400 - Role and Guiding Principles for Employees
400 - Role and Guiding Principles for EmployeesThis series of the board policy manual is devoted to the board's goals and objectives for employees in the performance of their jobs. Employees provide a variety of important services for the children of the school district community. They may be teaching or assisting in the classroom, working in the office, maintaining the facilities, driving or repairing the school buses, or cooking lunches. Each employee plays a vital role in providing an equal opportunity for a quality education for students commensurate with the students' individual needs. While the teachers have the most direct impact on the formal instruction of students, all employees have an impact on the school environment by their dedication to their work and their actions. As role models for the students, employees will promote a cooperative, enthusiastic, and supportive learning environment for the students.
In striving to achieve a quality education program, the board's goal is to obtain and retain qualified and effective employees. The board will have complete discretion to determine the number, the qualifications, and the duties of the positions and the school district's standards of acceptable performance. It will be the responsibility of the superintendent to make recommendations to the board in these areas prior to board action. The board recognizes its duty to bargain collectively with duly certified collective bargaining units.
Board policies in this series relating to general employees will apply to employees regardless of their position as a licensed employee, classified employee, substitute or administrator. Board policies relating to licensed employees will apply to positions that require a teaching license or administrator's certificate or other professional license, certificate or endorsement, unless administrative positions are specifically excluded from the policy. Classified employees' policies included in this series will apply to positions that do not fall within the definition of licensed employee.
Approved: Feb. 11, 1985, February 18, 2019
Reviewed: Aug. 24, 2005, Aug 18, 2014, January 21, 2018
Revised: Feb. 10, 1997, January 21, 2018
400.1 - All Employee Handbook
400.1 - All Employee HandbookThe Board values all employees in the district and believes an all-employee handbook provides the governance of rules and procedures for employees.
This handbook is a general source of information and may not include every possible situation that could arise. It is not intended and does not constitute a contract between the school district and employees. It is the employee's responsibility to refer to the district policies and/or administrative procedures for further information. Whenever the provisions of this handbook are in conflict with those of a board-adopted policy, an applicable collective bargaining agreement, or any other formal employment contract, the terms of the policy, collective bargaining agreement, and/or employment contract will govern.
Although every effort will be made to update the handbook on a timely basis, there may be occurrences where the district changes policies, procedures, benefits, and terms of employment.
The Board also recognizes the need for a consistent and orderly system, therefore, if, at all possible, handbook changes will occur on an annual basis. These changes will be shared with the handbook committee prior to board approval.
The handbook committee is comprised of the superintendent, business director, Board HR committee representation, food service director, transportation director, facilities director, representatives from food service, transportation, facilities, teacher associates, secretaries, and three teachers. The committee members will be on a three-year term. If more than one employee represents a group, those committee members will be on rotation. The first year, one member would be appointed to a three year term, one to a two year term, and one to a one-year term. The committee will not be larger than 15 at any time. Each department/group helps select individuals to represent them on this committee.
It is the responsibility of the superintendent, in conjunction with central office staff to set the agenda and meeting dates. The meetings will take place at least quarterly for an hour at a time. Handbook Committee Members will email the superintendent's secretary with subjects/items they would like to see placed on the agenda for possible discussion.
The responsibilities of the committee include bringing forward items from the handbook for discussion at the committee level. Committee work may include best practices, research on the system's organizational health, other district employee handbooks, or current working practices within the district. As a committee, a general consensus of what may work for FCSD will be shared for possible consideration by district management. The final handbook will be taken to the board annually prior to the start of the fiscal year.
The board has the final approval of the handbook.
Approved: June 18, 2018
Reviewed: May 21, 2018
Revised: May 21, 2018