Employee Handbook

Your district’s employee handbook contains valuable information

and policies that you, as an employee of that district,

must follow.

Duties of the Classroom Teacher

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Duties of the Classroom Teacher

Excerpts of one school districts employee

handbook.

Duties of the Classroom Teacher

Team Work.

Handling Grievances.

Grading Policy.

Demonstrate consistent loyalty to his/her school, colleague, and profession.

Support policies and regulations positively.

Cooperate effectively with other staff members.

Team Work

Team Work

Be highly positive and supportive in staff relationships.

Actively pursue a long-range program of professional growth.

Constantly seek self-improvement.

A "grievance" is an oral or written complaint filed with the Superintendent of Schools and which concerns the grievant's wages, hours, or conditions of work, or which alleges unlawful discrimination in employment based upon sex, race, age, religion, national origin, handicapping condition, or the exercise of constitutional rights.

Grievances

Grievances

Level One Grievance

Within the appropriate ten (10) day filing period the employee may file a grievance, outlined above, by delivering written notification to the Superintendent of Schools.

The notice must state whether the presentation of the grievance will be made orally or in writing. The written grievance must be received by the Superintendent within ten (10) days after the notice is filed.

Within ten (10) days after the notice is filed, the Superintendent will designate a person with specific knowledge of the subject matter of the grievance to respond to the grievant.

Grievances

Level Two Grievance

If the grievant is not satisfied with the designee's response, the grievant may present the grievance to the Superintendent. The grievant must file a written notice of appeal to the Superintendent within ten (10) days after the designee's response is made.

If the grievance was presented orally to the designee, the Superintendent will meet with the grievant within ten (10) days after receiving the notice and will respond within ten (10) days after the meeting.

If the grievance was presented in writing to the designee, the Superintendent will respond to the written grievance within ten (10) days after receiving the notice of appeal.

Grievances

Level Three Grievance

If the complaint has not been resolved to the satisfaction of the employee after the presentment to the Superintendent of Schools, the employee may present the grievance to the Board of Trustees.

The grievant must file a written notice of appeal to the Board of Trustees within ten (10) days after the Superintendent's response is made and at least ten (10) days prior to the next regular meeting.

After considering the complaint, the Board may exercise its discretion by questioning the grievant or the administration, or directing the Superintendent to place the matter on a future agenda, or by taking no action.

Grading Policy

Each teacher must record weekly evaluations on each student.

Samples of student work must be filed in order to show adequate evaluation procedures.

Copies of all final exams are to be filed with the principal at the end of each semester.

Grading Policy

All grades will be reported numerically on a scale of 0 to 100.

A minimum grade of 70 is required for credit in a course.

Six weeks averages of less than "50" will be reported as "50" at the six weeks reporting period for students, however, the actual number grade will be reported for final exams.

Major grades may consist of, but are not limited to, the following: six weeks tests benchmark exams unit/chapter tests research projects/papers (final product) special projects (science fair, history fair, performances, speeches,

etc.)

performance-based assessment

book reports/critiques compositions portfolios

Grading Policy

A minimum of ten TEKS/benchmark based daily grades must be recorded per grading period. Daily work may consist of, but are not limited to, the following: group/individual projects hands-on

activities/labs/rehearsals class/group work (cooperative

learning, etc.) vocabulary assignments learning centers

chapter/unit tests (if applicable) book reports/critiques

lab reports computer activities notebooks appropriate homework

Grading Policy

Daily work continued…

activities from adopted text series calculator activities journals writing processes (prewriting,

drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

informal compositions

portfolios speech/communication/

presentation skills vocabulary/spelling tests and/or

assignments interim work for projects/papers quizzes

Grading Policy

Late Work Policy

Major Grades 10 points each instructional day will be deducted up to

3 days. After the 3rd day, the highest possible grade will be a 50. Homework

Late work will be addressed through the individual campus homework policy.

Grading Policy

Make Up Work Policy

Work assigned on the day of an excused absence must be completed and given to the teacher based on the number of days absent. (i.e., if absent one day, then the student has one day to turn in all work missed.)

For extended absences, special arrangements need to be made with the teacher for makeup work.

Grading Policy

Make Up Work Policy

Students who do not make up work during the allotted time, or who have not made other arrangements with the teachers involved, may expect to get a zero for work missed.

It is the responsibility of the student to arrange with the teacher the time and place for make-up work.

Grading Policy

Final Exams

Final exams will be given on the last four days of each semester. No more than 2 tests will be administered each day. Final exams may be given in 2 hour blocks with 30 minutes for review and 1.5 hours for testing.

A grade of "zero" may be given for a final exam grade if the student makes no effort on the exam or is determined to have cheated on the exam.

Grading Policy

Re-Teaching and Re-Testing Policy

Re-teaching and retesting is appropriate for unit and major tests. The decision as to how to reassess skills that are re-taught is the responsibility of the classroom teacher. Reassessment methods include, but are not limited to:

class discussion/review demonstration observationoral questioning re-teaching in another unit retesting

Grading Policy

Re-teaching and Re-testing Cont…

Individual Re-teaching/Retesting:

Evidence of retesting should be documented. When averaging grades for a reporting period, a

passing retest grade will be counted as a 70. If the retest grade is failing, the higher of the two

grades (original/retest) will be used.

Grading Policy

Re-teaching and Re-testing Cont…

Whole Class Re-teaching/Retesting:

a. If a majority of students fail to demonstrate mastery on an assessment, retesting

will be utilized as the assessment method. While both the original and the retest grade should be documented, only the higher of the two grades will be averaged.

Grading Policy

Sources

A Commitment to Educational Excellence. (2010). Wissahickon School District

http://www.wsdweb.org/page.cfm?p=1848

Teacher Handbook. (2008-2009). Aldine School District. Retrieved from

http://www.aldine.k12.tx.us/pdfs/handbooks/teachers.pdf