Common use of Joint Professional Development Committee Clause in Contracts

Joint Professional Development Committee. The Parties agree that Professional Development needs to be addressed at the system level through the establishment of a Joint Committee. The Joint Professional Development Committee (JPDC) will be composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Board and three (3) representatives appointed by the Waterloo Elementary OECTA Bargaining Unit and mutually agreed appropriate resource staff. Each party may bring additional resource personnel as required. A) The Committee shall work by consensus. B) The terms of reference of the Joint Professional Development Committee are to: 1. Ensure that the content of Professional Activity days is consistent with the learning goals identified in the teachers’ Annual Learning Plan. 2. Ensure and promote best practices in the implementation of professional learning embedded in the instructional day. 3. Advise on the allocation and dissemination of the funding generated in the Pupil Foundation Grants for the purposes of enhancing professional development opportunities for teachers. 4. Promote and advise on best practices in sustaining successful Catholic Professional Learning Communities and in monitoring their implementation in elementary schools, embedded in the instructional day. 5. Advise and assist Board staff who are assigned the responsibility of providing and planning professional development experiences and activities for Elementary Teachers. 6. Notwithstanding B) above, in the event that the Committee is unable to reach consensus on a matter that is within its mandate the issue will be forwarded to the Elementary Labour- Management Joint Committee to be dealt with forthwith. 7. Advise on the designation of the yearly Elementary Report Card preparation/assessment day(s).

Joint Professional Development Committee. The Parties parties agree that Professional Development needs to be addressed at the system level through the establishment of a Joint Committee. committee. A) The Joint Professional Development Committee (JPDC) will be composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Board and three (3) representatives appointed by the Waterloo Elementary Secondary OECTA Bargaining Unit and mutually agreed appropriate resource staff. Each party may bring additional resource personnel as required. AB) The Committee shall work by consensus. BC) The terms Terms of reference of the Joint Professional Development Committee are to: 1. Ensure that the content of Professional Activity days is consistent with the learning goals identified in the teachers’ Annual Learning Plan. 2. Ensure and promote best practices in the implementation of professional learning embedded in the instructional day. 3. Advise on the allocation and dissemination of the funding generated in the Pupil Foundation Grants for the purposes of enhancing professional development opportunities for teachers. 4. Promote and advise on best practices in sustaining successful Catholic Professional Learning Communities and in monitoring their implementation in elementary schoolsSecondary Schools, embedded in the instructional day. 5. Advise and assist Board staff who are assigned the responsibility of providing and planning professional development experiences and activities for Elementary Secondary Teachers. 6. Notwithstanding B) above, in the event that the Committee is unable to reach consensus on a matter that is within its mandate the issue will be forwarded to the Elementary Labour- Secondary Labour-Management Joint Committee to be dealt with forthwith. 7. Advise on the designation of the yearly Elementary Report Card preparation/assessment day(s).

Joint Professional Development Committee. The Parties agree that Professional Development needs to be addressed at the system level through the establishment of a Joint Committee. The Joint Professional Development Committee (JPDC) will shall be composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Board and three (3) representatives appointed by the Waterloo Elementary OECTA Bargaining Unit and mutually agreed appropriate resource staff. Each party may bring additional resource personnel as required. A) The Committee shall work by consensus. B) The terms of reference of the Joint Professional Development Committee are to: 1. Ensure that the content of Professional Activity days is consistent with the learning goals identified in the teachers’ Annual Learning Plan. 2. Ensure and promote best practices in the implementation of professional learning embedded in the instructional day. 3. Advise on the allocation and dissemination of the funding generated in the Pupil Foundation Grants for the purposes of enhancing professional development opportunities for teachers. 4. Promote and advise on best practices in sustaining successful Catholic Professional Learning Communities and in monitoring their implementation in elementary schools, embedded in the instructional day. 5. Advise and assist Board staff who are assigned the responsibility of providing and planning professional development experiences and activities for Elementary Teachers. 6. Notwithstanding B) above, in the event that the Committee is unable to reach consensus on a matter that is within its mandate the issue will be forwarded to the Elementary Labour- Management Joint Committee to be dealt with forthwith.Labour- 7. Advise on the designation of the yearly Elementary Report Card preparation/assessment day(s).

Joint Professional Development Committee. The Parties agree that Professional Development needs to be addressed at the system level through the establishment of a Joint Committee. The Joint Professional Development Committee (JPDC) will shall be composed of three (3) representatives appointed by the Board and three (3) representatives appointed by the Waterloo Elementary OECTA Bargaining Unit and mutually agreed appropriate resource staff. Each party may bring additional resource personnel as required. A) The Committee shall work by consensus. B) The terms of reference of the Joint Professional Development Committee are to: 1. Ensure that the content of Professional Activity days is consistent with the learning goals identified in the teachers’ Annual Learning Plan. 2. Ensure and promote best practices in the implementation of professional learning embedded in the instructional day. 3. Advise on the allocation and dissemination of the funding generated in the Pupil Foundation Grants for the purposes of enhancing professional development opportunities for teachers. 4. Promote and advise on best practices in sustaining successful Catholic Professional Learning Communities and in monitoring their implementation in elementary schools, embedded in the instructional day. 5. Advise and assist Board staff who are assigned the responsibility of providing and planning professional development experiences and activities for Elementary Teachers. 6. Notwithstanding B) above, in the event that the Committee is unable to reach consensus on a matter that is within its mandate the issue will be forwarded to the Elementary Labour- Management Joint Committee to be dealt with forthwith. 7. Advise on the designation of the yearly Elementary Report Card preparation/assessment day(s).