If you are interested in transferring to a different school site with projected vacancies for the 2012-2013 school year, you may participate in Transfer Round 3 starting today. Teacher Transfer Request Forms are due to Jon Baker in Personnel Services before 4:00 p.m. - Thursday, May 17, 2012. Please be sure to inform your current site administrator of your interest to transfer prior to submitting your Transfer Application Form to Personnel Services.

After submitting your Transfer Request Form, the site administrator from the school you are requesting to transfer will make contact with you. Site Administrators will communicate their decision to the Personnel Department by Wednesday, May 23.  The Personnel Department will notify you of the site administrator's decision prior to the opening of Round 4.

Please download the Transfer Rounds Timeline if you would like to see the key dates of the transfer rounds.

If you have any questions regarding the voluntary transfer process please contact Personnel Services. 

The Site Vacancy Posting, Teacher Transfer Request Form(s),  and the Transfer Round Timeline are available by clicking on the links below:

Site Vacancy Posting (Revised) - Round 3: 

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/292/2151/Site%20Vacancy%20Posting%20(Revised)%20-%20Round%203.pdf

Teacher Transfer Request Form - Round 3:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/292/2149/Teacher%20Transfer%20Request%20Form-Round%203.pdf

Teacher Transfer Request Form - Round 3 (Writable):

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/292/2147/Teacher%20Transfer%20Request%20Form%20(Writable)-Round%203.doc

Transfer Rounds Timeline:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/286/2139/2012%20Transfer%20Round%20Timeline%20(Arial).pdf

If you are interested in applying for a Head Teacher or Learning Specialist position for the 2012/2013 school year, please review the attached job description and submit your Leadership application to the Principal who will be your site administrator next school year. Applications are due before 4:00 p.m. - Friday, May 18, 2012.

Please select the following links:

Job Description:

http://www.saugususd.org/docstore/personnel/Job_Descriptions/Teaching/Head-Teacher-Learning-Spec.pdf

Head Teacher/Learning Specialist Application Form (PDF):

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/243/2132/12-13%20Head%20Teacher_Learning%20Specialist%20Application.pdf

Head Teacher/Learning Specialist Application Form: (Writable Document)

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/243/2135/12-13%20Head%20Teacher_Learning%20Specialist%20Application%20(Writable).doc

Each Leadership position receives a $1,500 stipend for the school year.  Please note that teachers may hold only one “titled position” during the school year.

If you are interested in one of the following openings for the 2012-2013 school year, you may participate in Transfer Round 1. Teacher Transfer Request Forms are due to Jon Baker (Personnel Services Department) before 4:00 p.m. - Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Please be sure to inform your current site administrator of your transfer intentions prior to submitting your transfer request.

After submitting your Teacher Transfer Request Form, the site administrator from the school you are applying will contact you.  The Personnel Department will notify you of the site administrator's decision regarding your transfer request at the conclusion of Round 1.

There will be a maximum of four transfer rounds. Please download the Transfer Rounds Timeline to see the key dates of the transfer process.

If you have any questions regarding the transfer process, please contact Personnel Services. 

The Teacher Transfer Request Form, Site Vacancy Posting and Transfer Round Timeline are available by clicking on the links below:

Site Vacancy Posting - Round 1:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/290/2138/Site%20Vacancy%20Posting%20-%20Round%201.pdf

Teacher Transfer Request Form - Round 1:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/286/2124/2012%20Teacher%20Transfer%20Request%20Form-Round%201.pdf

Transfer Rounds Timeline:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/286/2123/2012%20Transfer%20Round%20Timeline.pdf

2012 Extended School Year (Summer - ESY) Special Education Certificated Positions:

All Saugus Union Special Education Teachers who are interested in being considered for a Special Education Extended School Year (ESY) teaching position should print out and complete the attached Certificated Extended School Year Interest Form (see link below) and return it to Jon Baker in the Personnel Services Department by 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2012.

Link to Certificated Interest Form:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/285/2119/2012%20SPED%20ESY%20Certificated%20Interest%20Form.pdf

2012 Extended School Year (Summer - ESY) Special Education Classified Positions:

Those interested in being considered for an Extended School Year classified position including LVN, Health Care Physical Assistant, Special Ed Instructional Assistant (Mild/Moderate, bus), Special Ed Para-educator (Moderate/Severe) should print out and complete the attached Classified Summer School Interest Form (click link below) and return it to Yvette Pesina-Vazquez in Personnel Services by 4:00 p.m. Friday, March 23, 2012. Selection for these positions will be based on seniority. 

Link to Classified Interest Form:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/285/2121/2012%20SPED%20ESY%20Classified%20Interest%20Form.pdf

**Both Extended School Year Interest Forms can be found on the District website by following the path below.

Click: http://www.saugususd.org/intranet

Click: Employee Resources

Click: Employee Forms and Documents

Click: Extended School Year

For additional information or questions please contact the Personnel Department.

For all questions regarding the observance of religious holidays during scheduled school days please click on the link below to read a letter from Rick Grove, Assistant Superintendent Personnel Services.

