Septemeber 11, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
NOTE: To date, one hundred ninety seven (197) new teachers have been hired where teachers on the layoff list did not have the appropriate certifications, such as math, science, reading, and exceptional student education.
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
278 |
67 |
49 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms. We have worked diligently to get from 394 (June 23rd) to 67 (September 11)!
Below is a breakdown of the 278 teachers placed throughout the District.
| Subject |
Teachers Placed |
|
Subject |
Teachers Placed |
| Art |
7 |
|
Foreign Language – French |
1 |
| Business Education |
4 |
|
Foreign Language – Spanish |
7 |
| Computer Science |
3 |
|
Health |
1 |
| Drama |
1 |
|
Marketing |
1 |
| Elementary Education |
170 |
|
Music |
4 |
| English |
17 |
|
Physical Education |
10 |
| ESE |
24 |
|
Social Science |
22 |
| ESOL |
1 |
|
Vocational |
1 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences |
4 |
|
|
|
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
Septemeber 4, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status: NOTE: One hundred fifty two (152) new teachers have been hired where teachers on the layoff list did not have the appropriate certifications, such as math, science, reading, and exceptional student education.
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
279 |
66 |
49 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms. We have worked diligently to get from 394 (June 23rd) to 66 (September 4)!
Below is a breakdown of the 279 teachers placed throughout the District.
| Subject |
Teachers Placed |
|
Subject |
Teachers Placed |
| Art |
7 |
|
Foreign Language – French |
1 |
| Business Education |
4 |
|
Foreign Language – Spanish |
7 |
| Computer Science |
3 |
|
Health |
1 |
| Drama |
1 |
|
Marketing |
1 |
| Elementary Education |
171 |
|
Music |
4 |
| English |
17 |
|
Physical Education |
10 |
| ESE |
24 |
|
Social Science |
22 |
| ESOL |
1 |
|
Vocational |
1 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences |
4 |
|
|
|
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers
August 28, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
280 |
68 |
46 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms. We have worked diligently to get from 394 (June 23rd) to 68 (August 28th)!
Below is a breakdown of the 280 teachers placed throughout the District.
| Subject |
Teachers Placed |
|
Subject |
Teachers Placed |
| Art |
7 |
|
Foreign Language – French |
1 |
| Business Education |
4 |
|
Foreign Language – Spanish |
7 |
| Computer Science |
3 |
|
Health |
1 |
| Drama |
1 |
|
Marketing |
1 |
| Elementary Education |
172 |
|
Music |
4 |
| English |
17 |
|
Physical Education |
10 |
| ESE |
24 |
|
Social Science |
22 |
| ESOL |
1 |
|
Vocational |
1 |
| Family & Consumer Sciences |
4 |
|
|
|
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
August 21, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
255 |
101 |
38 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms.
The District held a Back-to-School job fair on August 19, 2009 and hired 97 teachers in the critical subject areas of English, Math, Science and ESE (Exceptional Student Education). The District continues to have Reading positions available; these positions require a Reading Endorsement. Candidates interested and qualified for a Reading position are encouraged to access and apply for the jobs on the District’s Web site at
(
www.browardschools.com/departments/employment/instructional.htm).
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
August 13, 2009 -
The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
236 |
132 |
26 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms.
This week, the District hired four Instructional Facilitators. The District will review whether to continue advertising for the remaining nine positions that were not filled. The Instructional Facilitator positions are in the critical subject areas of Algebra, Biology, Chemistry and Geometry.
On Monday, August 10, the District’s Instructional Staffing Department hosted a Critical Shortage Subject Area Job Fair at Nova High School and filled 63 of 115 available teaching positions.
The District is actively seeking to hire teachers for the remaining 52 positions in the critical areas of math, reading, science and ESE (Exceptional Student Education). There were no teachers on the recall list that met the qualifications for these 115 available teaching positions. Interested and qualified applicants are encouraged to apply directly to the schools with posted vacancies. Available teaching jobs may be accessed on the District’s Web site at
(
www.browardschools.com/departments/employment/instructional.htm).
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
August 6, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
203 |
168 |
23 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms.
This week, candidates will be interviewed for the re-advertised 15 Instructional Facilitator positions that were not filled from the initial pool of applicants for the initial 54 advertised Instructional Facilitator positions. The Instructional Facilitator advertisements are in the critical subject areas of Algebra (four openings), Biology (two openings), Chemistry (four openings) and Geometry (five openings).
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
July 30, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. The chart below reflects the status:
| A |
B |
C |
D |
Teachers laid off on
June 23, 2009 |
Teachers placed,
to date |
Teachers remaining
to be placed |
Teachers who resigned, separated employment or declined placement |
| 394 |
170 |
205 |
19 |
NOTE: The count listed in column A equals the combined totals in columns B, C and D.
The District is making every effort, as vacant positions are declared, to get teachers back in the classrooms.
