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Certificated Personnel Handbook

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September 2006

Dear LPS Staff Member:

This personnel handbook is intended to provide you with the basic terms and conditions of your employment with Lincoln Public Schools. This handbook will be in effect for the 2006-2008 and subsequent school years unless replaced by a later edition.

This handbook contains information not covered in the Professional Agreement with the Lincoln Education Association and contains items that pertain specifically to certificated employees (other than administrators) of the school district. It is not to be construed as a contract of employment.

This handbook is intended to supplement two other documents that deal with your LPS employment:

1) The Professional Agreement between the Lincoln Public Schools and the Lincoln Education Association. All items in this agreement have been agreed upon through the negotiations process and have been ratified by the Board of Education and the Lincoln Education Association. All language that duplicates language in the Professional Agreement has been removed from this personnel handbook. A reference to a specific article and section of the Professional Agreement is made wherever duplicate language was removed. You can access the Professional Agreement on the LPS web site, http://www.lps.org.

2) The Board of Education Policy Manual. This is a compilation of school district policies and administrative regulations as established by the Board of Education. Your supervisor has a copy of this district policy manual for your reference. You can access all the Board of Education policies on the LPS web site, http://www.lps.org. Throughout this document there are references to district policies and policy regulations. Sometimes the section is composed of the entire policy or regulation and other sections contain only a portion of the policy or regulation. Many times a section contains actual policy language intermixed with day-to-day procedures.

In reading this handbook, please understand that where conflict exists, state or federal law and the Professional Agreement and Board Policy supercede this handbook.

We hope this handbook will be helpful to you. Suggestions for improvement and additional information are always welcome.

Sincerely,

Nancy Biggs
Associate Superintendent for Human Resources


TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. DISTRICT ORGANIZATION

  1. Employee Classifications
  2. Board Organization
  3. School Board Philosophy Statement
  4. Statement of Purpose
  5. Goals for Students
  6. Board-Classroom Certificated Employee Relationship
  7. Administration-Certificated Employee Relationship
  8. Administration
  9. Teacher-Student Relationship
  10. Instructional Program
  11. Professional Services Available to Certificated Employees

II. OPERATIONAL POLICIES OF THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT

  1. Recruitment of Staff
  2. Selection of Staff
  3. Screening and Selection of Staff
  4. Certification Requirements
  5. Assignment of Staff
  6. Grievance
  7. Contracts
  8. Meeting District Requirements for Permanent Certificated Employee Status
  9. Staff Appraisal
  10. Employee Records
  11. Contract Termination, Cancellation or Non-Renewal
  12. Resignation
  13. Substitute Teachers

III. COMPENSATION AND LEAVES

  1. Salary Schedules
  2. Horizontal Advancement on the Salary Schedule
  3. Additional Salary Payments
  4. Extended Contracts
  5. Procedures for Salary Payments
  6. 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Pay Dates
  7. Temporary Absence from Official Duties
  8. Extensive Absence from Official Duties
  9. Workers' Compensation Procedures
  10. Fringe Benefits
  11. Guidelines and Procedures for $225 Teacher Allotment
  12. Guidelines for Additional Conference Time
  13. Payment for Unused Annual Leave
  14. Death Benefit
  15. Retirement Benefits
  16. Tax-Sheltered Annuities
  17. Employee Assistance Program
  18. Fitness for Duty

IV. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

  1. Professional Growth Period
  2. Professional Growth Activities
  3. Staff Development
  4. Professional Conferences
  5. General Guidelines for Professional Travel
  6. Professional Travel for Certificated Employees
  7. Guidelines for Reimbursement for Professional Travel for Certificated Employees
  8. Professional Enhancement Fund and Tuition Credit System

V. GENERAL STAFF REGULATIONS

  1. Hours of Work, Meetings and Planning Time
  2. Staff Relationships with Students
  3. Notification of Arrest, Criminal Charges or Child Abuse Complaints
  4. Possession of a Weapon by Employees
  5. Visitors to Employees
  6. Civility of Employees
  7. Certificated Personnel-Professional Performance and Code of Ethics
  8. Parent-Teacher Conferences
  9. Professional Attire
  10. Dispensing Medication
  11. Reporting Child Abuse
  12. Use of Paraprofessionals & Volunteers
  13. Communication Systems
  14. Use of School Facilities
  15. School Parking Lot
  16. Care of School Property
  17. Return of District Property Upon Separation or Leave of Absence
  18. Security of Desks and Lockers
  19. Video Surveillance
  20. Copyright and Fair Use Policy
  21. Employee Health Issues
  22. Communicable or Infectious Disease
  23. Other Illnesses, Injuries or Conditions
  24. Health Care Response Team
  25. Emergency Medical Treatment
  26. Outside of School Employment
    AA. Soliciting and Selling
    BB. Use of District Computer Network and Internet
    CC. Personal Effects Not Replaced
    DD. LPS Staff Members Acting as Consultant Outside the District
    EE. Inclement Weather Days
    FF. Employee Safety and Security
    GG. Safety
    HH. Personal Freedom
    II. Academic Freedom
    JJ. Use of Personal Cars
    KK. Class Size and Teacher Load
    LL. Covering Class or Combining Classes in the Absence of a Substitute
    MM. Kindergarten Parent-Teacher Conferencing
    NN. Private Tutoring
    OO. Relocation of Teachers
    PP. Relationships with Employee Associations
    QQ. State and National Offices
    RR. Agreement with Lincoln Education Association
    SS. Variance Procedure
    TT. Reconsideration of Student Grades
    UU. State and Federal Programs
    VV. Public Health Emergencies

VI. APPENDICES