Terms and Conditions of Employment and Dismissal  
The School Board delegates authority and responsibility to the Superintendent to manage the terms and conditions for the employment of professional personnel.  The Superintendent shall act reasonably and comply with State and federal law as well as any applicable individual employment contract or collective bargaining agreement in effect.  The Superintendent is responsible for making dismissal recommendations to the Board consistent with the Board’s goal of having a high qualified, high performing staff.
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Association of Plainfield Teachers.”

School Year
Teachers shall work according to the school calendar adopted by the Board, which shall have a minimum of 176 student attendance days and a minimum of 180 teacher work days, including teacher institute days. Teachers are not required to work on legal school holidays unless the District has followed applicable State law that allows it to hold school or schedule teachers’ institutes, parent-teacher conferences, or staff development on the third Monday in January (the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,); February 12 (the Birthday of the President Abraham Lincoln); the first Monday in March (known as Casmir Pulaski’s birthday); the second Monday in October (Columbus Day); and November 11 (Veteran’s’ Day). 

School Day
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Association of Plainfield Teachers.”

The District accommodates employees who are nursing mothers according to provisions in State and federal law. 

Salary
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Association of Plainfield Teachers.”

Assignments and Transfers
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Association of Plainfield Teachers.”

School Social Worker Services Outside of District Employment
School social workers may not provide services outside of their District employment to any student(s) attending school in the District.  School social worker has the meaning stated in 105 ILCS 5/14-109a.

Dismissal
The District will follow State law when dismissing a teacher. 

Evaluation 
The District’s teacher evaluation system will be conducted under the plan developed pursuant to State law. 
Please refer to the current “Agreement for Negotiations between the Board of Education, Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202, Will and Kendall Counties, and the Association of Plainfield Teachers.”

LEGAL REF.: 105 ILCS 5/10-19, 5/10-19.05, 5/10-20.6, 5/14-1.09a, 5/22.4, 5/24-16.5, 5/24-2, 5/24-8, 5/24-9, 5/24-11, 5/24-12, 5/24-21, 5/24A-1 through 24A-20. 
820 ILCS 260, Nursing Mothers in the Workplace Act
23 Ill.Admin.Code Parts 50 (Evaluation of Educator Licensed Employees) and 51 (Dismissal of Tenured Teachers). 
Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 407 U.S. 532. (1985)

CROSS REF.: 5:290 (Employment Termination and Suspensions), 6:20 (School Year Calendar and Day)

ADOPTED: November 22, 2004

REVISED: September 26, 2011
December 19, 2011
May 26, 2015
January 22, 2018
January 27, 2020
May 9, 2022