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INTRODUCTIONS

D’ANDRE BALL

Executive Director, Talent Acquisition and Staffing

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Today’s Agenda

Consolidations Overview
School Site Process
Layoff Updates
Remaining Q&A

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Consolidation FAQ

What is a consolidation?

A consolidation is an involuntary transfer for the reason that there are more permanent employees assigned to a site or program than the budget/allocation can support

What is the Difference Between Layoffs and Consolidations?

Layoffs (“Reductions in Force”) occur when SFUSD reduces its overall number of employees across the district. Layoffs are different from consolidations (also called “Reduction of Staff”) because consolidations happen at the site level. Consolidations occur when a school or site reduces its number of site employees. Being “consolidated” means that you are still an SFUSD employee and still have a job, but your assignment will likely be at another department or school.

When is the consolidation period?

There will be two consolidation periods:

Certificated & Non-SpEd Paraeducators (April 9 - April 25)
SpEd Paraeducators (April 30 - May 16)

Can teachers be consolidated two years in a row?�Employees who were consolidated for the 2022-2023 & 2023-2024 school years cannot be consolidated for this school year, absent “the existence of special circumstances equivalent to school closure or elimination of program” (UESF Contract Section 15.4.4).

Do I have to post my vacancies?�Human Resources supports in coordinating the posting of all known vacancies during consolidations period. We will continue to work with you to ensure all known vacancies are shared. Once new Special Education allocations are confirmed, Human Resources will share those positions.�
I have a vacancy at my site, which employees do I have to talk to?�During the consolidation period, you must set up an appointment with any consolidated employees who reaches out to you.�

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Due to lower enrollment, your school or department may decide to close two classrooms or positions. In this case, instead of 7 teachers, now you may only need 5 teachers; 2 teachers get consolidated.

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Additionally, we may reduce the number of paraeducators we have because we have

fewer classrooms.

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January	February	March	April
HR estimates staff numbers using year over year attrition data and anticipated consolidations	School site and department budgets are released Retirements and resignations yield vacancies.	Layoff notices are issued (March 15)	Consolidated teachers and paraeducators selected into vacant positions HR determines how many layoff notices for final issue based on # of educators still without a position after consolidations HR begins to rescind layoff notices by seniority

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Certificated & Non-SpEd Paraeducator Consolidation Timeline

HR delivers consolidation materials to sites

March 11

Principals Announce

Voluntary Consolidations

April 9

Voluntary Consolidations

Due to Principals by noon/

Notice of Consolidation

April 11

Consolidations Plans due to LEAD & HR

April 14

Certificated & Non-SpEd Paraeducator Consolidation Timeline

Consolidated Preference

Period

April 14 - April 18

Placements Communicated

April 24 & April 25

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Special Education Paraeducator Consolidation Timeline

HR delivers consolidation materials to sites

April 28

Principals Announce

Voluntary Consolidations

April 30

Voluntary Consolidations

Due to Principals by noon/

Notice of Consolidation

May 2

Consolidations Plans due to LEAD & HR

May 12

Special Education Paraeducator Timeline

Consolidated Preference

Period

May 12 - May 15

Placements Communicated

May 15 & May 16

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School Site Process

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Certificated & Non-SpEd Paraeducators

Internal Preference Period

Notice of Consolidation delivered to impacted employee - April 11
Consolidated teacher submit their site preferences April 14 - April 18
Assignments made for impacted teachers - April 24 & 25

Notify Staff (April 9)

Solicit volunteers in impacted credential/job classification area (Deadline: 12pm - April 11)
If no volunteers, least senior teacher is consolidated
Consolidation plan submitted by April 14 at 5pm

Admin identify reductions

Finalize budgets
Identify positions that need to be reduced along with credential area/job classification
Request seniority roster to identify least senior staff if no volunteers

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Tiebreaker Criteria

If staff have the same seniority date the principal in collaboration with their building UBC will need to facilitate a tiebreaker process.

A deck of index cards, numbered (based on the number of people with the same seniority date) will be shuffled and placed face down on a surface.
The top card will be pulled. The number drawn will be assigned to the first employee in alphabetical order.
The lowest number shall have the highest seniority rank, and so on, until all employees within the impacted credential area/job classification have been ranked.

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Team/Role	Responsibilities
SPED Supervisors	Review student IEPs; ensure staffing allocations align with students Communicate allocations (the “what”) to sites and LEAD – staff increases or decreases at the site level Address concerns regarding headcount and allocations from sites
SPED Department	Data analysis; develops all of the allocation sheets Creates systems for collaboration across SPED and HR Owns position management for SPED positions
Certificated Staffing	Leads consolidation process for certificated staff Communicates with sites and LEAD about the consolidation process Supports sites with identifying impacted teachers by seniority and credential area (the “who”) Supports teachers with the process of securing a new placement HR will post new allocations
Site admins	Submits site consolidation plans to HR Sends all notifications to educators (voluntary consolidation notice; notice of consolidation) Work with HR to interview and select candidates for any new positions
LEAD	Reviews allocations with site admins Provides sign off on reductions and increases in consultation with site admins

SpEd Consolidations Roles and Responsibilities

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Central Office: Involuntary Transfer

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Certificated & Non-SpEd Paraeducators

Educator Placement

HR communicates consolidation placements to employees - April 25 & 26

Preference Period

Impacted teachers submit preference form - April 18

Notify Staff

Involuntary Transfer Notice & Consolidation/ Involuntary Transfer Guide delivered to teacher - April 11

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Preliminary Layoff Notices

By seniority in each credential area

A preliminary layoff notice, issued by March 15, doesn’t automatically lead to a lay off. It means that the educator MAY receive a final layoff notice later in the spring.

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In the event that we have more educators than we have positions for, we will start to assign them into positions. When we do this, we will issue final layoff notices to teachers or paraeducators, starting with the least senior or most junior educator on the layoff list in the credential area or classification.

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Even if a school or department didn’t close any positions, there may be educators at a school or department who get displaced or bumped by a more senior educator from a different school

or department.

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Questions?

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Questions?

D’Andre Ball

Executive Director, Talent Acquisition & Staffing

balld@sfusd.edu

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