Because of state law, public-school districts can no longer lay off the least-experienced teachers with a common license, such as elementary education. Now officials must base their decisions on merit.
To abide by the law, members of the Bluffton-Harrison school board discussed the following policy, though it is not necessarily final. Learn more in the Tuesday, Oct. 16, News-Banner.
To abide by the law, members of the Bluffton-Harrison school board discussed the following policy, though it is not necessarily final. Learn more in the Tuesday, Oct. 16, News-Banner.
Reduction in Force (RIF) Procedure and Recall Professional Staff
RIF Procedure
The following guidelines will replace and supersede all previous guidelines and past practices.
The cancellation of a teacher’s contract due to a decrease in the number of teaching positions shall be determined on the basis of performance on the teacher evaluation rubric. In the teaching content area to be reduced, a teacher certificated in the area who is rated less effective will be subject to non-continuance or cancellation before a teacher rated more effective will be subject to the same. The order of effectiveness from least to greatest is as follows:
• Ineffective
• Improvement Necessary
• Effective
• Highly Effective
Teacher effectiveness will be considered over a time frame of the past three consecutive years. If three years of evaluative data is not available, two years or one year of data will be used. All evaluation data will be data collected while a teacher at Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.
In cases where the teachers’ effectiveness categories are the same, the Administration will weigh the following factors before making a determination as to which teacher and/or teachers shall be subject to the non-continuance or cancellation, in order of importance:
• The academic needs of the students in the school corporation.
• Current instructional leadership roles.
• Service in extracurricular positions, both paid and voluntary.
• Other beneficial services provided to the school district.
• Additional certification and licensure.
Recall
Teachers whose contracts were non-continued and/or cancelled and who received a rating of Highly Effective or Effective will be considered for re-hire before new applicants are given consideration. Teachers will remain on the recall list for a period of two years. After this period, the teacher shall have no recall privileges.
RIF Procedure
The following guidelines will replace and supersede all previous guidelines and past practices.
The cancellation of a teacher’s contract due to a decrease in the number of teaching positions shall be determined on the basis of performance on the teacher evaluation rubric. In the teaching content area to be reduced, a teacher certificated in the area who is rated less effective will be subject to non-continuance or cancellation before a teacher rated more effective will be subject to the same. The order of effectiveness from least to greatest is as follows:
• Ineffective
• Improvement Necessary
• Effective
• Highly Effective
Teacher effectiveness will be considered over a time frame of the past three consecutive years. If three years of evaluative data is not available, two years or one year of data will be used. All evaluation data will be data collected while a teacher at Bluffton-Harrison Metropolitan School District.
In cases where the teachers’ effectiveness categories are the same, the Administration will weigh the following factors before making a determination as to which teacher and/or teachers shall be subject to the non-continuance or cancellation, in order of importance:
• The academic needs of the students in the school corporation.
• Current instructional leadership roles.
• Service in extracurricular positions, both paid and voluntary.
• Other beneficial services provided to the school district.
• Additional certification and licensure.
Recall
Teachers whose contracts were non-continued and/or cancelled and who received a rating of Highly Effective or Effective will be considered for re-hire before new applicants are given consideration. Teachers will remain on the recall list for a period of two years. After this period, the teacher shall have no recall privileges.
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