ANTI-HARASSMENT - CONTINUED

The Board will vigorously enforce its prohibition against harassment based on sex, race, color, national origin, religion, disability, or any other unlawful basis, and encourages those with the Center community as well as third parties, who feel aggrieved to seek assistance to rectify the problems. The Board will investigate all allegations of harassment and in those cases where unlawful harassment is substantiated; the Board will take immediate steps to end the harassment.

All computers, telephone systems, electronic mail systems (e-mail) and voice mail systems are the property of the Lake County ESC and are to be used primarily for business purposes. Personal messages via ESC-owned technology should be limited. The ESC retains the right to access and review all electronic and voice mail, computer files, data bases, and any other electronic transmissions contained in or used in conjunction with the ESC’s technology. Staff members are prohibited from sending offensive, discriminatory, or harassing computer, electronic, or voice mail messages. (Governing Board Policy/Bylaws 7540.01)

ESC-owned cell phones are also governed by these stipulations. Use of ESC cell phones for personal calls is prohibited.

To ensure the proper, safe and secure transportation and handling of mobile devices (such as laptops, projection equipment, cameras, PDAs, etc.) all such devices are to be stored in a safe, secure, and out of sight location (trunk of car, covered in the backseat of a locked vehicle). Mobile devices used in the performance of daily duties should remain in the employee’s possession or locked in a secure location during the work day. The devices should be returned to the office or carried into the employee’s home at the end of the work day.


CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The maintenance of unusually high standards of honesty, integrity, impartiality, and professional conduct by ESC employees is essential. To that end, no employee shall engage in or have a financial interest, directly or indirectly, in any activity that conflicts or raises a reasonable question of conflict with his/her duties and responsibilities in the system. Employees shall not engage in business, private practice of their profession, the rendering of services, or the sale of goods of any type where advantage is taken of any professional relationship they may have with any student, client, or parents of such students or clients in the course of their employment with the Educational Service Center. (Governing Board Policy/Bylaws 1130 and 6460)


BUILDING PROCEDURES

The Lake County Educational Service Center, located at 30 South Park Place, Suite 320, Painesville, Ohio is open weekdays from 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM. The last person to leave the office is responsibility for making sure that the office is secure and all doors are locked. Employees are prohibited from giving office keys to individuals not employed by the ESC.


FORMS AVAILABLE AT
www.lcesc.k12.oh.us (under ESC Staff Resources - Employee Forms)

Individuals who are found to have engaged in unlawful harassment will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. All complaints should be made to the Assistant Superintendent. (Governing Board Policy 5517, 4362, 3362)


SMOKE FREE WORKPLACE

The use of tobacco, including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, snuff, or any other matter or substances that contain tobacco, is prohibited in the ESC and all surrounding grounds. School district policies shall prevail upon ESC employees regarding smoke free school district buildings and grounds when working in the district. (Governing Board Policy/Bylaws 3215/4215)


STAFF EVALUATION

Evaluation of staff is the responsibility of the Superintendent or designee and in accordance with the provisions of Ohio Revised Code. The program of personnel assessment is intended to be a process of continuous and systematic evaluation of professional staff to provide for the improvement of the overall ESC program of services and the continuous improvement and professional development of staff. (Governing Board Policy/Bylaws 3220/4220)

ACCEPTABLE USE OF TECHNOLOGY

• Purchase Requests - Calculating Purchase Request Form - Procedure
• Reimbursement Form - Procedure
• Request to Attend Workshops - Conventions, Or Meetings - Procedure
• Expense Sheet - Workshops, Conventions, Or Meetings - Procedure
• Absence Request Form
• Direct Deposit Agreement Form
• Mileage Reimbursement Form
• Employee Incident Report
• Employee Time Sheet - PDF Format, Word Format
• Shared Conference Information
• Annual Evaluation Report