Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

II. HUMAN RESOURCES
A. Plan and Employment Policy (from School Board Policies)
Teacher Handbook 2012-2013
The Superintendent of Schools shall have the sole authority to make recommendations to the Board
of Trustees regarding the selection of all personnel other than the Superintendent. If the Board
rejects the Superintendent’s recommendation, the Superintendent shall make alternate
recommendations until the Board accepts a recommendation. In March each year, the Superintendent
shall present to the Board a plan for staffing the school district for the succeeding school year. The
plan shall show all professional personnel positions required for the normal and efficient operation
of the school district. Upon the plan’s approval by the Board of Trustees, the Superintendent is
authorized to make recommendations for selecting professionals for positions contained in the plan.
The Superintendent may recommend the selection of professional personnel for vacancies that occur
during the school year or at any time that the Board approves a new position.
The Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to assign professional employees to
positions and duties which the employees are qualified to serve. The Board delegates to the
Superintendent the authority to assign professional employees to supplemental duties with
supplementary salaries. Those employees serve in those assignments at the will of the district, and
the Superintendent may dismiss them from those assignments at the Superintendent’s discretion. The
Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to hire, to assign, to suspend without pay, and to
dismiss noncontractual employees, including all paraprofessional, clerical, service, and support
personnel. The Board delegates to the Superintendent the authority to suspend professional
employees from the performance of any and all duties with pay for a period not to exceed thirty (30)
consecutive days or for sixty (60) cumulative days in any contract year. The Board delegates to the
Superintendent the authority to accept the resignations of employees. The Superintendent may
appoint administrative supervisors as the Superintendent’s designee to accept resignations of
employees or to dismiss noncontractual employees.
The Superintendent shall submit to principals a pool of qualified applicants for campus staff
positions. The principal must approve each assignment to the principal’s campus unless the
assignment is made by the Superintendent or the Superintendent’s designee because of enrollment
shifts, program changes, or for the purposes of desegregation. Principals may assign a campus staff
member to perform appropriate duties. Principals do not have the authority to hire, to suspend, or to
dismiss professional employees. However, a principal may remove from the campus for not more
than three consecutive days any staff member assigned to the campus if the principal believes that
the person’s conduct or performance interferes with the efficient, orderly, or safe operation of the
school, and the principal shall notify the Superintendent immediately after any removal. A day shall
be deducted from a person’s sick leave balance for each day for which a person is suspended or
removed from duty. If no sick leave is available, the suspension or removal shall be without pay.
B. Employment Contracts
1. General
All professional employees shall be employed under officially approved, written
probationary or term contracts executed by officers of the Board of Trustees. A term
contract is a contract of employment for a fixed term between the school district and a
professional employee. A probationary contract is not a term contract. A person employed
under a probationary contract has no expectation of employment and no property interest in
a contract beyond the probationary period. A person employed under a term contract has no
expectation of employment and no property interest in a contract beyond its term.
“Professional employee” means a person whose assignment description in board policy
requires the issuance of a contract, including a superintendent, director, administrative
assistant, program director, supervisor, principal, assistant principal, counselor, classroom
teacher, nurse, or librarian. The maximum length of a term contract is stated in the
position’s assignment description in Board policy and shall not exceed five years. The
length of each person’s contract is set by official action of the Board.
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