Common use of Building Leadership Team Clause in Contracts

Building Leadership Team. Effective with the 1991-1992 school year, a School Faculty Council may become a Building Leadership Team. The process for converting a School Faculty Council to a Building Leadership Team involves three steps: 1. The principal, the Faculty Council, or a majority of the certificated staff requests a presentation on the building leadership teams from the commission on site based management. 2. The certificated staff of the building shall have the opportunity to attend a commission presentation on building leadership teams. 3. The certificated staff votes by secret ballot and by a two-thirds margin of all certificated staff assigned to the building approves converting the School Faculty Council to a Building Leadership Team. A Building Leadership Team is characterized by the one-person-one-vote principle, with the building principal being a voting member of the Team with one vote. The Building Representative and the PTA President shall also be members of the Building Leadership Team. An additional parent representative may also be selected by the Building Leadership Team to serve as a team member. The Building Leadership Team is to participate in shared decision making, a concept in which teachers and the principal work together to make building level decisions. The partnership established by the Building Leadership Team must protect and guarantee the interests of the teachers and the administrator(s). The Building Leadership Team shall collectively assume responsibility for building level decisions within the limits of law, state minimum standards, board policy, budget, and professional ethics. The Building Leadership Team’s authority is limited to those decisions that would ordinarily be made at the building level. The Building Leadership Team may reserve to itself or designate to the principal specific types of decisions. Where a decision is not reserved or designated, the principal shall retain responsibility in that area. The building principal shall be able to appeal any Building Leadership Team decision that he/she believes is a violation of the limits of the law, state minimum standards, board policy, budget, or professional ethics to a committee composed of the Superintendent or his/her designee and the President or his/her designee. If a mutually acceptable decision cannot be reached within thirty (30) days of the date of the appeal, the principal’s appeal shall be forwarded to the Board for action within fifteen (15) work days or at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting, whichever is later. A record of such appeals and decisions shall be made and a copy of the record promptly provided to all parties. If a Building Leadership Team desires to take action for the 1992-1993 school year and/or subsequent school years which requires an exception to the Agreement, to the policies of the Board, or to the administrative regulations of the Board, it shall arrange for the entire staff of the building to have the opportunity to provide informed reaction to the anticipated request before the Building Leadership Team votes to request the exception. Exceptions to the Agreement shall be granted only by a majority vote of the full Joint Professional Problems Committee. The Joint Professional Problems Committee shall consider the request at the first regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of the request and must vote no later than the second regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of the request unless a delay in the vote is agreed to by the President and the Executive Director – Human Resources. The Superintendent and the President shall cooperate with the Building Leadership Team in implementing the exception. The Joint Professional Problems Committee shall consider requests for an exception to Board policy and shall make a recommendation to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall consult with the Board and respond to the requested exception within fifteen (15) work days or following the next regularly scheduled Board meeting, whichever is later. Immediately upon ratification of this agreement, the parties shall select members to serve on the site-based management commission as described in section 11.02 of this Agreement. This commission shall be available to advise Faculty Councils and the Joint Professional Problems Committee about the process of becoming and working as Building Leadership Teams. For the duration of this Agreement reaffirmation of the Building Leadership Team and its membership shall be required annually in September by a simple majority vote of all the certified staff assigned to the building. The President and the Superintendent shall cooperate in assisting Building Leadership Teams to fulfill the responsibilities involved in shared decision making. If, in the opinion of the Superintendent or the President, an intervention is warranted with respect to the operation of any Building Leadership Team, either may request that the Joint Professional Problems Committee conduct a review. Subsequent to the review, the Joint Professional Problems Committee shall submit recommendations to the President, the Superintendent and the Board which may include, but are not limited to, intervention by the Site-based Management Commission or a rearranging of the organizational structure of the building. If the Joint Professional Problems Committee cannot agree to a set of recommendations, the Board shall determine what, if any action is to be taken.

