without loss of recall rights.
Recalled to same contract status, salary schedule and seniority- related and accrued benefits as held prior to layoff.

19. Q & A

20. break
10 minutes

21. THANK YOU