Educational Development Committee Sample Clauses

Educational Development Committee. (1) The Committee shall be comprised of a minimum of three (3) members elected from the membership of Local 000 - Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xx. 00. A normal term of office is two (2) years. Initially, however, the member receiving the most votes will hold office for two (2) years, the second and third members, one (1) year only, to ensure continuity in the future. The School District is invited to appoint a liaison person to the Committee who will be a non-voting member. (2) The Committee shall elect a Chairperson from its members. (3) The Chairperson shall not vote at Committee meetings unless it is to cast the deciding vote.
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Educational Development Committee. The Board and the Association agree that bargaining unit members should participate in reviewing, revising, updating, and amending current curriculum and to make recommendations to the Board of Education through the superintendent. For this purpose, the Board of Education shall create an Educational Development Committee which shall be appointed by the superintendent. The Association shall have the right to recommend one-half (1/2) of the membership of the committee.
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Educational Development Committee. 1. Committee Organizations, Operation and Role A. The Union and the Board agree that an Educational Development Committee shall be established. B. The Committee shall consist of eight (8) members four (4) appointed by the Union and four (4) appointed by the Board. Both parties may utilize additional resource personnel and alternates as appropriate. C. The Committee shall establish its own time of meetings and rules of procedures, provided, however, that meetings of the Committee shall be held so as not to interfere in any way with any teachers regularly scheduled school day. D. The Educational Development Committee shall discuss and consider professional matters relating to improvements of the educational program. E. The Board shall seek, whenever practical, EDC judgment on Board plans or proposals relating to the improvement of the education programs in Oak Lawn Community High School. The Board shall also receive and act on plans and proposals originated by the EDC. F. This Committee shall be authorized to establish sub-committees and appoint members to such committees as it deems necessary. G. In any reports or recommendations from EDC to the Board, minority or differing views of individuals or groups on the Committee may be made known.
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Educational Development Committee. A. Concept: The parties recognize their dual responsibility to provide the best possible educational experience for the students of this district within the available resources. To promote that purpose, the parties recognize the potential value of Educational Development. B. Types of Committees: The parties recognize and intend to establish two categories of Committees - Building Level EDC and Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx XXX. 0. Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx XXX: Within the first two weeks of each school year an Educational Development Committee (EDC) will be established in each school. The committee shall be composed of the building principal or his/her representative, and a maximum of four (4) teachers selected by the faculty of each building. 2. District Level EDC: District level EDC meetings will be scheduled on at least a bi-monthly basis. A calendar of meeting dates will be agreed upon during the first 30 days of the school year. The district level committee shall be convened to investigate areas related to the instructional program, working conditions, the development of the annual school calendar, the development and implementation of a climate survey, and to the improvement of education in District 123. Such committee shall be composed of one (1) elected member from each school, three (3) administrators, the Union president, and the superintendent, or designee. The superintendent or his/her designee shall chair the district level meetings.
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Educational Development Committee. 14.1 The District and the Congress agree that the professional personnel are, and should continue to be, a major source of developments and innovations in improving the educational programs carried on in the District. The parties agree further that it is important for the professional personnel to participate in the overall coordination of studies, projects, and other activities directed toward the development, improvement, and implementation of such programs, toward the evaluation of existing programs, toward the devising, testing, and introduction of new programs, and toward research in pertinent educational areas. 14.2 Accordingly, the District and the Congress agree that an Educational Development Committee shall be established from the professional personnel of the District, to consist 14.3 This committee shall establish its own times of meeting and rules of procedure. This committee shall consider all proposals from any source respecting curriculum, teaching methods, aids and materials, and any other matter pertaining to the improvement of the educational programs carried on or proposed to be carried on in the District. Where a proposal is made that a specific subject be studied by a particular person or a group of persons, this committee shall receive and review the results of each study and will endeavor to avoid duplication or repetition of effort. 14.4 This committee shall regularly report to the Superintendent of Schools the matters it is considering and its recommendations respecting the same. All recommendations from the committee will be submitted in writing to the Superintendent of Schools for transmittal to the Board. 14.5 In each school building within the District, there shall be a subcommittee of the Educational Development Committee, consisting of professional staff which shall consider matters pertaining to the improvement of the educational program in that building. Membership on the subcommittee shall be on a voluntary basis. All recommendations from the subcommittee shall be submitted in writing to the Principal of the school building and a copy of such recommendations shall also be sent to the Educational Development Committee. 14.6 If the Principal and the subcommittee cannot reach agreement on the recommendations, the subcommittee may send copies to the Superintendent of Schools. 14.7 The Educational Development Committee may make recommendations with regard to the qualifications of principals, assistant principals, coordinators,...
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Educational Development Committee. Section I - Concept: The parties recognize their dual responsibility to provide the best possible educational experience for the students of this district within the available resources. To promote that purpose, the parties recognize the potential value of Educational Development.
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Educational Development Committee. The Board and the Association agree to establish an Educational Development Committee. The EDC shall be composed of the Superintendent and one (1) Association representative from each building (including the Early Learning Center) selected by the Association. The EDC shall meet at least once monthly at a time agreeable to both the Superintendent and the Association’s EDC representatives. Building-specific challenges and concerns are collected by the EDC representative who then shares the information with a building administrator. The EDC representative and the building administrator then endeavor to work together, at the building level, to resolve any building-specific issues. Building-specific issues that cannot be resolved at the building level may then be brought to the EDC for discussion. In addition, broader issues that may impact the educational experience across the District may come to EDC for an attempt at collaborative problem solving.
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Educational Development Committee. The Board and the Association agree to establish an Educational Development Committee. The EDC shall be composed of one (1) teacher from each building selected by the Association and an equal number of administrators. The EDC shall meet at least once monthly at a time agreeable to both the Board and the Association. The primary function of the EDC shall be to consult on a regular basis over items which concern the educational program in the District including, but not limited to, such areas as class size, teacher load, teacher preparations, school calendar, parent/teacher conferences and committee appointments. Any EDC recommendation, together with any dissenting opinion, concerning the maintenance of manageable class size shall be presented by the administration to the Board for its consideration. The Association understands and acknowledges that the parties do not intend any of the consultations, agreements, or recommendation of the EDC to be grievable or arbitrable under Article VII of this Agreement. Nothing in this section shall preclude the Association from presenting its own recommendations concerning class size to the Board.
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  • Professional Development Committee There shall be a Professional Development Committee composed of two (2) members of the Association one of whom shall be the Bargaining Unit President or designate and two (2) representatives of the Hospital one of whom shall be the Chief Nursing Officer or designate and one human resources representative.

