Common use of Joint Teacher-Administrator Peer Review Panel Clause in Contracts

Joint Teacher-Administrator Peer Review Panel. 1. The Program’s governance structure shall include a Joint Teacher—Administrator Peer Review Panel (the “PAR Panel” or “Panel”). All duties and responsibilities not specifically assigned to the Panel by this Article (see C4, below) shall remain with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 2. The PAR Panel shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be permanent certificated classroom teachers who have served as Support Provider/Consulting Teachers for a minimum of two years. They will be chosen through an election conducted by the Association only among certificated classroom teachers. The coordinators of the program will attend all PAR panel meetings and will serve in an advisory capacity to the panel and assist in hiring and the evaluation of the program. The remaining members shall be school site administrators or other management employees appointed by the Superintendent or his/her designee. Teacher Panel members shall serve four-year staggered terms except that in the initial Panel the three teachers shall draw lots; the first term of one teacher shall be two years, the second teacher’s first term shall be three years, and the third teacher’s first term shall be four years. The successor of each teacher shall serve a four-year term. The administrator Panel members shall serve the length of time determined by the Superintendent but may be removed and replaced by the Superintendent at any time. 3. The Panel shall attempt to make decisions by consensus; if a vote is required, however, action of the Panel shall require the affirmative vote of at least three members. For purposes of coordination of the PAR Program, the Panel will communicate directly with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 4. The PAR Panel shall: a. Select a chairperson; b. Establish Panel rules and regulations; c. Provide for Panel member training; d. Select Support Provider/Consulting Teachers from those applicants (see D.4, below) and monitor their work by providing the opportunity for Participating Teachers to give input regarding the effectiveness of the support given by the BTSA Support Provider/Consulting Teacher. This may be given in written form directly to one of the District Coordinators for review. This input may be shared with the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher and his/her site administrator, if requested by the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, but will not become part of the Consulting Teacher’s personnel file. e. Provide for Consulting Teacher Training. f. Review peer review reports and related documents prepared by Support Provider/Consulting Teachers; g. After receiving a referral from an evaluator, appoint a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher to provide assistance to and review of a referred PAR participant and send written notice of the appointment to the referred PAR participant, the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, and the site administrator of the participant; h. Monitor the progress of referred PAR participants, and by April 1 of the school year in which the PAR Program was used to assist a teacher make recommendations to the District’s Board of Trustees regarding each referred PAR participant, including forwarding to the Board the names of referred PAR participants who, after sustained assistance by a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher(s), have not demonstrated satisfactory improvement. All reports made to the Board pursuant to this provision shall also be delivered to the Superintendent/designee by April 1. At least five teacher work days before any Panel report regarding a referred PAR participant is submitted to the Board of Trustees, it will be provided to the referred PAR participant, the site administrator, and the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher; i. If in one year five or more teachers have been referred to the program, the panel will evaluate the impact of the PAR Program in order to improve the Program. Evaluation may include (but is not limited to) interviews or surveys of Program participants; j. Submit recommendations for improvement of the PAR Program to the District’s Board of Trustees and the Association each year by May 1; and k. In consultation with the Superintendent or his/her designee, annually recommend a budget for the PAR Program which shall be subject to final revision and approval by the Superintendent and Board of Trustees. The Panel shall meet at least four times each school year to review the work of the Support Provider/Consulting Teachers and to accomplish other business within its jurisdiction. Annually each teacher PAR Panel member shall be paid a stipend of $800.00 (in ten equal payments) from the total annual State funding for the PAR Program in the District. The stipend anticipates additional work by each teacher Panel member not to exceed 32 hours in any school year. If the 32-hour time limit is exceeded, the teacher Panel member will receive the contractually agreed upon current hourly rate.

Joint Teacher-Administrator Peer Review Panel. 1. The Program’s governance structure shall include a Joint Teacher—Administrator Peer Review Panel (the “PAR Panel” or “Panel”). All duties and responsibilities not specifically assigned to the Panel by this Article (see C4, below) shall remain with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 2. The PAR Panel shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be permanent certificated classroom teachers who have served as Support Provider/Consulting Teachers for a minimum of two years. They will be chosen through an election conducted by the Association only among certificated classroom teachers. The coordinators of the program will attend all PAR panel meetings and will serve in an advisory capacity to the panel and assist in hiring and the evaluation of the program. The remaining members shall be school site administrators or other management employees appointed by the Superintendent or his/her designee. Teacher Panel members shall serve four-year staggered terms except that in the initial Panel the three teachers shall draw lots; the first term of one teacher shall be two years, the second teacher’s first term shall be three years, and the third teacher’s first term shall be four years. The successor of each teacher shall serve a four-year term. The administrator Panel members shall serve the length of time determined by the Superintendent but may be removed and replaced by the Superintendent at any time. 3. The Panel shall attempt to make decisions by consensus; if a vote is required, however, action of the Panel shall require the affirmative vote of at least three members. For purposes of coordination of the PAR Program, the Panel will communicate directly with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 4. The PAR Panel shall: a. Select a chairperson; b. Establish Panel rules and regulations; c. Provide for Panel member training; d. Select Support Provider/Consulting Teachers from those applicants (see D.4, below) and monitor their work by providing the opportunity for Participating Teachers to give input regarding the effectiveness of the support given by the BTSA Support Provider/Consulting Teacher. This may be given in written form directly to one of the District Coordinators for review. This input may be shared with the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher and his/her site administrator, if requested by the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, but will not become part of the Consulting Teacher’s personnel file. e. Provide for Consulting Teacher Training. f. Review peer review reports and related documents prepared by Support Provider/Consulting Teachers; g. After receiving a referral from an evaluator, appoint a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher to provide assistance to and review of a referred PAR participant and send written notice of the appointment to the referred PAR participant, the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, and the site administrator of the participant; h. Monitor the progress of referred PAR participants, and by April 1 of the school year in which the PAR Program was used to assist a teacher make recommendations to the District’s Board of Trustees regarding each referred PAR participant, including forwarding to the Board the names of referred PAR participants who, after sustained assistance by a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher(s), have not demonstrated satisfactory improvement. All reports made to the Board pursuant to this provision shall also be delivered to the Superintendent/Superintendent or designee by April 1. At least five teacher work days before any Panel report regarding a referred PAR participant is submitted to the Board of Trustees, it will be provided to the referred PAR participant, the site administrator, and the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher; i. If in one year five or more teachers have been referred to the program, the panel will evaluate the impact of the PAR Program in order to improve the Program. Evaluation may include (but is not limited to) interviews or surveys of Program participants; j. Submit recommendations for improvement of the PAR Program to the District’s Board of Trustees and the Association each year by May 1; and k. In consultation with the Superintendent or his/her designee, annually recommend a budget for the PAR Program which shall be subject to final revision and approval by the Superintendent and Board of Trustees. The Panel shall meet at least four times each school year to review the work of the Support Provider/Consulting Teachers and to accomplish other business within its jurisdiction. Annually each teacher PAR Panel member shall be paid a stipend of $800.00 (in ten equal payments) from the total annual State funding for the PAR Program in the District. The stipend anticipates additional work by each teacher Panel member not to exceed 32 hours in any school year. If the 32-hour time limit is exceeded, the teacher Panel member will receive the contractually agreed upon current hourly rate.