Building Leadership Team. Effective with the 1991-1992 school year, a School Faculty Council may become a Building Leadership Team. The process for converting a School Faculty Council to a Building Leadership Team involves three steps: 1. The principal, the Faculty Council, or a majority of the certificated staff requests a presentation on the building leadership teams from the commission on site based management. 2. The certificated staff of the building shall have the opportunity to attend a commission presentation on building leadership teams. 3. The certificated certified staff votes by secret ballot and by a two-thirds margin of all certificated staff assigned to the building approves converting the School Faculty Council to a Building Leadership Team. A Building Leadership Team is characterized by the one-person-one-vote principle, with the building principal being a voting member of the Team with one vote. The Building Representative and the PTA President shall also be members of the Building Leadership Team. An additional parent representative may also be selected by the Building Leadership Team to serve as a team member. The Building Leadership Team is to participate in shared decision making, a concept in which teachers and the principal work together to make building level decisions. The partnership established by the Building Leadership Team must protect and guarantee the interests of the teachers and the administrator(s). The Building Leadership Team shall collectively assume responsibility for building level decisions within the limits of law, state minimum standards, board policy, budget, and professional ethics. The Building Leadership Team’s authority is limited to those decisions that would ordinarily be made at the building level. The Building Leadership Team may reserve to itself or designate to the principal specific types of decisions. Where a decision is not reserved or designated, the principal shall retain responsibility in that area. The building principal shall be able to appeal any Building Leadership Team decision that he/she believes is a violation of the limits of the law, state minimum standards, board policy, budget, or professional ethics to a committee composed of the Superintendent or his/her designee and the President or his/her designee. If a mutually acceptable decision cannot be reached within thirty (30) days of the date of the appeal, the principal’s appeal shall be forwarded to the Board for action within fifteen (15) work days or at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting, whichever is later. A record of such appeals and decisions shall be made and a copy of the record promptly provided to all parties. If a Building Leadership Team desires to take action for the 1992-1993 school year and/or subsequent school years which requires an exception to the Agreement, to the policies of the Board, or to the administrative regulations of the Board, it shall arrange for the entire staff of the building to have the opportunity to provide informed reaction to the anticipated request before the Building Leadership Team votes to request the exception. Exceptions to the Agreement shall be granted only by a majority vote of the full Joint Professional Problems Committee. The Joint Professional Problems Committee shall consider the request at the first regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of the request and must vote no later than the second regularly scheduled meeting following receipt of the request unless a delay in the vote is agreed to by the President and the Executive Director – Human Resources. The Superintendent and the President shall cooperate with the Building Leadership Team in implementing the exception. The Joint Professional Problems Committee shall consider requests for an exception to Board policy and shall make a recommendation to the Superintendent. The Superintendent shall consult with the Board and respond to the requested exception within fifteen (15) work days or following the next regularly scheduled Board meeting, whichever is later. Immediately upon ratification of this agreement, the parties shall select members to serve on the site-based management commission as described in section 11.02 of this Agreement. This commission shall be available to advise Faculty Councils and the Joint Professional Problems Committee about the process of becoming and working as Building Leadership Teams. For the duration of this Agreement reaffirmation of the Building Leadership Team and its membership shall be required annually in September by a simple majority vote of all the certified staff assigned to the building. The President and the Superintendent shall cooperate in assisting Building Leadership Teams to fulfill the responsibilities involved in shared decision making. If, in the opinion of the Superintendent or the President, an intervention is warranted with respect to the operation of any Building Leadership Team, either may request that the Joint Professional Problems Committee conduct a review. Subsequent to the review, the Joint Professional Problems Committee shall submit recommendations to the President, the Superintendent and the Board which may include, but are not limited to, intervention by the Site-based Management Commission or a rearranging of the organizational structure of the building. If the Joint Professional Problems Committee cannot agree to a set of recommendations, the Board shall determine what, if any action is to be taken.