  • Local Professional Development Committee A. There shall be a Local Professional Development Committee (LPDC) to oversee, review, and approve individual professional development plans (IPDP) for course work, continuing education units and/or other equivalent activities. 1. The LPDC shall be responsible to recommend for the Superintendent’s approval, all in-service activities and workshops offered in the district during the school year for staff professional development. 2. Recommendations for District Workshops and In-Service activities should be submitted to the LPDC for approval and recommendation no later than the last school day of the year prior to the year it will be implemented. 3. The LPDC chair shall review and approve all “Professional Growth Reimbursement Application” forms. B. The LPDC shall consist of three (3) teachers appointed by the Association President and two (2) members appointed by the Superintendent. One of the Superintendent's appointees will be a Principal employed by the district. C. Appointments shall be for two (2) years with half of the committee members being appointed every other year. 1. Appointments shall be made on or before May 1. 2. The Appointments shall be made by each party outlined above, notifying the other of those appointed. 3. In the event of a vacancy, the committee members shall be replaced in accordance with "B." above. 4. The Association shall name a fourth teacher member and the Superintendent shall name a third administrative member to serve as alternates and attend trainings. These two (2) people shall act as substitutes when a committee member is absent. D. This committee shall meet monthly. 1. The committee may also be convened by the request of two sitting members. 2. A quorum shall consist of five (5) members. When administrative licenses/certificates are reviewed, two (2) sitting teacher members will abstain and the decision will be decided by three (3) members. 3. If the committee determines it is needed, they will be provided two (2) professional release days to meet during regular school hours. Substitutes will be provided for the committee members on these release days. 4. Committee members shall be provided an additional annual stipend of $1,000 for meetings beyond the normal work day or year. This stipend shall be paid in two (2) semi-annual payments. Any member who fails to serve the full year shall have the above compensation prorated on a monthly basis for each month served. 5. Decisions of the LPDC will be made by consensus of the committee members present. 6. The committee minutes shall be prepared and maintained in compliance with the laws governing the operation of committees of public bodies.

