Common use of Open Personnel Files Clause in Contracts

Open Personnel Files. Teachers shall have the right to examine their personnel files subject to the following conditions: a. A teacher, upon written request (as outlined in the procedure established for this purpose) to the Human Resources department, may examine the contents of his/her personnel file. b. A member of the professional staff of the Human Resources department will share with the teacher in a personal conference all material in the teacher's personnel file. c. Materials to be placed in a teacher's personnel file will be held by the originator for ten (10) days. A teacher may request a conference with the writer within this time period. The teacher shall have the right to submit a response to any report or evaluation; such a response will be attached to and become a part of the teacher's personnel file. d. A teacher may be permitted to reproduce at his/her expense any contents of his/her personnel file. e. The school District may destroy such files as provided by law. f. Official grievances filed by any teacher under the grievance procedure shall not be placed in the personnel file of the teacher; nor shall such a grievance be utilized in personnel assignment. g. All of the above conditions, rights and privileges shall apply to any and all files that may be generated and maintained on an individual teacher by any administrative or supervisory person. h. Any person who examines a teacher's personnel file shall be recorded as having examined said file, which record shall become a permanent part of a teacher's personnel file, unless the teacher chooses to have such record expunged. Members of the Human Resources department shall be exempt from this provision.

Open Personnel Files. Teachers shall have the right to examine their personnel files subject to the following conditions: a. A teacher, upon written request (as outlined in the procedure established for this purpose) to the Human Resources department, may examine the contents of his/her personnel file. b. A member of the professional staff of the Human Resources department will share with the teacher in a personal conference all material in the teacher's personnel file. c. Materials to be placed in a teacher's personnel file will be held by the originator for ten (10) days. A teacher may request a conference with the writer within this time period. The teacher shall have the right to submit a response to any report or evaluation; evaluation;; such a response will be attached to and become a part of the teacher's personnel file. d. A teacher may be permitted to reproduce at his/her expense any contents of his/her personnel file. e. The school District may destroy such files as provided by law. f. Official grievances filed by any teacher under the grievance procedure shall not be placed in the personnel file of the teacher; teacher;; nor shall such a grievance be utilized in personnel assignment. g. All of the above conditions, rights and privileges shall apply to any and all files that may be generated and maintained on an individual teacher by any administrative or supervisory person. h. Any person who examines a teacher's personnel file shall be recorded as having examined said file, which record shall become a permanent part of a teacher's personnel file, unless the teacher chooses to have such record expunged. Members of the Human Resources department shall be exempt from this provision.