FILE: GBH
SUPERVISION OF PERSONNEL
PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
Classroom visits are for several purposes: to keep the administration informed about what is going on in the school program, to observe student conduct and student progress, to encourage the growth and exchange of new ideas in teaching techniques and use of materials, to discover ways and means of coordinating the curriculum, and to evaluate teaching effectiveness particularly as a basis for recommendations for tenure in the case of teachers in the probationary period.
Classroom visits may last the full period or be of shorter duration. In the former case it will be followed by a conference. The shorter visit does not require a conference since its purpose is to catch a quick glimpse of the entire program, or a major part of it, or to observe a particular student or group in a classroom situation.
The teacher conference, whether following a class visit or not, should serve primarily as a means for exchanging ideas. It should result in the professional growth of both the teacher and the administrator and can do so only if the desire to find a common ground for such growth is present in both suggestions and comments relating to teaching methods and techniques and within a broader perspective, should lay the foundation for curriculum planning.
Should any deviation from expected work performance develop, the principal shall be responsible for discussing it with the teacher at the earliest possible time. These discussions shall be constructive in approach, and designed to help correct weaknesses.
NONPROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL
Supervision and evaluation of Lincoln Parish School Board employees has as its primary purpose the increased efficiency and effectiveness of the employee being supervised or evaluated. As nearly as possible, supervision and evaluation should be done on an impersonal basis. Personalities should not be allowed to enter into evaluation reports, nor should constructive criticism be taken as a personal affront.
It is the School Board's belief that most employees improve their performance when they know what is expected of them. Therefore, it shall be the responsibility of supervisors, principals, directors, and the Superintendent to inform the employees directly under them, through formal and informal means, what is expected of them in the way of tasks, duties, responsibilities, functions, and standards of performance which are acceptable.
Custodial Personnel
Maids and janitors will be selected at each school site with a recommendation from the Lincoln Parish Supervisor of Maintenance and the school principal. The school principal or designee shall be responsible for job descriptions and supervision of those duties. If, at some point, the employee's performance does not meet the normal standards set forth by the principal and after a reasonable time of working with the employees, or in emergencies, or neglect of duty, the principal may recommend to the Superintendent the employee's suspension from duty without pay. If the Superintendent concurs with the principal, the employee shall be informed by the Superintendent or designee that she/he is suspended without pay and a recommendation will be made to the School Board for dismissal. If the School Board concurs with the Superintendent, the employee shall be dismissed and pay stopped as of the suspension date. If the School Board does not agree with the Superintendent, the employee shall be reinstated, and pay is not to be interrupted.
Adopted: July, 1976
Combined with GCH: June, 2007
Approved: May 6, 2008
Ref: Board minutes, 8-5-86, 5-6-08
Lincoln Parish School Board