Our agency has up-to-date contracts with:

• Staff
• Volunteers (including tutors and board members)
• Learners.

We need to:

An employment contract should contain the following essentials:

• position title
• start date
• hours of work
• salary
• vacation
• probation period
• statement of confidentiality
• benefits (if applicable)
• working conditions
• position description (to be attached)
• a copy of the Personnel Policy Manual or applicable subsection of the personnel policies (to be attached)
• appropriate signatures with dates.

Set out the commitment between the agency and learners in a contract, remembering Core Quality Standard #4 which states:

A quality literacy program asks for a realistic commitment of time and effort from learners to meet their identified goals. (See Appendix #5 in Literacy and Basic Skills Program Guidelines.)

Samples of contracts and agreements are provided in the Appendices of this section.