Currently, teachers must confer with their evaluator to request an incompatibility transfer (referred to as "Q-9," because of its initial placement in the contract).

Revised Q-9 process:

1. Teachers will write their reasons for transferring and submit it to the MTEA office.
2. MTEA staff will forward a copy to the Office of School Administration - not to the principal.
3. A district administrator will confer with the principal.
4. MTEA and MPS representatives will confer. The administration may decide the teacher should transfer with no conference.
5. A conference will be held which will include the principal and the teacher, who will be represented by an MTEA staff member.

The conference may result in the teacher deciding to remain at the school. If not, the teacher would transfer out of the school.

Yes. Even if a conference with the teacher is held, the teacher decides whether to transfer out or not.

The conference is voluntary the 1st time a teacher requests an incompatibility transfer in any seven-year period

The new contract would limit how often a teacher may request an incompatibility transfer:

• Once every 2 years
• Twice within any 7-year period

The teacher will be assigned by the MPS Human Resources Department to a vacancy within their DPI licensure.

If there is no vacancy, the teacher will work on a day-to-day assignment basis until a vacancy arises.