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Hsu Presentation
Hsu Presentation
EDL 645
The following are subject to governance of state and national laws (statutes, citations):
BYLAWS: Procedures for school board internal operations ie: elections, voting, agenda, order
of business)
Academic freedom
-Permits teachers to teach in a manner that they deem appropriate, yet they need to be
sensitive to the matter of indoctrination, and also students freedoms when teaching
controversial issues.
-Academic freedom must be exercised with the basic ethical responsibilities of the teaching
profession and the level of student maturity in mind.
Sexual harassment
The human resources unit of the school district should create the policies relating to sexual
harassment involving both students and staff.
1.Create policy by establishing a district wide sexual harassment committee that includes
members of the entire school community
2.create a policy, including a grievance procedure for reporting incidents of alleged
harassment
3. Include in the district mission the goal to eradicate harassment
4. Communicate with all employees the policy on sexual harassment.
5. Continue to educate the school community on sexual harassment.
6. Human resources should make certain that an employee assistance programs and services
are available for employees who have experienced sexual harassment.
Dismissal
Understand that dismissal of a workman involve serious dislocation of his life, the perils and
demoralization attendant on looking for work, probably uprooting of his home and the
interruption of his childrens schooling, possibly many weeks of penury or semi-starvation for
his family and himself.
1.Dismissal is found as the fourth leading problem facing administrators.
2. There needs to be a sound board policy and regulations in this area. Constantly review this
area of board policy.
Several questions need to be asked before a case gets to arbitration or court
-Was the staff member warned of the consequences of their conduct?
-Was school policy or procedure related to professional, efficient or safe operations?
-Where the rules, policies and penalties applied even handedly without discrimination?
-Where the district policies communicated effectively?