NEGOTIATION TOPICS TO CONSIDER
- Employment term – three year maximum: rolling contract notification (must notify you by a certain date if it will not be extended or renewed)
- Duties – Executive Officer of the Board, in accordance with Iowa law, outlined in board policy (cite policy)
- Salary: Days of Service – get a fair salary to start – it will be hard to negotiate ‘up’ in the future; have an ‘always up’ annual salary renegotiation clause
- Insurance – full family, long-term disability, life, legal liability
- Holidays; Leaves – list these (usually 10 – 12), X# of personal days, X# of family leave, X# of sick leave (carry some in from previous job), clause that allows leave to accumulate
- Vacation – X# of days annually, allowance to accumulate, pay for unused vacation at end of contract
- Travel – district per mile reimbursement for use of personal vehicle
- Professional Expenses – usually for travel, in line with board policy
- Cell Phone – usually a stipend; $1000/year is not out of line
- Professional Dues – SAI and others
- License – You will keep your license current
- Evaluation – some kind of yearly evaluation (so you have ongoing feedback from the board)
- Indemnification – hold harmless for claims, suits, actions, legal proceedings, etc.
- Termination – Cite Chapter 279, Code of Iowa; “Board shall not arbitrarily and capriciously dismiss the superintendent.” Add clause on final settlement