Glenbard Township High School District 87
Policy 5:280
Educational Support Personnel
Duties and Qualifications
All support staff: (1) must meet qualifications specified in job description, (2) must be able to perform the essential tasks listed and/or assigned, and (3) are subject to School Board policies as they may be changed from time to time at the Board's sole discretion.
Paraprofessionals and Teacher Aides
"Paraprofessionals" and "teacher aides" are non-certificated personnel with instructional duties; the terms are synonymous. Service as a paraprofessional or teacher aide requires a "statement of approval" issued by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
A paraprofessional or teacher aide in a targeted assistance program that is paid with federal funds under Title I, Part A, or in a school-wide program that is supported with such funds, shall hold a "statement of approval", issued by the ISBE, for this purpose.
Individuals with only non-instructional duties (e.g. providing technical support for computers, providing personal care services, or performing clerical duties) are not paraprofessionals or teacher aides and the requirements in this section do not apply. In addition, individuals who are completing their clinical experiences and/or student teaching do not need to comply with this section, provided they otherwise qualify for instructional duties under ISBE rules.
Non-Certified Personnel Working with Students Performing Non-Instructional Duties
Non-certified personnel may be used as supervisors, chaperones or sponsors, either on a voluntary or on a compensated basis, for non-academic school activities.
Non-certified personnel are non-teaching or voluntary personnel who may be used:
1. For non-teaching duties not requiring instructional judgment or evaluation of students;
2. For supervising study halls, long distance teaching reception areas used incident to instructional programs transmitted by
electronic media (such as computers, video, and audio), detention and discipline areas, and school-sponsored extracurricular
activities;
3. To assist with academic programs under a certificated teacher’s immediate supervision;
4. As a guest lecturer or resource person under a certificated teacher’s direction and with the administration’s approval; or
5. For providing specialized instruction in fields in which they are particularly qualified, due to their knowledge or skills, under a
certificated teacher’s direction and with the regional superintendent’s approval.
Coaches and Athletic Trainers
Athletic coaches shall have the qualifications required by any association in which the School District maintains a membership. The coach for an extracurricular athletic activity sponsored or sanctioned by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) must have completed the IHSA's educational program and competency testing on preventing abuse of performance-enhancing substances. Regardless of whether the athletic activity is governed by an association, the Superintendent or designee shall ensure that each athletic coach; (1) is knowledgeable regarding coaching principals, (2) has first aid training, and (3) is a trained Automatic External Defibrillator user according to rules adopted by the Illinois Department of Public Health. Anyone performing athletic training services shall be licensed under the Illinois Athletic Trainers Practice
Act.
LEGAL REF.: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, 20 U.S.C. §6319(c).
34 C.F.R. §§200.58 and 200.59.
105 ILCS 5/10-22.34, 5/10-22.34a, 5/10-22.34b, and 25/1.5.
625 ILCS 5/6-104 and 5/6-106.1.
23 Ill.Admin.Code §§25.510, 25.520.
CROSS REF.: 4:110 (Transportation), 4:170 (Safety), 5:30 (Hiring Process and Criteria), 5:35
(Compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act), 5:285 (Drug and Alcohol Testing
for School Bus and Commercial Vehicle Drivers), 6:250 (Community Resource
Persons and Volunteers)
ADOPTED: June 10, 2002
REVIEWED: April 17, 2006
REVISED: June 12, 2006
REVIEWED: January 11, 2010
REVISED: February 22, 2010
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