Draft Work

Edgerton Elementary
Code-of-Conduct

Everything we do will be based on:

PROFESSIONALISM RESPECT COLLABORATION

Meetings:
Reserve meetings for decisions/sharing.
Meetings will be agenda driven.
Send brief Nuts & Bolts through email.
Start and end on time.
Food at meetings will be further discussed…healthy or no.

Teaching:
Be prepared in advance. Staff will be ready to go as if administration was to walk in the room.
Electronic communication between school and home is expected. A minimum, unified standard will be agreed upon (SWIFT, blog, multiple languages, etc.).
Commitment to the district adopted curriculum in reading, mathematics and writing.
Grade level teams will collaborate to be sure the core curriculum is taught (above) and they will have academic routines as similar as possible.

Staff Behavior:
Modeling what we expect of our students and families.
An effort will be made to share the extra-curricular duties across the entire staff.
Outside work (reading, research, planning, etc.) is expected by administration and accepted by staff to better the school as a whole.
These ideas will be finalized and put into a format that all staff will be expected to sign-off on and follow.

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Edgerton Elementary
Decision Making Process

Priority - Safety & Kids First!

Process:
Staff meeting discussions will be driven by agenda topics.
An open-discussion forum will be used.
Direct communication will be expected when individuals have differences.
We will use teams when possible (grade levels, CSIP, job-specific, etc.).
Research, data and precedence will be used to help in the process.

Majority:
The majority opinion will decide decisions, and majority is met when the will of the group becomes evident.
If one is not in the majority, the expectation is that he/she will still support the decision (sabotage will not be tolerated).
Listen for understanding throughout the process.
Always speak to the issues, and not negatively toward the person.

Efficiency:
Be as quick as possible.
Is the discussion for the entire group?
Give processing time.
Report back and seek input on the decision.

Correction/Discipline:
Correction of staff is the responsibility of administration. Principals will work via the “praise publicly, correct privately” motto.


Possibly use “Fist-to-Five” process to gauge staff commitment…can fine-tune this later.