Avondale School District
Bylaws & Policies
 

4120 - EMPLOYMENT OF SUPPORT STAFF

The Board of Education recognizes that it is vital to the successful operation of the District that positions created by the Board be filled with qualified and competent personnel.

The Superintendent or his/her designee is hereby authorized by the Board to interview and to hire, on behalf of the School District, all noncertified personnel, the positions for which have been previously authorized by the Board.

Individuals employed in the following categories shall be considered members of the support staff:

 A.secretaries and clerical
 B.aides and noon supervisors
 C.transportation employees
 D.maintenance and custodial employees
 E.media managers
 F.technicians
 G.mail carrier

All support staff are subject to a criminal history record check. See Policy 4121.

New employees of the School District will not be hired until they certify that they are not an immediate relative of a Board or Administrative Staff member. Immediate relatives, for the purpose of this policy shall be defined as follows:
 

husband, wife, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter, son, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, or other people living within the same household

  

This policy is not intended to prevent the hiring of such relatives for temporary help, summer employment, or nontenured coaching positions.

Any support staff member's misstatement of fact material to qualifications for employment or the determination of salary shall be considered by this Board to constitute grounds for dismissal.

Staff hired to serve as an athletic trainer must be properly licensed by the State or otherwise legally authorized to engage in the practice of athletic training. Staff is prohibited from engaging in the practice of athletic training unless licensed and shall not offer to provide any service(s) that s/he was not qualified to perform by education, training, or experience or otherwise prohibited by law from performing.

Prior to hiring an applicant, the Superintendent shall obtain from the applicant a signed Consent to Obtain Records (Form 4120 F2) and shall obtain from the applicant's current or immediately-previous employer any records, including the applicant's personnel file relating to unprofessional conduct in which the applicant engaged. Any such records are to be reviewed prior to a recommendation for employment and may be disclosed to those individuals directly involved in evaluating the applicant's qualifications.

REQUIREMENTS FOR TITLE I PARAPROFESSIONALS - PARAEDUCATORS

All paraprofessionals hired for a Title I supported program must have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent and one of the following:

 A.Completed two (2) years study at an institution of higher education; or
 B.Obtained at least an associates degree; or
 C.Met a rigorous standard of quality and demonstrate through formal State or local academic assessment:
  1.knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing, reading, writing, and mathematics; or
  2.knowledge of and the ability to assist in instructing, reading readiness, writing readiness, and mathematics readiness, as appropriate.

Exceptions – These requirements do not apply to a paraprofessional:

 A.who is proficient in English and a second language and serves as a translator primarily to enhance the participation of children in Title I programs; or
 B.whose duties consist solely of conducting parental involvement activities.

Paraprofessional duties – Paraprofessionals working for a Title I supported program may be assigned to:

 A.provide one-on-one tutoring for eligible students during times when the teacher would not otherwise be instructing the student;
 B.assist with classroom management, such as organizing instructional and other materials;
 C.provide assistance in a computer laboratory;
 D.provide support in a library or media center;
 E.conduct parental involvement activities;
 F.act as a translator;
 G.provide instructional services to students, if working under the direct supervision of a teacher;
 H.perform limited duties beyond classroom instruction or that do not benefit program participants, so long as those duties are also assigned to non-Title I paraprofessionals. Title I paraprofessionals may not be assigned to more of these duties, proportional to their total work time, than the amount assigned to similar non-Title I paraprofessionals in the same school.

M.C.L.A. 37.2101 et seq., 333.17901, 380.1230 et seq.
20 U.S.C. 6319

Revised 11/96
Revised 12/02
Revised 12/15/03
Revised 5/15/06
Revised 4/2/07