The School Board believes that the appropriate placement of qualified and competent staff is essential to the success of the District.

The Superintendent shall assign and make known the duties, days, and hours of the various classifications of instructional personnel.

Instructional staff members shall perform the duties required by Florida Statutes and all other generally accepted administrative duties such as club sponsorship, hall duty, supervision of bus loading zones, chaperoning students, and other reasonable duties as may be assigned by their immediate supervisor. Failure to perform such duties in an acceptable manner shall constitute a violation of contract or Board appointment.

Instructional staff members are responsible for student control and supervision at any location on campus or during school-sponsored activities.

Instructional staff members shall not permit their family or friends by their presence to interfere with performance of their duties during working hours.

Pursuant to statutory requirements, the District shall not assign a higher percentage than the District average of first-time teachers, temporarily certified teachers, teachers in need of improvement, or out-of-field teachers to schools with above the District average of minority and economically disadvantaged students, or to schools that are graded "D" or "F". Such assignments shall be consistent with the collective bargaining agreement.

The District shall annually certify to the Commissioner of Education that this requirement is being met.

An employee may not be recommended for employment or be directly supervised by a close relative.

Close relatives are defined as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half sister.

F.S. 112.3135, 1012.22, 1012.23, 1012.2315

Revised 9/23/08