On Monday, August 10, the District’s Instructional Staffing Department will host a Critical Shortage Subject Area Job Fair at Nova High School (
3600 College Avenue, Davie), from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The District has approximately 89 vacancies in the subject areas of math, reading, science and ESE (Exceptional Student Education), positions for which no layoff teachers meet the job criteria. Applicants must register online for the Critical Shortage Subject Area Job Fair at (
www.browardschools.com/teacher). Registration closes at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4.
This week, the Instructional Staffing Department re-advertised 15 Instructional Facilitator positions that were not filled from the initial pool of applicants. The Instructional Facilitator positions are in the critical subject areas of Algebra (four openings), Biology (two openings), Chemistry (four openings) and Geometry (five openings). Interested applicants may access these jobs by visiting the employment link on District’s Web site at (
www.browardschools.com/departments/employment/).
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
July 23, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to put many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. To date, 92 teachers have been recalled. Beginning next week, the District will recall teachers to an additional 123 vacancies that were created by teachers that did not renew their teaching certification. Teachers on the recall list will be noticed, based on the match of their certification(s) to the vacancy. If we reach a time where we have exhausted the ability to match a teacher’s certification with a vacancy, we will work with the Broward Teachers Union to resolve these unique situations.
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
The call back data noted above does not include 54 Instructional Facilitator positions that were created using federal stimulus dollars. Applicants for these new stimulus dollar positions are required to meet specific job qualifications. These jobs are open advertisements only to the District Bargaining Unit members per a BTU Memorandum of Understanding.
July 16, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to place many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. To date, 124 teachers have been recalled. Teachers on the recall list are noticed, based on the match of their certification(s), to the vacancy. The District will begin advertising vacancies in those subject areas for which there are no teachers on layoff who could fill those positions.
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
The call back data noted above does not include 54 Instructional Facilitator positions that were created using federal stimulus dollars. Applicants for these new stimulus dollar positions are required to meet specific job qualifications. These positions are currently in the screening and selection process. Successful candidates for these positions will yield vacancies that will be filled with layoff teachers, if there are certification matches.
July 9, 2009 - The School Board of Broward County, Florida, is making continuous progress to put many of its 394 recently laid-off teachers back to work. To date, 92 teachers have been recalled. Beginning next week, the District will recall teachers to an additional 123 vacancies that were created by teachers that did not renew their teaching certification. Teachers on the recall list will be noticed, based on the match of their certification(s) to the vacancy. If we reach a time where we have exhausted the ability to match a teacher’s certification with a vacancy, we will work with the Broward Teachers Union to resolve these unique situations.
The recall process begins with the teacher being sent a letter via certified mail informing them of their updated job status. Teachers have 72 hours from receipt of the certified letter to respond to the District’s Instructional Staffing department in writing, either accepting or declining their new position. This notice process meets the requirement in the Broward Teachers Union (BTU) contract. In an additional effort by the District to contact recalled teachers during the summer, a scanned copy of the letter is also sent for response via the CAB (Communicating Across Broward), the District E-mail network.
The call back data noted above does not include 54 Instructional Facilitator positions that were created using federal stimulus dollars. Applicants for these new stimulus dollar positions are required to meet specific job qualifications. These jobs are open advertisements only to the District Bargaining Unit members per a BTU Memorandum of Understanding.
June 15, 2009 - Due to the reduction in funding, it is necessary to reduce the workforce and enact Article 26 of the BTU Contract that contains the provisions for the reduction in personnel, layoff and recall rights. Numerous alternatives were considered by the District prior to implementing a teacher reduction. They include, but are not limited to: Attrition without Replacement (controlled hiring and hiring freeze), Elimination of 59 Positions in the 2009-2010 Organizational Chart, Retirement Assistance Program for Teachers, Four Day Work Week, Reductions in Overtime, Percentage cut to Departments and Schools, Realignment of Area Offices, Elimination of the DROP extensions, Energy Efficiency Initiatives and others.
The teacher reductions are being implemented in four stages: Planning, Placement, Notification and Recall. Last week the District worked with the BTU to enact the provisions of Article 26 and took the more seniored teachers on the layoff list and placed them into positions held by less seniored bargaining unit members. This was done on the basis of seniority and certification. The District and the BTU did take into consideration the desires of the surplused teachers based on the schools they listed on their transfer forms. If no selections had been made, the placement was based on the geographical location of the teacher’s home.
Notification to teachers affected, both those who were surplused and those who will be without a position, will be made this week by certified mail. Principals will also receive notification and have been asked to contact staff. It is anticipated that the letters will be received early this week.
Teachers will be on the recall list with recall rights for twelve (12) months from the date of layoff or until the teacher refuses a recall opportunity, fails to respond to a recall letter, submits a resignation, or accepts employment in another school district, whichever is less for one year or unless a position is refused. Upon vacancies being posted, the teacher with the highest seniority date will be noticed of the recall via certified mail and placed in the vacancy where there is a certification match. This teacher is required to accept or refuse the position within 72 hours of receipt of notice. A failure to respond or a refusal releases the District of any responsibility for employing the teacher.
It is the District’s sincere desire to have as many teacher and non-instructional staff recalled as possible before the start of school. We will continue to update you via the District website as more information develops.
