Common use of Committee Operation Clause in Contracts

Committee Operation. a. The Building committees shall be chaired jointly by a committee member from the Association and a committee member from Administration. b. Members of the Building committees will receive training on the writing of student learning objectives (SLOs), value-added (including, but not limited to, ODE SGM trainings, teacher of record, shared attribution and teacher-student data linkage) prior to beginning their work, and any other training that may become necessary for the committee. (For example: when the District approves a new vendor assessment, all committee members and the bargaining unit will be trained on the new system and SGM application). c. The Building committees shall establish by mutual agreement a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. i. One task of the committees shall be to determine those conditions that likely would impact SGMs, other than those attributed to teacher performance responsibility, such as a threshold number of authorized teacher absences, the acceptance and mentoring of student teachers, changes in teacher assignments, implementation of the new standards and/or curriculum, etc. ii. The committees shall perform its responsibilities over the term of this Agreement and shall make recommendations to inform future contract negotiations. d. Committees agendas will be developed jointly by the co-chairs of the committee. e. At the initial meeting, the committees shall develop the ground rules by which the committee shall operate, review them at each meeting, and update them thereafter as needed. f. All decisions of the committees shall be evidence-based and achieved by consensus. g. Members of the committees shall receive release time or compensation for work outside the contractual work day for committee work and training. h. The committees shall be authorized to utilize consultant(s) (examples are, but not limited to, educational consultants, software consultants, SGM trainers, etc.) as deemed appropriate. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Board.

Committee Operation. a. The Building committees shall be chaired jointly by a A committee member from the Association association and a committee member from Administrationappointed by the board shall chair the committee jointly. b. Members of the Building committees will committee shall receive training in all aspects of OTES, the state adopted evaluation framework, the standards for the teaching profession, teacher of record, shared attribution, and teacher-student data linkage prior to service on the committee. Additionally, members of the committee shall receive training on the writing of student learning objectives (SLOs), value-added (including, but not limited to, ODE SGM trainings, teacher of record, shared attribution and teacher-student data linkage) prior to beginning their work, and any other training that may become necessary for the committee. (For example: when the District district approves a new vendor assessment, all committee members and the bargaining unit will shall be trained on the new system and SGM application). The cost, if any, shall be borne by the board. c. The Building committees committee shall establish by mutual agreement a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. Each year, the committee will set meeting dates by the first of September. i. d. One task of the committees committee shall be to determine those conditions that would likely would have an adverse impact SGMs, other than those attributed to teacher performance responsibilityon student growth measures (SGM), such as a threshold number of authorized teacher absences, the acceptance and mentoring of student teachers, changes in teacher assignments/transfers, implementation of the new standards and/or curriculumCommon Core State Standards, student attendance, job sharing, co-teaching, etc. ii. The committees shall perform its responsibilities over the term of this Agreement and shall committee will make recommendations as to inform future contract negotiations. d. Committees agendas will how these conditions could be developed jointly by the co-chairs of the committeeaddressed. e. At the initial meeting, the committees shall develop the ground rules by which The co-chairpersons of the committee shall operate, review them at each meeting, and update them thereafter as neededdevelop committee agendas jointly. f. All decisions of the committees committee shall be evidence-based and achieved by consensus. g. Members of the committees committee shall receive release time or compensation for work outside the contractual work day for committee work and training. h. The committees Minutes of meetings shall be authorized distributed to utilize consultant(s) (examples arecommittee members, but not limited toassociation President, educational consultants, software consultants, SGM trainers, etcand district Superintendent within 5 days following meetings of the committee.) as deemed appropriate. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Board.

Committee Operation. a. 1. The Building committees committee shall be chaired jointly by a committee member from the Association association and a committee member from Administrationappointed by the board. b. 2. Members of the Building committees committee shall receive training in all aspects of OTES, the state adopted evaluation framework, the standards for the teaching profession, teacher of record, shared attribution, and teacher-student data linkage prior to service on the committee. 3. Also, members of the committee will receive training on the writing of student learning objectives (SLOs), value-added (including, but not limited to, ODE SGM trainings, teacher of record, shared attribution and teacher-student data linkage) prior to beginning their work, and any other training that may become necessary for the committee. (For example: when the District district approves a new vendor assessment, all committee members and the bargaining unit will be trained on the new system and SGM application). Since training is not mandated by state law, training will be provided as authorized by the Superintendent. c. 4. The Building committees committee shall establish by mutual agreement a meeting calendar, tasks for the committee to complete, and timelines for the completion of specific tasks. i. One task of the committees shall be to determine those conditions that likely would impact SGMs, other than those attributed to teacher performance responsibility, such as a threshold number of authorized teacher absences, the acceptance and mentoring of student teachers, changes in teacher assignments, implementation of the new standards and/or curriculum, etc. ii. The committees committee shall perform its responsibilities over the term of this Agreement agreement and shall make recommendations to inform future contract negotiationsthe Board. d. Committees 5. Committee agendas will shall be developed jointly by the co-chairs chairpersons of the committee. e. 6. At the initial committee meeting, the committees shall committee will develop the ground rules by which the committee will operate. These ground rules will be reviewed at the commencement of every meeting and will be reviewed annually. 7. Minutes of meetings shall operatebe distributed to committee members, review them at each meetingassociation President, and update them thereafter as neededdistrict Superintendent in a timely manner. f. 8. The committee shall meet once monthly and at other times as it may determine, but shall adopt such policies as are required by law for providing notice of meetings of committees of public bodies. All decisions meetings of the committees committee shall be evidencepublic. Minutes of meetings and records of the committee shall be prepared and maintained in compliance with the laws governing the operation of committees of public bodies. A quorum consists of no fewer than two TLTA appointed members and two Board-based and achieved appointed members. Additional meetings may be convened by consensusa quorum. g. Members of 9. Sub-committees to assist with the committees work may be established and if so, shall receive release time or compensation for work outside be jointly appointed by the contractual work day for committee work Superintendent/designee and trainingthe association President/designee. h. 10. The committees committee shall be authorized able with authorization from the Superintendent to utilize a consultant(s) (examples areinclude, but are not limited to, educational consultants, software consultants, SGM credentialing trainers, etc.) as deemed it deems appropriate. The cost, if any, shall be borne by the Boardboard.