Cobb County School District Administrative Rules

The Cobb County Board of Education (Board) recognizes that it requires each employee and the job he/she performs each day for the Cobb County School District (District) to operate effectively, safely and efficiently. Specifically, the Board acknowledges the following:

• The professional certificated staff of the Cobb County School District (District) is the essential
   link between curriculum and student achievement;
• A positive relationship between teacher and student is key to the student’s success in school,
   including academic achievement, and his/her pursuit of future learning;
• The support of non-teacher certificated professional, paraprofessional, and classified staff
   members is essential for the smooth operation of individual schools and the District and is
   likewise important to students’ academic, intellectual, social, psychological and ethical
   development.

Therefore, the Board expects the Superintendent to develop personnel rules and guidelines which provide for the non-discriminatory fair, dignified, consistent, clear, professional treatment of all employees (Board Policy SD-4 [Treatment of Staff]) and which create a work environment that enables the District to recruit, employ and retain a qualified staff committed to:

• Providing excellence in education, defined as:
    • Meeting the needs of individual students;
    • Ensuring that every child is encouraged to reach his/her potential; and
    • Providing continuing improvement in curriculum and instructional methods.
• Efficiently and promptly providing and maintaining the operational support necessary for the everyday operation of individual schools and the District.

Finally, the Board recognizes the impact its decisions regarding Policy, Rules, District planning, budget, goals and objectives have on the delivery of instruction by teachers and the level of support other employees are able to contribute to the delivery of instruction.

Adopted: 10/18/07