4120 - EMPLOYMENT OF SUPPORT STAFF

Valders Area 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 support staff.

All employees other than the District Administrator or Professional Staff Members (Policy 0100 – Definitions) are considered Classified or Support Employees.

The District Administrator shall approve the employment and establish the term of employment for each support staff member employed by this District. Compensation shall be fixed by an established compensation structure or Board action.

All applications for employment shall be referred to the District Administrator.

Relatives of Board members may be employed by the District Administrator, provided the Board member does not participate in any way in the discussion or vote on any matter related to said employment.

Relatives of staff members may be employed by the District Administrator provided the staff member being employed is not placed in a position in which s/he would be supervised directly by the relative staff member.

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

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. There must also be verification that a satisfactory background check has been conducted in compliance with District procedures.

The District Administrator shall prepare procedures for the recruitment and selection of all support staff which include reporting newly hired employees to the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.

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.

Existing paraprofessionals – All current paraprofessionals working for a Title I supported program must:

	A.	Have a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent;

	B.	Meet the requirements for newly hired paraprofessionals as described above.

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.

20 U.S.C. 6319