Model public charter school staff handbook

Complete, up-to-date sample staff notification language.

Designed for school building use, our staff handbook model provides the basis for your school’s handbook. Our model includes both sample language and information regarding legal notices and local public charter school requirements.

The fully annotated Model Public Charter School Staff Handbook gives you:

• Statements and notices required by law
• Editorial notes on how to use this information
• Suggestions on how to correlate items with Board policy

Public charter schools may purchase this publication with a Memorandum of Understanding from their sponsor for $125. Contact OSBA to help access this publication today. After purchase, this material is available online through the portal. An annual revision (reflects only revisions from the previous year) can be purchased for $50.

Model Public Charter School Staff Handbook sample pages (15k ) - Preview a small sample of pages from OSBA's Model Staff Handbook.

Contents of the Model Public Charter School Staff Handbook

Staff Organization

General Information

• Board Members
• Board Meetings/Communications
• Building Hours
• Community Use of Building
• Public Charter School Office Hours

Staff Operations

• Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)/Oregon Family Leave Act (OFLA)/Military Family Leave Act (MFLA)/Oregon Military Family Leave Act (OMFLA) 
• Abuse of a Child Reporting
• Animals in Public charter School Facilities
• Breaks
• Care/Use of Public Charter School Property
• Cash in Public Charter School Buildings
• Checkout Child
• Classroom Security
• Communicable Disease/Bloodborne Pathogens/Infection Control Procedures
• Complaints
• Computer Use
• Conferences 
• Contracts and Compensation
• Copyright
• Criminal Records Checks/Fingerprinting
• Bulletin/Announcements/Email
• Discipline and Discharge
• Drug-free Workplace
• Emergency Closures
• Emergency Procedures and Disaster Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Evaluation of Staff
• Fair Labor Standards Act
• Fund Raising
• Gifts and Solicitations
• Grievances Guest Speakers/Controversial Speakers
• Hazing/Harassment/Intimidation/Bullying/menacing
• Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPPA)
• Identification Badges
• Injury/Illness Reports
• Inventory
• Job Sharing
• Keys
• Lesson Plans
• License Requirements
• Mail and Delivery Services
• Materials Distribution
• Meetings
• Mother Friendly Workplace
• Parental Rights/Surveys
• Participation in Political Activities
• Personal Communication Devices and Social Media
• Personal Property
• Personnel Records
• Petty Cash
• Prep Periods/Instructional Staff Planning Time
• Progress Reports
• Purchase Orders
• Release of General Staff Information
• Research/Copyrights and Patents
• Resignation of Staff
• Retirement
• Safety Committee
• Security System
• Sexual Conduct (Reporting Requirements)
• Sexual Harassment
• Site Council Materials
• Staff Conduct
• Staff Development
• Staff Dress and Grooming
• Staff Ethics
• Staff Health and Safety
• Staff Involvement in Community Activities
• Staff Involvement in Decision Making
• Staff/Parent Relations
• Staff Room
• Sunshine/Hospitality Committee
• Supervision of Students
• Teaching about Religion
• Telephones
• Tobacco-Free Environment
• Tutoring
• Use of Private Vehicles for District Business
• Volunteers
• Weapons
• Workplace Harassment

Student Operational Procedures

• Assemblies Assignment of Students to Classes
• Chaperones
• Class Interruptions
• Communicable Diseases/Students with HIV, HBV, AIDs
• Corporal Punishment
• Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention, Health Education
• Emergency Drills
• Feature Films/Videos
• Field Trips and Special Events
• Flag Salute
• Grading
• Human Sexuality, HIV, AIDs, HBV & HCV, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Education
• Homework
• Make-up Work
• Media Access to Students
• Medications - Nonprescription and Prescription
• Nonschool-Sponsored Study and Athletic Tours/Trips/Competitions
• Program Exemptions
• Release Time for Religious Instruction
• Restrain and Seclusion
• Resuscitation
• Retention of Students
• Senior Trips
• Student Activity Funds
• Student Conduct
• Student Detention
• Student Discipline
• Student Dismissal Precautions
• Student/Parent Handbook
• Student Performances
• Student Transportation in Private Vehicles
• Student Withdrawal from School
• Visitors

Special Programs

• Assessment Programs
• Bilingual Education (English Language Learners)
• Breakfast/Lunch Programs
• Crisis Prevention/Response Program
• Health Services Programs
• Homebound Instruction
• Home Tutoring Services
• Library/Media Support Services
• Migrant Education
• Pregnant/Parenting Student Programs
• Special Education Services
• Talented and Gifted Programs
• Title I Programs

Bell Schedules

Building Maps