Common use of Review of Personnel Files Clause in Contracts

Review of Personnel Files. Each teacher shall have the right, upon request, to review the total contents of his/her personnel file (excepting confidential university credentials). The review will be made in the presence of the administrator (or his/her designee) responsible for the safekeeping of such files. No material originating after initial employment will be placed in a teacher’s file unless the teacher concurrently receives a copy of the material. The administration shall have the teacher initial or sign the original or file copy of evaluative material for the purpose of verifying the teacher’s knowledge of the item being placed in the file. Routine non-evaluative communications to the teacher shall include notation that a copy is to be placed in the file. The employee may submit a written notation regarding any material and the same shall be attached to the file copy of the material in question. Such attachments must be submitted within ten