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ministratioIL The develo.pment o.f a policy manual was a major
utldertaking involving some nine co.mmittees working fo.r rn.any
months under the genera] directio.n o.f a central office administrator.
Prior to. this time,. of co.urse, policy statements existed
but these were scattered and fragmented. Existing policies
were collected into a coherent whole. Gaps were identified
which could be fIned only by the board developing new policy
statements. Administrative rules and regulatio.ns were similarly
collected and codified. About 1971, the schoo.l system published
its policies and regulations in two volumes.
Ho.wever, a school system's policy manual is, never completed.
PoHcy development is a co.ntinuous process which
should require a major portion of the board's time. While it is
appropriate for system administrators with full participation of
interested staff members to prepare drafts of proposed policies
for board approval, policy making is a function of the hoard.
Good practice suggests that provisions for a proposed new policy
or policy change should be presented at one board meeting
for information purposes, then resubmitted for action at a subsequent
meeting. Professional and citizens groups should be
encouraged to suggest any revisions they deem desirable. The
board should then adopt official policy after appropriate discussion
and debate. This procedure helps assure that board policies
once adopted are meaningful guides and reflect group judgment.
A policy is a guide for discretionary action. Policy statements
guide the board in nlaking decisions and indicate certain
practices the administration is to follo.w. Rules and regulations
are needed to implement,. interpret, and carry out the board~s
policies. Rules and regulations. are formulated by the superintendent
and his staff. As these are administrative responsibilities,
they do not require the approval of the board.
In recent years the trend has been toward including administrative
regulations in the policy manual. This is a desirable
practice inasmuch as the regulations are needed to provide .speci:
fic interpretations of general policies.. Inclusion of the two
kinds of statements in the same document may tend to blur the
distinction between the two. and create co.nfusion about whether
a particular statement is a policy or a regulation. This possible
weal{ness is. avoided in the Fort Wayne manual by the use of
color coding. Policies are printed on blue paper, rules and regulations
on yellow paper. Both policies and regulations are
classified according to. the Davies-Brickell system and completely
indexed.
6
Object Description
| Title | Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report |
| Creator | George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services |
| Topic | Education |
| Subject |
Schools--Indiana--Fort Wayne School integration--Indiana--Fort Wayne |
| Geographical Coverage | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Date of Original | 1975 |
| Time Period | 1900-1999 |
| Source | Print version: George Peabody College for Teachers. Office of Educational Services. Fort Wayne community schools: a survey report. (Nashville, Tenn.: Office of Educational Services, George Peabody College for Teachers, 1975), 338 p. |
| Additional Availability | Print version might be available at IPFW Helmke Library. See online catalog. |
| Rights | Copyright Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, 2006- . All rights reserved. May not be reproduced without permission. For information regarding reproduction and use see: http://cdm16776.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about/collection/p16776coll1/ |
| Date Digitally Created | April 17 2012 |
| Digital Publisher | Walter E. Helmke Library, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne |
| Digitization Specifications | This pdf file was derived from black and white 400 dpi, 1-bit and color 300 dpi, 24-bit uncompressed TIFF images that were scanned from the originals using a Konica Minolta PS5000C scanner with Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional scanning software. |
| Content Type | Text |
| Digital Format | text/pdf |
| Collection | Fort Wayne Area Government Information |
| Identifier | 30000101350159 |
| File Name | 30000101350159.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 23 |
| Transcript | ministratioIL The develo.pment o.f a policy manual was a major utldertaking involving some nine co.mmittees working fo.r rn.any months under the genera] directio.n o.f a central office administrator. Prior to. this time,. of co.urse, policy statements existed but these were scattered and fragmented. Existing policies were collected into a coherent whole. Gaps were identified which could be fIned only by the board developing new policy statements. Administrative rules and regulatio.ns were similarly collected and codified. About 1971, the schoo.l system published its policies and regulations in two volumes. Ho.wever, a school system's policy manual is, never completed. PoHcy development is a co.ntinuous process which should require a major portion of the board's time. While it is appropriate for system administrators with full participation of interested staff members to prepare drafts of proposed policies for board approval, policy making is a function of the hoard. Good practice suggests that provisions for a proposed new policy or policy change should be presented at one board meeting for information purposes, then resubmitted for action at a subsequent meeting. Professional and citizens groups should be encouraged to suggest any revisions they deem desirable. The board should then adopt official policy after appropriate discussion and debate. This procedure helps assure that board policies once adopted are meaningful guides and reflect group judgment. A policy is a guide for discretionary action. Policy statements guide the board in nlaking decisions and indicate certain practices the administration is to follo.w. Rules and regulations are needed to implement,. interpret, and carry out the board~s policies. Rules and regulations. are formulated by the superintendent and his staff. As these are administrative responsibilities, they do not require the approval of the board. In recent years the trend has been toward including administrative regulations in the policy manual. This is a desirable practice inasmuch as the regulations are needed to provide .speci: fic interpretations of general policies.. Inclusion of the two kinds of statements in the same document may tend to blur the distinction between the two. and create co.nfusion about whether a particular statement is a policy or a regulation. This possible weal{ness is. avoided in the Fort Wayne manual by the use of color coding. Policies are printed on blue paper, rules and regulations on yellow paper. Both policies and regulations are classified according to. the Davies-Brickell system and completely indexed. 6 |
