District Positive School Climate Director. Subject to OCR’s review and approval, the District will identify a District Positive School Climate Director (Director). The Director may be an employee of the District, a County Office of Education employee, or may be a part-time consultant and may also fulfill the role of an expert as described above. If the Director is a consultant, the District and OCR will determine an appropriate amount of time for the consultant to be present at the District, but not less than four days a month for at least a period of two years. During the course of the minimum two year term, the consultant will work with the District to identify and help train staff who will have responsibility for the consultant’s duties after the term ends. The Director will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of this Agreement, and ensuring that the District’s policies and practices are fair and equitable and do not discriminate against students on the basis of race, color, national origin, or disability. The Director will have experience regarding creating and sustaining a positive school climate and educational achievement for all students, and particularly for Native American students. The Director will also be responsible for addressing complaints regarding the implementation of the District’s policies, including complaints of discrimination. The District will publish the Director’s name and/or title, office address, email address and telephone number on its website, in all school publications, and in all relevant the notices to parents, including an annual notice.
District Positive School Climate Director a. By December 15, 2016 the District will designate the Director of Student Support Services as a Positive School Climate Director (Director) who will have day-to-day oversight responsibility for implementation of this Agreement and serve as a liaison with OCR during OCR’s monitoring of this Agreement. The Director will be supported by the recently created Assistant Superintendent of Educational Support Services and be assisted by the Student Assistant Plan (SAP) Department Chairpersons, of which two new Chairs have been newly added for a total of four administrators.
b. The Director will be tasked with ensuring that the District’s policies and practices are fair and equitable and do not discriminate against students on the basis of disability. The Director will have experience regarding creating and sustaining a positive school climate and educational achievement for all students, and particularly for students with disabilities. The Director will also be responsible for addressing complaints regarding implementation of the District’s policies concerning the discipline of students with disabilities.
c. The District will publish the Director’s name and/or title, office address, email address and telephone number on its website, in all school publications, and in all relevant the notices to parents, including an annual notice.
