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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 support staff.
The Board shall approve the employment, as necessary when not covered by the terms of a negotiated, collectively-bargained agreement, fix the compensation, and establish the term of employment for each support staff member employed by this District. The Superintendent shall be responsible for selection and recommendation.
It shall be the responsibility of the Central Office Administrator responsible for personnel or the appropriate administrator to recommend for employment certified and support personnel, other than those employed on a "casual labor" or occasional basis, to the Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent will recommend the successful candidate to the Board of Education for approval after discussion with the Board Personnel Committee. All appointments shall be considered temporary prior to approval by the Board. The employment of personnel employed on an occasional basis shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Schools with recommendations being made to the Superintendent by the Central Office Administrator responsible for Personnel or the appropriate Administrator.
Individuals employed in the following categories shall be considered members of the support staff:
| A. | secretarial | |
| B. | school aides | |
| C. | bus drivers | |
| D. | food service | |
| E. | custodial/maintenance |
Such approval shall be given only to those candidates for employment recommended by the Superintendent.
When any recommended candidate has been rejected by the Board, the Superintendent shall make a substitute recommendation.
All applications for employment shall be referred to the Superintendent.
Any support staff member's intentional misstatement of fact material or omission material to his/her 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.
The employment of support staff members prior to approval by the Board is authorized when their employment is required to maintain continuity in District operations. Employment shall be recommended to the Board at the next regular meeting.
When appropriate, no candidate for employment as a support staff member shall receive recommendation for such employment without having proffered visual evidence of proper certification, when appropriate, or that application for such certification is in process.
The Superintendent may plan and implement a program of staff development for support staff members and explore other training programs.
The Superintendent shall prepare procedures for the recruitment and selection of all support staff. The employment of substitute support staff is authorized when their employment is required to maintain continuity of services in the District.
Retroactive employment shall be recommended to the Board at the next meeting.
The names of potential substitute personnel and the positions in which they may substitute shall be maintained by the Personnel Manager.
REQUIREMENTS FOR TITLE I PARAPROFESSIONALS
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 11/25/02
Revised 3/28/07