Common use of Department Chairs/Curriculum & Instructional Leaders Clause in Contracts

Department Chairs/Curriculum & Instructional Leaders. 1. The high school will have a department chair for each of the following departments: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, Special Education, World Languages, and other electives. Special Education Department Chair includes transition from eighth grade into high school only. 2. The middle school will have a department chair for each of the following departments: Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Math. 3. The teachers in each department shall, six weeks prior to the end of the school year, recommend 2-3 persons to the building principals as potential department chairs or declare the department without a chair for the year. Those teachers nominated for department chair shall be teaching a majority of their assignment in the department. The building principal shall select from among the recommendations prior to the beginning of the next school year. 4. The department chair shall provide leadership and coordinate departmental activities including curricular review and instructional improvement. The department chair shall serve as an instructional liaison between the teachers of the department and the school administration. The position of department chair will not be considered a supervisory position. 5. If administration finds it necessary to establish department chairs/curriculum & instructional leaders at the middle school or elementary level, the Association will be consulted to determine protocol. Until that determination curricular or procedural decisions will be made with input from the entire department/grade level.