School Site Councils Sample Clauses

School Site Councils. Staff development committees;
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School Site Councils. 1. School Site Councils established by the District shall adhere to state laws, school board policies (IFCA, IFCA-R), and the collective bargaining agreement. Participation on the committee shall be voluntary and shall not be used as an evaluative criterion. 2. The District will provide support to 21st Century School Site Councils within budgetary limitations through release time, scheduling adjustments, use of duty periods for council assignments or extra compensation, whichever is appropriate. The District will also provide appropriate staff in-service. 3. School Site Councils which do not have duty periods to hold meetings shall have substitutes available for the equivalent of four (4) one-half (1/2) days per year for council business. Additionally, there will be three (3) District-wide student early release days per year for all staff to work on schools’ councils’ business. The dates for early release shall be established by the District. When available, grant monies will be used to provide further time and resources for schools’ councils’ business.
School Site Councils. A. The overall purpose of shared decision making is to enhance student achievement through both improvement of the instructional program and delivery of support services. The District encourages the collaborative work of shared decision making and supports School Councils. B. The duties of the School Councils shall be to make decisions regarding school improvement programs, staff development, and issues dealing with the implementation of provisions of the Oregon Educational Act for the 21st Century. C. Any School Council shall be composed as provided by law. Employee representatives will be selected/elected by a process administered jointly by an Association representative and the Principal or the Principal’s designee. D. The Superintendent and the President of the Association will meet periodically throughout the year to discuss the development of site-based decision-making programs in the school District. E. The Superintendent and the building Principals will comply with any reasonable request from the Association for information regarding a proposed or implemented site-based decision-making program. If the Association has objections to a proposed or implemented site-based decision, it will notify the school council involved through written correspondence. The council or its designees will then meet with Association representatives in a reasonable and timely manner prior to implementation of the decision or immediately, if implementation has begun. F. No School Council program shall violate any District policy, violate any provision of the Master Agreement, or establish past practice without the approval of the District and the Association. G. The District will appropriate funds for each School Council. The intent of these funds is for the operation of the School Council. School Councils have the responsibility and authority to decide how these funds are to be spent.
School Site Councils. The District and the Council recognize that arrangements pursuant to which employees at individual schools are given increased responsibility for making decisions with regard to their day-to-day affairs (“site-based decision-making arrangements”) can xxxxxx the collegial exchange of ideas and information that is necessary for effective professional practice, and can improve the educational process. Accordingly, in order to encourage the development and implementation of site-based decision making arrangements in the District, the parties agree as follows: 1. The School Site Councils shall have the following composition: No more than half the council may be members, and not more than half may be parents of students attending that school. The Site Council must include members, parents, at least one classified employee and the building principal or the principal’s designee. Other members may include: a. students b. representative of the community at large 2. The member representative will be elected by a direct, open, secret ballot election of their licensed peers at the school from among all active members in that building. A designated SOBC representative will be present when ballots are counted. Any member may volunteer to be a nominee. After this election, a lot drawing will determine which half of the members are to serve one year and which two years. The parent(s), student(s) and community-at-large members will be selected by the other School Site Council members. The District will appropriate not less than $37.50 per member per year in the building for use by the Committee in carrying out its responsibilities. The Committee may expend this money for its own operating expenses and/or to fund site-based decision making arrangements at individual schools. Additional funds shall be subject to mutually agreed upon needs and the availability of budgeted funds. Application may be made to the District for additional funds subject to availability. 3. The School Site Council, in cooperation with the District office, may conduct a yearly site-based decision making orientation, effective meeting strategies and consensus development program. 4. To facilitate its staff development program, the School Site Council, yearly, shall be given one half (½) day of release time per each member in the school. The School Site Council shall allocate these days to help meet the staff development goals the School Site Council has established for the year.
School Site Councils. The District and the Council recognize that arrangements pursuant to which employees at individual schools are given increased responsibility for making decisions with regard to their day-to-day affairs (“site-based decision-making arrangements”) can xxxxxx the collegial exchange of ideas and information that is necessary for effective professional practice, and can improve the educational process. Accordingly, in order to encourage the development and implementation of site-based decision making arrangements in the District, the parties agree as follows: 1. The School Site Councils shall have the following composition: No more than half the council may be members, and not more than half may be parents of students attending that school. The Site Council must include members, parents, at least one classified employee and the building principal or the principal’s designee. Other members may include: a. students b. representative of the community at large 2. The member representative will be elected by a direct, open, secret ballot election of their licensed peers at the school from among all active members in that building. A designated SOBC representative will be present when ballots are counted. Any member may volunteer to be a nominee. After this election, a lot drawing will determine which half of the members are to serve one year and which two years. The parent(s), student(s) and community-at-large members will be selected by the other School Site Council members. The District will appropriate not less than $37.50 per member per year in the building for use by the Committee in carrying out its responsibilities. The Committee may expend this money for its own operating expenses and/or to fund site-based decision making arrangements at individual schools. Additional funds shall be subject to mutually agreed upon needs and the availability of budgeted funds. Application may be made to the District for additional funds subject to availability. 3. The School Site Council, in cooperation with the District office, may conduct a yearly site-based decision making orientation, effective meeting strategies and consensus development program. 4. To facilitate its staff development program, the School Site Council, yearly, shall be given one half (½) day of release time per each member in the school. The School Site Council shall allocate these days to help meet the staff development goals the School Site Council has established for the year. 5. Prior to the implemen...
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