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Standards of Accredidation |
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A Principal and all assistant principals receive training on this |
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Tenure term for administrators |
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none. Admins don't get tenure |
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Deadline to notify employees of employment. You can be reassigned as long as you are notified by this time. |
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Burdon of proof rests with ________ to show violation of LIBERTY RIGHTS |
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Burdon of proof rests with _____ to show violation of PROPERTY RIGHTS |
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burdon of proff lies with employer |
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burdon of proof lies with employee |
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Only _______ can hire/fire |
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number of days to equal your first year teaching. |
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Set precedent for annual contract obligations. You have no right after your contract is over if you are on annual contract. |
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Not negative...it will state in file that you were filling a temp. position. |
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Renewal rights; not based on Merit system; more property rights; major Due Process |
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Sexual harassment by a person in a leadership role. |
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Sexual harassment by anyone; student on student |
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No cause needed for non re-hire |
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Four ways to dismiss continuing contract teacher |
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Incompetence: unable to discipline/teach Immorality: involved in immoral/illegal acts. Unprofessionalism: using profanity, fighting with colleagues. Insubordination: failure to follow reasonable requests. |
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Dismissal of continuing contract teacher |
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You can dismiss at any time; |
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timeline; right to impartial panal (both appoint one and select one together). That group recommends to the school board their decision. School board doesn't have to abide, but they must say why they don't abide. |
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Suspension of continuing contract |
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five or less days=no hearing; 5+ days= hearing before school board; felony, misdomeanor of sexaul act=automatic five day suspension. |
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We kept you employed even though you had done wrong again and again. |
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We hired you without a background check and you did wrong. Contact state if hiring outside the state of VA to check for incidents with social services. |
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Felony Charge of continuing contract |
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must be TOTALLY voluntary; employee has the right to "take back" within ten days; you must exhaust all efforts of Due Process before you file unemployment. |
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Annual; Continuing; Supplemental (very little Property Rights) should have evaluation system and job description...Performance based. |
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Freedom of Expression; Pickering Balance: interest of the teacher must be balanced against the interest of the employer in order to restrict the speech; cannot disrupt the school system. "Matter of Public Concern"(protected speech rights) budget concerns, safety issues, policy manual. |
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Private/Personal beliefs are not protected. |
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Mt. Healthy City Board of Ed. v. Doyle |
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Not a continuing contract teacher; showed incompetence of Property right performance; no violation of Liberty Rights; make sure you have independent evidence of incompetence. |
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Givham v. Western Line Consol. School District |
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Set framework for teacher protected speech, as long as it is not disruptive. |
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failure to exercise the degree of care for the safety and well-being of others that a reasonable and prudent person would exercise under similiar circumstances. |
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Misfeasance, did something that was improper; nonfeasance, did nothing; malfeasance, did something illegal |
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simple = immunity; can do no wrong, isn't automatic. |
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Multiple people contributed to the injury. |
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You contributed to the injury |
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By participating you assumed risk of injury. |
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Provide, proper supervision, instruction, to maintain grounds and warn of known dangers |
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Proximate cause of negligence |
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Could you forsee that your actions or non-actions could have prevented injury. |
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A civic wrong in which one suffers loss as a result of improper conduct of another. |
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must be communicated to a third party and must be proven false to qualify |
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intention to harm/injure your good name |
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parents/teachers. Administrators are not public/private. They must PROVE malice. |
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school board/superintendent |
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teachers do bad when they include a third party that has nothing to do with the student. In Good Faith: limit the conversation to the purpose and make sure that everyone has a vested interest. |
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