Employee Discipline in Public Schools

March 11, 2010 - 1-day Workshop

Registration Deadline: Mar. 8

Presenter: Jaci Kelleher, Esq.

Sign-In: 8:00 am
Session: 8:30 am - 2:00 pm
Lunch Provided
Cost: $200*		 Location:
CVES Instructional Services Center
14 Area Development Dr., Suite 100
Plattsburgh, NY 12901

Workshop Description:
So you’ve got an employee who has a performance problem. You’ve tried everything… coaching… counseling… nothing works. The presenter will share with you the essentials behind effective and legal employee discipline. This powerful session will arm you with the skills you need to discipline employees.

You’ll learn “what to do when” strategies … what questions you should ask yourself before starting and how to take a firm stand – without coming off as too hard.

Discipline is a follow-up to coaching. You do it because you have already given corrective feedback and suggested ways to correct the problem -and the employee in question has failed to heed your advice. Discipline is a way of declaring, “That correction needs to occur. If it doesn’t, there will be consequences.”

Discipline focuses on what the employee must learn in order to bring his/her behavior in line with the needs and expectations of the organization. This session would be excellent for anyone who supervises individuals in your district: Transportation Supervisors, Building and Grounds Supervisors, Cafeteria Supervisors,CSE Directors/ Chairs, School Business Officials, Principals, etc.

Agenda

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Overview of the Legal Framework: Education Law, Civil Service Law, Taylor Law
8:45 - 9:15 a.m. Effective Evaluations
9:15 a.m. Break
9:30-10:00 a.m. Exercise in Preparing an Evaluation
10 a.m. Effective Use of Counseling Memos
10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Exercise Preparing Memo - Meeting with Employee
11:45 a.m. Question & Answer
12:15-12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45 - 2:00 p.m. Addressing Teacher Discipline Issues 3020a

To Register: Please mail your Registration Form to the CVES Instructional Services Center
at the above address or FAX it to: 518-561-0240

*Cost for districts not participating in the School Improvement CoSer 506 is estimated at $300.00
Lunch provided. All estimated costs are based on 20 participants. Costs will be adjusted once registration is closed.