JCSD Policy

Job descriptions serve:

1. To describe all essential functions that the individual who holds the position must be able to perform unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation;
2. To describe attendance standards;
3. To help applicants determine the qualifications needed to fill a position;
4. To help district administrators determine which candidates to recommend for appointment; and
5. To assist administrators in the evaluation of the employee’s performance of position responsibilities.

Job descriptions shall provide for these categories of employees: (1) licensed, (2) classified; (3) confidential, (4) supervisory, or (5) administrative.

1. Licensed employees are those holding a position that requires a license issued by the state Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC).
2. Classified employees are those employees in positions for which no teaching or administrative licenses are required.
3. Confidential employees are designated in accordance with Oregon law. Such employees will be excluded from any bargaining unit. Salaries and benefits for confidential employees will be established by the Board.
4. Supervisory employees are those individuals having authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other employees, or responsibly to direct them, or to adjust their grievances or effectively to recommend such action if the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature but requires the use of independent judgment.
5. Administrative employee means an employee of the district who possesses authority to formulate and carry out administrative and/or program decisions, or who represents administration’s interest by taking or effectively recommending discretionary actions that control or implement district policy, and who has discretion in the performance of these administrative and/or program responsibilities beyond the routine discharge of duties. An administrative employee need not act in a supervisory capacity in relation to other employees.

"Essential functions" as used in this policy means the fundamental job duties of the employment position. A job function may be considered essential for any of several reasons, including, but not limited to, the following:

1. The function may be essential because the reason the position exists is to perform the function;
2. The function may be essential because of the limited number of employees available among whom the performance of the job function can be distributed; and/or
3. The function may be highly specialized so that the individual is hired for his/her expertise or ability to perform the particular function.

"Attendance standards" as used in this policy means the regular work hours of the position, including leave and vacation provisions available through policy and/or collective bargaining agreements and any special attendance needs of the position as determined by the district.

Job descriptions will be developed under the supervision of the superintendent for each position in the district. Each job description shall be dated. As job descriptions are reviewed and/or revised new dates will be affixed.

Job descriptions will be coded and retained in a document titled Job Descriptions for the Jefferson County School District 509-J. The document will be available for inspection by any district employee or patron. Each employee shall receive a copy of his/her job description. Each employee shall affix his/her signature and date after having read the job description.

Job descriptions will be reviewed annually. Initial or revised job descriptions will be approved by the superintendent and will be presented to the Board as an informational item.

END OF POLICY

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213; 29 C.F.R. Part 1630 (2006); 28 C.F.R. Part 35 (2006).

The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. § 4212.

Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008.

Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

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