Administrators’ Guide to Employment Law and Personnel Management in Schools (2018)

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Mark A. Paige, J.D., Ph.D. and Adam Ross Nelson, J.D., Ph.D. Editors

Administrators’ Guide to Employment Law and Personnel Management in Schools (2018) contains material that is significant for multiple constituencies, including current and aspiring school administrators, school law attorneys, and professors of education law. To help ensure this book speaks to these audiences, the authors of these chapters are some of the best school law professors, attorneys, and school administrators from across the country. some authors have served in multiple roles throughout the course of their careers. in sum, these pages represent a wealth of knowledge. the book draws heavily from prior chapters in the Education Law Association’s popular The Principal’s Legal Handbook but goes several steps further. indeed, this text includes a comprehensive review of federal anti-discrimination laws and several teaching hypotheticals intended to serve as learning platforms to apply legal concepts.

No. 99 in the Education Law Association’s K-12 Series.

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CONTENTS

Section I – Introduction and the U.S. Legal System

  • Chapter 1 – Introduction
  • Chapter 2 – The U.S. Legal System

Section II – Federal Law

  • Chapter 3 – Academic Freedom
  • Chapter 4 – Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
  • Chapter 5 – Federal Antidiscrimination Law

Section III – State and Local Laws

  • Chapter 6 – Evaluations
  • Chapter 7 – Documentation
  • Chapter 8 – Teacher Dismissal
  • Chapter 9 – Collective Bargaining in Public Schools
  • Chapter 10 – Teacher Certification
  • Chapter 11 – Student Injury

Section IV – Applying the Law to Practice

  • Sample Cases for Class Exercises

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Index

EDITORS

Mark A. Paige (Coeditor) is currently an associate professor in public policy. His research focuses on education law matters, including teacher evaluation, and special education. As a former school law attorney, he represented school districts in special education and employment matters before state and federal agencies and courts, including the New Hampshire Supreme Court. He started his career in education as a fifth-grade teacher in Austin, Texas.

Adam Ross Nelson (Coeditor) is currently a policy advisor. His research focuses on student behavior, campus crime, and the transition(s) students experience after secondary education. Nelson teaches courses on the legal aspects of education. He also consults for students who are facing school disciplinary proceedings in all grades and at college. His career in education began as a teacher of English in Budapest, Hungary.

CONTRIBUTORS

M. David Alexander, Ed.D.: Professor, Leadership, Counseling & Research, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

Justin M. Bathon, J.D., Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Educational Leadership Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Tina Chang, J.D., Ph.D.: Executive Director, PNW Institute Special Education and Law, Los Angeles, CA

Suzanne E. Eckes, J.D., Ph.D.: Professor, Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Dept., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Kelly Frels, J.D.: Of Counsel, Bracewell LLP, Houston, TX

Jesulon Gibbs-Brown, J.D., Ph.D.: Superintendent, Orangeburg Consolidated School District 3, Holly Hill, SC

Janet Horton, J.D.: Partner, Thompson & Horton LLP, Houston, TX

Richard E. LaFosse, J.D., M.Ed.: Doctoral Student, Education Policy, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Kenneth E. Lane, Ed.D.: Professor Emeritus, Educational Leadership & Technology, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

Sean E. Maguire, M.A.: Graduate Student, Educational Leadership Department, University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV

Lisa R. McBride, J.D.: Partner, Thompson & Horton LLP, Houston, TX

Evan G. Mense, E.M., EdD.: Associate Professor, Educational Leadership & Technology Dept., Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA

Adam Ross Nelson, J.D, Ph.D.: Senior Divisional Policy Advisor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Gretchen Oltman, J.D., Ph.D.: Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Creighton University, Omaha, NE

Allan G. Osborne, Jr., Ed.D.: Principal (Retired), Snug Harbor Community School, Quincy, MA

Mark A. Paige, J.D., Ph.D.: Associate Professor, Department of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, N. Dartmouth, MA

Nathan M. Roberts, J.D., Ph.D.: Dean, College of Education, Mr. & Mrs. E.P. “Pat” Nalley/BORSF Professor in Education, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

John E. Rumel, J.D.: Associate Professor, University of Idaho College of Law, Boise, ID

Charles J. Russo, J.D., Ed.D.: Joseph Panzer Chair of Education and Director of Ph.D. Program in Educational Leadership in School of Education & Health Sciences; Research Professor of Law, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH

Lynn Rossi Scott, J.D., Attorney/Shareholder, Brackett & Ellis P.C., Fort Worth, TX

Ralph Sharp, Ed.D.: Professor Emeritus, Education Department, East Central University, Ada, OK

William E. Sparkman, Ph.D.: Professor, Educational Leadership, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Jennifer A. Sughrue, Ph.D.: Professor, Dept. of Educational Leadership, Technology, and Research, Florida Gulf Coast University, Ft. Myers, FL

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