Common use of PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS Clause in Contracts

PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS. It is agreed and understood that problems should be resolved at the building’s lowest administrative level to find equitable solutions to problems which may from time to time arise. Both parties agree that the problem solving process will be kept informal and confidential as appropriate at any level of the procedure. All certified employees and administrators are encouraged to have professional individual conversations with one another in an attempt to resolve the situation(s). However, any party of interest may be represented at any and all stages of the problem solving process by a person of his/her own choosing, except that (s)he may not be represented by a representative or an officer of any competing organization. When a certified employee is not represented by the Association, the Association shall have the right to be present and to state its views at all stages. It is further agreed that at the beginning of each school year the building administrators and the Association Representatives (ARs) will review and become comfortable with all of the language around the problem solving process. This review will be followed up by a formal review of all of the problem solving language with the entire building staff. This review at the local level will be conducted jointly by the building principal and the building ARs.

PROBLEM SOLVING PROCESS. It is agreed and understood that problems should be resolved at the building’s lowest administrative level to find equitable solutions to problems which may from time to time arise. Both parties agree that the problem solving process will be kept informal and confidential as appropriate at any level of the procedure. All certified employees teachers and administrators are encouraged to have professional individual conversations with one another in an attempt to resolve the situation(s). However, any party of interest may be represented at any and all stages of the problem solving process by a person of his/her own choosing, except that (s)he may not be represented by a representative or an officer of any competing organization. When a certified employee teacher is not represented by the Association, the Association shall have the right to be present and to state its views at all stages. It is further agreed that at the beginning of each school year the building administrators and the Association Representatives (ARs) will review and become comfortable with all of the language around the problem solving process. This review will be followed up by a formal review of all of the problem solving language with the entire building staff. This review at the local level will be conducted jointly by the building principal and the building ARs.