  • Joint Development Committee (a) The Parties shall establish a Joint Development Committee (the “Joint Development Committee” or “JDC”), comprised of [**] representatives of Ikaria and [**] representatives of BioLineRx, to oversee the Development of Products. Each Party shall make its initial designation of its representatives not later than [**] days after the Effective Date. Each Party may change any one or more of its representatives to the Joint Development Committee at any time upon notice to the other Party. (b) The JDC shall meet at least [**] during the Development Term or more or less frequently as the JDC may agree. The JDC may meet in person or by means of a telephone or video conference call. One meeting of the JDC per year shall be held in person at Ikaria’s headquarters in Clinton, NJ and one meeting of the JDC per year shall be held in person at BioLineRx’s headquarters in Israel, provided, that the Parties’ representatives may participate in person, via telephone, or video conference in their discretion. Each Party shall use reasonable efforts to cause its representatives to attend the meetings of the JDC. If a representative of a Party is unable to attend a meeting, such Party may designate an alternate to attend such meeting in place of the absent representative. Each Party shall bear its own costs with respect to its participation on the JDC. Prior to every meeting of the JDC, Ikaria will provide to the JDC detailed reports describing Ikaria’s current clinical and development activities and plans. (c) The JDC shall be the vehicle by which BioLineRx may offer insight and guidance to Ikaria with respect to (i) establishing the Development Plan setting forth the Development Program’s objectives and the activities to be conducted, (ii) reviewing and updating the Development Plan from time to time, (iii) monitoring the progress and results of the Development Program, (iv) determining future Development Program activities, including Development activities relating to Manufacturing, to be conducted during the Development Term, and (v) establishing success criteria for the clinical trials (other than those for which success criteria are set forth in this Agreement), and determining whether the results of such clinical trials have achieved the applicable success criteria. (d) The JDC shall only act unanimously, with each Party given one (1) vote regardless of the number of representatives. If, however, the JDC is unable to reach agreement with respect to any matter within [**] days, the matter shall be referred to the Parties’ respective Executive Officers for resolution. If the Executive Officers are not able to resolve any such matter by consensus within [**] days following referral, Ikaria’s Executive Officer shall have the right to decide the matter taking into account Ikaria’s obligation to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts under Section 3.8. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.2, neither Party shall have a unilateral right to resolve any dispute involving the breach or alleged breach of this Agreement, to amend or modify this Agreement or the Parties’ respective rights and obligations hereunder or, except as expressly provided in this Section 3.2, any Development Plan or the Parties’ respective rights and obligations thereunder.

  • Development Committee Arcadia and Xxxxxx shall establish a development committee (the “Development Committee”) comprised of no more than three (3) representatives of each of Arcadia and Xxxxxx. The Development Committee shall be chaired by a member thereof designated from time to time by Arcadia. The Development Committee shall oversee the Research Plan, Milestones and development and production of plants and microorganisms that produce Transgenic Oil in accordance with the Research Plan. The Development Committee may revise the Research Plan and the Milestones as deemed necessary and appropriate by unanimous written consent of all members. Meetings of the Development Committee shall be at least biannual and at such times and places or in such form (e.g., in person, telephonic or video conference) as the members of the Development Committee shall determine. Representatives of both Parties shall be present at any meeting of the Development Committee. Decisions of the Development Committee shall be made by a written consent signed by all six (6) members thereof. The Development Committee shall keep minutes of its deliberations setting forth, among other matters, all proposed actions and all votes thereon. All records of the Development Committee shall at all times be available to both Parties. The Development Committee by unanimous consent may delegate to one Party or to a specific representative the authority to make certain decisions. The Development Committee may revoke such authority by the written consent of four members. All disagreements within the Development Committee shall be subject to the following: (i) The members of the committee will endeavor in good faith for a period of not more than ninety (90) days to attempt to resolve the disagreement; (ii) If the members of the committee are unable to resolve the disagreement by the end of such period, the committee shall promptly present the disagreement to the President of Xxxx Products Division and the President of Arcadia or their respective designees, and the two executives shall endeavor to resolve the disagreement for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; (iii) If the two executives are unable to resolve this disagreement, the disagreement shall be submitted for ADR as provided in Section 12(a).

  • Professional Development Plan Professional Development Plan (PDP) refers to plans developed by faculty members addressing the criteria contained in Article 22 and Appendix G.

