Hi all- my colleague is facing a forced transition to a different school in the district, and is fighting it. I have been asked by her to be a part of the committee that helps decide whether or not she is foced to move (it is called the professional rights and responsibilities committee).
A little background: She is a 15+year veteran of the district, was evaluated this year by the principal, and received a positive evaluation. She is an AP teacher where 22/23 students received a 4 or a 5 on the test (majority 5s). A parent of a freshman student has complained about her teaching (she has complained also about a 15+ year veteran of the biology dept, a 10+year PE teacher), and now the principal wants to move the foreign language teacher to the middle school.
The reasoning is: A few times this year in staff meetings the teacher brought up complaints about how teachers feel like parents can cause us to lose our jobs, we feel pressure and a lack of support from the admin, and overall stress. The principal also lists that it would be valuable to have a high school teacher in the middle school to help bridge the curriculum.
According to our contract, a forced transfer can only occur if this statement is satisfied: "District- initiated transfers shall be based exclusively on the legitimate, educationally-related needs of the district".
Do you have any advice on how to fight this? Or know what will happen in the meeting? The meeting will take place with the teacher in question, the superintendent, the principal, and another union rep.
Submitted July 21, 2018 at 10:17AM by 1beachedbeluga https://ift.tt/2JJ4KF5
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