CHESTER
TOWNSHIP BOARD OF EDUCATION POLICY: 4111
RECRUITMENT,
SELECTION AND HIRING
The quality of the
professional staff in large part determines the quality of the education
offered district pupils. Therefore, the
Superintendent shall have the responsibility of locating and recruiting the
best qualified candidates to provide for the identified needs of district
pupils.
Provisional teaching candidates shall be given equal
consideration with all other candidates for teaching positions. The Superintendent shall follow all
requirements of the administrative applicable
code and statue in providing the necessary training program for all
teachers hired with provisional certificates.
It shall be the duty of
the Superintendent to see that persons nominated for employment shall meet all
qualifications established by state or federal law, including the completion of
a criminal
history
check, proof of citizenship or eligible alien status, and certification for the
type of position for
which
nomination is made.
The Superintendent shall
recommend for employment those individuals who, in his/her opinion, are best
qualified to fill the vacancy without regard to race, creed, color, national
origin, ancestry, age, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, marital status,
familial status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United
States, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual,
disability or because of genetic information or refusal to submit to or make
available the results of a genetic test, or other conditions not related to the
duties and responsibilities of the job.
The Superintendent shall
prepare and maintain job descriptions that define the duties, responsibilities
and qualifications required for each position.
The Board shall adopt those job descriptions required by law or
applicable code and statue and others as appropriate.
The Superintendent in
determining the candidates to be nominated shall seek information whenever
possible from the candidate's prior employers.
The Board shall affirm
employment and initial placement on the salary guide by a recorded roll call
majority vote of the full membership of the board.
The Board shall appoint
all staff members only from nominations made by the Superintendent. Should a nominee be rejected, it shall be
the duty of the Superintendent to make other nominations.
Date: October 8, 2002
Legal References: N.J.S.A. 10:5-1 et
seq. Law Against
Discrimination
N.J.S.A. 18A:6‑5 Inquiry as to religion and religious tests
prohibited
N.J.S.A. 18A:6-6 No
sex discrimination
N.J.S.A. 18A:6‑7.1, -7.5 Criminal history record; employee in regular contact with
pupils; grounds for disqualification from employment; exception
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N.J.S.A. 18A:6‑76.1 Deadline for notification to students of requirements
of
provisional certificate and induction program ...
N.J.S.A. 18A:11-1 General
mandatory powers and duties
N.J.S.A. 18A:13‑40 General powers and duties of Board of newly created
regional districts
N.J.S.A. 18A:16‑1 Officers and employees in general
N.J.S.A. 18A:26‑1, -1.1,-2 Citizenship of teachers, etc. .
RECRUITMENT, SELECTION AND HIRING
N.J.S.A.
18A:27-1 et seq. Employment
and Contracts
See particularly:
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-4.1
N.J.S.A. 18A:54‑20 Powers of Board (county vocational schools)
N.J.A.C. 6:3‑1.4 Local district responsibility for employment of
staff
N.J.A.C. 6:3‑1.5 Support residencies for regularly certified,
inexperienced first‑year principals
N.J.A.C. 6:3‑1.6 Reporting and staffing of school districts
N.J.A.C. 6:3‑5.1 Standards for determining seniority
N.J.A.C. 6:4‑1.3 Policy development
N.J.A.C. 6:4‑1.6 Employment/contract practices
N.J.A.C. 6:11‑4.1 et seq. Types of Certificates
N.J.A.C. 6:11‑5.1 et seq. Requirements for Instructional
Certification
N.J.A.C. 6:11‑8.1 et seq. Exceptions for the Requirements for the
Instructional Certificate
N.J.A.C. 6:11‑9.1 et seq. Requirements for Administrative
Certification
N.J.A.C. 6A:24-1.1 et seq. Urban Education Reform in the Abbott
Districts
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6A:24-1.4, 2.2,
3.2, 3.3
N.J.A.C. 6A:30-1.1 et seq. Evaluation of the Performance of School
Districts
42
U.S.C.A. 2000e et seq. - Title VII of the Civil Rights Act
of 1964 as amended by the
Equal
Employment Opportunities Act of 1972
29
U.S.C.A. 794 et seq. - Section 504 of the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973
8
U.S.C.A. 1100 et seq. - Immigration Reform and Control Act
of 1986
42
U.S.C.A. 12101 et seq. - Americans with Disabilities Act
(ADA)
Old
Bridge Education Association v. Old Bridge
Township Bd. of Ed., 1986 S.L.D. 1917
Taxman
v. Piscataway Bd. of Ed., 91 F. 3d
1547 (3d Cir. 1996)
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Manual
for the Evaluation of Local School Districts
(August 2000)
Multi-year
Equity Plan for the Academic Years 2000-2001 through 2002-2003,
New
Jersey State Department of Education Division of Student Services Office
of
Bilingual Education and Equity Issues
Cross References: 2130 Administrative
staff
2131 Superintendent
4000 Concepts and roles in personnel
4111.1 Nondiscrimination/affirmative action
4112.2 Certification
4112.4 Employee health
4112.5
Criminal history check
4112.6 Personnel records
4112.8 Nepotism
4121 Substitute teachers
4222 Non-instructional aides
5120 Assessment
of individual needs
6010 Goals and objectives