Joint Teacher-Administrator Peer Review Panel. 1. The Program’s governance structure shall include a Joint Teacher—Administrator Peer Review Panel (the “PAR Panel” or “Panel”). All duties and responsibilities not specifically assigned to the Panel by this Article (see C4, below) shall remain with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 2. The PAR Panel shall consist of five members, three of whom shall be permanent certificated classroom teachers who have served as Support Provider/Consulting Teachers for a minimum of two years. They will be chosen through an election conducted by the Association only among certificated classroom teachers. The coordinators of the program will attend all PAR panel meetings and will serve in an advisory capacity to the panel and assist in hiring and the evaluation of the program. The remaining members shall be school site administrators or other management employees appointed by the Superintendent or his/her designee. Teacher Panel members shall serve four-year staggered terms except that in the initial Panel the three teachers shall draw lots; the first term of one teacher shall be two years, the second teacher’s first term shall be three years, and the third teacher’s first term shall be four years. The successor of each teacher shall serve a four-year term. The administrator Panel members shall serve the length of time determined by the Superintendent but may be removed and replaced by the Superintendent at any time. 3. The Panel shall attempt to make decisions by consensus; if a vote is required, however, action of the Panel shall require the affirmative vote of at least three members. For purposes of coordination of the PAR Program, the Panel will communicate directly with the Superintendent or his/her designee. 4. The PAR Panel shall: a. Select a chairperson; b. Establish Panel rules and regulations; c. Provide for Panel member training; d. Select Support Provider/Consulting Teachers from those applicants (see D.4, below) and monitor their work by providing the opportunity for Participating Teachers to give input regarding the effectiveness of the support given by the BTSA Support Provider/Consulting Teacher. This may be given in written form directly to one of the District Coordinators for review. This input may be shared with the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher and his/her site administrator, if requested by the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, but will not become part of the Consulting Teacher’s personnel file. e. Provide for Consulting Teacher Training. f. Review peer review reports and related documents prepared by Support Provider/Consulting Teachers; g. After receiving a referral from an evaluator, appoint a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher to provide assistance to and review of a referred PAR participant and send written notice of the appointment to the referred PAR participant, the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher, and the site administrator of the participant; h. Monitor the progress of referred PAR participants, and by April 1 of the school year in which the PAR Program was used to assist a teacher make recommendations to the District’s Board of Trustees regarding each referred PAR participant, including forwarding to the Board the names of referred PAR participants who, after sustained assistance by a Support Provider/Consulting Teacher(s), have not demonstrated satisfactory improvement. All reports made to the Board pursuant to this provision shall also be delivered to the Superintendent/Superintendent or designee by April 1. At least five teacher work days workdays before any Panel report regarding a referred PAR participant is submitted to the Board of Trustees, it will be provided to the referred PAR participant, the site administrator, and the Support Provider/Consulting Teacher; i. If in one year five or more teachers have been referred to the program, the panel will evaluate the impact of the PAR Program in order to improve the Program. Evaluation may include (but is not limited to) interviews or surveys of Program participants; j. Submit recommendations for improvement of the PAR Program to the District’s Board of Trustees and the Association each year by May 1; and k. In consultation with the Superintendent or his/her designee, annually recommend a budget for the PAR Program which shall be subject to final revision and approval by the Superintendent and Board of Trustees. The Panel shall meet at least four times each school year to review the work of the Support Provider/Consulting Teachers and to accomplish other business within its jurisdiction. Annually each teacher PAR Panel member shall be paid a stipend of $800.00 (in ten equal payments) from the total annual State funding for the PAR Program in the District. The stipend anticipates additional work by each teacher Panel member not to exceed 32 hours in any school year. If the 32-hour time limit is exceeded, the teacher Panel member will receive the contractually agreed upon current hourly rate.