Exempt Employee
Open Transfer Period 2013 – 2014 School Year
North Forest Community Campuses ONLY
In keeping with the District’s promise to every studentattending HISD schools — to be able to attend safe schools with effective teachers and principals – an open transfer period is being made available to current HISD teachers, administrators, and other exempt employees who are interested in seeking a position for the 2013-2014 school year with one of the campuses located in the North Forest community. Theopen transfer period timeline and process is outlined below.
Exempt Employee includes, but is not limited to: Assistant Principal, Dean, Counselor, Nurse, Librarian, Teacher (must be certified), Instructional Specialist, Graduation Coach, etc.
When can exempt staff apply for a transfer?
- Open transfer period will take place from June 17, 2013 to August 1, 2013. During this period, exempt employees will be permitted to transfer to a campus in the NorthForest community to fill open positions for the 2013–2014 school year. The employee’s current Principal will be required to sign off on the transfer as an acknowledgement that the employee is leaving the campus.
- Notification from Human Resources of approval or denial will be emailed to the employee by no later than August 16, 2013.
- Transfers are not approved until the employee has received ane-mail notification from Human Resources.
- Exempt employees approved to transfer will be eligible to receive a one-time sign-on bonus of $5,000. The bonus will be paid in two equal installments in December 2013 and June 2014.
Who can transfer?
In order to be eligible to transfer, the following criteria must be met:
- Must not be on a Prescriptive Plan for Assistance (PPA)
- Hold a valid Texas teacher certificate in the requested subject area vacancy*
- Meet “Highly Qualified” standards of NCLB for the position*
- Must not be entering a 4th year probationary status*
*Instructional employees only
Where do I find the listed vacancies?
To view the current or anticipated 2013-2014vacancies, please visit the following link on the Houstonisd.org/HR website. If you are interested in a specific position, please apply directly via email to the principalby providing the following:
•Your name
•Employee number
•Job title you are interested in
- A copy of your resume
Job Fair
A job fair for those interested in a position will be held on Monday, June 17th at Gregory-Lincoln Middle School located at 1101 Taft, Houston 77019 from 2:00-4:00pm (Non-exempt positions) and 4:00-6:30pm (Exempt).
Where do I submit the completed transfer request form?
- Once you have all the signatures, scan and email the form to with “Transfer-Last Name-First Name-Name of Receiving School” in the subject line.
Questions may be directed to the principal, Julia Dimmit, School Support Officer at 713.556.7102, or Ulonda Crawford Eurey, Sr. Manager, Human Capital Management at 713.556.7406.
Pamela Farinas
North Forest High School
10725 Mesa Drive
Houston, Texas 77078
Rick Fernandez
Forest Brook Middle School
7525 Tidwell Rd.
Houston, Texas 77028
Kimberly Agnew-Borders
Fonwood Early Childhood Center
10719 Seneca Street
Houston, Texas 77016
Tammie Daily
Shadydale Elementary School
5905 Tidwell
Houston, Texas 77016
Margarita Gardea
Elmore Elementary School
8200 Tate
Houston, Texas 77028
Hilarion Martinez
Marshall Elementary School
6200 Winfield Rd.
Houston, Texas 77050
Mike Walker
Hilliard Elementary School
8115 East Houston
Houston, Texas 77078
PLEASEPRINT OR TYPE
OpenTransfer:Monday, June 17, 2013toThursday, August 1, 2013
Employee Name: Emp ID:
Primary Telephone:Email Address:
IAM REQUESTINGTHE FOLLOWING TRANSFER:
From (School):Position:
To (School):Position:
MysignaturebelowstatesImeetallofthefollowingcriteria:
- MustnotbeonaPrescriptive Plan for Assistance (PPA)
- HoldavalidTexasteachercertificateintherequestedsubjectarea vacancy*
- Meet“HighlyQualified”standards of NCLB for the position*
- Mustnotbeentering4thyearprobationarystatus*
*Instructional employees only
My signature confirms that I meet the above stated criteria and Iacknowledge I can onlyacceptonetransferduringtheopentransferperiod.
Employee’sSignature: Date:
Current Principal’sSignature: Date:
The current Principal must sign acknowledging the employee’s request to transfer.
To be completed by the receiving Principal:
Position: PC#
If a teaching position, is the employee certifiedfor this position: YesNo
My signature confirms I have obtained a reference from the employee’s current Principal and thisemployee meets the criteria outlined above.
Principal’s Signature: School: Date:
Scan and email the form to with “Transfer-Last Name-First Name-Name of Receiving School” in the subject line.
Human Resources (June 2013)