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Has Your District Performed All the Necessary Tasks? What Districts Need to Remember When Handling Certificated and Classified Layoffs This year, virtually all California school districts face budget cuts as a result of the state budget crisis. As a result, most districts are moving to reduce or discontinue programs and/or services to reduce associated staffing costs. Procedures for reducing certificated and classified staff are guided by statute, case law, district policies, collective bargaining agreements and other factors that districts must consider when conducting certificated and classified layoffs... Fingerprinting, Fees Required New Law Tightens Rules on Classified Volunteers On October 11, 2009 the Governor signed AB 1025, authored by Assemblywoman Connie Conway (R-Visalia), establishing a requirement for classified employees and volunteers who supervise pupil activity programs to obtain a new Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate (ASCC) from the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). Many school districts already have local requirements for the fingerprinting of volunteers, but the new law will prove more extensive and more costly than most existing district policies... Court Confirms 18-Month Limit on Buyout of Superintendent's Contract The law firm Fagen Friedman and Fulfrost is reporting the state Court of Appeals has ruled that a settlement between a superintendent and a board of trustees regarding the early termination of the superintendent’s contract cannot include any payments beyond the 18-month cash settlement limit set forth under Government Code 53260. Brett McFadden, Management Services Executive with the Association of California School Administrators, has been following the case, which has been closely watched by other superintendents... Proven Strategies for Supervising "Personnel" It was in 1960, when Douglas McGregor of the MIT Sloan School of Management researched and presented his theories of human motivation, that the term “human resources” took hold, largely replacing the term “personnel” in private and ultimately most public sector organizations. McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y models of human motivation made us aware that in a post-industrial society, viewing people as human resources and “assets” was crucial to success... Cure for Conflict? It Could Be as Easy as IBA So, you’ve got an office full of ‘Baby-Boomers’, ‘Millenniums,’ ‘Generation X’, ‘Generation Y,’ Introverts, Extroverts, Males, Females, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, Caucasians, Management, Non-Management? And maybe you’ve got a few non-morning people, and perhaps some personality types that are driven, or analytical, or creative? And maybe some nice, polite go-along types who just want a little recognition, but are often silenced by aggressive types who don’t let them ‘get a word in’? What do they all have in common?... |
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