Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Important Dates
February 1 - April 1 Continuous Service Transfer application filing dates
March 23 – April 17 Application period for Summer School
April 1 Deadline for filing Continuous Service Transfer
April 15 Permissive Leaves due for 2009-2010 Fall semester
April 15 Reduced Workload Leaves due
April 30 Return from Permissive Leaves due
Summer School
The following 2009 Summer School dates are:
July 6 – July 31 for Elementary and Middle Schools
July 6 – August 14 for High Schools
The organization for summer school will be similar to last year. Most single-track middle schools and high school will be
summer school sites. Elementary sites will be clustered as determined by each Local District. The Summer School
Application period is tentatively scheduled for March 23 – April 17, 2009. Applications will be available online at
http://summer.lausd.net Permanent and probationary teachers with a valid credential up to September 1, 2009 are
eligible to apply. Multi-track, substitute teachers, teachers on leave, resigning, retiring, or whose contracts end
June 30, 2009 MAY NOT APPLY.
Reduction in Force
School administrators will be contacted should a decision is made to proceed with a reduction in force. Placement &
Assignments will notify site administrators of teachers who may be subject to release from their current positions.
Placement & Assignments will work with both teacher and site administrators regarding notification and procedures.
Continuous Service
Teachers with permanent or continuing status may apply for a Continuous Service Transfer if they have at least eight
consecutive years of service at one or more location designated as Title I, or have four years of consecutive service at a
location not currently designated as Title I and would like to transfer to a Title I school. Application filing dates for
continuous service transfers are February 1 - April 1, 2009. The application for the current year is available at
teachinla.com or Inside LAUSD. Refer to MEM-4640. Contact Vanessa Franklin at (213) 241-6923 for questions or
information regarding continuous service transfers.
Permissive Leaves
Requests for permissive leaves (personal, substitute, etc.) for the fall semester are due Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by
5:00 pm to the Certificated Placement & Assignments Office, Beaudry Site, 15th Floor. Only teachers with permanent
status (R1) are eligible to apply. Refer to Article XII of the LAUSD/UTLA Agreement for more information. Please remind
all teachers on half-time leave to submit a request for the coming year if they plan to continue in half-time status.
To further assist in getting this information in a timely manner, principals should remember that after 5 consecutive days
of absence, an employee should submit a medical certificate for absence due to illness. Per Article XII, 12.9, of the
Collective Bargaining Agreement “An employee absent from duty for illness, injury or other disability for more than 5
consecutive days shall be required to submit either the Certification/Request of Absence for Illness, Family Illness, New
Child (Form 60.ILL) completed by the attending physician or statement from the attending physician on letterhead
attached to Form 60.ILL.
Thank you!!
The Placement and Assignment Staff wish to thank you for your quick response to our request to verify staff information
last month. We will continue to research your questions and enter changes into BTS.