Derogatory Materials. 32 No derogatory materials concerning the employee's conduct, service, character, or personality shall be 33 placed in any file unless an employee has had an opportunity to read and respond to them within 30 34 business days. The employee shall acknowledge having read such material by affixing his/her 35 signature to the copy to be filed. The employee shall have the right to write his/her version of the 36 incident or occurrence, and have the statement permanently attached to the original document.
Derogatory Materials. No references to a teacher's competence, character or manner shall be placed in the teacher's file without the knowledge of the teacher. The teacher shall date and sign such material to verify knowledge of filing; the teacher has the right to attach written comment to such material and the signature and dating of such documents do not necessarily imply that the teacher agrees with the supervisor's remarks. Teachers may request that any material of a derogatory nature (exclusive of evaluations) be removed. The Superintendent is not obligated to remove material from personnel files.
Derogatory Materials. No evaluation, correspondence, or other material making derogatory reference to an employee’s or former employee’s competence, character, or manner shall be kept or placed in the personnel file without the employee’s knowledge and the opportunity to attach his/her own comments or the right to have it reviewed at a fair hearing and removed if warranted. Notification required and rebuttal allowed proper receipt procedure – Annual clearing of derogatory materials: Derogatory material must be shown to a certificated employee within ten (10) days after receipt or composition (if originating within the District office), and must be certified as seen via a dated employee signature or documented as to the employee’s refusal to sign. Any derogatory material lacking proper receipt of employee notification shall not be allowed as evidence in any non- renewal proceeding or other District hearings. Any derogatory statement from a nonprofessional source will routinely be removed and destroyed twelve (12) months following date of receipt in the human resources department unless it is a current, relevant, and important part of an immediate or possible non-renewal or other discipline hearing proceedings.
Derogatory Materials. No material derogatory to an employee’s conduct, service, character, or personality will be placed in the employee’s personnel file unless the employee had an opportunity to review said material. The employee shall acknowledge that they had an opportunity to review such material by affixing their signature to the copy to be filed with the express understanding that such signature does not indicate agreement with the content thereof. The employee will also have the right to submit a written response to such material and said response will be reviewed by the administration and attached to the file copy.
Derogatory Materials. No materials derogatory to a unit member’s conduct or service shall be placed into the unit member’s file unless the unit member has been notified in accordance with Education Code § 87031.
Derogatory Materials. No material derogatory to a teacher’s conduct, services, character, or personality will be placed in his/her personnel file unless the teacher has an opportunity to review the material. The teacher will acknowledge that he/she has had a chance to review such material by affixing his/her signature to the copy to be filed with the understanding that such signature merely indicates that he/she has read the material to be filed and does not necessarily indicate agreement with the contents thereof. The teacher will also have the right to submit a written answer to such material and his/her answer will be reviewed by the superintendent, or his/her designee, and attached to the file copy.
Derogatory Materials. No derogatory material from any source shall be placed in the personnel file 2 without written notice to the employee within twenty (20) days after receipt by the District. 3 Notification shall not be necessary for material that has been received or acknowledged by the
Derogatory Materials. No material derogatory to an employee's conduct, service, character, or personality shall be placed in his/her personnel file unless the employee has received a copy and has had an opportunity to review the material. The employee shall have the right to submit a written answer to such material and attach it to the file copy. Any material not originating from the district administration and which has not been used as a basis for action against the employee within three years of the end of the school year it was entered in the file, shall be removed from the file and destroyed. Unsigned derogatory materials will not be placed in an employee’s file.
Derogatory Materials. Any derogatory material not shown to the certificated employee within ten (10) days after receipt shall not be allowed as evidence in any grievance or in any disciplinary action against the employee unless that evidence is part of an on-going investigation. No evaluation, correspondence, or other material making derogatory reference to an employee’s competence, character, or manner shall be kept or placed in the personnel file without the employee’s knowledge and opportunity to attach his/her comment to it.
Derogatory Materials. A supervisor is required to inform an employee in a timely fashion, but no later than fifteen (15) workdays, of any complaint about that employee. If possible or appropriate, the District will attempt to bring the parties together to resolve concerns. Documents containing derogatory material will only be placed in the Personnel File or Building Working File after an investigation has been made by the District. No evaluation, correspondence or other materials making any reference to the employee’s, or former employee’s, competence, character or manner shall be placed in the Personnel File or the Building Working File without the employee’s knowledge and exclusive right to attach the employee’s own comments, with the exception of transcripts, certification documents, verifications of employment and original application materials (e.g. application, resume). Any derogatory material entered into the employee’s Personnel File or Building Working File shall contain the employee’s acknowledgment that the employee has read such material by affixing the employee’s signature and date of receipt on a printed copy of the document. An employee’s signature does not indicate agreement with its contents. Should an employee refuse to sign a document containing derogatory material that is to be placed in the Personnel File or Building Working File, the supervisor may note on the document that the employee refused to sign but was provided a copy of the document. A hard copy of the document will be provided to the employee. The employee may include a rebuttal of any derogatory material.
