For Involuntary Transfers and Returns from Leave

Wednesday - April 3, 2013

What if I need help setting up my profile in MCPS Careers? Staff from OHRD and MCEA are available tonight, April 3rd, during the Priority

Placement meeting from 4 – 6 pm at Richard Montgomery High School to provide support.

Support is available in the Computer Lab – room 167.

– In addition, there is a video tutorial available on the website, that provides step-by-

step directions on how to update your profile

What is MCPS Careers? MCPS Careers is the online system for employees to search

and apply for positions and to indicate interest in an interview at the job fairs.

Employees log in to www.mcpscareers.org using their Outlook user

name and password.

• To ensure that priority placements (involuntary transfers

and returns from leave) obtain appropriate positions

• Provide opportunities for employees to seek positions that

are a match for their certification areas

• Allow teachers to make lateral moves in their current

content areas

Three Teacher Transfer Job Fairs

Middle School Job Fair All 38 middle schools and the Department of Alternative Programs schools

All 132 elementary schools, Infants & Toddlers, Longview, PEP, Carl Sandburg

Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 4–7 p.m. at Albert Einstein High School

Elementary School Job Fair All 133 elementary schools, Infants & Toddlers, Longview, PEP, Carl Sandburg

Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 4–7 p.m. at Montgomery Blair High School

High School Job Fair All 26 high schools, Department of Alternative Programs schools, Stephen Knolls, RICA,

Rock Terrace, and Transition Department.

Thursday, April 11, 2013, 3–6 p.m. at Watkins Mill High School

To Request an Interview at a Job Fair for a Posted Specific Position (Use MCPS Careers) Please log in to MCPS Careers as a Current Employee and simply apply to the specific position.

If you apply to a specific position, you do not also have to apply to the Job Fair posting.

To Request an Interview at a Job Fair for Possible positions in the future at a school

(Also Use MCPS Careers, but apply to the “Job Fair” posting for a school)

Interviews can be requested between April 3, 2012 and April 8, 2012.

Please log in to MCPS Careers as a Current Employee.

Choose the job that reads Job Fair, School Name and click apply-

Interviews are by invitation.

If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by a representative from the school.

Wednesday, April 3 – Monday, April 8

– Teachers make Job Fair interview requests using MCPS Careers

Tuesday, April 9– Thursday, April 11

– Teacher Transfer Job Fairs

Friday, April 12

– Voluntary Transfer Season begins

Wednesday, May 1

– State of Maryland deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign without prejudice

Friday, May 10

– Voluntary Transfer Season closes at 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 16

– OHRD-OSSI Priority Placement Meeting

Tuesday, May 21

– Placements begin for Priority Placements

Friday, May 24

– Voluntary transfer season reopens for fields in which all priority placements have been placed

Monday, July 15

– State of Maryland deadline for tenured teachers to resign without prejudice

Friday, July 19

– Last day for voluntary transfers

Update Your Profile and resume through MCPS Careers

Check MCPS Careers for vacancies starting NOW

Request Job Fair Interviews using MCPS Careers between 4/3 and 4/8

If unable to secure an interview during the job fairs, continue to apply for

positions in which you are qualified and interested

Any teacher returning from leave or involuntary transferred who has not secured a position by May 10 will become a priority placement

Once all priority placements have been assigned (May 24),

voluntary transfer season will reopen and continue through July 19th

Elementary School Staffing

Diane Smith Staffing Coordinator

•Elementary Teachers - in the following

Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium (DCC)

• Montgomery Blair

• Albert Einstein

• John F. Kennedy

• Northwood

•Northeast Consortium (NEC)

• James Hubert Blake

• Paint Branch

• Springbrook

•Sherwood

•Clarksburg

•Damascus

•Gaithersburg

•Magruder

•Watkins Mill

•Spanish Immersion

•Art (K-12)

Pearl Drain Staffing Coordinator

•Elementary Teachers - in the following

Clusters:

•Clarksburg

•Damascus

•Gaithersburg

•Magruder

•Northwest

•Poolesville

•Quince Orchard

•Richard Montgomery

•Rockville

•Seneca Valley

•Watkins Mill

•Winston Churchill

•Wootton

•Chinese and French Immersion

•Music: General & Instrumental (K-12)

•Reading Specialist (ES)

Travis Wiebe Staffing Coordinator

•Elementary Teachers - in the

following Clusters:

•Bethesda Chevy Chase

•Walter Johnson

•Walt Whitman

•Wheaton (part of DCC)

•PE/Dance/Health (K-12)

• All Central Office

301-279-3920 Regina Powell, Staffing Assistant

Secondary School Staffing

Jane Butler Staffing Coordinator

•Business Education

•ESOL (K-12)

•FACS

•Math

•ROTC

•Science

•Trade and Industry

Rhonda Dedmond Staffing Coordinator

•Alternative Programs

•Computer Science

•English/Drama

•Foreign Language

•Media Specialist (K-12)

•Reading Teacher (MS)

•Social Studies

•TV Production

•Technology Education

301-279-3935

Joan Beeler, Staffing Assistant

Special Education Staffing

Rae Korade Staffing Coordinator

•Special Ed Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium (DCC)

•Northeast Consortium (NEC)

•Sherwood

•Clarksburg

•Damascus

•Gaithersburg

•Magruder

•Watkins Mill

•Occupational Therapist

•Pupil Personnel Worker

•Resource Teacher (RTSE)

•Speech Pathologist

•Central Office (OSESS)

Linda Johnson Staffing Coordinator •Special Ed Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium – Wheaton only

•Bethesda Chevy Chase

•Northwest

•Poolesville

•Quince Orchard

•Richard Montgomery

•Rockville

•Seneca Valley

•Walt Whitman

•Walter Johnson

•Winston Churchill

•Wootton

•School Counselors/ Resource Counselors

•School Psychologists

•Social Workers

•Central Office (OSESS)

301-279-3010 Angela King, Staffing Assistant

Can a teacher seek a position outside of their current position certification area? MCEA unit members interested in seeking positions outside of their current position certification area (e.g.

special education to social studies) may attend the job fair, but MAY NOT be recommended to the

Department of Recruitment and Staffing for hire unless a vacancy exists AFTER all involuntary transfers

and teachers returning from leave have been placed.

Can I indicate my preference for re-assignment (schools, subjects, geography)? Yes, employees can designate their preference for re-assignment through the online MCPS Careers

system. This information can be entered into your Profile.

Can a teacher seek Part-to-Full and Full-to-Part position?

In accordance with the contract, such changes are only considered once the priority placements

(involuntary and returnees from leave) have been placed in assignments.

Part-time teachers seeking full-time positions and full-time teachers seeking part-time positions must apply to the

appropriate requisition using MCPS Careers.

- Log in to MCPS Careers using your Outlook user name and password

- Search for the appropriate advertisement (Teachers: Change in hours, Part-time to full-time or

Teachers: Change in hours, Full-time to part-time)

- Read the description carefully before applying.

Is there a web site with information on the Teacher Transfer process? Yes, www.mcpscareers.org. In addition, a copy of this PowerPoint presentation, FAQ’s, and contact

information are also available on this webpage.

Go to MCPS homepage

Select “Staff” tab…

Then “Human Resources”

To Get Up-to-Date Information

Staff from OHRD and MCEA are available tonight, April 3rd, during the Priority Placement meeting from 4 – 6 pm at

Richard Montgomery High School to provide support.

Support will be available in the

Computer Lab – room 167.