Common use of COMPLAINT PROCEDURES Clause in Contracts

COMPLAINT PROCEDURES. A. Any report of unsatisfactory conduct or any unsatisfactory report submitted by parents, students, other teachers, or based on any other sources of information shall be discussed with the teacher within fifteen (15) work days from the receipt of the complaint and the teacher will be given an opportunity to respond to the report. All complaints to be placed in a teacher’s file shall include the names of the complainants, date, and details of the complaint, provided that the District may withhold the names of the complainants from the teacher in extreme circumstances, and further provided that the Association may grieve the reasonableness of withholding the complainant’s name in any given situation. B. The District or the teacher may ask any complainants to meet with the teacher to provide the teacher and the complainants with the opportunity to resolve the issue. C. Upon receipt of a complaint, the District shall investigate the complaint to determine its accuracy. If the complaint is found to be inaccurate by the administration, the complaint and all copies of the complaint will be destroyed. If the completed investigation by the District does not provide sufficient evidence to determine whether the complaint is accurate or not, the complaint and all investigative documents will be maintained in an investigative file separate from the teacher’s personnel file unless the District is otherwise required by law to destroy the complaint and investigative file. Investigative files will not be released to third parties unless required by law. D. If the teacher’s personnel file contains information which the teacher believes is false and the information is not related to a prohibited subject of bargaining, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will meet with the teacher to discuss removing and destroying said material. Only after this meeting may the teacher utilize the contractual grievance procedure to have said material removed and destroyed. It is understood that the teacher may not utilize the contractual grievance procedure to seek relief involving any prohibited subject of bargaining. E. The teacher shall have the right to attach a written response to any complaint, and this written response will be attached to all copies of the complaint.

COMPLAINT PROCEDURES. A. Any report of unsatisfactory conduct or any unsatisfactory report submitted by parents, students, other teachers, or based on any other sources of information shall be discussed with the teacher within fifteen (15) work days from before it is included in the receipt of the complaint teacher's personnel file and the teacher will be given an opportunity to respond to the report. All complaints to be placed in a teacher’s 's file shall include the names of the complainants, date, and details of the complaint, provided that the District may withhold the names of the complainants from the teacher in extreme circumstances, and further provided that the Association may grieve the reasonableness of withholding the complainant’s 's name in any given situation. B. The Except in extreme circumstances as determined by the administration, the District or the teacher may shall ask any complainants to meet with the teacher teacher, to provide the teacher and the complainants with the opportunity to resolve the issue. C. Upon receipt of a the complaint, the District shall investigate the complaint to determine its accuracyaccuracy prior to placing it in the teacher's personnel file or taking any other action. The complaint will be placed in the teacher's personnel file only if the complaint is found to be accurate by the administration. If the complaint is found to be inaccurate by the administration, the complaint and all copies of the complaint will be destroyed. If the completed investigation by the District does not provide sufficient evidence to determine whether the complaint is accurate or not, the complaint and all investigative documents will be maintained in an investigative file for no longer than six (6) months separate from the teacher’s 's personnel file unless the District is otherwise required by law to destroy the complaint and investigative file. Investigative files will not be released to third parties unless required by law. D. If the teacher’s teacher believes that the personnel file contains information which is false, the teacher believes is false and the information is not related to a prohibited subject of bargaining, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will meet with the teacher to discuss removing and destroying said material. Only after this meeting may the teacher utilize the contractual grievance procedure to have said material removed and destroyed. It is understood that the teacher may not utilize the contractual grievance procedure to seek relief involving any prohibited subject of bargaining. E. The teacher shall have the right to attach a written response to any complaint, and this written response will be attached to all copies of the complaint. F. A complaint against a teacher may not be used as a basis for disciplinary action unless such complaint was called to the attention of the teacher within ten (10) work days from the receipt of said complaint. G. When a teacher has engaged in conduct that is minor in nature and it is the first time such conduct has occurred, the administrator may issue an oral warning. This does not, however, prohibit the administrator from keeping an administrative record of this action, provided that this administrative record must be placed into the teacher's personnel file within six (6) months if it is to be used for employment purposes.

COMPLAINT PROCEDURES. A. Any report of unsatisfactory conduct or any unsatisfactory report submitted by parents, students, other teachers, or based on any other sources of information shall be discussed with the teacher within fifteen (15) work days from before it is included in the receipt of the complaint teacher’s record and the teacher will be given an opportunity to respond to the report. All complaints to be placed in a teacher’s file shall include the names of the complainants, date, and details of the complaint, provided that the District may withhold the names of the complainants from the teacher in extreme circumstances, and further provided that the Association may grieve the reasonableness of withholding the complainant’s name in any given situation. B. The Except in extreme circumstances, the District or the teacher may shall ask any complainants to meet with the teacher to provide the teacher and the complainants with the opportunity to resolve the issue. C. Upon receipt of a complaint, the District shall investigate the complaint to determine its accuracyaccuracy prior to placing it in the teacher’s personnel file or taking any other action. The complaint will be placed in the teacher’s personnel file only if the complaint is found to be accurate by the administration. If the complaint is found to be inaccurate by the administration, the complaint and all copies of the complaint will be destroyed. If the completed investigation by the District does not provide sufficient evidence to determine whether the complaint is accurate or not, the complaint and all investigative documents will be maintained in an investigative file for no longer than six (6) months separate from the teacher’s personnel file unless the District is otherwise required by law to destroy the complaint and investigative file. Investigative files will not be released to third parties unless required by law. D. If the teacher’s personnel file contains information which the teacher believes is false and the information is not related to a prohibited subject of bargainingfalse, the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources will meet with the teacher to discuss removing and destroying said material. Only after this meeting may the teacher utilize the contractual grievance procedure to have said material removed and destroyed. It is understood that the teacher may not utilize the contractual grievance procedure to seek relief involving any prohibited subject of bargaining. E. The teacher shall have the right to attach a written response to any complaint, and this written response will be attached to all copies of the complaint. F. A complaint against a teacher may not be used as a basis for disciplinary action unless such complaint was called to the attention of the teacher within ten (10) work days from the receipt of said complaint.