  • Professional Development Program (a) The parties agree to continue a Professional Development Program for the maintenance and development of the faculty members' professional competence and effectiveness. It is agreed that maintenance of currency of subject knowledge, the improvement of performance of faculty duties, and the maintenance and improvement of professional competence, including instructional skills, are the primary professional development activities of faculty members. (b) Information collected as part of this program shall be the sole property of the faculty member. This information or any judgments arising from this program shall not be used to determine non-renewal or termination of a faculty member's contract, suspension or dismissal of a faculty member, denial of advancement on the salary scale, nor affect any other administrative decisions pertaining to the promotion or employment status of the faculty member. (c) A joint advisory committee consisting of three regular faculty members who shall be elected by and are P.D. Committee Chairpersons and three administrators shall make recommendations for the operation, financing and management of the Professional Development Program.

  • Professional Development Fund Article 20

  • Labour Management Committee (a) Where the parties mutually agree that there are matters of mutual concern and interest that would be beneficial if discussed at a Labour Management Committee Meeting during the term of this Agreement, the following shall apply. (b) An equal number of representatives of each party as mutually agreed shall meet at a time and place mutually satisfactory. A request for a meeting hereunder will be made in writing prior to the date proposed and accompanied by an agenda of matters proposed to be discussed, which shall not include matters that are properly the subject of grievance or negotiations for the amendment or renewal of this agreement. Any representative(s) attending such meetings during their regularly scheduled hours of work shall not lose regular earnings as a result of such attendance. (c) It is agreed that the topic of a rehabilitation program for drug and alcohol abuse is an appropriate topic for the Labour-Management Committee. It is also agreed that the topic of the utilization of full-time and part-time staff is an appropriate topic for the Labour-Management Committee. The committee shall have access to work schedules and job postings upon request. (d) It is understood that joint meetings with other Labour-Management Committees in the Hospital may be scheduled concerning issues of mutual interest if satisfactory to all concerned. (e) Where two or more agreements exist between a Hospital and CUPE the Committee may be a joint one representing employees under both agreements, unless otherwise agreed.

  • Joint Commercialization Committee As of the Effective Date, the Parties have established a joint commercialization committee (the “Joint Commercialization Committee” or the “JCC”), composed of up to [ * ] representatives of each Party, to monitor and discuss the Commercialization of Products at the operational level. Each JCC representative shall have knowledge and expertise in the commercialization of products similar to Products. The JCC shall in particular: (a) review and recommend the Commercialization Plans and related activities with respect to the Commercialization of Products in the Collaborator Territory, and report to the JEC on all significant Commercialization activities in the Collaborator Territory; (b) provide a forum for and facilitate communications and coordination between the Parties with respect to the Commercialization of Products in the Collaborator Territory and the Exelixis Territory; (c) on an annual basis, discuss and establish Collaborator’s Minimum Commercial Performance thresholds pursuant to Section 6.3(b) and propose recommendation to JEC; [ * ] = Certain confidential information contained in this document, marked by brackets, has been omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. (d) review the status of material Product manufacturing and supply activities and strategies associated with Commercialization; (e) review and discuss the major findings of Collaborator’s market research with respect to any Product in the Collaborator Territory, if any; (f) review and oversee the branding and product positioning strategy for Products in the Collaborator Territory and evaluate Collaborator’s brand strategy for the Product in the Collaborator Territory for consistency with the then-current global brand strategy for the Product; (g) discuss Product list price and status of reimbursement in the Collaborator Territory; and (h) perform such other functions as may be appropriate to further the purposes of this Agreement with respect to the Commercialization of Products, including endeavoring to resolve any disputes between the Parties arising from the deliberations of the JCC, or as otherwise directed by the JEC.

  • Professional Development Funds 23.1.1 Two Professional Development Funds, a Professional Development Support Fund and an Education Leave Fund, shall be established to support professional development activities as defined in 23.2. On April 1st of each year, the College will allocate an amount equal to no less than 0.9% of total faculty salary (exclusive of severance payments) to the Professional Development Support Fund, and an amount equal to no less than 0.6% of total faculty salary to the Educational Leave Fund. Any unused balances in these funds shall carry over to the next budget year. 23.1.2 The College agrees to provide the Association with the authority to administer the program on behalf of the College for those activities approved by the College in accordance with 23.2, 23.4 and 23.5. 23.1.3 Nothing in this Agreement prevents the College from funding professional development activities in addition to those activities supported through the Professional Development Funds (23.1.1) in accordance with the procedures described in this Article.

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