August 31, 2010, for EDEV Module #1: Types of Employee Discipline

During this session, participants will consider the ways in which the five most common disciplinary measures used by schools and districts often create legal risk when executed in either an unreasonable or an inappropriate manner. As an important part of this leadership staff development opportunity, participants will also analyze video-based re-enactments of actual disciplinary cases to apply practical, research-supported strategies for minimizing exposure to liability in an "offline" environment. Note: Module 1 was offered in November 2009. This is a repeat of that session. Module 2 and 3 will be new.

Module 2 Description

Module 3 Description

Tentative Agenda

9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

• Introduction to Seminar and Types of Employee Discipline
• Sources of Legal Risk During the Employee Disciplinary Process
• Considerations for Selecting or Recommending Employee Discipline in Specific Cases
• Oral Warnings and When to Use Them
• Written Warnings and When to Use Them

12 to 1 p.m. - Lunch

1 to 4 p.m.

• Considerations for the Formal Types of Employee Discipline
• Official Reprimands and When to Use Them
• Suspensions and When to Use Them
• Terminations and When to Use Them
• Culminating Task: Using Reasonable and Appropriate Employee Discipline
• Session Experience Survey

Wayne Young, Executive Director, General Counsel
Rhonda Caldwell, Deputy Director
Clyde Caudill, Legislative Liaison
Wanda Darland, Web, Publications, & Affiliate Services Coordinator
Shirley LaFavers, Director of Professional Development

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