The Association recognizes the right of the Division to assign teachers employed by the Division to schools and classes under the jurisdiction of the Division.
The Division’s right to initiate transfers shall always be exercised fairly and reasonably having regard to all the circumstances including, primarily, the educational needs of the Division and, secondly, the interests of the teacher involved.
The interests of the teacher shall be determined through consultation at a meeting prior to any decision being taken on the transfer.
A teacher, who is to be transferred within the Division, shall be given reasonable written notice of the proposed transfer. A copy of all written notices of transfers shall be sent to the President of the Association.
The reasons for the transfer shall be included in the written notice of the transfer.
Where a teacher receives notice of a transfer for the next school year on or after June 1st, the teacher may resign within fourteen (14) calendar days of receiving notice and such resignation shall be deemed to be mutual.
An arbitration board or single arbitrator, appointed under the provisions of Article 33 to consider a grievance arising from the content and/or meaning and/or application and/or alleged violation of this article, shall have the power to:
Where the Division requests the transfer of a teacher to a school which is forty (40) km further from the teacher’s home than is his/her present school and the teacher moves the household forty (40) km or more towards the new school, the Division shall pay the reasonable costs of moving the teacher’s personal and household effects up to a maximum of $1000.