School Autonomy Clause Samples

School Autonomy. SCSB shall honor and preserve the core autonomies that are crucial to the Charter School’s success by doing the following: (a) SCSB shall assist the Charter School in understanding and carrying out the Charter School’s obligations under this Agreement. (b) SCSB shall review its compliance requirements, policies, and procedures and evaluate the potential to increase school autonomy based on flexibility in the law, streamlining requirements, demonstrated school performance, or other considerations.

School Autonomy. The parties agree that the school site is the appropriate place for most decision-making affecting the education of children in that school. Accordingly, they agree that a school should have as much flexibility as possible in managing their operations and educational programs for maximum educational effectiveness. The parties also share a mutual interest in removing barriers from attracting and retaining a diverse group of talented teachers. There is a collective desire to develop pilot schools in the district where site-based autonomy and collaborative shared decision-making are the norm. Collaborative shared decision-making is a process in which all members of the education community at the school level collaborate in establishing a vision, identifying problems, defining goals, implementing programs, and learning from experience. The purpose of collaborative shared decision-making is to create a climate in the schools where faculty, parents, administrators, students and other community members work together and share the responsibility and accountability for school improvement, student achievement, increased satisfaction among professional educators, greater involvement by and with parents, and stronger support from the community at large. Finally, the Union and the Board agree that any school community wishing to attain school autonomy must follow the process and complete the application process as described below: 1. Applications for autonomous schools shall be completed by the school’s Instructional Leadership Team (ILT). In the spirit of this agreement all applications will be based on distributed leadership within the school. No application will be approved that does not provide for shared decision-making at the school site. All applications must demonstrate school faculty support in accordance with Article 8-28.6 of the collective bargaining agreement and school community involvement. 2. All applications shall be submitted to a Joint Governance Board which is comprised of four members selected by the District and four members selected by the Union in addition to the Superintendent and the Union President. a. The Superintendent and PTU president shall establish the Joint Governance Board (JGB), which either they or their designees will co-chair, to oversee and support the entire autonomous schools program. The JGB shall also develop and implement a program evaluation and progress report system. b. The JGB is responsible for ensuring the autonomous s...

School Autonomy. 3.1 Signatories confirm their collaboration for a greater autonomy at school level in decision making within the Framework for the Education Strategy for Malta 2014-2024 whereby the Senior Management Team in its designated educational leadership role within the school context will be the decision maker, to respond and remain responsible to learners’ individual needs through an enhanced teaching and learning process.

School Autonomy. The Authorizer shall not regulate the charter schools within its portfolio of schools beyond the powers and duties set forth in Chapter 302D, HRS. The Authorizer shall include in its charter contracts clear provisions that respect, preserve, and support the essential autonomies of charter schools, including, but not limited to, the areas of educational planning, staffing, budgeting, and scheduling.

School Autonomy a. The Board will honor and preserve core autonomies crucial to SLCSE’s success, including: 1) Hiring and managing personnel, except as otherwise provided herein13;

School Autonomy. SCSB shall honor and preserve the core autonomies that are crucial to the Charter School’s success by doing the following: (a) SCSB shall review and evaluate the performance of the Charter School and hold the Charter School accountable for its performance measures that are established in this Agreement; (b) SCSB shall assist the Charter School in understanding and carrying out the Charter School’s obligations under this Agreement. (c) SCSB shall bi-annually review its compliance requirements, policies, and procedures and evaluate the potential to increase school autonomy based on flexibility in the law, streamlining requirements, demonstrated school performance, or other considerations. (d) SCSB shall review all leases, lease purchase agreements or other contracts or agreements relating to the Charter School’s facilities or financing of the Charter School’s facilities before the lease, agreement, or contract is entered into.

School Autonomy. (a) Provision of management training to directors and other administrative staff of State Schools; (b) provision of technical assistance and training for preparation of PDEs in State Schools; and (c) Carrying out of PME School Subprojects in Eligible State Schools.