Materials created by employees and the financial gain therefrom shall be the property of the school district if school district materials and time were used in their creation and/or such materials were created in the scope of the employees’ employment.  The employee must seek prior written approval of the superintendent concerning such activities.

Approved:  7-1-92     
Reviewed:  11-14-94, 11-11-97, 10-11-99, 10-14-02, 11-14-05, 12-15-08, 03-12-12, 1-16-17
Revised:  2-16-22

Every effort will be made by the licensed employees to help students with learning problems before recommending parents engage a tutor.  Since there are exceptional cases when tutoring will help students overcome learning deficiencies, tutoring may be approved by the superintendent.

Licensed employees may only tutor students other than those for whom the teacher is currently exercising teaching, administrative or supervisory responsibility.

 Tutoring may not take place during regular school hours and school district facilities, equipment, materials or supplies will not be used by any employee or private citizen for private tutoring, lessons, coaching or other educational services or for an employee’s private business or activities without prior approval of the superintendent.

Approved:   7-1-92    
Reviewed:  11-14-94, 11-11-97, 10-11-99, 10-14-02, 11-14-05, 12-15-08, 03-12-12, 1-16-17
Revised:  2-16-22

Code No.  406.3

LICENSED EMPLOYEE EVALUATION

Evaluation of licensed employees on their skills, abilities, and competence is an ongoing process supervised by the building principals and conducted by approved evaluators.  The goal of the formal evaluation of licensed employees, other than administrators, but including extracurricular employees, is to improve the education program, to maintain licensed employees who meet or exceed the board's standards of performance, to clarify the licensed employee's role, to ascertain the areas in need of improvement, to clarify the immediate priorities of the board, and to develop a working relationship between the administrators and other employees.

The formal evaluation criteria is in writing and approved by the board.  The formal evaluation will provide an opportunity for the evaluator and the licensed employee to discuss performance and the future areas of growth.  The formal evaluation is completed by the evaluator, signed by the licensed employee and filed in the licensed employee's personnel file.  This policy supports, and does not preclude, the ongoing informal evaluation of the licensed employee's skills, abilities and competence.  

Licensed employees will be required to:

• Demonstrate the ability to enhance academic performance and support for and implementation of the school district’s student achievement goals.

• Demonstrate competency in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position.

• Demonstrate competency in planning and preparation for instruction.

• Use strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students.

• Use a variety of methods to monitor student learning.

• Demonstrate competence in classroom management.

• Engage in professional growth.

• Fulfill professional responsibilities established by the school district.

It is the responsibility of the superintendent to ensure licensed employees are evaluated.

Approved    10-18-2023                 Reviewed                    Revised    

406.4 

LICENSED EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

The board encourages licensed employees to attend and participate in professional development activities to maintain, develop, and extend their skills. The board will maintain and support an in-service program for licensed employees. Professional development activities will include activities that promote and/or teach about compliance with applicable Iowa laws. 

For all professional development programs the district requires employees to take, the district will provide to the employee notice indicating the section of the law, or rules adopted by the state board of education or board of educational examiners that the district determines requires the employee to participate in the professional development program. 

Requests for attendance or participation in a development program, other than those development programs sponsored by the school district, are made to the superintendent. Approval by the superintendent must be obtained prior to attendance by a licensed employee in a professional development program when the attendance would result in the licensed employee being excused from their duties or when the school district pays the expenses for the program. 

The superintendent will have sole discretion to allow or disallow licensed employees to attend or participate in the requested event. When making this determination, the superintendent will consider the value of the program for the licensed employee and the school district, the effect of the licensed employee's absence on the education program and school district operations and the school district's financial situation as well as other factors deemed relevant in the judgment of the superintendent. Requests that involve unusual expenses or overnight travel must also be approved by the board.

Approved : 11-15-23 Reviewed: Revised: