Professional Involvement. You are expected to be a practicing artist, designer, or scholar.
Professional Involvement. Seeks suggestions from administration Keeps aware of educational development Willing to experiment with a variety of methods Takes part in improving the quality of the instructional program of the school
Professional Involvement. A. In order to ensure collaboration and communication, the District and the Association agree to create a committee of teachers and administrators to investigate emerging, urgent and strategic District needs; advise and make recommendations to the Director of Learning Services for the management and implementation of District instructional initiatives and policies. The Association will collaborate with the District in appointing teacher leaders, including an Association representative, to the committee whose number shall be equal to the number of administrators. Annual review of membership and charges will be subject to joint review by the District and Association.
B. In accordance with RCW 28A.320.230, the Board is legally responsible for establishing a policy for approval of instructional materials used in the implementation of the District's instructional program. The District shall consult with and seek input from the Association before making any changes in administrative procedures related to the adoption of instructional materials. At a minimum, the administrative procedure shall include:
1. Appointment of non-supervisory certificated employees to the instructional materials committee (IMC) by the Superintendent after soliciting recommendations and input from the Association President;
2. At least nine (9) non-supervisory certificated employees on the IMC;
3. Ad hoc curriculum review committees with majority membership from nonsupervisory certificated employees prior to consideration of new core curricula by the IMC;
4. Consideration by curriculum review committees and the IMC for system capacity for implementation of new curricula (available instructional time; workload impacts on educators; workload impacts on students; necessary training for successful implementation; and financial resources to support the purchase and implementation); and
5. A process for soliciting feedback from educators following the first and/or second year of implementation of new core curricula.
Professional Involvement participation in a wide range of professional activities at classroom, school or community levels as follows:
(I) Work relating to classroom activities – involvement in curriculum and resource development and planning; involvement in reflective and adaptive classroom practice; including knowledge and preparation of syllabus content; relevance of methodology used.
(II) Promotion of learning in the classroom - assessed by the Principal and/or the Principal’s nominee as able to create a learning environment that engages students in their learning by the use of a variety of teaching strategies and management of the classroom to promote learning. As part of the assessment the Principal and/or the Principal’s nominee may make direct observations of the classroom practice for up to two lessons which will include assessing the class rapport, tone, discipline and motivation.
(III) Involvement beyond the classroom – sharing and learning knowledge and skills with and from peers; involvement in cooperative planning.
(IV) As a member of the whole school – effective involvement as a team member; effective contribution to the life of the School. A Teacher should be assessed as highly skilled and competent on the basis of the Teacher’s professional involvement and shall have participated in a satisfactory level of in-service or tertiary study.
Professional Involvement. Seeks suggestions from administration and colleagues. 2. Keeps aware of current educational developments. 3. Willing to experiment with new methods. 4. Participates in in-service meetings and other growth opportunities. Needs Improvement Unsatis- factory Not Observed Indicators/ Comments
Professional Involvement. In order to ensure communication, articulation and coordination in curriculum development and delivery, and to encourage curriculum innovation, the District and the Association will establish a committee whose membership will include, but not be limited to, non-supervisory staff, representative of grade levels, buildings and curricular areas. The Association will appoint a representative to the committee.
Professional Involvement. The school board shall expect the principals to be up to date on the knowledge and technology of the profession. To facilitate this, the school board will:
Professional Involvement. At times and with the participantsʼ consent, it may be helpful to have the participantsʼ attorneys or other professionals attend the mediation sessions. The participants authorize the mediator to send to their attorneys, any agreements, or progress reports, that may be prepared as part of the mediation process.
Professional Involvement. In order to ensure collaboration and communication, the District and the Association agree to create a committee of teachers and administrators to investigate emerging, urgent and strategic district needs; advise and make recommendations to the Executive Director of Learning and Technology Services for the management and implementation of District instructional initiatives and policies. The Association will collaborate with the District in appointing teacher leaders, including an Association representative, to the committee whose number shall be equal to the number of administrators. Annual review of membership and charges will be subject to joint review by the District and Association.
Professional Involvement. Participating on committees to work and advise the Board designated supervisors who are involved in recommending:
