Recruitment and Selection
BP 4111.00
RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION
| Note: Effective for the 2016-2017 school year, the federal Every Student Succeeds Act has eliminated the requirement that teachers be “highly qualified.” Rather, teachers should be fully licensed and endorsed in each subject they are teachin |
The district shall employ the most highly qualified person available for each open position. The Superintendent or designee shall develop recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that every effort is made to find and hire fully qualified teachers for all classrooms, which include:
1. Assessment of the district's needs to determine those areas where specific skills, knowledge and abilities are lacking.
2. Development of job descriptions which accurately portray the position, including requirements that a teacher be qualified in accordance with federal and state law.
3. Dissemination of vacancy announcements to ensure a wide range of candidates, when necessary.
4. Screening procedures which will identify the best possible candidates for interviews.
5. Interview procedures which will determine the best qualified candidate for recommendation to the School Board.
Staff members involved in the selection process shall recommend only those candidates who meet all qualifications established by law and the School Board for a particular position. Nominations for employment shall be based upon appropriate screening devices, interviews, observations, recommendations from previous employers and any requirements of applicable collective bargaining agreements.
| Note: The Alaska Professional Teaching Practices Commission recommends that districts develop a policy regarding the procedures to be followed when desiring to hire an educator currently under contract with another school district. The following policy language is based on procedures developed by the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. |
Before considering the hire of a certificated staff member who is currently under contract in another district, the Superintendent or designee will require the certificated staff to provide written documentation that he/she: (1) has made an effort to secure a release from the employing district thirty calendar days prior to the employing district’s first contract day; or, (2) has secured a written release from the employing district.
| Note: A subject-matter expert teacher, holding a limited certificate issued by the Department, may be employed to teach subjects in which the person has satisfied the education or experience requirements set out in state statute AS 14.20.022. Before a school district determines whether to hire a person as a subject-matter expert teacher, the school district must administer a competency examination. Additionally, once a subject-matter expert teacher is hired, the district must provide a mentor who is an experienced teacher for the subject-matter expert teacher for at least the first year of the subject-matter expert teacher’s employment in the school district. A person employed as a subject-matter expert teacher under this section is considered a certificated employee for purposes of the teachers’ retirement system. Finally, employment as a subject-matter expert teacher counts as employment for purposes of acquiring tenure; however, a person holding a subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate is not entitled to tenure until the person receives a teacher certificate under AS 14.20.022. |
(cf. 4112.8 - Employment of Relatives)
| Note: AS 14.20.020 requires coursework in Alaska studies and multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to be eligible for a teacher certificate. Effective June 30, 2017, AS 14.20.020 also requires training on alcohol and drug related disabilities, sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness and prevention, dating violence and abuse awareness and prevention and suicide prevention in order to be eligible for a teacher certification. AS 14.20.035 requires districts to give preference to applicants who demonstrate training or experience that indicates sensitivity to the traditions and cultures represented in the student population. |
In evaluating applicants, preference shall be given to those applicants who can demonstrate training and experience related to the traditions and cultures represented in the student population.
(cf. 4030 - Nondiscrimination in Employment)
(cf. 4111.1/4211.1/4311.1 - Affirmative Action)
(cf. 4111.2/4211.2/4311.2 - Legal Status Requirement)
No person shall be employed by the School Board without the recommendation or endorsement of the Superintendent or designee. The School Board shall be presented with the Superintendent or designee's recommended candidate who may be selected or rejected by the School Board. If the candidate is rejected, the Superintendent or designee shall recommend subsequent candidates until the School Board selects someone to fill the position. The School Board shall make the final decision on the selection of all certificated employees.
(cf. 6181 - Charter School)
| Note: AS 14.18.111 and AS. 14.14.090 require districts to provide prospective employees with information regarding the availability and cost of housing in rural areas to which they may be assigned and when possible assist them in locating housing. The following may be revised or deleted as appropriate. |
The School Board recognizes that the district encompasses rural areas and will assist teachers in obtaining information regarding the cost and availability of housing as required by law.
Legal Reference:
ALASKA STATUTES
14.08.111 Duties (regional school boards)
14.14.090 Additional duties
14.20.010 Teacher certificate required
14.20.022 Subject-matter expert limited teacher certificate
14.20.035 Evaluation of training and experience
14.20.100 Unlawful to require statement of religious or political affiliation
14.20.110 Penalty for violation of AS 14.20.100
ALASKA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
4 AAC 04.210, 04.212 and 06.899(6) Highly Qualified Teachers and Objective Uniform Standards
6 AAC 30.810 Employer records 6 AAC 30.840 Retention of records
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 8
1324(a)(b) Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and Immigration Act of 1990
UNITED STATES CODE, TITLE 20
Every Child Succeeds Act, 20. U.S.C. 6301, et Seq. (P.L. 114-95 December 10, 2015)
KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
Revision Date: 2/22/06
Revision Date: 7/25/2012
Revision Date: 10/26/2016