Pre-Approved Temporary Professional and Contractors

Pre-Approved Temporary Professional Employee (TPE) & Contractors – Clackamas Education Service District

Do NOT apply to this job s directed to do so by the Office of Human Resources. This is NOT an open vacancy, but a procedural step in the process for pre-arranged Temporary Professional Employees (and Contractors).

This procedure applies to hiring temporary professional employees whose work is based on a temporary professional employee contract and is not a collective bargaining unit member.

Human Resources

Assistant Superintendent or Superintendent

A temporary professional employee is hired to perform a specific set of services outlined in a mutually agreed upon contract. The District is not bound or obligated by this contract and no work shall commence until all district approvals have been secured. By definition, a temporary professional employee does not meet the required criteria of a personal service contractor or definition of district personnel as outlined in board policy.

Temporary professional employees are not considered bargaining members of an association and do not fall under the stipulations outlined in collective bargaining agreements. A temporary professional employee will not be used to replace a bargaining unit position unless prior conversations with the affected Association have occurred and been agreed upon.

A temporary professional employee will be directed by the supervising department and work within a specific pre-determined set of terms and conditions, including maximum number of hours to be worked and hourly rate of compensation or fee per unit.

It is the hiring department’s responsibility to draft the temporary professional contract as well as track and monitor all work performed to ensure compliance with any restrictions set forth by a department director, program budget, or grant. Wages to be paid to the temporary professional employee will be processed by the district payroll office based on time cards received that have been signed off on by the supervisor of the temporary professional.

Temporary professional will be required to complete minimum district required training classes. Classes completed outside of the district will be accepted if evidence of successful class completion can be obtained.

Temporary professional is required to have evidence on-file of successful completion of a fingerprint based criminal background check and comply with necessary board policies dictating background check requirements (see GCDA/GDDA-AR). An exception will be made to criminal records checks and fingerprinting if district has evidence on-file from a previous employer documenting a successfully completed Oregon and FBI criminal records check. Evidence will be either a copy of the records check, written statement of verification from a supervisor or officer of the previous employer, or copy of state issued license which would otherwise be unattainable by failure to pass a background check.