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/161/923/Religious_Holiday_Memo.pdf

To All Certificated Teachers:

FYI

As stated in the STA Collective Bargaining Agreement Article 20 (G), "It is the bargaining unit member’s responsibility to submit to the personnel department appropriate evidence of eligibility, or intent to become eligible, for progression to the next column on the salary schedule."

Article 20 (H) of the STA Collective Bargaining Agreement states:
"Bargaining unit members requesting a January 1 adjustment on the salary schedule must submit a notice of intent by December 1 to the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel or designee (Terrie Mann). January 15 will be the last day to submit verification for eligibility for advancement on the salary schedule. Grade record reports may be used as evidence of eligibility for advancement on the salary schedule pending the arrival of official transcripts."

For questions regarding transcripts or advancement on the salary schedule please contact Terrie Mann at extension 5126 in the Personnel Department.

Two writable "Teacher Alternative Evaluation Project" forms are now available on the District web site. These forms are pages 19 and 20 in the Improvement of Instruction Handbook. Both documents can be accessed through the following pathway from the District web site:

- Click on "Employee Resources"

- Under Personnel Information, click on "Employee Forms and Documents"

- Click on "Forms"

- Click on "Certificated"

- Click on "Improvement of Inst. Handbook"

- Click on "Alt Evaluation Project" (both forms are in this folder)

You can also click on the following links to obtain each form:

Teacher Alternative Evaluation Project:

Alternative Project (pg. 19)

Teacher Alternative Evaluation Project Summary:

Alternative Project Summary (pg. 20)

Three writable "Professional Planning" forms are now available on the District web site. These forms are pages 6-8 in the Improvement of Instruction Handbook. All three documents can be accessed through the following pathway from the District web site:

- Click on "Employee Resources"
- Under Personnel Information, click on "Employee Forms and Documents"
- Click on "Forms"
- Click on "Certificated"
- The forms are located in the "Professional Planning Documents" folder

You can also click on the following links to obtain each form:

Student Summary for GATE, Special Education, ELD, At-Risk Students (page 6):

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/283/2111/Student%20Summary%20(writable).pdf

Curriculum Planning-Pacing Information (page 7):
http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/283/2109/Curriculum%20Planning:Pacing%20Information%20Writeable.pdf

Professional Goals (page 8):

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/283/2110/Professional%20Goals%20writeable.pdf

If you have not previously donated a day to the Catastrophic Leave Program, NOW is the time. You have until Friday, October 7, 2011 to donate a day. Please contact Kathie Lanker if you are uncertain whether you have donated a day previously. Please click on the links below for further details about the Catastrophic Leave program (letter) and/or to access the "Participation Form."

Catastrophic Leave Participation Information Memo:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/227/2076/2011%20Catastrophic%20Leave%20Info.%20Memo.pdf

Catastrophic Leave Participation Form:

http://community.saugususd.org/personnel/files/227/2073/2011%20Bank%20Participation%20Form.pdf

If you have not previously donated a day to the Catastrophic Leave Program, NOW is the time. Please see the STA Catastrophic Leave Donation application/msword. You have until Friday, October 2, 2009 to donate a day. Please contactl Kathie Lanker if you are uncertain whether you have donated a day previously.

We are pleased to be welcoming all of our teachers back with us this year on Monday, August 17.  Instead of our district-wide "welcome back" meeting at COC, teachers should report directly to their school site for a half day of site staff development and a half day for classroom preparation.  Students return on Wednesday, August 19.

We thank you all for your commitment to the district and recognize together our professional efforts will result in outstanding student achievement.

Santa Clarita Cohort Begins August 2009.

For information contact:

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

California State University Northridge

(818) 677-2591

http://www.csun.edu/education/elps

If you are interested in applying for a Head Teacher or Learning Specialist position for the 2009/2010 school year, please review the attached job description and submit an application to the principal of the school where you will be teaching next year (select following links):

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Each position receives a $1,500 stipend for the school year.  Please note that teachers may hold only one “titled position.”

The closing date for application, May 29, 2009, is a little later than usual this year in order to accomodate the teacher transfer process as much as possible.

If you are interested in being considered for a Shared Contract Position for the 2009/2010 school year, the application deadline has been extended through the end of this school year.  The process will be the same as outlined in the STA Collective Bargaining Agreement, Article 12, with the exception of the February and March application deadlines being removed for this year.  Two teachers wishing to be considered will need to submit an agreement application to a site principal for consideration and if the principal determines the proposal to be viable, it will be forwarded immediately to Rick Grove, Assistant Superintendent of Personnel, to be presented to the Board of Trustees for final approval.

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Teachers who are interested in being considered for a Summer School Teaching Position should print out and complete the the attached Interest Form and return it to Jill Goldberg in Personnel Services by March 13, 2009.  (Positions available will be based on student enrollment.)

Two-part PAR Workshop for PAR participating teachers, consulting teachers, and administrators.

Hot Tips and Tools...for Everyday Interventions application/pdf 

Attached is information on the CalSTRS Retirment Workshop

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Please see attached memo regarding observance of Religious Holidays.

Religious Holidays application/pdf