Things to do in August – School Districts
Important Administrative
Things To Do This Month
(This “to do list” is intended to provide a synopsis of a few of the tasks normally started or performed during this month. The list is obviously not exhaustive in nature and is designed only as a “reminder” to be supplemented by each Personnel/Human Resources Department’s specific duties.)
STAFFING
- Assign teachers to single subject areas pursuant to board resolutions
- Select and employ classified personnel
- Process re-employment and work agreements for 10 and 11 month classified personnel
- Prepare site checklist for certificated and classified staff
- Determine long-term substitute teacher needs for 1st semester and arrange coverage
- Prepare substitute teacher list
- Process employment of consultants
- Finalize staffing lists
STAFF-RELATED SERVICES
- Send:
∼ “Welcome Back” letters to certificated, classified, and management personnel, with opening activities list for their information
∼ Letters and confirmation to substitute teachers
∼Notification to certificated and classified employees/retirees about their health insurance co- payment requirements
∼Parent letters for kindergarten teachers
- Update and distribute handbooks for substitute and new teachers
CAUTION: DO NOT change teacher working conditions
- Training:
∼ Staff development – new employees
∼ CPR/First Aid – food service, bus drivers, secretaries, coaches
- Finalize or continue collective bargaining process
- Review and update job descriptions
- Prepare for back-to-school employee breakfast/lunch
- Update personnel budget
- Determine teachers’ stipends in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement
- Prepare for district advisory committee and parent advisory committee meetings
- Print CBAs for August distribution to employees and board
- Plan and conduct new staff orientation
- Review employee and program evaluation schedules (see CBA, board policy, statute and administrative regulations) with all supervisors
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