WELCOME
FROM THE MANAGING DIRECTORS

Welcome to Marin Day
Schools/Extended Day Services (MDS/EDS).
This handbook is intended to help you get acquainted with some of our
programs, philosophies and routine procedures.  It also explains our general guidelines
for employment.  We hope you will
use this as a reference throughout your employment at MDS/EDS even though it is
not intended to be a contract (expressed or implied), nor is it intended to
otherwise create any legally enforceable obligations on the part of the school
or its employees.  This handbook
replaces all previous employee handbooks and is intended to provide an overview
of the organization and how it works.

To obtain additional information
or to clarify material referenced in this handbook, please contact your site
director or the Director of Human Resources.  They are the people who can answer your
questions or will be able to refer you to the individual who can.  MDS/EDS reserves full
discretion to modify or delete provisions in this manual, (or the policies and
procedures on which they are based), at any time.  For this reason, you are expected to
attend all staff meetings, read materials issued from the business office and
check with the on-site directors for the current status of any particular
policy or practice.  No individual
has the authority to enter into any employment relationship agreement or agree
to anything that modifies MDS/EDS policy, without the consent of the
management.

Communication is critical to
MDS/EDS.  It is essential that an
open dialogue exist among and between the teachers, site directors, office
managers and the managing directors.
We encourage and openly solicit expressions of your viewpoints, ideas
and suggestions.  We urge you to ask
questions and get involved.  This is
the best way for both the school, and you, to develop and grow.  We seek to provide a mutually beneficial
relationship, which results in shared professional growth for all, and a better
school for the children.

We believe that you will find
your association with MDS/EDS comfortable, challenging and rewarding.  We expect our site directors and faculty
to be competent, fair, professional, knowledgeable, supportive and
helpful.  We expect and believe all
MDS/EDS employees to be capable of the highest professional standards.  As a new member of the faculty or as a
returning employee, there will no doubt be questions that will need
answers.  Since there are many ways
of doing things, we have provided this booklet to introduce some of the MDS/EDS
benefits, services, procedures, and expectations.

As an employee, you will have a
continuing need to understand the day-to-day practices and how they apply to
you.  You will also have a number of
decisions to make concerning personnel matters.  The site administrators are on hand to
assist whenever possible.  They are
the individuals who advise you concerning any employment-related
questions.  Any specific payroll or
benefit plan inquiries may be directed to our Director of Human Resources in
the business office.

It is a pleasure to have you
with us.  We extend our very best
wishes for your success and look forward to working together.

Lynn Kanter-Levy                 Pat
Burns                    Barbara
Levinson