Common use of Partnership Committee Clause in Contracts

Partnership Committee. The SPS and SEA will create a Partnership Committee consisting of 5 appointees of SPS, 5 appointees of the SEA, and 3 non-voting community members selected by the parties using agreed upon selection criteria, after the initial convening of the Committee. Each member must commit to serve for a 12 month period. The parties will make their best effort to assure that the Committee reflects the racial and ethnic composition of the students we serve. The purpose of the committee will be to address the issues of the achievement gap. The Partnership Committee will: a. Convene within 60 days of ratification of this agreement, and monthly thereafter. The District will be responsible for organizing the initial convening. b. Identify and make recommendations to the Leadership Committee on best practices and initiatives that focus on reducing disproportionality in student discipline. c. Identify and work with internal committees, task forces, groups, individual staff members, etc. that are working to increase equity and reduce disproportionality in an effort to align and coordinate initiatives. d. Identify human and financial resources that could support school-level and District-level initiatives. e. In May of each year, the committee will give a written report to the Leadership Committee that will discuss the District’s progress in eliminating disproportionate discipline and include recommended strategies for use at the District, program and school level. The District will provide to the Committee disaggregated student data on discipline and graduation rates by race/ethnicity, age, gender, and ELL or special education status. f. Disproportionate discipline and the achievement and opportunity gap are present in every school, and need to be addressed everywhere as soon as possible. In May of each year, the Committee will make a recommendation to the Leadership Committee regarding the continuation or expansion of the number of Equity Teams, or a recommendation to pursue an alternative strategic initiative to eliminate disproportionate discipline. g. At the end of two years, the Committee will make a recommendation to the Leadership Committee as to the future scope of its work as regards eliminating disproportionate discipline, and reducing the opportunity and achievement gap. h. Screen applications and select the schools for piloting Equity Teams by December 1 of each year, review the work of Building Equity Teams, and make recommendations regarding how to share their learnings and best practices. i. The District will set aside at least one half day of a District TRI day for training related to disproportionate discipline in the 2016-17 school year, to be planned by the Partnership Committee. All SAEOPs and Paraprofessionals will be invited and allowed to participate and paid for their time.