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    SUNDAY SCHOOL

    OPERATIONAL GUIDELINES

    OBJECTIVE: It is the objective of the Islamic Center of Washington, hereafter referred to as the ICW, to establish a set of Operational Guidelines for Sunday school operations. The intent of the Operational Guidelines is to serve as the ICW authorized processes for school administrative and business procedures. The Guidelines are designed to protect and ensure the integrity and reliability of the ICW, its business operations, Sunday school staffs and volunteers. The Guidelines are also established to ensure the amana of dawah for Islamic education is correctly implemented as mandated by Allah.

    DELEGATED AUTHORITY: ICW Officers shall have full authority for reviewing, monitoring, modifying, and editing of the Operational Guidelines as needed. The ICW Educational Director shall have responsibility of ensuring the design, training of staffs and implementation of the Sunday school program. The School Administrator shall have responsibility to supervise school staffs and volunteers along with maintenance of accurate school records. The School Administrator shall also present written quarterly reports, or interim reports to ICW Officers, pursuant to request ICW staffs and volunteers are responsible for understanding the Internal Control systems and ensuring the effectiveness of business operations through correct usage of the system.

    POLICIES: It is the policy of the ICW that all employees shall deal with all persons in ways that convey respect and consideration for the individual. All Sunday school staffs and volunteers shall eliminate practices that foster attitudes and or actions leading to miscommunication, discrimination, acts of hostility, and defamation, whether verbal or physical. It is the Policy of the ICW to provide Islamic educational opportunities for all students without discrimination and that no staff or volunteer shall be discriminated against based on or because of the following real or perceived characteristics: race, creed, color, previous arrest, incarceration, religion, ancestry, national origin, economic status, gender, marital status, physical appearance, mental, physical, or sensory disability.

    GRIEVANCES: It is the policy of the ICW to investigate and attempt to resolve any written grievance filed within 30 days after an alleged event or incident. Any individual believing they have not received appropriate services for payment, been wronged, harassed, threatened, or discriminated against by any Sunday school staff, volunteer, or by ICW Officer may file a written complaint and submit it to the ICW, 1420 NE Northgate Way, Seattle, WA 98125. Grievances may also be written, directed to the ICW and submitted via email at www.idrismosque.com. All information submitted shall be considered confidential and shared only with individuals essential to the investigation and disposition of the grievance. Grievances should be specific and include the date, incident, the occurrence, name of person (s) involved and names of person (s) witnessing the incident.

    ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES: The Administrative procedural intent recognizes the need of the ICW to be more prescriptive in Sunday school operations and to increase and maintain competent, relevant, high quality Islamic educational programs. The ICW recognizes a necessity for the Sunday school to become self sustaining, thus a need to implement occasional administrative fee increases for services provided the Muslim community in order to maintain effectiveness within the program. This means the ICW shall be more cognizant of school enrollment, and student to teacher ratios, in addition to school administration budgeting, revenues and expense procedures.

    The Sunday school shall develop and provide the ICW a budget for operations adhering to the following administrative procedures: