Jerome Joint School District No. 261

PERSONNEL 5220

Assignments, Reassignments, Transfers

Certified Staff

All staff shall be subject to assignment, reassignment and/or transfer of position and duties by the Board and/or

Superintendent. Teachers shall be assigned at the levels and in the subjects for which their certificates are

endorsed, except in accordance with the regulations of the State Board of Education and for good cause shown. .

Nothing in this policy shall prevent the reassignment of a staff member during the school year.

Teachers shall be assigned at the levels and in the subjects for which their certificates are endorsed. The

Superintendent shall provide for a system of assignment, reassignment, and transfer of classified staff, including

voluntary transfers and promotions consistent with this policy and State law. Nothing in this policy shall prevent

the reassignment of a staff member during the school year.

Teachers who desire a transfer to another teaching position within their building or another building will make

written application, using the district on-line application process available to all building principals. Requests will

remain in effect until canceled by the teacher or until the next school year begins.

Certified staff may be transferred upon the recommendation of the Superintendent or his designee from one

position or grade level to another if the transfer is within the area of the staff member’s academic preparation and

certification. The board and administrators recognize that adjustment may be difficult. Therefore, administrative

transfers will not be finalized without administrative study, deliberation and discussion with the teacher.

When the Board reassigns an administrative employee to a non-administrative position, the employee shall be

entitled to an informal review as described in Policy 5107.

Classified Staff

The right of assignment, reassignment and transfer shall remain that of the Board and/or Superintendent. Written

notice of a reassignment or involuntary transfer shall be given the employee.

All personnel are employees of the district but are assigned to various schools. Employees may request transfer

from one assignment to another or from one school to another. It is understood that such requests do not

necessarily indicate dissatisfaction in a particular school, nor does a transfer request guarantee that any request

will be granted.

Any employee desiring to initiate a transfer from their current position to a new position must complete a transfer

request form available on the district employment website. The requests will be retained in a transfer request file

for one full year beginning in September and continuing through August.

When a vacancy occurs, an announcement will be posted on the district employment website. Selection for

positions will be based on:

1. The needs and efficient operation of the district.

2. The qualifications including the experience and recent training of the employee compared to those of

other candidates for both the positions to be filled and the positions to be vacated.

3. Recommendations of the administrator to whom the employee is currently responsible and the

administrator where the vacancy exists.

4. The length and quality of service by the employee for the district.

Cross reference: 5107 Informal Review

6100-6100P Superintendent

6200 District Organization

Legal Reference I.C. § 33-513 Professional Personnel

I.C. § 33-515 Issuance of Renewable Contracts

Policy History:

Adopted on: 03/25/2008

Revised on: 02/28/2012

Revised on: 07/23/2013

Revised on: 06/23/2015

Revised on: 08/27/2019