The specific goals that will guide the Board as it develops personnel policies are:
1. To hire and retain the best and most qualified staff available;
2. To assign personnel so as to ensure they are utilized as effectively and efficiently as possible;
3. To provide support through professional development and training to staff to improve their skills; and
4. To ensure staff are evaluated in a rigorous and meaningful manner in accordance with law.
The Board expects employees to render the quality of service that enables children to learn at the highest level possible and to seek continuous improvement.
Cross-ref: 0100, Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity
Ref: Education Law §§1604(8); 1709(16); 2503(3); 2554(2); 3012(1)(a), (2)
Civil Service Law §204
8 NYCRR §§100.2(o)(2); 100.2(dd)(2)(ii)(a)
Adoption date: December 1, 1995
Amended date: September 22, 2008
Amended date: January 8, 2018
Amended date: January 12, 2026
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