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Los Angeles Unified School District
Human Resources Division
CERTIFICATED PLACEMENT & ASSIGNMENTS
LOCAL DISTRICT 6
March 2009 Update
Personnel Specialists: Tim Faulkner (213) 241-2091 & Andres
Equihua (213) 241-4198
Office FAX: (213) 241-8410
Important DatesFebruary 1 - April 1 Continuous Service Transfer
application filing datesMarch 23 April 17 Application period for
Summer SchoolApril 1 Deadline for filing Continuous Service
Transfer April 15 Permissive Leaves due for 2009-2010 Fall semester
April 15 Reduced Workload Leaves dueApril 30 Return from Permissive
Leaves due
Summer SchoolThe following 2009 Summer School dates are:July 6
July 31 for Elementary and Middle SchoolsJuly 6 August 14 for High
Schools
The organization for summer school will be similar to last year.
Most single-track middle schools and high school will besummer
school sites. Elementary sites will be clustered as determined by
each Local District. The Summer SchoolApplication period is
tentatively scheduled for March 23 April 17, 2009. Applications
will be available online athttp://summer.lausd.net Permanent and
probationary teachers with a valid credential up to September 1,
2009 areeligible to apply. Multi-track, substitute teachers,
teachers on leave, resigning, retiring, or whose contracts endJune
30, 2009 MAY NOT APPLY.
Reduction in Force
School administrators will be contacted should a decision is
made to proceed with a reduction in force. Placement
&Assignments will notify site administrators of teachers who
may be subject to release from their current positions.Placement
& Assignments will work with both teacher and site
administrators regarding notification and procedures.
Continuous ServiceTeachers with permanent or continuing status
may apply for a Continuous Service Transfer if they have at least
eightconsecutive years of service at one or more location
designated as Title I, or have four years of consecutive service at
alocation not currently designated as Title I and would like to
transfer to a Title I school. Application filing dates
forcontinuous service transfers are February 1 - April 1, 2009. The
application for the current year is available atteachinla.com or
Inside LAUSD. Refer to MEM-4640. Contact Vanessa Franklin at (213)
241-6923 for questions orinformation regarding continuous service
transfers.
Permissive Leaves
Requests for permissive leaves (personal, substitute, etc.) for
the fall semester are due Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by5:00 pm to
the Certificated Placement & Assignments Office, Beaudry Site,
15th Floor. Only teachers with permanentstatus (R1) are eligible to
apply. Refer to Article XII of the LAUSD/UTLA Agreement for more
information. Please remindall teachers on half-time leave to submit
a request for the coming year if they plan to continue in half-time
status.
Reduced Workload LeavesRequests for reduced workload leaves for
the 2009-2010 school year are due Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by 5:00
pm tothe Certificated Placement & Assignments Office, Beaudry
Site, 15th Floor. To be eligible, teachers must have a total of10
years fulltime service credited with STRS, the last 5 of which are
continuous, and be at least 55 years of age by July1, 2009. The
application packet is available at teachinla.com. Teachers need to
apply each year to continue on reducedworkload leave. Teachers
returning to full-time from reduced workload must submit their
return form (form 1038) by April30, 2009.
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Return from Permissive LeaveTeachers who are returning from a
permissive leave such as personal, substitute, child care or
half-time must submittheir return form (form 1038) no later than
April 30, 2009. All forms are available at teachinla.com.
Exhausted Illness LeavePlease remind your SAA to contact their
Placement Specialist immediately when they stop reporting time for
anemployee who has exhausted their illness balance. This will
assist with avoiding an overpayment for the teacher.
Extended Substitute RequestsRequests for extended substitutes
will be processed only through April 3 in single-track schools to
prevent overpaymentsduring Spring Recess. It will be necessary for
SAAs to submit another request beginning April 13 for substitute
teachersthat will continue in the same position.
CTEL Online Test Prep ClassesPlease advise teachers who do not
hold an English learner (EL) authorization, preparing for the
California Teacher ofEnglish Learner (CTEL) Examination on June 13,
2009, of online test preparation classes. Teachers can
accessinformation about this alternative to the LACOE Test Prep
classes, by visitinghttp://www.kdsi.org/LAUSD-CTEL.
Leave of Absence FormsA Request for Leave of Absence (Form 1065)
accompanied by appropriate documentation is required when teachers
areabsent from school for more than 20 consecutive days. A Request
to Return from Leave (Form 1038) is needed uponreturn. Forms that
are not received by our office in a timely manner may result in
payroll problems. These forms areavailable at teachinla.com, link
to Policies and Forms, then Placement and Assignments. For
questions please contact
your Personnel Specialist at the number listed above.
To further assist in getting this information in a timely
manner, principals should remember that after 5 consecutive daysof
absence, an employee should submit a medical certificate for
absence due to illness. Per Article XII, 12.9, of theCollective
Bargaining Agreement An employee absent from duty for illness,
injury or other disability for more than 5consecutive days shall be
required to submit either the Certification/Request of Absence for
Illness, Family Illness, NewChild (Form 60.ILL) completed by the
attending physician or statement from the attending physician on
letterheadattached to Form 60.ILL.
Thank you!!The Placement and Assignment Staff wish to thank you
for your quick response to our request to verify staff
informationlast month. We will continue to research your questions
and enter changes into BTS.
Approved: Marjorie Josaphat, Director
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