Nevada School Law for Teachers Chapter 2

Teaching Licenses

teaching licenses

Due Process

probationary teachers. (Notify and give a hearing)

Teachers enjoy a minimally limited First Amendment right to express opinions.

Inability to maintain discipline, unprepared, improper teaching technique, refusal to accept advise, emotional instability or lack of self control, undesirable attitude combined with lack of student achievement, lack of knowledge, lack of ability to project knowledge to students

Persistent violation of school laws, rules, regulations or directives such as tardiness, failure to complete lesson plans and reports, failure to handle duties (yard duty)

Persistent violation of directives regarding student discipline, requiring problem students to be sent to the principal's office, use of library facilities while scheduled in class, cleanliness of classroom, failure to allow supervisor to observe in the classroom

Improper relationship with students, physically threatening attitude, language or behavior, slanderous or libelous statements by a teacher, verbal abuse of students, abusive absence from work, falsification of information

Sexual assault, statutory sexual seduction, battery with intent to commit a crime, abuse, neglect or endangerment of a child, incest, open and gross lewdness, annoyance and molestation of a minor, crimes against nature.

Refers to financial or enrollment shortfall that require reduction in the number of teachers or admin.

Reduction in Force

three times in the following year.

an outside evaluator.

Once a year.

Three times a year. (Dec, Feb, April)

one year periods and has no right to employment after.

a teacher's chances for reemployment are at risk.

probationary.

can be issued to post probationary teachers.

US Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of striking teachers in "right-to-work" states.

All strikes by teachers are unlawful.

assign or transfer teachers, determine work performance standards, determine content of the work day

something for something

actions or verbal messages creating a "hostile work environment".

Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature.

Sexual harrassment in the workplace.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

Sexual discrimination in educational institutions.

Departmetn of Ed. Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Supreme Court defines an abusive work environment as one that a reasonable person would find hostile or abusive.

Recovery of monetary damages available under Title IX for the sexual harassment of a student by a school teacher when school officials intentionally took no action to halt it.

Lago Vista had no knowledge of sexual harassment by a teacher to a student off school premises and was therefore not held accountable.

Monroe School Board did not have to award damages because the school was not found deliberately indifferent to the harassment. The school must be on notice, exercise substantial control over the harasser and respond in an unreasonable manner to be in the wrong.

teachers, school bus drivers, aides, and office managers if a student has, within the preceding 3 years, unlawfully attempted or caused serious bodily harm.

teacher has the right to remove violent student from their classroom for up to 3 days, a conference including student, teacher, principal and parent take place no later than 3 days following the removal.

Teachers who receive notification of violent students must keep the information confidential

Plan for Progressive Discipline

Acts of terroism on school campus dealt with by increasing penalties for felonies committed on school grounds, at school functions, or on school buses

be examined as a witness in court without the consent of the student.

be examined as a witness in court without the consent of the student.

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1. Physical or mental injury of a non-accidental nature. 2. Sexual abuse or exploitation. 3. Negligent treatment of a child allowed by a person responsible for the child's welfare.

The law extends immunity from civil or criminal liability to every person who "in good faith" makes a report on child abuse.

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Primary purpose to increase parental involvement within public schools.

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a 4 year academic plan for ninth grade pupils and requirements for graduation, for admission tot he Nevada System of Higher Education and for receipt of the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship

purpose, nature of the copyrighted work, amount and substantiality of the portion used, effect of use upon the potential market or value of the work

single copies of written material to be used for teaching or research by non profit org., when disseminating multiple copies of copyrighted material, 10% of the work is the max. Users must credit the the copyright holder and are encouraged to seek permission when future use is anticipated.

30 seconds of the work.

3 minutes, whichever is less.

15 images, whichever is less.

replay must occur within 10 days of airing, only once and then erased.

possible mixture of copyrighted and public domain works. Access on internet does not mean they can be used without permission.

Teachers may make one copy of a chapter, on article, a short story, or a short poem. They may make a copy for each student in the class as long as the copy contains copyright notice and meets the brevity test.

written copyright permission.

Short stories of 2500 words, poems of 250 words, longer works and picture books are restricted to 10%, Only 2 pages from a picture book

Decision to use such works must occur so soon before the class that it is not feasible to obtain permission from the copyright holder.

Income of the copyright holder is not effected. Copies may be made only one time and used in only one class; copying for use in more than one term is prohibited. No More than three selections can be taken from one work.

make copies to substitute for buying the book especially workbooks.