CAPSS Policy Statement on Teacher Recruitment
After August 1st and During the School Year

CAPSS recognizes the pressures felt by local superintendents when recruiting staff to fill teaching vacancies in the weeks immediately preceding the opening of school and during the school year itself. All superintendents strive to have a full complement of highly qualified teachers in place for the first day of school and throughout the school year.

When considering a teacher candidate after August 1st or after the start of the school year who is currently employed in another Connecticut school district, superintendents must proceed with great care. Superintendents have a professional obligation to honor a 30-day notice period should they wish to hire such a teacher during the time period in question. In this way, the district losing the staff member will have an opportunity to plan for an orderly transition with as little disruption as possible to student learning. Superintendents are encouraged to confer directly in such situations in order to ensure a smooth transition. Certainly, if arrangements can be made to release the teacher in less than the 30-day notice period then the school district where the teacher is departing should do so without delay.

CAPSS expects all superintendents to adhere to the 30-day notice requirement. It is the best means available to ensure that no district is left unexpectedly with an unfilled teaching position for the opening of school or once the year has begun.

N.B. For resignations tendered during the month of August, the 30-day notice period begins on September 1st.