When a teacher is notified that she is in excess, she must register on the Open Market System for purposes of providing updated contact information. She will also have access to a list of current vacancies throughout the city and the right to apply to any or all of them in her license area.
Effective summer 2021, the DOE will no longer place newly excessed staff in the Absent Teacher Reserve (ATR) pool. If a staff member does not find a position via Open Market, they will be placed in a school in their district. The person will remain there until they transfer or leave the system.