The purpose of this policy is to provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants for Minnetonka School District employment and Minnetonka School District employees

The purpose of this policy is to maintain a safe and healthful environment in the school district in order to promote the physical, social, and psychological well-being of its students. To that end, the school district will seek a criminal history background check for applicants who receive an offer of employment with the school district or such other background checks as provided by this policy. The school district may also elect to do background checks of volunteers, independent contractors and student employees in the school district.

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to school district employees as to the data the school district collects and maintains regarding its personnel.

The purpose of this policy is to inform Minnetonka School District employees and students of the District’s policies relating to copyright.

The purpose of this policy is to provide for family and medical leave to school district employees in accordance with the Family and Medical Leave Act and also with parenting leave under state law.

The purpose of this policy is to set forth the conditions under which the Minnetonka Independent School District #276 will reimburse certain employee business expenses. This policy applies to all District employees unless modified by an individual employment contract approved by the School Board. All out-of-state travel or any in-state travel that involves lodging shall be approved in advance by the employee’s supervisor using the Leave Request/Release Time Form.

The purpose of this policy is to make clear the statutory requirements of school personnel to report suspected child neglect or physical or sexual abuse.

The purpose of this policy is to assist the school district in maintaining a safe and healthy environment for students, staff, and visitors by prohibiting the use, abuse, possession, sale, or transfer of any chemicals. The School Board is concerned about the health of its employees and also recognizes the importance of adult role modeling for students during formative years. Therefore, the Board shall enforce a chemically-free environment.

The purpose of this policy is to maintain a learning and working environment that is tobacco free.

Students and staff of the District should be able to attend the schools of the District without becoming infected with a serious communicable or infectious disease including but not limited to, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Hepatitis B, and Tuberculosis. Measures that effectively respond to health concerns while respecting the rights of all students, employees, and contractors, including those who are infected, need to be adopted by the School Board. The purpose of this policy is to adopt such measures.

The Minnetonka School District is committed to an educational environment in which all students are treated with respect and dignity.  Every District employee is to provide students with appropriate guidance, understanding and direction, while maintaining a standard of professionalism, and acting within accepted standards of conduct.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that qualified teachers and administrators are employed by the District and that the District fulfill its duty to ascertain the licensure status of its teachers and administrators. A school board that employs a teacher or administrator who does not hold a valid teaching license or permit places itself at risk for a reduction in state aid. This policy does not negate a teacher or administrator’s duty and responsibility to maintain a current and valid license.

Minnetonka School District #276 maintains a self-insured medical plan, a self-insured dental plan, and a medical flexible spending account (herein referred to as “Minnetonka ISD #276”), which are subject to the administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”)

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to school district employees as to the policy and procedure for requesting shared positions.

The purpose of this policy is to maintain a learning and working environment that is free from religious, racial or sexual harassment and violence. The school district prohibits any form of religious, racial or sexual harassment and violence.

The purpose of this policy is to recognize employee's rights to individual respect and dignity and establishing and maintaining a professional, respectful working environment.

The purpose of this policy is to provide guidance to school district employees as to the policy and procedure for requesting leaves of absences without pay.

Selection and placement of competent reserve teachers in the Minnetonka School District is essential to ensuring coverage of classrooms in the absence of regular teachers. The continuity of programs and curriculum implementation is also affected by the quality of the reserve teachers available for teaching assignments. The district Human Resources office will develop a system to provide for reserve teachers, and will work together with building administrators to assure an effective deployment of reserve teachers.

This policy provides wage rates for part-time and/or substitute personnel. The Board’s Vision reflects the importance of these positions to the success of our schools and students.

To develop and maintain a wage structure which will enable the District to attract and keep qualified and desirable personnel, essential for the educational program to function effectively. To provide incentive, through a sound program of wage administration, which will encourage the development of the potential ability of each confidential support staff employee. To maintain wage relationships among positions which are internally consistent in recognizing the important relative differences in position requirements for education, experience and the accountabilities in the position. To review and establish wage categories that will compare with wages paid in other school districts and in the private sector for positions of comparable levels of responsibility.

The purpose of this policy is to establish consistent guidelines for the employment of immediate family members in the school district.

The purpose of this policy is to provide the terms and conditions of employment for Minnetonka Community Education employees who are not covered by a Master Agreement effective beginning July 1, 2009. 

It is the desire of the Minnetonka School District to recognize and highlight the service of staff in order to build a culture of supporting relationships that are conducive to personal and academic achievement and inspire in everyone a passion to excel.

This policy, along with the provisions of the Policy & Procedures Manual and the District Vision on teachers, governs the actions of teaching personnel.

The purpose of this policy is to articulate the Minnetonka School District's priority for increased student learning, growth and development.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that performance expectations are being met on a consistent basis.

The intent of the programs shall be to provide an opportunity for staff members to work in another educational setting in order to gain different insights into instructional patterns, schedules, facilities, students and cultural environments. It is to be expected that the system or agency with which the exchange is made gains in similar fashion from the exchange.

It is the policy of the Minnetonka School District to encourage the utilization of student teachers through agreements with approved teacher education programs of teacher preparation institutions, and to the extent consistent with the educational program of the District.

The purpose of this policy is to state that the provisions of District policy and the District Vision on leadership shall govern the actions of Minnetonka principals.

The Minnetonka Public Schools recognizes the pivotal role of administration in the success of its schools. The District therefore desires and expects effective leadership and strong school management.

Every administrator will be absent at some time during the normal course of employment: vacation periods, conference attendance, personal business, illness or other reason. To forestall questions of authority during an absence and to enable school operations to proceed as normally as possible, each administrator is responsible for establishing a line of authority in the respective school or department and communicating it to both supervisor(s) and supervisee(s). 

In accordance with the District’s vision, “Teaching and the interaction between teachers and their students are central to the educational endeavor. In addition to the mastery of subject area, Minnetonka teachers will know that simply covering curriculum does not equal excellence in teaching. Minnetonka teachers will recognize that they must address emotional and developmental issues during the learning experience in order for effective learning to take place. Because the learning environment is so critical to student success, our teachers will use their empathy, enthusiasm, patience, communication skills, and effective classroom management to create a positive, supportive, respectful, and disciplined atmosphere in which academic and personal achievement can flourish.”

This policy addresses employees’ use of publicly available social media networks including: personal Web sites, Web logs (blogs), wikis, social networks, online forums, virtual worlds, and any other social media. The District takes no position on employees’ decision to participate in the use of social media networks for personal use on personal time. However, use of these media for personal use during District time or on District equipment is prohibited.  In addition, employees must avoid posting any information or engaging in communications that violate state or federal laws or District policies.