Los Angeles Unified School District

Human Resources Division

CERTIFICATED PLACEMENT & ASSIGNMENTS
LOCAL DISTRICT 6
March 2009 Update
Personnel Specialists: Tim Faulkner (213) 241-2091 & Andres Equihua (213) 241-4198
Office FAX: (213) 241-8410

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.

Reduced Workload Leaves

Requests for reduced workload leaves for the 2009-2010 school year are due Wednesday, April 15, 2009 by 5:00 pm to
the Certificated Placement & Assignments Office, Beaudry Site, 15th Floor. To be eligible, teachers must have a total of
10 years fulltime service credited with STRS, the last 5 of which are continuous, and be at least 55 years of age by July
1, 2009. The application packet is available at teachinla.com. Teachers need to apply each year to continue on reduced
workload leave. Teachers returning to full-time from reduced workload must submit their return form (form 1038) by April
30, 2009.
Return from Permissive Leave
Teachers who are returning from a permissive leave such as personal, substitute, child care or half-time must submit
their return form (form 1038) no later than April 30, 2009. All forms are available at teachinla.com.

Exhausted Illness Leave

Please remind your SAA to contact their Placement Specialist immediately when they stop reporting time for an
employee who has exhausted their illness balance. This will assist with avoiding an overpayment for the teacher.

Extended Substitute Requests

Requests for extended substitutes will be processed only through April 3 in single-track schools to prevent overpayments
during Spring Recess. It will be necessary for SAAs to submit another request beginning April 13 for substitute teachers
that will continue in the same position.

CTEL Online Test Prep Classes

Please advise teachers who do not hold an English learner (EL) authorization, preparing for the “California Teacher of
English Learner” (CTEL) Examination on June 13, 2009, of online test preparation classes. Teachers can access
information about this alternative to the LACOE Test Prep classes, by visiting http://www.kdsi.org/LAUSD-CTEL.

Leave of Absence Forms

A Request for Leave of Absence (Form 1065) accompanied by appropriate documentation is required when teachers are
absent from school for more than 20 consecutive days. A Request to Return from Leave (Form 1038) is needed upon
return. Forms that are not received by our office in a timely manner may result in payroll problems. These forms are
available at teachinla.com, link to Policies and Forms, then Placement and Assignments. For questions please contact
your Personnel Specialist at the number listed above.

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.

Approved: Marjorie Josaphat, Director