ARTICLE 22 PERSONNEL FILES

Barrington School District

A personnel file on each teacher shall be maintained in the School Administration Office.

It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to furnish information necessary to keep this file up to date.

Included in this file shall be evidence of each degree the teacher has been awarded, official transcripts of all college courses completed, evidence of teacher certification, copies of contracts, teaching assignments and of evaluation forms completed on non-tenure teachers. No material derogatory to a teacher's conduct, service, character or personality shall be placed in a teacher's file unless the teacher is notified that such material is being placed in their file. Upon request the teacher shall be given the opportunity to inspect such material and shall acknowledge that they have read such material by affixing their signature on the copy to be filed . Such signature merely indicates that they have read the material to be filed; it does not indicate agreement with its content.

A teacher may review their file at any time on reasonable notice and may submit additional letters or documents that they wish kept in their file. A teacher shall have the right to reproduce all material in their file.

The foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply to placement office papers or references obtained when processing a teacher's initial application or medical reports submitted in confidence and a teacher may not have access to such papers and documents.