Common use of Faculty Advisory Council Clause in Contracts

Faculty Advisory Council. Each school building shall have a faculty advisory council. The purpose of the faculty advisory council shall be: 1. To assist in the development of faculty meeting agendas and waiver day time agendas, if applicable; 2. To act in an advisory role to the building principal regarding staff concerns, building policies, etc.; 3. To improve faculty-administration communications and morale. 4. To annually assist the building principal in developing a plan for the equitable assignment of teachers to cover classes of absent teachers as needed. The Plan shall be finalized and filed with Human Resources no later than October 15th each year. 5. To review student discipline and provide recommendations to building administration on improving student behavior and consistent application of student code of conduct. Teachers shall annually select representatives to serve on their building faculty advisory council. The faculty advisory council in each elementary school shall consist of the building principal, or the principal's designee, and three teachers including the Association building representative. Each middle school council shall consist of the building principal, or the principal's designee, and five teachers including the Association building representative. The high school council shall consist of a High School Administrator and ten (10) teachers, including one (1) building representative. The School of Innovation faculty advisory council shall consist of the building principal or his/her designee and four (4) teachers. At least one of these teachers must be an Association building representative. Each building faculty advisory council shall meet at least once every month during the regular school year and the Chair shall be selected by the Committee. The principal and the chairperson shall develop agendas, for each faculty advisory council meeting. Meeting agendas will identify specific topics for discussion and will include a brief focus statement or narrative for each topic on the Issue Record Form. If this narrative is not included, the issue shall not be discussed. Minutes of each meeting will be DocuSign Envelope ID: 22C4B649-47B2-43A6-94B5-1EF2E9B1A864 prepared and approved by the committee and distributed to all teachers in the building as soon after the meeting as is reasonably possible. If the chairperson or any two other members of the committee are concerned that the faculty advisory council is not functioning adequately, he/she/they may request the assistance of the Labor Management Committee. Meetings shall be canceled if the agenda is not finalized at least three (3) work days prior to the meeting or if there are no agenda items for discussion.