Number:

404

Section:

Professional Employees

Title:

Employment of Professional Employees

Date Adopted:

July 9, 1979

Date Reviewed:

September 27, 2005


Purpose
The Board places substantial responsibility for the effective operation of the district with professional employees who are employed by the district.

Authority
The Board shall approve the employment and fix the compensation for each professional employee employed by the district. It shall also fix the term of employment or other conditions that may be reflect the difference between full-time and part-time employment.

  1. Such approval shall normally be given to those candidates for employment recommended by the Superintendent and/or designee.
  2. All applications for employment shall be referred to the Director of Human Resources.
  3. No teacher shall be hired who is related to any member of the Board, as defined in statute, unless such teacher receives the affirmative vote of a majority of all members of the Board other than the member related to the applicant.
  4. Any employee's misstatement of fact material to qualifications for employment or the determination of salary shall be considered by the Board to constitute grounds for dismissal.
  5. The utilization of professional employees prior to employment approval by the Board is authorized when necessary to maintain continuity in the educational program. Retroactive employment shall be recommended to the Board at the next regular meeting.

No candidate for professional employment shall receive recommendation for such employment without evidence of his/her certification. In the event of emergency or urgent conditions, the Superintendent shall take appropriate action.

Tutoring
A teacher may not tutor his or her own students for pay during the school year. This prohibition does not apply to private music lessons which must be given off school property.

Homebound
With respect to homebound instruction, a teacher’s pay will be limited to the compensation provided by the district.

Delegation of Responsibility
The Superintendent shall develop procedures for the recruitment, screening and recommendation of candidates for employment in accordance with the following guidelines:

  1. Candidates will be recruited and recommended in accordance with Board policy, and state and Federal law.
  2. The Superintendent shall seek candidates of good moral character for employment who possess the following attributes:
    a. successful educational training and experience,
    b. scholarship and intellectual vigor,
    c. appreciation of children, and
    d. physical qualifications appropriate to the job.
  3. The Superintendent may apply such screening procedures as may be necessary to determine the candidate's ability to perform the tasks for which the candidate is being considered.
  4. The Superintendent shall seek such recommendations from former employers and others as may be of assistance in assessing the candidate's qualifications. Such records shall be retained confidentially and for official use only.
  5. The Superintendent shall annually present to the Board on or before the September meeting the number of professional employees, temporary employees, and long-term substitute employees.