Responsibilities of PAR Joint Committee. ● Establish its own rules and procedures. ● Select panel of consulting teachers. ● Consulting teachers shall be selected by a majority vote of the joint committee after one or more representatives of the committee have conducted a site visitation including a classroom observation of all final candidates. ● Select training and trainers for the Joint Committee and Consulting Teachers ● Each consulting teacher will be trained to both offer peer assistance and to understand the specific functions of the PAR program. ● Provide written notification to Referred Teacher, Consulting Teacher and Site Principal upon initiation of Peer Review Cycle. ● Notify the participating teacher of assigned consulting teacher. ● Distribute adopted rules and regulations to all employees. ● Establish the application procedure for consulting teacher. ● A notice of vacancy for consulting teachers will be posted at all sites and in the District office. In addition to submitting an application form, each applicant is required to submit at least three (3) references from individuals who have direct knowledge of the applicant's ability to be a consulting teacher. ● Administer the committee's budget and recommend the annual budget to the Board of Education. ● Establish professional development. ● Review documentation and reports submitted by the consulting teachers. ● Develop a format for the consulting teachers final report. ● Develop and enforce timelines for the committee, consulting teachers and referred teachers. ● Report to the Board the number of referred and self-referred teachers, dates, times and topics of meetings.
