Common use of JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Clause in Contracts

JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Both parties agree that the principles of Article 3.1 are an important recognition of the value and quality of the professional staff of the District. It is also agreed that both parties to the Agreement benefit when communications between the parties are increased to a level that mutual understanding of each other’s needs and desires are reached. Lastly, it is agreed that the totality of the quality of education is served when the parties mutually investigate, discuss, and exchange ideas, and that a need exists to enhance and intensify that exchange. Therefore, a standing committee is hereby created and hereinafter referred to as the Joint Advisory Committee. It shall be the purpose of this committee to meet on a regular basis and to provide a forum for discussion, study, and recommendations to appropriate administration or Board level, of those issues that serve the good of the District, the professional staff, and the goals of delivering quality education to the citizens of the District. Recommendations from this committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding upon the District or the OCEA. The committee shall consist of four (4) teachers selected by the OCEA, one (1) School Board member, one (1) District administrator and one (1) building administrator each from elementary, middle and high school levels. When issues discussed may impact other bargaining units, a representative from the impacted units may be included in the discussion but shall have no voting rights. The chairperson will be selected by the committee. The committee will meet as needed but at least four times during the school year. The chairman will convene the committee at the request of any two members. This committee may be assigned special study problems by the Board or it may investigate or study issues agreed to by the majority of the committee.

JOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. Both parties agree that the principles of Article 3.1 are an important recognition of the value and quality of the professional staff of the District. It is also agreed that both parties to the Agreement benefit when communications between the parties are increased to a level that mutual understanding of each other’s others needs and desires are reached. Lastly, it is agreed that the totality of the quality of education is served when the parties mutually investigate, discuss, and exchange ideas, and that a need exists to enhance and intensify that exchange. Therefore, a standing committee is hereby created and hereinafter referred to as the Joint Advisory Committee. It shall be the purpose of this committee to meet on a regular basis and to provide a forum for discussion, study, and recommendations to appropriate administration or Board level, of those issues that serve the good of the District, the professional staff, and the goals of delivering quality education to the citizens of the District. Recommendations from this committee shall be advisory only and shall not be binding upon the District or the OCEA. The committee shall consist of four (4) teachers selected by the OCEA, one (1) School Board member, one (1) District administrator and one (1) building administrator each from elementary, middle and high school levels. When issues discussed may impact other bargaining units, a representative from the impacted units may be included in the discussion but shall have no voting rights. The chairperson will be selected by the committee. The committee will meet as needed but at least four times during the school year. The chairman will convene the committee at the request of any two members. This committee may be assigned special study problems by the Board or it may investigate or study issues agreed to by the majority of the committee.