BOARD RELATIONS WITH SCHOOL PERSONNEL                                          C05

 

Policy

It is the policy of Montpelier School District to encourage school board interactions with school personnel while respecting appropriate reporting relationships.

At School Board Meetings

The board will request the superintendent to invite school personnel to school board meetings regularly to discuss student achievement relative to their programs.

Relations with the Principal

The superintendent will develop guidelines for board relations with principals and other administrators. The guidelines will be submitted to the board for approval. Guidelines for board relations with principals should take into account:

the responsibility of the superintendent to direct the administration and coordination of educational programs in the district;

the periodic need of board members for information most readily available from school principals; and

the need to maintain a distinction between the administrative role of the principal and the policy-making role of the board.

Relations with other School Staff

1.              When individual board members hold themselves out as board members, they will communicate with staff members on matters of school business only at the direction of the board as a whole.

2.              Staff participation in the development of educational and personnel policies will be encouraged and facilitated by the board.

3.              Board members will adhere to procedures required by board policy and Vermont law related to collective bargaining and teacher evaluation.

 

Date Warned:

August 12, 2003

Date Adopted:

August 20, 2003

Legal Reference(s):

16 V.S.A. §§1981 et seq. (Labor Relations); 16 V.S.A. §§1751 et seq. (Contracts, etc.)

16 V.S.A. §§243 et seq. (Principals); 21 V.S.A. §§1721 et seq. (Municipal Labor Act)

Cross Reference(s):

Personnel: Recruitment, Selection, Appointment and Criminal Records Checks (D01)

Staff Development (D02)