Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District
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II. HUMAN RESOURCES<br />
A. Plan and Employment Policy (from <strong>School</strong> Board Policies)<br />
<strong>Teacher</strong> <strong>Handbook</strong> 2012-2013<br />
The Superintendent of <strong>School</strong>s shall have the sole authority to make recommendations to the Board<br />
of Trustees regarding the selection of all personnel other than the Superintendent. If the Board<br />
rejects the Superintendent’s recommendation, the Superintendent shall make alternate<br />
recommendations until the Board accepts a recommendation. In March each year, the Superintendent<br />
shall present to the Board a plan for staffing the school district for the succeeding school year. The<br />
plan shall show all professional personnel positions required for the normal and efficient operation<br />
of the school district. Upon the plan’s approval by the Board of Trustees, the Superintendent is<br />
authorized to make recommendations for selecting professionals for positions contained in the plan.<br />
The Superintendent may recommend the selection of professional personnel for vacancies that occur<br />
during the school year or at any time that the Board approves a new position.<br />
The Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to assign professional employees to<br />
positions and duties which the employees are qualified to serve. The Board delegates to the<br />
Superintendent the authority to assign professional employees to supplemental duties with<br />
supplementary salaries. Those employees serve in those assignments at the will of the district, and<br />
the Superintendent may dismiss them from those assignments at the Superintendent’s discretion. The<br />
Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to hire, to assign, to suspend without pay, and to<br />
dismiss noncontractual employees, including all paraprofessional, clerical, service, and support<br />
personnel. The Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to suspend professional<br />
employees from the performance of any and all duties with pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30)<br />
consecutive days or for sixty (60) cumulative days in any contract year. The Board delegates to the<br />
Superintendent the authority to accept the resignations of employees. The Superintendent may<br />
appoint administrative supervisors as the Superintendent’s designee to accept resignations of<br />
employees or to dismiss noncontractual employees.<br />
The Superintendent shall submit to principals a pool of qualified applicants for campus staff<br />
positions. The principal must approve each assignment to the principal’s campus unless the<br />
assignment is made by the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee because of enrollment<br />
shifts, program changes, or for the purposes of desegregation. Principals may assign a campus staff<br />
member to perform appropriate duties. Principals do not have the authority to hire, to suspend, or to<br />
dismiss professional employees. However, a principal may remove from the campus for not more<br />
than three consecutive days any staff member assigned to the campus if the principal believes that<br />
the person’s conduct or performance interferes with the efficient, orderly, or safe operation of the<br />
school, and the principal shall notify the Superintendent immediately after any removal. A day shall<br />
be deducted from a person’s sick leave balance for each day for which a person is suspended or<br />
removed from duty. If no sick leave is available, the suspension or removal shall be without pay.<br />
B. Employment Contracts<br />
1. General<br />
All professional employees shall be employed under officially approved, written<br />
probationary or term contracts executed by officers of the Board of Trustees. A term<br />
contract is a contract of employment for a fixed term between the school district and a<br />
professional employee. A probationary contract is not a term contract. A person employed<br />
under a probationary contract has no expectation of employment and no property interest in<br />
a contract beyond the probationary period. A person employed under a term contract has no<br />
expectation of employment and no property interest in a contract beyond its term.<br />
“Professional employee” means a person whose assignment description in board policy<br />
requires the issuance of a contract, including a superintendent, director, administrative<br />
assistant, program director, supervisor, principal, assistant principal, counselor, classroom<br />
teacher, nurse, or librarian. The maximum length of a term contract is stated in the<br />
position’s assignment description in Board policy and shall not exceed five years. The<br />
length of each person’s contract is set by official action of the Board.<br />
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