Common use of Complaints Against Teachers Clause in Contracts

Complaints Against Teachers. When a person makes a complaint against a teacher, the principal shall promptly attempt to resolve the complaint informally. If the complaint cannot be resolved informally, the complainant may be asked to put the complaint in writing or otherwise affirm in the teacher’s presence his/ her complaint. Unless the complainant puts the complaint in writing or otherwise affirms by signing the complaint, the complaint itself (but not additionally discovered evidence regarding the same or similar conduct) may not be used as evidence in any disciplinary proceeding or as evidence for an unsatisfactory performance rating. If the complaint is made in writing, the following procedure shall govern: 1. The teacher shall be promptly notified of the nature of the complaint, given a copy of the complaint, and notified of the identity of the complainant. 2. After notifying the teacher, the principal shall arrange a meeting within seven (7) work days with the complainant, the teacher, him/herself, and if the teacher requests, the teacher’s Association representative. The failure of a complainant to appear at such a meeting shall not keep the meeting from proceeding, nor shall it preclude further processing of the complaint, if confirming evidence or facts have been obtained by the principal. 3. If the complaint is supported by fact and if any record of the complaint or its formal or informal resolution is placed in the teacher’s files, the teacher shall immediately be provided with a copy of such record and shall have the right to file a written response. If there is no evidence of similar conduct within the time period commencing with the resolution of the complaint and ending with the close of the following school year, the record of such complaint, its resolution, and/or the teacher’s response may not thereafter be used as evidence of the teacher’s conduct in any disciplinary proceeding, except as rebuttal to evidence offered by or on behalf of the teacher to support claims of a good teaching record during the preceding time period. Nothing in this procedure shall be construed to prevent the Superintendent from conducting such investigations of teacher performance or conduct as is deemed advisable.

Complaints Against Teachers. When a person makes there is a complaint against a teacher, the principal shall promptly attempt to resolve the complaint informally. If the complaint cannot be resolved informally, the complainant may be asked to put the complaint in writing teacher from a parent or otherwise affirm in the teacher’s presence his/ her complaint. Unless the complainant puts the complaint in writing or otherwise affirms by signing the complaint, the complaint itself (but not additionally discovered evidence regarding the same or similar conduct) may not be used as evidence in any disciplinary proceeding or as evidence for an unsatisfactory performance rating. If the complaint is made in writingstudent, the following procedure shall govern: 1. will be followed: • The teacher shall will be promptly notified immediately by the building administrator. • The person filing the complaint will be encouraged to seek an informal resolution with the teacher. • If the informal process does not lead to a satisfactory resolution, or if the person filing the complaint refuses to follow the previous step, then the building administrator will conduct a preliminary investigation. • Following the completion of the nature informal investigation, the results will be shared with the teacher within five (5) school days. • If any disciplinary action, verbal and/or written, is deemed necessary, the teacher shall have the right to: a) know the identity of the complaint, given a copy of person filing the complaint, and notified (b) meet with the person bringing forth the complaint. a. A building representative of the identity of the complainant. 2. After notifying the teacherAssociation may, the principal shall arrange a meeting within seven (7) work days with the complainant, the teacher, him/herself, and if the teacher requestsso desires, accompany the teacher’s Association representative. The failure teacher in review of a complainant to appear at such a meeting shall not keep the meeting from proceeding, nor shall it preclude further processing of the complaint, if confirming evidence or facts have been obtained by the principal. 3. If b. In the complaint event a written report is supported by fact and if any record included in a teacher's personnel file as a result of the complaint or its formal or informal resolution is placed in the teacher’s filesaction taken under this Section, the teacher shall immediately be provided with a copy of such record and shall have the right to file may prepare a written responseresponse which shall be included in his file and attached to said report. c. The Administration and Board both recognize that in cases involving discipline, it is the burden of the Administration to establish just cause for the discipline imposed. If there This includes the obligation to first present its evidence during hearings before the Board or arbitration under the grievance procedure. It is no evidence also understood that discipline will be imposed within a reasonable period of similar conduct within time of the offense or of the time period commencing with the resolution of knowledge of the complaint offense. d. So that new administrators will not be prejudiced by attitudes and ending with styles of their predecessors concerning teachers, principals will review their annotated/anecdotal files and pull any information that is over one (1) year old, if they are leaving that building or the close of the following school year, the record of such complaint, its resolution, and/or the teacher’s response may not thereafter be used as evidence of the teacher’s conduct in any disciplinary proceeding, except as rebuttal to evidence offered by or on behalf of the teacher to support claims of a good teaching record during the preceding time period. Nothing in this procedure shall be construed to prevent the Superintendent from conducting such investigations of teacher performance or conduct as is deemed advisableDistrict.