For Involuntary TransfersInvoluntary Transfers and Returns from LeaveReturns from Leave

What if I need help setting up my profile in MCPS Careers?Staff from OHRD and MCEA are available tonight during the Priority Placement meeting from 4 – 7 pm at Richard Montgomery High School to provide support. 

Support is available in the Computer Lab – rooms 163 and 167.

– In addition, there is a video tutorial available on the website, that provides step-by-step directions on how to update your profile

What is MCPS Careers? MCPS Careers is the online system for employees to search and apply for positions and to indicate interest in an interview at the job fairs.

Employees log in to www.mcpscareers.org using their Outlook user name and password.

• To ensure that priority placements (involuntary transfers and returns from leave) obtain appropriate positions

• Provide opportunities for employees to seek positions that are a match for their certification areas

• Allow teachers to make lateral moves in their current content areas

Three Teacher Transfer Job Fairs

Elementary School Job Fair All 131 elementary schools, Infants & Toddlers, Longview, PEP, Carl Sandburg

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 4–7 p.m. at Northwest High School

Middle School Job Fair All 38 middle schools and the Department of Alternative Programs schools

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 4–7 p.m. at Albert Einstein High School

High School Job Fair All 26 high schools, Department of Alternative Programs schools, Stephen Knolls, RICA, Rock Terrace, and Transition Department.

Thursday, April 14, 2011, 3–6 p.m. at Rockville High School

To Request an Interview at a Job Fair for a Posted Specific Position (Use MCPS Careers) Please log in to MCPS Careers as a Current Employee and simply apply to the specific position. If you apply to a specific position, you do not also have to apply to the Job Fair posting.

To Request an Interview at a Job Fair for Possible positions in the future at a school (Also Use MCPS Careers, but apply to the “Job Fair” posting for a school)

Interviews can be requested between April 4, 2011 and April 8, 2011. Please log in to MCPS Careers as a Current Employee.  Choose the job that reads Job Fair, School Name and click apply-

Interviews are by invitation. 

If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by a representative from the school.

Monday, April 4 – Friday, April 8Monday, April 4 – Friday, April 8– Teachers make Job Fair interview requests using MCPS Careers

Tuesday, April 12– Thursday, April 14Tuesday, April 12– Thursday, April 14– Teacher Transfer Job Fairs

Tuesday, April 26Tuesday, April 26– Voluntary Transfer Season begins

Friday, April 29Friday, April 29– State of Maryland deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign without prejudice

Tuesday, May 31Tuesday, May 31– Voluntary Transfer Season closes at 5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 8Wednesday, June 8– OHRD-OSP Priority Placement Meeting

Thursday, June 9Thursday, June 9– Placements begin for Priority Placements

Monday, June 20Monday, June 20– Voluntary transfer season reopens for fields in which all priority placements have been

placed

Friday, July 15 Friday, July 15 – State of Maryland deadline for tenured teachers to resign without prejudice

Wednesday, July 20Wednesday, July 20– Last day for voluntary transfers

Update Your Profile and resume through Update Your Profile and resume through MCPSMCPS Careers Careers

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Request Job Fair Interviews using MCPS Careers between 4/4 and 4/8 Request Job Fair Interviews using MCPS Careers between 4/4 and 4/8

If unable to secure an interview during the job fairs, continue to apply for If unable to secure an interview during the job fairs, continue to apply for positions in which you are qualified and interestedpositions in which you are qualified and interested

Any teacher returning from leave or involuntary transferred who has not Any teacher returning from leave or involuntary transferred who has not secured a position by June 8 will become a priority placement secured a position by June 8 will become a priority placement

Once all priority placements have been assigned (June 20), Once all priority placements have been assigned (June 20), voluntary transfer season will reopen and continue through July 20voluntary transfer season will reopen and continue through July 20 thth

Elementary School StaffingElementary School Staffing

Helen NixonStaffing Coordinator•Elementary Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium•Northeast Consortium•Sherwood•Bethesda Chevy Chase•Walter Johnson•Walt Whitman•Clarksburg•Damascus•Gaithersburg•Magruder•Watkins Mill

•French Immersion•Art (K-12)

Pearl DrainStaffing Coordinator•Elementary Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Clarksburg•Damascus•Gaithersburg•Magruder•Northwest•Poolesville•Quince Orchard•Richard Montgomery •Rockville•Seneca Valley•Watkins Mill•Winston Churchill•Wootton

•Chinese and Spanish Immersion•Music: General & Instrumental (K-12)•Reading Specialist (ES)

Travis WiebeStaffing Coordinator

MCPS Careers(www.mcpscareers.org)•PE/Dance/Health (K-12)• All Central Office

301-279-3920 301-279-3920 Terry Waters, Staffing Assistant

Secondary School StaffingSecondary School Staffing

Jane ButlerStaffing Coordinator

•Business Education•ESOL (K-12)•FACS •Math•ROTC•Science •Trade and Industry

Rhonda DedmondStaffing Coordinator

•Alternative Programs•Computer Science •English/Drama•Foreign Language•Media Specialist (K-12)•Reading Teacher (MS)•Social Studies•TV Production•Technology Education

301-279-3935301-279-3935Joan Beeler, Staffing Assistant

Special Education StaffingSpecial Education Staffing

Rae KoradeStaffing Coordinator•Special Ed Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium•Northeast Consortium•Sherwood•Clarksburg•Damascus•Gaithersburg•Magruder•Watkins Mill

•Occupational Therapist•Pupil Personnel Worker•Resource Teacher (RTSE)•Speech Pathologist•Central Office (OSESS)

Linda JohnsonStaffing Coordinator •Special Ed Teachers - in the following Clusters:

•Downcounty Consortium – Wheaton only•Bethesda Chevy Chase•Northwest•Poolesville•Quince Orchard•Richard Montgomery •Rockville•Seneca Valley•Walt Whitman•Walter Johnson•Winston Churchill•Wootton

•School Counselors/ Resource Counselors•School Psychologists•Social Workers•Central Office (OSESS)

301-279-3010 301-279-3010 Angela King, Staffing Assistant

Can a teacher seek a position outside of their current position certification area? MCEA unit members interested in seeking positions outside of their current position certification area (e.g.

special education to social studies) may attend the job fair, but MAY NOT be recommended to the Department of Recruitment and Staffing for hire unless a vacancy exists AFTER all involuntary transfers and teachers returning from leave have been placed.

Can I indicate my preference for re-assignment (schools, subjects, geography)? Yes, employees can designate their preference for re-assignment through the online MCPS Careers system.

This information can be entered into your Profile.

Can a teacher seek Part-to-Full and Full-to-Part position?In accordance with the contract, such changes are only considered once the priority placements (involuntary and returnees from leave) have been placed in assignments.

Part-time teachers seeking full-time positions and full-time teachers seeking part-time positions must apply to the appropriate requisition using MCPS Careers.

- Log in to MCPS Careers using your Outlook user name and password

- Search for the appropriate advertisement (Teachers: Change in hours, Part-time to full-time or Teachers: Change in hours, Full-time to part-time)

- Read the description carefully before applying. 

Is there a web site with information on the Teacher Transfer process?Yes, www.mcpscareers.org. In addition, a copy of this PowerPoint presentation, FAQ’s, and contact information are also available on this webpage.

Click

Go to MCPS homepageSelect For Staff tab…Then Human Resources

On Human Resources

web page, Select

To Get Up-to-Date Information

Click

Staff from OHRD and MCEA are available tonight during the Priority Placement

meeting from 4 – 7 pm at Richard Montgomery High School to provide

support. 

Support will be available in the Computer Lab – rooms 163 and 167.