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.
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.
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.
Educational Development Committee. 1. Committee Organizations, Operation and Role
Educational Development Committee. The Board and the Association agree that the professional staff is and should continue to be a major source of developments and innovations in improving educational programs carried on in public schools. The parties agree further that it is important for the professional staff 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 and related areas. The parties recognize that there are other institutional and community resources capable of great contributions toward these ends and that the utilization of such resources shall be coordinated with the efforts of the school administration and the professional staff. Accordingly, it is agreed that an Educational Development Committee shall be formed for the purposes of establishing major goals in the district, setting priorities and making recommendations to the Superintendent for their implementation. This committee shall consist of ten (10) professional educators of whom five (5) shall be designated by the Association and five (5) by the Superintendent. Each set of five (5) shall be drawn from the primary, intermediate, junior high school, senior high school and special areas of instruction in the district, so that the Committee will consist of two representatives from each of these five (5) areas. The Association shall notify the Superintendent of the names of the persons designated to serve in each area. This committee shall establish its own times of meeting and rules of procedure, including selection of a chairperson, and shall have the right to meet with the Superintendent periodically, not more often than once a month, unless by mutual agreement. Any sub-committee of the Educational Development Committee shall report to the full committee. This committee shall regularly report to the Superintendent the matters it is considering and its recommendations respecting the same. For each school year during the term of this Agreement, $5,000 for necessary research, materials and consultants will be provided from the Superintendent of Schools to be expended on and for Committee projects approved by the Superintendent. Committee project requests for funds shall be made to the Superintendent by March 1st of each school year. The availability of funds for ...
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.
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.
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.
