DODD Teachers
MEMBERS
285 Members

Teaching Jobs on Teachers.Net

Start a new discussion...
Has anyone heard any rumblings about the transfer round this year? Last year it was officially announced in November, but I thought there was talk about expected funding and timelines a bit earlier.
view previous comments
**psych** Any word from FEA? Nothing from OFT.
Oct 25, 2018
ziggy According to the FEA management is prepping to send out the survey to the field. Again, they are asking that no one fill the survey out. I'm assuming for some reason that the survey will be out this next week.
Oct 25, 2018
ziggy The survey just came out and is open until the 7th.

It is my interpretation that the theme of the survey is to justify cutting the program down. I would not be surprised, after reading this survey, if the program was to happen every other year for only hardship locations, be based on merit instead of the somewhat seniority system that is c...See More
Oct 29, 2018
haha Yes, there were some interesting, leading questions among the predictable informational ones (e.g. should principals be involved in the process, should they be able to balance teacher preference with staffing needs, should transfers be merit based, etc.). I looked at some of it but didn't submit.
Oct 29, 2018
ziggy Late update with the long website outage - The union did have a survey they distributed and closed on 11/7/2018. It was pretty short and not surprisingly felt as much or more biased than the official survey, but pro-transfer.

I did hear some rumblings from longtimers today that they don't think there will be a transfer round this year, but...See More
Nov 16, 2018


Teacher Chatboards

States

Subject Areas

Language Arts

Foreign Language